Chrysler is recalling 156,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Commander SUV’s produced during 2006-2007 .they are also recalling 50,000 Dodge Nitro SUV’s and 90,000 Jeep Wrangler SUV’s produced this year.They have received about 20 complaints by now and they are fixing the problem by reprogramming the ABS braking system.Talking about complaints , Honda received 2 of them about corrosion in the wheel bearing which is potentially dangerous , though no injuries have been caused till now.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Chrysler LLC said Friday it would recall nearly 300,000 sport utility vehicles to address potential braking problems while driving uphill.

In a separate move, Honda Motor Co. said it was recalling more than 180,000 Civics from the 2006-2007 model year to fix a wheel-bearing seal that could leak and lead to a wheel falling off the car.

The Chrysler recall involves more than 156,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Commander SUV’s from the 2006-2007 model years, more than 90,000 2007 Jeep Wrangler SUV’s and nearly 50,000 2007 Dodge Nitro SUV’s.

Chrysler spokesman Max Gates said the automaker had received about 20 complaints of vehicles experiencing a delay in braking when drivers tried to come to a stop after coasting uphill. To fix the problem, the computer connected to the antilock brake system will be reprogrammed.

There has been one crash tied to the issue and no injuries reported, Gates said. Owners will be notified by mail beginning later this month.

In Honda’s recall, the automaker said in an Aug. 30 letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the seal where the antilock brake sensor mounts to the rear wheel bearing could allow moisture and salt to leak into the wheel bearing and cause corrosion.

The conditions could lead to a wheel falling off and a crash, Honda said.

The automaker has received two complaints related to the problem, including one in which a wheel came off the vehicle while it was being towed, said spokesman Chris Naughton. No injuries have been reported.

Owners were being notified of the recall this month and can contact Honda at (800) 999-1009 for more information.

Separately, Chrysler said it was recalling 72,333 Dodge Avenger sedans and Chrysler Sebring convertibles from the 2008 model year to address problems with the front door latches and locks.

Gates said the company discovered problems with opening the vehicle doors through its internal monitoring program. No accidents or injuries have been reported and owners are expected to be notified of the recall next month.

For more information, owners can contact Chrysler at (800) 853-1403.

The Intel X38 chipsets will be having:

• 1333 MHz FSB
• DDR3 RAM at 1333 MHz
• PCi express 2.0 a.k.a PCie 2.0
• Dual PCi Express x16 graphics slots
• and an integrated core logic chipset with ISH , Integrated Heat Spreader technology which manages and dissipates heat efficiently

Also by the year end or by Q1 2008 their X48 chipset will start shipment,The X48 is an upgrade to the X38, with expected support for FSB of 1600 MHz and 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM.Though the X38 and X48 are using same PCB [ printed circuit board ] , they will be running at different specified speeds [ We can always overclock the X38 ].

With active power throttling, AGEIA claims that the [tag] Physx [/tag] 100M will deliver same peak throughput to that of the desktop counterparts , with power consumption as low as 10W during normal gaming conditions.

The popular gaming titles supporting the [tag] AGEIA [/tag] Physx for now are City of Villains, and Tom Clancy games like GRAW, and GRAW2.The Physx [tag]processor[/tag] s aren’t so popular among the gamers because of the lack of games supporting it & due to its price tag of $140.

Ageia

The interesting fact about the post is that , the mentioned Intel Xeon processors are supposedly the successors of the Mac Pro Desktop chips.SO this new range of Xeon processors might mean that some Higher End Mac Pro desktops are going to be available soon.

Intel mentioned about [tag] Penryn [/tag] based Quad Core Xeon processors with clock speeds ranging from 2.0 GHz to 3.16 GHz.The new features which are notable decrease in the Thermal Design Power [ TDP ] , The Quad Core Xeon’s will be having a TDP of 80 Watts except the 3.16 Ghz [tag] Xeon [/tag] which is having 120 Watts TDP.The FSB of these Penryn Xeon’s is 1333 MHz and 12 MB of L2 cache will be featured.

[tag]Intel[/tag]’s new Penryn series lineup will be manufactured on 45 nm architecture.The 2.0 GHz [tag]Xeon [/tag] [tag] processor[/tag] is priced around $209 while the higher end 3.16 GHz was priced at $1172.

Intel leaks details of Mac Pro-bound Xeon chips

The main feature of this new Black edition [tag] Processor [/tag] is that it supports the unbuffered 800 MHz [tag] DDR2 [/tag] .

The AMD Athtlon 64×2 Black Edition in Japan

[tag] LG [/tag] HT902TB is intended to be connected to LG for which it was originally designed but it is compatible with any [tag] TV [/tag].The HT902TB Home Theatre system consists of Amplifiers , Subwoofer and a [tag] DVD [/tag] Player.

The amplifier provided is XTS Pro Digital Amplifier which provides clear sound along with the Virtual Sound Matrix system for the 10.1 Surround Sound.The Video playing capability includes 1080i up scaling and the player has a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack.More is there like [tag] USB [/tag] support and [tag] Divx [/tag] Playback

Features Summary:

• 1000 Watt audio output
• 5 speakers
• 10.1 surround sound through Virtual Sound Matrix
• 1080i up scaling
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Divx Playback

LG HT902TB [tag] Home Theatre [/tag] system is expected to be released in September or sooner.

The thread count has been increased to 64 and floating point unit for each core.The UltraSPARC T2 is clocked at 1.4 GHz.In addition to those 64 threads feature Sun has integrated an on-chip 10Gb NIC [tag]LAN[/tag] in it ,eight lanes of [tag]PCi Express[/tag] I/O and has four memory controllers.

[tag]Sun[/tag]’s UltraSPARC T2 isn’t really faster like they are claiming and there are many [tag]processor[/tag]s , some overclocked , giving much more performance than this.But the one important factor that Sun’s pointing out is UltraSPARC T2’s high power efficiency.They are claiming 2 watt / thread power usage