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It has been a hard-fought battle between Palm, which has used dirty tricks to get their Pre syncing with iTunes, and Apple who wouldn’t stand for it. The battle appears to be over, however, as the USB Implementers Forum has settled the dispute in favor of Apple. The USB Implementers Forum, or USB-IF, is the […] Add comment
A secretive Microsoft division known for some of the company’s most successful products is hard at work on a badass dual-screen tablet. Add comment
Rejoice, pervs! USB 3.0 makes it possible to make and use 1080p webcams. Add comment
Intel conducted the first-ever demonstration of its massively-parallel Larrabee GPU yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum. Larrabee is Intel’s first foray into discrete, or standalone, GPUs in about 10 years. The new design is said to use an array of x86-compatible execution engines which are harnessed to crunch data in parallel. Intel hopes to leverage […] Add comment
After months of speculation, AMD has pressed the big red “go” button on the Radeon HD 5000 series. The reviews are pouring in–and we’ll get to those–but we want to focus on what improvements have been made to make for a superior end-user experience. Raw horsepower One of the big initiatives over the last few […] Add comment
In August and December of last year, PC enthusiasts were in a tizzy over the LucidLogix HYDRA chip which allowed for SLI or CrossFire configurations with much better scaling. At the time, it was considered “dead at creation” technology because no mobo maker would knock their SLI/CF kickbacks to give it a try. But the […] Add comment
What conclusion can you draw when a GPU made with a brand new architecture appears on Newegg on the eve of large press event held by its maker? The launch is here! A Radeon HD 5870 (“Cypress XT”) has appeared on Newegg for a preorder price of $379.99, which is right in line with the […] Add comment
The market might just be on the cusp of introducing 32nm chips, but that didn’t stop Intel chief exec Paul Otellini from giving the press a peek at a 22nm part today. Dubbed P1270, the 22nm process for CPUs is an “immature process” says Intel Director of Process Architecture Mark Bohr. Even so, that hasn’t […] Add comment
Suspicious and familiar politics were at play last Monday when a Michigan Chamber of Commerce forum bankrolled by two of the United States’ largest telecom companies tapped Glenn Beck for the keynote address. This would hardly be noteworthy but for recent Democratic efforts to bust several of telecom’s outstanding oligopolistic practices. Landing a Republican icon […] Add comment
Though chief rival Western Digital was the first to strike the 2TB mark, Seagate has gone a step further to kick out the market’s first drive built to the new SATA spec. The spritely mechanical disk uses four 500MB platters and 64MB of cache to peg sustained transfer rates at up to 138MB/s. That’s no […] Add comment
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski vowed on August 27 to purse the agenda of net neutrality promised by the Obama administration during the election period, and today the first overtures towards fulfilling that promise have been made. In a riveting prepared statement, the Chairman detailed a veritable cornucopia of ideals that the FCC would soon be […] Add comment
Want to support the translation of Moby Dick into Japanese emoji icons? Here you go. Add comment
Ahoy landlubbers! This week we be ready ta throw Austrailia overboard as they be bannin’ Left 4 Dead 2 from their salty shores! But good news is afoot, our mateys from Telltale Games is givin’ away a pirate game of their own this day! Yarrr, fresh new graphics cards are in the works from those […] Add comment
Yo-ho fiddledy-dee, Sept 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Please don’t feed the parrot. Add comment
Dan Brown’s new book, “Th’ Lost Symbol,” ‘as rocketed ter th’ top o’ th’ charts ter become one o’ th’ most swashbucklerd books o’ th’ voyage. ‘Tis abnormal fer traditional literature t’be popular amongst swashbucklers. Th’ ten most popular eBooks this year be primarily concerned wi’ sex help, presumably t’ improve the’r cursed luck wi’ […] Add comment
TorrentFreak be reportin’ that Th’ Swashbuckler Bay’s one-time suitor, Global Games Factory, be submitted fer bankruptcy by a former crewman owed buckets o’ chestfulls o’ pieces o’ eight. Th’ proxy request fer bankruptcy be filed by former GGF board member an’ director Johan Sellstrom who alleges GGF be unable t’ repay th’ $188,000 USD owed […] Add comment
A group of Senators led by Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) have floated the Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools in Counter-terrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act, a bill that would significantly reform the FISA Amendment Act and the PATRIOT Act. The JUSTICE Act seeks to oust the most abusive portions of the PATRIOT Act and […] Add comment
NVIDIA’s boisterous CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will purportedly meet with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation in October to discuss 40nm prices. As a so-called fabless company, NVIDIA has long relied on the manufacturing capabilities of foundries like TSMC to realize the designs its boffins dream up. The most recent designs, such as those for the mythical GT300 […] Add comment
Those with good memories may recall the Apple/AT&T/Google fiasco of a couple months ago that stirred the FCC to action, sending formal questionnaires to all three companies regarding their roles in the rejection of official and unofficial Google Voice applications, their companies’ roles in the marketplace, the state of VOIP applications, and more. Today, the […] Add comment
Yesterday on the Windows blog, student pricing for the upcoming Windows 7 was announced. Until January 3, 2010, eligible students can purchase a full downloadable (media-less) copy of either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional for $29.99. If you have a .EDU email address, you’re all set. If not, there is a list […] Add comment
The Font Conference, deciding whether to grant admission to Zapf Dingbats, finds itself up to its wingdings in trouble when Ransom appears. Add comment
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