The mobile version of Buzz is more interesting than the Gmail version. Check out the Gizmodo review.

honestly is there anyone who DOESN'T remember?

On the contrary, I think it's to the poster's credit that he is asking Slashdot. Despite a lot of noise, this community is more tapped in than most. If you don't think so, then why do you read it? On nearly every article, there is an insightful comment -- I read Slashdot as much for the comments as the links and summaries.

Besides, posting here is one more way of finding emerging tech, and that's his job. I would criticize him if he DIDN'T consider asking Slashdot or any other similar forum.

They could just be plain old x86 cores, and they could use speculative multithreading. I would expect that Intel would find this to be an attractive option, as no one would be forced to re-compile (or re-write) their code.