httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLhzHPnM-2k&feature=player_embedded Apple has been using EFI on their Intel based Macs ever since they moved off Power PC based processors, but for some reason the PC world has been slow to keep up the pace. EFI has many advantages over the decades old BIOS including support for booting off drives larger than 2TB, faster boot times and a more modern interface. SWEClockers has one of the first looks at an UEFI based Intel motherboard, providing a look at our glorious future. via Engadget

Given the fact that Apple is still putting 3+ year old processor technology in their newest notebooks it should come as no surprise to anyone that they have no plans to incorporate USB 3 support into their products at this time. In one of his famous email replies, Steve Jobs had this to say about it:

We don’t see USB 3 taking off at this time. No support from Intel, for example.

Catch 22, they don't see it taking off, yet they're not doing anything to help it along. While it leaves the door open for future implementation, it does seem to put some blame on Intel. It's true, that Intel doesn't support USB 3 in their native chipsets. However, it should be pointed out that their friends over at AMD... do. via 9to5mac

In a few years, the solid state drive in your computer may no longer look as it does today. At least, if a coalition of technology vendors have their way. Dell, EMC, IBM, Intel and a variety of others are trying to push out SATA connectivity for drives in favor of PCIe based connections. While there are already PCIe drives for sale today, they're typically 2 or 3 times as expensive as a traditional SATA based SSD drive. However, despite the price, they're attractive because they are typically 5 or 6 times as fast in raw read/write speeds. PCIe is a lower latency connection because it doesn't require any bridging chips to access the storage. But while the interface will change to PCIe, the form factor of the current 2.5" drive will stay the same. The coalition also wants to ensure hot plug capability to allow for faster online servicing and higher availability in server applications. The group expects drives based on the new interface to be available as early as 2011. via CRN

The traditional news media has been dominated by large corporations for a while, and most of the major tech blogs are now owned by some dark lord. So it seems like it was only a matter of time before the tech companies themselves started their own news sites. Leave it to Intel to be first out of the gate with their site Free Press. Intel is now going to educate us on everything important (Intel) and game changing (Intel) in the tech industry (Intel). From time to time they may provide us with valuable opinions of important (Intel) people. That's it, let's shutdown TechVirtuoso, and all the other independently run sites. We're done, no need for us to hang around and waste our time, energy and money. If you can't see the sarcasm dripping from each and every link, let me make it even clearer. We're doomed!

I’m not sure I would have paid $29 for a copy of McAfee, but Intel decided it was wise to go all in and spend almost $8 billion to acquire them. Of all the security companies out there Intel had their choice of, they picked one of the most bloated and ineffective scanning engines, and the one that has one the worst track record when it comes to false positives that eat your computer alive. I can say that having spent almost 4 years managing their corporate suite, and having their software updates crash my systems (I eventually dumped their software for Microsoft Forefront) and rebuild my configuration multiple times, I’m not looking forward to them integrating their technologies on Intel chips. (McAfee Press Release)