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Visualized: Space Shuttle Enterprise disembarks the 747 en-route to its watery retirement home May 14th 2012, 10:49 Two weeks after arriving into JFK on the back of a Boeing 747, the Enterprise has been hoisted from the back of the jet and onto a wheeled transporter. From there, the prototype spacecraft will be taken down the Hudson river on a barge, where it'll end up exhibited on the flight desk of the USS Intrepid (CV-11). The museum will open on July 19th, while the plane that carried it has one more historic flight to carry out -- taking the Endeavour to the California Science Center before both are retired. [Image Credit: Dennis Jenkins / Collectspace.com] Continue reading Visualized: Space Shuttle Enterprise disembarks the 747 en-route to its watery retirement home Visualized: Space Shuttle Enterprise disembarks the 747 en-route to its watery retirement home originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 06:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Space.com  |  Collect Space  | Email this | Comments HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun May 14th 2012, 10:12 Vodafone Portugal was so excited to hear about HTC's Desire C that it added it to the company's summer brochure -- despite it not being officially announced. The catalog reveals that the low-end handset will arrive with a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display, a 600MHz processor and a 5-megapixel camera. It'll run on the country's 3.5G network (HSDPA to you and me) and you'll find Ice Cream Sandwich sharing the room on that 4GB of on-board storage. It's also reported to have a 1,320mAh battery and will retail for €200 ($260) once it's finished enjoying the Iberian weather. HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 06:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  GSM Arena  | Email this | Comments MacBook Pro and iMac with next-gen Ivy Bridge processors crop up on benchmarks May 14th 2012, 09:36 Yup, Apples are bound to flow beneath the Ivy Bridge at some point, but how much of a performance boost will they deliver? If you're happy to hold onto a little skepticism, then two unexpected appearances on the Geekbench site could offer some early answers. The first purports to be an unknown 'MacBookPro9,1' laptop powered by an Ivy Bridge Core i7-3820QM running at 2.7GHz, which achieved a benchmark of 12252 -- that's around 17 percent better than a current equivalent Core i7 15-inch or 17-inch MacBook Pro. The second benchmark comes from an 'iMac13,2' running off Intel's next-gen Core i7-3770 desktop chip clocked at 3.4GHz, which only merits a score of 12183 because it's hobbled by 4GB of RAM. If you exclude memory and compare only the CPU integer and floating point scores, then you're looking at a roughly nine percent gain over a current 27-inch iMac with a 3.4Ghz Core i7-2600 processor. Now, these benchmarks could be faked, or represent non-final hardware, but the motherboard codes look valid (see the source links) and they generally tally with what we've come to expect from Ivy Bridge: a healthy oar-stroke forwards, but nothing that would frighten the fish. MacBook Pro and iMac with next-gen Ivy Bridge processors crop up on benchmarks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 05:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink CultofMac, MacRumors  |  Geekbench (1), (2), RevoGirl's Blog  | Email this | Comments

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