nVIDIA has finally posted its DirectX 10 demos for the G80. Microsoft's Zune is doing better than expected. Intel has quietly improved power efficiency of its Core 2 Duo processors.

As a contrast, Core 2 Duo eats up 22 Watts while doing nothing and 65W when working under full load. With the new revision, power consumption in idle state (C1E) goes down to 12W. However, the methods Intel and AMD use yo express power consumption are not comparable, because AMD calls for Maximum TDP, while Intel declares Typical TDP.