Orkut Has a New Look

Orkut, the social networking site now has a new look. The site has come up with several changes since its inception.

Orkut has brought people closer to each other and users can now tell the world their story as to how the site has helped them. When users change their profile picture, they can crop it as per their requirements. The format of sending scraps has also been enhanced. Now, users can add pictures and videos as against the earlier form of text scraps. Thus birthday wishes can be uploaded on YouTube and this video can be attached to so the friend can experience a live birthday wish. When a user views their friends list of communities, there is a new tab “mutual communities” where common communities between the user and the friend can be viewed.

The interface displays security tips for users.

Users in the United States of America have the additional tab “friends map”. The user just has to click on the area and can see friends in that area.

Orkut users can now start blogging as Orkut have promised to introduce a new feature for blogging.

Intel lining up 11 Penryn 45nm processors for new notebook platforms

Intel plans to launch five 45nm notebook processors (Penryn) to go along with its Santa Rosa Refresh platform in the first quarter of 2008. These will be followed by another six for Montevina in the second quarter, according to sources at motherboard makers.

Intel will launch five Penryn processors for Santa Rosa Refresh supporting a FSB of 800MHz. Core frequencies will be 2.8GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.1GHz and L2 cache will be 6MB for the 2.8-2.5GHz versions and 3MB for 2.4-2.1GHz versions, noted the sources.

Intel will then launch three processors along with Montevina in the second quarter with 35W power consumption, 1066MHz FSB, 6MB L2 cache and core frequencies of 3.06GHz, 2.8GHz and 2.53GHz, pointed out the sources.

The other three 45nm processors will target the mid-range market and feature 25W power consumption, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB L2 cache and core frequencies of 2.53GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.13GHz, added the sources.