NVIDIA gobbles up ray tracing software maker RayScale
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Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Laptops
a collection of things i like and want to remember. by "scrapbooking" it on my blog i can go back and google it later
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Posted by Augustine at 8:33 AM
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Every so often, we catch Sharp tooting its own horn in regard to sensor size. Needless to say, small is most certainly superior in this discussion, and the aforesaid outfit is patting itself on the back once more for the RJ63SC100. This 5-megapixel CMOS sensor is said to be the industry's thinnest at 9.5- x 9.5- x 6.6-millimeters, and it should fit snugly inside the already cramped innards of tomorrow's cellphones just fine. Samples are slated to ship out at the end of May for ¥10,000 ($96) a pop, while commercial production should get going a month later.Posted by Augustine at 8:32 AM
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Filed under: Cellphones
Get this. Australian site ChannelNews claims that a "senior executive of Telstra" is the latest 3G iPhone bean spiller. They quote the exec as saying the following:Posted by Augustine at 8:22 AM
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Filed under: Storage
As evidence begins to amass around the imminent launch of Intel's consumer oriented High Performance SSDs, we finally get model numbers, dates, and capacities from Taiwan. According to DigiTimes and its "sources at PC makers," Intel is prepping a 2.5-inch Client X25-M SSD and 1.8-inch Client X18-M SSD for launch in Q3. Both of the SATA drives will initially launch in 80GB capacities before hitting 160GB by the end of Q4 -- 250GB and beyond in 2009. We'll guess that they'll be sporting the "world's fastest" SLC NAND co-developed with Micron making the drives tres cher fo' sho'. However they come, they'll likely be snuggled up to Intel's new Centrino 2 laptops when they do arrive.Continue reading Video: Intel launching 80GB 1.8- and 2.5-inch SSDs in Q3?
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[Posted by Jeremiah Owyang]
A list of companies that were blind-sided by the internet, they didn't understand the impacts of the power shift to the participants, or how fast information would spread, or were just plain ignorant.
Criteria of "Punk'd" includes a situation where the story would have not been told if social media was not available, or if social media enhanced the situation.
This doesn't include fake blogs, companies who deliberately tried to cheat the system get their own honorable mention.
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This is a cross post from the Web Strategy blog. Thanks to Jackie Huba for correcting that Apple's dirty little secret was actually form 2001, very early on.
Posted by Augustine at 8:18 AM
You thought the $100 "Open Laptop Per Child" program was meant for providing low-cost computers to kids in developing nations but these images of XO version 2.0 may change that perception.
This fully-functional laptop tablet computer is the size of a book, sports a dual touch sensitive screen (no keyboard) and can also be folded like a book. The prototype uses the same 16:9 screen that are seen in DVD players.
The only problem - this desirable XOXO tablet computer won’t ship before 2010 and that’s a very long period.
For more on the XOXO laptop, check out PC World, Laptopmag and IHT.
Forget Kids, $100 Tablet Targets Amazon Kindle & Sony Book Reader - Digital Inspiration | FAQ | RSS
Posted by Augustine at 8:14 AM
Source: http://cubeme.com/blog/2008/05/13/mile-high-london-eco-tower-by-populararchitecture/
London's skyline would have a new addition in the form of the mile-high 'eco-friendly' tower, to be located in East London. The project is proposed by British firm Popularchitecture, in collaboration with Fluid Engineers and Pha Consul M&E specialists.
Posted by Augustine at 8:09 AM
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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
With Nokia's dedication to Maemo and the recent Trolltech acquisition, it's no secret that Espoo has its eyes firmly locked on the Linux prize -- but outside the whole Internet Tablet phenomenon, there hasn't been a lot of product to show for it. Looks like that's all about to change, with CFO Rick Simonson commenting this week that the company will "definitely" be releasing some Linux-based cellphones in the future, marking a pretty big move for a company with strong tradition in its long-lived Series 40 dumbphone and S60 smartphone platforms. Simonson refused to get into the nitty gritty details about what flavor of mobile Linux would be used; borrowing from its tablets might make sense, but the Android and LiMo juggernauts seem like they're going to be pretty hard to ignore as well -- not to mention that Google is said to have chatted briefly about Android with Nokia in the not-too-distant past. So what does this all mean? Is S60 Touch in danger here?Posted by Augustine at 7:51 AM
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Networking
Posted by Augustine at 7:49 AM
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Filed under: Displays
Continue reading N-trig shows off pen input-capable DuoSense multi-touch display
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Filed under: Displays
It seems like the multi-touch revolution that's happening right now is really bringing out the DIY'ers -- and this latest feat of hackery is right up there with the best of them. Christopher Jette has created a massive, 56-inch multi-touch display in his spare time using a box that resembles an old rear-projection TV, 168 infrared LEDs, and some serious elbow grease. The LEDs dot the perimeter of the screen and create a field of IR light which is scattered when touched, a webcam mounted at the back of the display picks up the movement and translates it to input. If you've got some time on your hands, there are instructions available for recreating the experiment, or you can just sit back and watch it in action in the video after the break.Continue reading DIY'er creates 56-inch multi-touch display
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Filed under: Cellphones
Continue reading $5,000 Dior phone: so upscale it doesn't require specs
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