Google donates $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation
Interweb search giant Google has opened its massive coffers and made a $2 million donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization running Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote and other online services.
The $2 million are certainly welcomed by Wikimedia although not immediately needed as just last month the foundation announced its most successful fundraiser ever, which resulted in donations exceeding $8 million, over $500,000 more than was required for the operations in the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Google's donation, was confirmed by Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder through his Twitter page, and will be formally announced later today.
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NEC working on 16 Gb/s communication interface
If you think that USB 3.0 is fast then think again as NEC is currently working on a new serial communication interface that will deliver speeds of up to 16 Gb/s - three times higher than SuperSpeed USB and PCI Express 2.0. According to NEC, its research is based on the need for greater transmission speeds on a wide variety of devices, due to the appearance of high-definition TV and 3D video content.
NEC's next-gen interface makes use of binary transmission schemes, like USB and PCI Express, but it also features feed-forward type waveform equalization in order to reduce inter-bit interference and increase transfer speeds.
The Japanese company promises to continue work on the interface so we may eventually see it, or parts of it in our gadgets. 'Moar' speed is always welcomed.
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Google offering MySpace real-time search
As of yesterday Google is showing more love for MySpace and its millions of users by providing real-time search of the social network. Thanks to the use of MySpace's search API, Google's engine now returns results that include public updates (news, blog posts and photos) made by MySpace members.
"Empowering our audience to share, discover and showcase content - whether it's music, movies or games - is core to the MySpace experience," said Mike Jones, MySpace Co-President. "This partnership [with Google] increases our users' ability to share and showcase content across the open Web and gives people outside the MySpace network even more ways to discover new content."
Beside MySpace updates, Google also provides live tweets with its search results.
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HTC's Desire 'superphone' coming in Q2
In addition to the Legend model, HTC is preparing to introduce another Android 2.1 smartphone in early Q2, the Nexus One-resembling HTC Desire. This upcoming phone measures 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm, weights 135 grams and boasts a 3.7-inch (480x800) AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, a 1GHz Snapdragon chipset, 576MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM, a microSD slot, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, GSP, an accelerometer, an FM radio.
Desire comes equipped with an optical trackball, has 7.2 Mbps HSDPA support, includes USB, WiFi anf Bluetooth connectivity, and boasts a 1400 mAh battery. European and Asian markets will get the HTC Desire first, the launch date being set to hover around April.
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I-O Data preps 6x slim external Blu-ray writer
I-O Data has today exposed its newest optical drive, the BRP-UP6 external Blu-ray writer which features a slim profile (20mm thickness) and is set to become available in Japan at the end of this month. The 340g drive has USB 2.0 connectivity, is backed by a one-year warranty and can write BD-R at (up to) 6x, BD-RE at 2x, DVD-R/DVD+R/+RW at 8x, DVD-RW at 6x, DVD-RAM at 5x, DVD-R/+R DL at 4x, CD-R at 24x and CD-RW at 10x.
I-O Data's BRP-UP6 will bear a price tag of around $350.
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LG shows off 3-Way Sync-supporting phone at MWC 2010
Spicing up its stay in Barcelona, LG Electronics is presenting at the Mobile World Congress the first phone to have support for the 3-Way Sync service which enables easy syncing between a mobile device and a PC. Dubbed LG Air Sync, the syncing technology in question lets users continually sync the data on their phones with information stored on their PCs over a wireless network, so they can always have the content they need accessible and updated.
Air Sync, which is supported by the new LG Mini (GD880), will update the phone's browser with the 100 most recent websites users visited on a PC, and uses the Personal Information Manager (PIM) Sync function to transfer contact details and daily plans from the PC to the phone. Moreover, there's the R-Click function, which sees pictures and other content transferred from the PC to the mobile phone via a simple click.
"We live in an information-oriented society with vast amounts of data and content scattered all over the place. Because of this, one of the major battles in the future mobile market is likely to be in the data management technology industry, focusing on seamless access among different devices," said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "We have developed the LG Mini, which offers technological integration with its unique LG Air Sync service, in response to this trend."
In addition to Air Sync, the LG Mini features 3.2-inch 16:9 touchscreen, a 5.0 megapixel camera, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA support, WiFi, a built-in GPS, an FM radio, and a microSD card slot. The phone will debut in Europe next month.
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AMD coming up with big Catalyst updates
Later today AMD is going to release the Catalyst 10.2, a new set of graphics drivers which will include quite a few interesting and very welcomed updates. Probably the biggest thing included in the Catalyst 10.2 is the revamped CrossFireX profile architecture which will simplify the way multi-GPU game profiles are presented and delivered.
The new CrossFireX profiles are being put into an XML file which will be separated from the driver and thus be a lot easier to update. This solution will enable AMD to provide new profiles more often via small executables which will be available for download through its game.amd.com.
Other additions to Catalyst 10.2 (and beyond) are CrossFire Eyefinity support (for all Radeon HD 5000 series CrossFireX configurations), a reworked CrossFireX code, and DisplayPort audio. Moreover, there will be support for ATI PowerPlay on Radeon HD 5900, HD 5800 and HD 5700 CrossFireX setups, this letting unused cards in a multi-GPU configurations to be powered down to a very low power state in order to lower your energy bill.
For Catalyst 10.3, which will be delivered in March, AMD is preparing 3D Stereoscopic support, Eyefinity enhancements (Display Bezel compensation and per-display color adjustments, Multiple Eyefinity groups and better display configuration switching), plus monthly updates for the ATI Mobility Radeon line of cards. Good stuff for Radeon users.
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Danamics' LMX Superleggera liquid metal cooler reaches stores
Danamics has this week started to ship its newest liquid metal CPU cooler which goes by the name of LMX Superleggera and is a tweaked version of the LMX model released late last year. The cooler measures 158.2 (L) x 170.5 (H) x 90 (D) mm and weights 1170 grams without a fan, features an electromagnetic pump which circulates liquid metal through nickel-plated tubes, can be equipped with two 120mm fans, and is bundled with the Power Booster 2, a 3.5-inch device that provides the required watts to get the metal going.
The LMX Superleggera can be found without a fan (with AMD or Intel mounting kits) priced at 119 Euro. Models including a 120mm fan should also become available so keep an eye out for them.
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Toshiba introduces line of 2.5-inch 10K RPM enterprise HDDs
Making good use of Fujitsu's hard drive division (purchased in October), Toshiba has now announced its first enterprise-class 2.5-inch hard drives. The new 300GB, 450GB and 600GB drives work at 10,000 RPM (rotations per minute), have a SAS 6.0 Gbps interface, 16MB of cache, an idle sound output of 29 dBA, and are capable of a transfer rate of up to 216 MB/s.
Toshiba has not unveiled the HDDs' prices or shipping dates.
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IBM snaps up network automation software company Intelliden
Big Blue's empire has expanded yet again, this time due to the acquisition of Intelliden, a company based in Menlo Park, California which supplies network automation software to the likes of Cbeyond, Scotia Capital, Telecom Italia and TELUS. This buy is expected to strengthen IBM's service management portfolio, enabling the company to better aid its customers with improving network service availability and staff efficiency.
"The typical company is managing a more complex and ever changing infrastructure أ¢آ€آ“ stretched across digital and physical assets," said Al Zollar, general manager, IBM Tivoli software. "Companies are managing a virtualized computing layer that more than ever relies on the network. Intelliden's intelligent network automation is an important addition to IBM's portfolio to extend automation across all business and IT assets."
Intelliden's technology will soon be integrated into IBM's Tivoli line which is detailed here.
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