Sony Doesn't Think The iPad Threatens Gaming Biz, Says It Helps PSP Sales
Sony has proven itself to be a giant in the gaming industry, first with the PlayStation console and now with the PSP line. The company's PSP Go took its fair share of criticism (mostly surrounding price), but the actual hardware/gameplay isn't too shabby. What's interesting, though, is how Sony's numbers have continually crept up despite the negative vibes. And odder still, it seems that Apple may be to thank.In an almost too-good-to-be-true article, Sony has seemingly thanked Apple (at least in theory) for
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MSI Rumored To Introduce $500 Tegra-Based Tablet This Year
MSI had a relatively large showing at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, and while their new desktops and notebooks were certainly interesting, it's the tablet that has us most on edge. And understandably so, given that 2010 looks to be the year that the tablet gets another chance at life, this time with things like Apple's A4 and NVIDIA's Tegra 2 as the wind behind the sails.According to a report at DigiTimes, MSI is expected to launch a "Tegra-based" (no word on Tegra 1 or Tegra 2) tablet PC in the second
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AT&T 3G Compatible Nexus One Coming?
Google's HTC Nexus One, while available unlocked (always), but subsidized by T-Mobile with a two-year contract. Hopefully anyone who bought the Nexus One with the intent of using it with an AT&T SIM read the fine print and realized that it wasn't compatible with 3G on AT&T's network. That may be changing, though.Versions of the HTC Nexus One for Verizon and Vodafone have been listed as coming on Google's website, but if you're going to have the darn thing unlocked and its a GSM device, it's a pain that
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Microsoft Reports $6.66 Billion Net Income, Thanks To Soaring Windows 7 Sales
The economy as a whole helped to drag Microsoft's profits below where they would have liked them last year, but the company's first quarterly report in the new decade is quite different in nature. Put simply, Microsoft is beaming once more as it rakes in monumental profits, thanks in no small part to the highly successful launch of Windows 7.Last October, PC users who were fed up with Vista's annoyances were given a way out (multiple ways out, if you consider the various versions of Windows 7), and evidently
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Samsung's 30nm DDR3 DRAM Modules Tout "Green" Features
Believe it or not, this isn't the first time we've heard the words "green" and "RAM" used in the same sentence. Frankly, it's kind of hard to believe that memory could actually be friendly to the environment, but when it's the buzzword of the year, major companies have little choice but to throw it in wherever it'll fit. Samsung Electronics has announced today the industry’s first 30-nanometer-class DRAM, which has just successfully completed customer evaluations in two gigabit (Gb) densities. DDR3 is becoming
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iPhone-style App Store Limitation Makes iPad A Tough Sell
The iPad has been a red-hot topic since Apple unveiled it last week; the tablet's price structure, included hardware, and iPhone-derived UI are all topics that have been debated extensively by tech pundits and enthusiasts across all forms of media. These are salient points of conversation, to be sure, but the question of whether or not potential iPad customers will accept the App Store as the sole source of iPad software, has gone largely unaddressed. The iPhone App Store has been an undeniable success,
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At Company Town Hall, Jobs Blasts Adobe, Google
Post-iPad announcement, Steve Jobs late last week held a company town hall. Wired noted that the big topics included both Google and Adobe, which should surprise none.After all, Google is becoming more of a threat to Apple, with its Android app phone OS, and with plans to release a Chrome OS for PCs as well. Additionally, Adobe's made clear how it feels about the lack of Flash support on the iPad (and by extension, the iPhone).On Google, Jobs said: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered
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Intel and Micron Unveil 25nm NAND Flash
IM Flash Technologies is a joint venture between Intel and Micron which produces NAND flash memory. With a focus on research and development, IMFT has doubled NAND density approximately every 18 months. In 2006, they started production with a 50nm process, then moved to a 40nm process in 2008. This inevitably leads to smaller, more affordable products featuring higher capacities, much like we have witnessed in the SSD market and among USB drives the past couple of years. February 1, 2010 marks the official announcement
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Intel and Micron Unveil 25nm NAND Flash
IM Flash Technologies is a joint venture between Intel and Micron that is targeted for producing NAND flash memory. With a focus on research and development, IMFT has doubled NAND density approximately every 18 months. In 2006, they started production with a 50nm process, then moved to a 40nm process in 2008. This co-development inevitably lead to smaller, more affordable NAND flash-based products featuring higher capacities, much like we have witnessed in the SSD market and with USB flash drives over
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And the winner of the origin pc is?
Caos420!!!!!!!
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Hot Hardware in Storyland: The continuous adventures of the membership
( simple rules...continue the story )
One day as gibbersome and rapid1 were walking along a trail they came across the Town Inspector who...
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AT&T 3G Compatible Nexus One Coming?
Google's HTC Nexus One, while available unlocked (always), but subsidized by T-Mobile with a two-year contract. Hopefully anyone who bought the Nexus One with the intent of using it with an AT&T SIM read the fine print and realized that it wasn't compatible with 3G on AT&T's network. That may be changing, though.Versions of the HTC Nexus One for Verizon and Vodafone have been listed as coming on Google's website, but if you're going to have the darn thing unlocked and its a GSM device, it's a pain that AT&T users can't have 3G support on it. However, a recent FCC approval seems to point to an AT&T 3G compatible version of the Nexus One.
The problem, of course, is that to get 3G working on both T-Mobile and AT&T means coverage of more frequency bands. This could compromise size and weight of the device which could be the reason Google went the way they did.
At any rate, the Nexus One has not been a blockbuster, at least so far, which is probably a good thing for AT&T users: they don't need extra app phone traffic sucking away all their bandwidth from their iPhones.
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I want to OC my P4 3.4ghz , need input.
Hello, I have a P4 3.4ghz and I am insterested in doing some OC'ing just to get my feet wet so to speek. Ok so I know that this P4 is getting old but I would like to see if I can make so performance improvement though I have some concerns. To start off in Speedfan my idel temps are around 39 degrees C and high load at 52 C. I have had trouble determining if this is a good temp range for this processor as many people speak of thier different experiences with these chips. I have also heard that may P4 were designed with little head-room in temprature and voltage areas that it may be wise to leave well enough alone, is this true? If anyone can provide me with some good information on the subject it would be highly appreciated. Thanks
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Microsoft Reports $6.66 Billion Net Income, Thanks To Soaring Windows 7 Sales
The economy as a whole helped to drag Microsoft's profits below where they would have liked them last year, but the company's first quarterly report in the new decade is quite different in nature. Put simply, Microsoft is beaming once more as it rakes in monumental profits, thanks in no small part to the highly successful launch of Windows 7.Last October, PC users who were fed up with Vista's annoyances were given a way out (multiple ways out, if you consider the various versions of Windows 7), and evidently quite a few took advantage of the opportunity. Revenue in the Windows division alone shot up 70% during the last quarter, which helped to overshadow other divisions that were either flat or down. Still, this is all a great sign of what's to come, and even Microsoft has stated that consumer demand is now "healthy." That's quite the contrast compared to consumer demand 9 or 10 months ago.
For the quarter ended December 31, 2009, Microsoft reported net income of $6.66 billion, a devilish figure that the company will gladly take. A year ago this same quarter, net income sat at "just" $4.17 billion. The performance beat even Wall Street's estimates, as the company sold through some 60 million Windows licenses. That little fact means that Windows 7 is the fastest selling operating system in the company's history, and we have a hunch it had just as much to do with Vista's bad reputation as it did with the high quality of Windows 7.
Now, if only Microsoft would go ahead and come clean with Windows Mobile 7, maybe we could look forward to yet another record-breaking quarter as consumer flock to upgrade from WinMo 6.
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Android & Windows mobile Dual boot on HTC Phones.
This is something that is really fun and cool, you can now run both Windows Mobile and Adroid on the same Windows Mobile phone if you like. I'm told the old HTC Touch which is a phone that is over 2 years old runs Android acceptably even faster than it does Windows Mobile.
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Sony Doesn't Think The iPad Threatens Gaming Biz, Says It Helps PSP Sales
Sony has proven itself to be a giant in the gaming industry, first with the PlayStation console and now with the PSP line. The company's PSP Go took its fair share of criticism (mostly surrounding price), but the actual hardware/gameplay isn't too shabby. What's interesting, though, is how Sony's numbers have continually crept up despite the negative vibes. And odder still, it seems that Apple may be to thank.In an almost too-good-to-be-true article, Sony has seemingly thanked Apple (at least in theory) for helping its PSP consoles to skyrocket in terms of sales. Granted, no physical thank you notes were sent, but how else would you describe the comments that John Koller, who is responsible for heading up the hardware marketing side for SCEA, made after the introduction of the iPad?
"Apple's entrance into the portable gaming space has been a net positive for Sony," Koller said in an interview. "When people want a deeper, richer console, they start playing on a PSP."
The remarks were made in reference to Apple getting into the gaming industry with its iPhone, iPod touch, and now, iPad. The App Store has a litany of games for purchase and for free, and some titles (such as Call of Duty: Zombies) are A+ apps with huge industry support. What's funnier still is that John's facts really aren't distanced from the truth of the matter.
Research firm NPD has figures that prove Sony's PSP sales have "nearly tripled" since the iPhone went on sale in June of 2007. So, in a sense, Sony's PSP sales have climbed ever since Apple reportedly got into the gaming side of things. We fully suspect that more factors than this have led to Sony's success, but it must feel good to be Sony when you're able to take a shot like that at what's seemingly the most invincible tech company out today.
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iPhone-style App Store Limitation Makes iPad A Tough Sell
The iPad has been a red-hot topic since Apple unveiled it last week; the tablet's price structure, included hardware, and iPhone-derived UI are all topics that have been debated extensively by tech pundits andآ enthusiasts across all forms of media. These are salient points of conversation, to be sure, but the question of whether or not potential iPad customers will accept the App Store as the sole source of iPad software, has gone largely unaddressed. The iPhone App Store has been an undeniable success, but consumers may not tolerate the same level of control over their computers as they have over their cell phones.To date, Apple has been able to win massive market share and appoint itself official gatekeeper of the iPhone for several reasons. Not only is the phone-as-application-platform meme exceedingly new, consumers are used to thinking about cell phones as closed devices. For most of the past 12-13 years, when you bought a phone, you bought whatever applications your carrier included with it. Even after the advent of smartphones, carriers emphasized theآ features and softwareآ a device shipped with, as opposed to the ease and flexibility with which users could select their own apps, from a variety of options. Apple has done quite a bit to drive home this new idea, and the company deserves credit for it, but the level of control the company imposes over the iPhone is absolutely unprecedented in the computing world.آ And let's face it, the iPad is competing in the same space as netbooks and other tablet PCs that exist today and will be coming to market in the future.
Your sole source for iPad software...
Imagine that when Microsoft launched Windows 7, it had instituted a new software quality assurance program that required developers who wanted to sell or even give away a Win 7-compatible program to first submit it to Microsoft for approval and verification. Said process would occur opaquely and over an indefinite period of time, according to inconsistently applied rules and standards. Microsoft, meanwhile, reserved the right to kill any app for any reason at any point during or after the initial review, including for such a dubious reason as "duplicating functionality." Any application Microsoft developed (or chose to include with Windows 7) would naturally be exempt from this rule, even if an approved third-party app had established a dominant presence in the market.آ
It's preposterous to imagine Microsoft or any other company successfully launching such a scheme around a 'traditional' computer and it's by no means certain that Apple's potential customers are jumping up and down for the privilege, either. True, Macs have always been more of a closed system and software environment versus their PC counterparts, but the level of control Apple plans to leverage over its iPad customers is more stringent than anything a Mac user has ever had to deal with. Apple may ship Safari with Macbooks, for example, but Opera and Firefox are both available. Unless the Cupertino-based manufacturer revises its policies, those are browser options the iPad user base won't have.There are certain iPod features, including its touch-oriented OS, that will work well on the iPad. It's also going to occupy its own unique niche until/unless Microsoft overhauls Windows 7 to include a true touch-centric GUI. Jobs, meanwhile, has proven extremely successful at predicting what features consumers want and what they're willing to pay for them. The iPad, however, presents a slightly different problem.
The issue here isn't features or pricing, it's freedom. Consumers may not be very interested in paying netbook/notebook-equivalent prices for a comparable device that, in some cases, is locked simply because Jobs declares it so. Why no multitasking on the iPad? Why no Firefox? Modifying your iPhone or iPad to run software other individuals would freely give away shouldn't be a violation of the device's warranty or terms of service—but it is. With the iPad, Apple has an opportunity to introduce a new device in a new space without asking users to give up freedoms they've become accustomed to. How the company treats this question could have a significant and lasting impact on the iPad's overall success.آ Is Apple so blinded by their own success that they don't see this? Or is it that Apple is just such a control freak that they don't really care?
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There is nothing worst then replying to a post that is five years old.Can we do something about that?
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MSI Rumored To Introduce $500 Tegra-Based Tablet This Year
MSI had a relatively large showing at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, and while their new desktops and notebooks were certainly interesting, it's the tablet that has us most on edge. And understandably so, given that 2010 looks to be the year that the tablet gets another chance at life, this time with things like Apple's A4 and NVIDIA's Tegra 2 as the wind behind the sails.According to a report at DigiTimes, MSI is expected to launch a "Tegra-based" (no word on Tegra 1 or Tegra 2) tablet PC in the second quarter of this year, and just like Apple's iPad, this one will be priced around $500. Reportedly, that's the word from company sales director Sambora Chen. What's unusual about this to us is the $500 price point. Apple's iPad was seen as fairly expensive for what it could do, and now it looks like all the competitors that will follow will be selling their own tablets for about the same price. Are people really interested in paying more for a tablet with no physical keyboard than a full-fledged netbook? Guess time will tell.
Either way, the MSI tablet that was shown at CES (which we assume will be the same one that ships later this year) is really gorgeous. Clean lines, lots of screen real estate and a sleek enclosure. Still, tablets had their chance years ago--does the world feel like giving them another go?
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Intel and Micron Unveil 25nm NAND Flash
IM Flash Technologies is a joint venture between Intel and Micron which produces NAND flash memory. With a focus on research and development, IMFT has doubled NAND density approximately every 18 months. In 2006, they started production with a 50nm process, then moved to a 40nm process in 2008. This inevitably leads to smaller, more affordable products featuring higher capacities, much like we have witnessed in the SSD market and among USB drives the past couple of years.
February 1, 2010 marks the official announcement of 25 nanometer NAND technology--a major advancement for the company. Intel and Micron now lay claim to the smallest production ready semiconductor process technology in the industry. Here's the scoop...
Intel and Micron Unveil 25nm NAND Flash
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At Company Town Hall, Jobs Blasts Adobe, Google
Post-iPad announcement, Steve Jobs late last week held a company town hall. Wired noted that the big topics included both Google and Adobe, which should surprise none.After all, Google is becoming more of a threat to Apple, with its Android app phone OS, and with plans to release a Chrome OS for PCs as well. Additionally, Adobe's made clear how it feels about the lack of Flash support on the iPad (and by extension, the iPhone).
On Google, Jobs said:
We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them, he says. Someone else asks something on a different topic, but there’s no getting Jobs off this rant. I want to go back to that other question first and say one more thing, he says. “Don’t be evil is a load of crap.†(originally reported as Jobs saying it was "bullsh*t.")On Adobe, he said:
They are lazy, Jobs says. They have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don’t do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon. Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.He may be right about the move to HTML5, but that doesn't mean that it's any less annoying to find a missing area on a web page due to lack of Flash support.
Here are more details from MacRumors:
- Apple will deliver aggressive updates to iPhone that Android/Google won't be able to keep up with (which also means more work for jailbreakers)
- iPad is up there with the iPhone and Mac as the most important products Jobs has been a part of
- Regarding the Lala acquisition, Apple was interested in bringing those people into the iTunes team
- Next iPhone coming is an A+ update
- New Macs for 2010 are going to take Apple to the next level
- Blu-Ray software is a mess, and Apple will wait until sales really start to take off before implementing it (which could mean never if streaming takes over instead)
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WinXP SP3 not going into stand-by mode w/USB devices?
Hello, I recently switched to a Logitech USB mouse from a MS PS/2 and upon doing so I was not able to go into the S3 stand-by mode anymore. This problem occurs when you want to wake your PC from stand-by with a USB device like a Mouse or Keyboard.
S3 Stand-By Explained - Suspend to RAM (context saved to RAM) In this state, your PC in standby and all fans, hard drivers and other devices are powered down into a sleep state. Power consumption is less than Five Watts.
After being in contact with Logitech customer support for over a month with no working solution from them, I went out to find my own. This is a solution I discovered.
Using regedit go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usb
and create this entry: USBBIOSx = DWORD value = 00000000
**if you do not have a directory named USB you can create one for this fix.**
This is my source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841858
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