Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/htc-one-x-gets-rooted-before-retail-debut/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/mobile-hotspot-new-ipad/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-ics/
Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) to get ICS on March 10th (update: recalled) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/super-talent-raiddrive-upstream/
Super Talent teases whip-fast RAIDDrive UpStream PCIe SSD originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/vizio-tvs-add-youtube-internet-app/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/toshiba-fruit-scanner/
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5891508/chrome-finally-breached-in-googles-1-million-hackathon
Chrome has featured in Pwn2Own—a security competition run by HP—for the last four years, but while the likes of Safari and Internet Explorer have crumbled, Google's browser has remained resolute.
Now, at Google's breakaway event Pwnium, Sergey Glazunov, a Russian university student, successfully hacked a PC running Google's Chrome browser to claim a $60,000 prize. ZDNet reports that he used a previously undiscovered exploit specific to chrome to bypass its "sandbox"—a restriction designed to stop hackers accessing the rest of a user's computer even if they do compromise the browser. Google security team member Justin Schuh has confirmed the hack on Twitter.
Simultaneously, at HP's Pwn2Own event, a security firm also hacked Chrome in five minutes. While all this means that Google can no longer tout Chrome's record of withstanding hacks, it does mean that the browser will get better. As part of the prize-giving system, all hackers have to disclose full details of their hack—so Google are definitely set to learn something. [ZDNet; Image: Pedro Miguel Sousa / Shutterstock]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5891515/ibms-holey-optochip-pumps-1-trillion-bits-per-second
They call this transceiver the Holey Optochip - holey because they've taken a chip wafer and fired 48 holes in it so that laser light can be blasted in and out of the chip, moving data at one trillion bits per second. That's eight times faster than the fastest comparable optical components on the market today, and about 10,000 times faster than the 100 Mb/second Ethernet that's still common on corporate networks.
It doesn't use much power either - just under five watts. That's a big issue in today's data centers and supercomputer installations.
IBM doesn't plan to turn the Holey Optochip into a product, but they would like it if someone in the transceiver business licensed their technology to build super-fast networking technology for high-performance computers.
The chip is built out of commodity components - the chip's hole-riddled design is the breakthrough here, not any individual component - so this is something that could happen within the next few years, says Clint Schow a group manager at IBM Research. "This is basically just a higher bandwidth version of those links today that are used in high-performance computers," he says. "The trick is we package it very well so we can deliver on the bandwidth and power simultaneously."
Networking bottlenecks are becoming a real problem as computer-makers cram more and more powerful processors into massive supercomputing system. It's becoming tricky to get all these chips talking to one-another in an efficient way, so they're not spending too much of their time just waiting for an answer from some other part of the machine. As supercomputers become used for more and more types of programming, predicting how the network will be used becomes even harder.
Seeing these problems ahead, Schow and his team set off to find a way to get to this one trillion bits per second (a terabit) networking about five years ago. "The network's becoming the real problem that's limiting everything," Schow says.
IBM researchers will discuss the Holey Optochip Thursday at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference in Los Angeles.
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5891519/the-first+ever-images-of-atoms-moving-inside-a-molecule
The images were snapped using an ultrafast laser, which fired 50 femtosecond (a femtosecond is a quadrillionth of a second) pulses at the molecule to knock a single electron outside of the molecules outer shell. This electron, having been knocked out of its proper place, comes crashing back into the molecule, and in doing so it provides the kind of illumination the researchers need to image the molecule itself.
By measuring the scattered signal of the electron as it collides with the molecule, they were able to reconstruct the inner workings of the molecule, including things like the positions of the atoms nuclei. Moreover, because there is a very short lag between when the electron is knocked out and when it comes crashing back, the researchers are able to capture the movement of the atoms within that period, essentially allowing them to make a frame-by-frame film of atomic motion within molecules.
For their experiments the researchers used oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) molecules because their molecular structures are well understood. The next steps will involve imaging more complex molecules and, eventually, figuring out the potential for precisely controlling chemical reactions right down to the atomic level.
Image: Cosmin Blaga, Ohio State University
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/apple-tv-software-update-brings-new-interface-to-second-gen-mode/
Apple TV software update brings new interface to second-gen models originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It also has much more powerful guts, with a much faster processor, graphics and more memory. And it's 4G ready.
The Retina display looks gorgeous. The screen has a 264 pixels per inch. That's a total 3.1 million pixels in a full color IPS screen. The image color seems a lot better too. They say it has 44 percent more saturation than the IPS technology they were using previously.
Apple claims that it is still a Retina display because, when you held it at a normal distance, you just can't see the pixels. That distance is 15 inches. For the iPhone, which has a smaller screen, it is 10 inches. I can't wait to test this thing with all my comics (I wonder if Marvel will have to upload them all again).
They demonstrated it running a new version of Autodesk Sketchbook Ink, a new painting app that is vector-based and resolution independent. It actually seems like you are painting on a real page.
The processor is an A5X, which includes a quad-core graphics module. It's going to need all the graphics muscle if it has to push those 3.1 million pixels.
According to Apple, it's twice as fast as a Tegra 3 and has "four times" the graphics performance. Hot damn.
The new iPad has a new camera on the back: has a 5-megapixel job with a side-iluminated sensor, a 5-element lens and an infrared filter. It's basically the same configuration as on the iPhone 4S, with three fewer megapixels. Serious specs for a tablet camera—you can expect to see more people carrying around iPads taking pictures of things. Great.
The rear camera, which Apple calls the iSight Camera (the front-facing one is the facetime camera), is capable of capturing 1080p video, which obviously looks razor sharp on the iPad's display. The video, like the iPhone 4S, is also stabilized.
Apple says it has temporal noise reduction, which is a rather clever technique that greatly reduces the noise of video by comparing what pixels actually move and guessing what is noise and what is actual detail.
The new iPad's operating system offers a new microphone button, which will allow you to dictate emails, presumably using technology related to Siri technology. There was no actual mention of Siri assitance.
Apple says the new 4G LTE connectivity will give you 21Mbps on HSPA+ networks, 42Mbps on DC-HSDPA and 73Mbps on LTE. Of course, these speeds are theoretical. It will run on both AT&T and Verizon networks. According to Phil Schiller, the new model "has the most wireless bands that has ever shipped."
Apple is not mentioning actual specifications for the guts of the machine, but it's pretty clear that the memory—not the storage, but RAM used for running the OS and the applications—has increased too, if only to handle the new resolution.
Mike Capps, from Epic Games, says that it has more memory than an Xbox 360 or a PlayStation 3. Presumably, his comment refers to graphics memory. We will know soon how much this is exactly.
Surprisingly, they have kept the package practically just the same as the previous version: only 0.03 inches thicker than the iPad 2 at 0.37 inches (9.4 millimeters). The weight is only 1.5 pounds.
You will be able to get it on March 16, but the preorder starts today. It will be available in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia on the same day.
The price is $499, $599 and $699 for 16, 32, and 64GB. If you want 4G LTE, you will have to spend $629, $729, and $829.
The name. Did you notice it? The name is not iPad HD. It just iPad. Which demonstrates two things.
First, that rumors are bullshit (but I always tell you that. All the rumors are when it comes to Apple. They just become true if you give them enough time).
Then, and most importantly, it shows that Apple has finally realized that this naming scheme was going nowhere. Does iPad 15 make any sense to you? No. Which is why they have just adopted the same strategy as they adopted with MacBooks and iMacs. Just call them by their name and attach a year number or some other descriptive string in your stock systems. It makes sense.
So much sense that I bet they will call the iPhone 5 just the iPhone. You heard that rumor here first, folks! BELIEVE IT!
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/intel-ivy-bridge-touchscreen-ultrabook-hands-on/
Continue reading Intel Ivy Bridge touchscreen Ultrabook reference design hands-on (video)
Intel Ivy Bridg! e touchs creen Ultrabook reference design hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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