Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Digital Storm Black|OPS series brings NVIDIA 3D Vision for triple-headed 3D gameplay

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/digital-storm-black-ops-series-brings-nvidia-3d-vision-for-tripl/

Digital Storm Black|OPS series brings NVIDIA 3D Vision for triple-headed 3D gameplay
It's time to step up to triple-screen 3D gaming, son. NVIDIA has been teasing us with 3D Vision Surround capability in its GPUs for months, and now Digital Storm wants to put it on your desk with its latest Black|OPS line of gaming rigs. For a starting price of $2,670 you can get yourself a rig with dual NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 graphics cards in SLI powering three 23-inch 3D LCDs from Asus. Naturally, though, the price goes way up from there with just a few clicks on those customization boxes. Can you resist their siren call?

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IBM scientists study deep-sea mud juice with atomic force microscope, find orchid juice (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/ibm-scientists-study-deep-sea-mud-juice-with-atomic-force-micros/

IBM scientists study deep-sea mud juice with an atomic force microscope, find orchid juice (video)
The discovery of novel chemical compounds is a huge part of modern pharmaceutical research. The problem is, there aren't too many novel places left on the globe left to look. One of the least studied is at the deepest place on Earth, the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and that's just where researchers at the University of Aberdeen found some mud to play with. However, they weren't able to accurately identify the compounds found in the pile of trench goop they were analyzing. A call to scientists at IBM Zurich resulted in an opportunity to play with their atomic force microscope, a device that uses a tiny probe with a tip that that actually "feels" the surface of whatever you're looking at. With this the team was able to determine the nature of the compounds being generated by bacteria in the mud: cephalandole A, also generated by the Taiwanese orchid Cephalanceropsis gracilis. Now, instead of getting your significant other a beautiful orchid for some special occasion you can fill a vase with mud and romantically explain how they both generate the same basic compounds.

[Thanks, Chris]

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IBM scientists study deep-sea mud juice with atomic force microscope, find orchid juice (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlackBerry Torch is official, launching August 12th on AT&T for $200

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/blackberry-torch-goes-live-on-atandts-site/

It hasn't been announced just yet -- we're expecting that shortly at a New York event today -- but the long-rumored BlackBerry Torch (née 9800) just went live on AT&T's site offering the opportunity to sign up for a notification when you can buy the thing. Major features include a 5 megapixel cam with flash, full QWERTY on a portrait slide, 802.11n support, and -- of course -- BlackBerry 6 with an all-new browsing experience and a host of other features that should help position RIM within earshot of its less-stodgy rivals. You've also got 4GB of storage onboard paired with a 4GB microSD card in the box, 512MB each of ROM and RAM, a quadband 3G radio that'll travel well around the globe, a 480 x 360 touchscreen display (same resolution as the Bold 9700) measuring 3.2 inches, the typical optical trackpad down below, and an interesting new Media Sync feature that'll let you sync your media library right over WiFi -- something various third parties have tried over the years, but has rarely been offered as an out-of-the-box capability. Interested? It'll hit AT&T and third-party retail locations and websites on the 12th of the month for $199.99 on contract. Follow the break for RIM's introductory videos and the press release.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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BlackBerry Torch is official, launching August 12th on AT&T for $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 3:50 PM

BlackBerry Torch first hands-on! (update: video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/blackberry-torch-first-hands-on/

We just got a quick hands-on with the BlackBerry Torch -- unfortunately our unit wasn't powering on. We're headed back for more in just a second and there's video on the way, but check the gallery for some hardware shots and some Droid X / iPhone 4 head-to-head action right now!

Update: We went back in for round two with a functional device -- the hardware is quite nice, and the keyboard feels similar to the Tour / Bold. Software-wise, we're still waiting to play with BlackBerry 6 in-depth, but it definitely feels like the OS overwhelms the hardware a little when it's really cranking -- for example, the phone basically locked up while it loaded Engadget in the new Webkit browser, but when it was done loading it responded smoothly to panning and zooming.

Update 2: We've got video, people. It's a little scattershot in scope, but it should illustrate the basic feel of the new OS. You can find it below the fold.

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BlackBerry Torch first hands-on! (update: video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Telus launching North America's first 42Mbps dual carrier HSPA+ network

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/telus-launching-north-americas-first-42mbps-dual-carrier-hspa/

Australia's Telstra already claimed the title of World's First on this one, but Telus up in Canada isn't far behind, becoming the first carrier in North America to push HSPA+ up to 42Mbps through the magic of dual carrier technology. The concept, of course, is nothing new -- remember those "Shotgun" two-line 56k landline modems back in the day? Dual carrier isn't much different, employing two HSPA+ connection simultaneous to get an effective max theoretical throughput of 42Mbps. Telus has already wrapped up lab trials, but it expects to offer the blazing speeds to customers some time in the first quarter of 2011 with the launch of the first compatible devices -- USB modems at first, we'd presume -- and since Bell shares the network with Telus, we'd imagine that they're in cahoots on this as well. Rogers, ball's in your court. Follow the break for the full press release.

[Thanks, Zach]

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Telus launching North America's first 42Mbps dual carrier HSPA+ network originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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