PrimeSense Delivers 3D Sensing Technology To Project Natal
Microsoft's Project Natal might change gaming as we know it when it launches this holiday season, much like Nintendo's Wii did just a few years back. There's no question that a lot of technology has been involved in creating a system that could actually recognize human movements and transform them into console commands, and now PrimeSense is coming clean and saying that some of what makes Natal tick is due to their technology.This marks the first time that Microsoft has gone public about any of the technology
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Who Needs HTML5? Chrome 5 Integrates Flash Plug-In
In somewhat of a surprise move, Google this week announced it has begun collaborating with Adobe to improve the Flash Player experience in Google Chrome, and as such, has bundled the plug-in with the latest version of Chrome in the developer channel.The implications here are potentially huge. Let's not forget that Google owns YouTube, so the move to integrate Flash into Chrome makes complete sense. But it also puts Google somewhat at odds with the HTML5 team hoping to move away from proprietary plug-ins in favor
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Latest iTunes Update Integrates iPad Support
Apple is all about updating its software this week. Not long after issuing a fairly massive upgrade to OS X that included 69 security patches, the Cupertino company has updated its iTunes software to version 9.1.According to Apple, iTunes 9.1 comes with several new features and improvements, including:Sync with iPad to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on the goOrganize and sync books you've downloaded from iBooks on iPad or added to your iTunes libraryRename, rearrange, or remove Genius
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Pixel Qi And OLPC Sign Important Cross-License Agreement for Screen Technology
Two of the most well-known, yet equally unknown, companies are joining forces today, and it's all for the forces of good. One Laptop Per Child is a project that never really met its goal, and thus, has feel from the spotlight in the mainstream. Of course, OLPC XO (green) laptops are still being distributed to students, but at a higher cost than originally suggested.Pixel Qi, on the other hand, has been instrumental in the progress of displays, and while they have yet to ship a product en masse to compete with
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Logitech Breaks The $50 Barrier With Harmony 300 Universal Remote
Universal remotes have been a product owned almost exclusively by high-end home cinema users for years now. Most average TV viewers didn't see a need to consoldate their remotes into one, and they definitely didn't feel like paying extra to do so. Logitech's Harmony line has long been viewed as the best in the industry, but even those were rather expensive in the eyes of Joe Six-Pack.Today, even Mr. Joe can get in on the party. The Harmony 300 sets an all new bar, but it actually lowers a bar rather than raising
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Corsair Breaks PC Mark Vantage World Record
Corsair Breaks PC Mark Vantage World Record Using Force Series Solid-State Drives– Sub-zero cooled Corsair PC smashes previous world record score thanks to eleven Corsair F200 SSDs and Dominator GTX memory – FREMONT, California, March 31, 2010 — Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced that it has set a new world record score in PC Mark Vantage, using a performance PC powered by eleven Corsair Force Series F200 SSDs in a high bandwidth RAID configuration.The
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Apple Releases iPhone SDK 3.2
Members of Apple's iPhone Developer Program now have access to the iPhone OS SDK 3.2 GM (Golden Master). Considering this is the first version of the operating system to support the iPad, this is a big deal. It's also perfect timing, since the first round of iPads hits store shelves this weekend. Before this update became available, developers had to code their apps using beta versions of the tools. If a developer wanted their app to be available in time for the April 3 launch of the iPad, they had to finish
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Gaming
Back in September of last year, just prior to the official arrival of the Radeon HD 5800 series, we first wrote about AMD's ATI Eyefinity technology and hinted at the fact that cards with six display outputs were coming. Since then, we had seen AMD's 6-output Radeon in action at a number of events, but hadn't been given the opportunity to evaluate one in the lab on our own test hardware, nor had we been informed of an official planned release date.It turns out, Microsoft had implement an artificial limit
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Verizon Rolls Out Android 2.1 Update For Motorola Droid
Attention all Verizon Droid owners: The long-awaited Android 2.1 update is finally coming your way. An internal company email obtained by Engadget shows that the Android 2.1 operating system update will begin a slow rollout process starting today. According to the note, 1,000 users should have received the update by noon today. Another 9,000 users were scheduled to get the update at 11:59 ET. As for the rest of you? Well, you'll have to wait a full 24 hours before Verizon releases the software to 200,000 users.
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MapQuest 4 Mobile Brings Free Voice Guidance To iPhone
Free iPhone apps are a plenty, but some are definitely better than others. Falling into the "better" category is the new MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone app. Not only will this app turn your iPhone into a personal navigation device, but the latest version will also give you basic spoken instructions that tell you where to turn. Another cool feature of MapQuest 4 Mobile is its Energy Saving mode that lets you dim the screen while still hearing voice instructions. This saves precious power when your iPhone's battery
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Apple Delays iPad Preorder Ship Dates
If you were hoping to get a brand new iPad shipped directly to your house by the store launch date of April 3 and haven't already placed a preorder, you're too late. Recently, Apple announced that customers who placed preorders after March 27 will have to wait until April 12 for their iPad to ship. Apple began taking preorders for the iPad on March 12 and promised to get the device in users' hands by April 3. Although customers who placed preorders with Apple before March 27 will receive the device by the store
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Intel Unveils Nehalem-EX 8-Core Xeon 7500 Muscle Chip
Intel launched its much-anticipated Nehalem-EX processor today; the new chip could redefine performance at 4P and above. Nehalem-EX, aka Beckton, aka Xeon 6500/7500 is Nehalem at full throttle; Beckton is an eight-core/16-thread processor with up to 24MB of L3 cache or ~3MB per core compared to Nehalem's 2MB/core design. It supports up to four QPI links for glueless design implementations and features a quad-channel memory controller capable of controlling up to 16 DIMMs per socket. Intel has released a number
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TomTom Steps It Up With Free Lifetime Traffic And Map Updates
One of the biggest pains to buying a GPS system is the knowledge that your maps will be outdated within 12 months, if not sooner. TomTom knows it, and they're doing something about it. Announced this week, the company is selling select navigation models that come with Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates. For free!It's a move that was probably necessary to fight Garmin, Navigon and the slew of other nav options that are now coming to smartphones, including Google's own Maps Navigation. Better still, TomTom will
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iBUYPOWER Goes Multi-Touch With 1080p Battalion Touch CZ-11 Gaming Notebook
Desktop replacement notebooks aren't as popular as they once were, but the big boys still have a place in the laptop world. A really, really big place. iBUYPOWER has just revealed what might be the most noticeable notebook of the year so far, not only because of the great specifications list, but the sheer size of this unit.The Battalion Touch CZ-11 differs from most monsters, as it has some smarts to go along with the muscle. The main standout is the 1080p multi-touch trackpad, making it one of the first (and
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Google Earth Helps Cop Nab Boat Dumper
Google Earth has been a huge addition to the navigation and technological world, but we haven't really seen it used for anything other than TED demonstrations and at-home tinkering. But now, the cops are onto the software, and they're using it to track down the bad boys we hear about so often.According to a new report from Florida, the virtual globe has been used to track down an illegally dumped boat. Deputy Gregory Barnes is the man deserving the praise, as he used Google Earth in order to assist him in discovering
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Gaming
Back in September of last year, just prior to the official arrival of the Radeon HD 5800 series, we first wrote about AMD's ATI Eyefinity technology and hinted at the fact that cards with six display outputs were coming. Since then, we had seen AMD's 6-output Radeon in action at a number of events, but hadn't been given the opportunity to evaluate one in the lab on our own test hardware, nor had we been informed of an official planned release date.It turns out, Microsoft had implement an artificial limit
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iBUYPOWER Goes Multi-Touch With 1080p Battalion Touch CZ-11 Gaming Notebook
Desktop replacement notebooks aren't as popular as they once were, but the big boys still have a place in the laptop world. A really, really big place. iBUYPOWER has just revealed what might be the most noticeable notebook of the year so far, not only because of the great specifications list, but the sheer size of this unit.The Battalion Touch CZ-11 differs from most monsters, as it has some smarts to go along with the muscle. The main standout is the 1080p multi-touch trackpad, making it one of the first (and only) multi-touch gaming machines in existance. It also includes a Core i7 processor, a 15" display, 4GB of DDR3 memory, an ATI Radeon HD 5650 GPU, DirectX 11 support and an optional Blu-ray drive. It can be configured for as little as $1299 for "gamers," while a lower-end model can be purchased for $1100, but it's mostly for multi-media lovers who don't fire up Crysis 2 very often.
iBUYPOWER Announces Availability of Battalion Touch CZ-11 with Intel Core i7 Processor and Full HD 1080 LCD
El Monte, CA – March 30, 2010 – iBUYPOWER, a leading innovator in gaming PCs, is excited to announce availability of the new multi-touch gaming notebook – Battalion Touch CZ-11. Launching on the heels of the highly successful Battalion Touch CZ-10, the CZ-11 is second in a line of new multi-touch notebooks from iBUYPOWER. iBUYPOWER Battalion Touch Notebooks are the only multi touch gaming notebooks currently available anywhere in the world.
“Multi touch is one of the fastest growing PC gaming interfaces,†said Darren Su, Executive Vice President of iBUYPOWER. “Pairing those capabilities with a Core i7 processor, high definition LCD and graphics card allows the CZ-11 to meet the mobile gaming needs of almost any user.â€
The Battalion Touch multi touch gaming notebooks are perfect for Real-Time strategy gaming titles like R.U.S.E from Ubisoft, which is available in Beta now and due out on June 3 of this year. The beta has already been downloaded by well over 1 million gamers worldwide.
iBUYPOWER’s newest 15-inch multi-touch gaming notebook features a Full HD 1920x1080 LCD with DirectX-11 capable graphics and the powerful new Intel Core i7- mobile processor. The CZ-11 also features 4GB of DDR3 memory, an ATI Radeon HD 5650 DirectX 11 graphics card, 500 GB hard drive and an optional Blu-ray drive. Starting at a gaming-ready configuration for just $1,299, the Battalion Touch CZ-11 can be customized to meet your needs for as low as $1,100.
Customers with more specific gaming needs can configure a fully customizable gaming PC at www.iBUYPOWER.com. All iBUYPOWER systems come standard with 1 year limited warranty and lifetime technical support.
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Corsair Breaks PC Mark Vantage World Record
Corsair Breaks PC Mark Vantage World Record Using Force Series Solid-State Drives
– Sub-zero cooled Corsair PC smashes previous world record score thanks to eleven Corsair F200 SSDs and Dominator GTX memory –
FREMONT, California, March 31, 2010 — Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced that it has set a new world record score in PC Mark Vantage, using a performance PC powered by eleven Corsair Force Series F200 SSDs in a high bandwidth RAID configuration.
The World Record score of 32,947 was achieved by a Corsair-built system based around the Intel Core i7-980X six-core processor, cooled to sub-zero temperatures. The system was powered by a Corsair HX1000W PSU, 6GB of Corsair Dominator GTX2 memory, and eleven 200GB Force Series F200 SSDs. The recently-announced Force Series SSDs utilize the sophisticated SandForce SF-1200 SSD Processor to deliver unparalleled sequential and random read/write performance.
Using liquid nitrogen on a Kingpin Cooling F1EE LN2 pot, the team at Corsair's Labs in Fremont, California, overclocked the Intel Core i7-980X processor to a frequency of 5791MHz and The Corsair Dominator GTX2 memory to a frequency of 2144MHz, CL 7. Combined with the incredible performance of eleven Force Series F200 SSDs in RAID 0 using an Areca ARC-1680D-IX-12 PCI-E RAID controller, Corsair was able to smash the previous world record score of 31,333 by 1,614 points.
"Enthusiasts are accustomed to seeing Corsair breaking DRAM speed records, but this latest world record success clearly demonstrates that Corsair now offers class-leading products in other product categories too," said Andy Paul, President and CEO of Corsair. "The incredible data throughput provided by eleven Force Series SSDs in RAID 0, together with a Corsair HX1000W power supply and Dominator GTX memory, proved to be an unbeatable combination for this extreme-performance PC."
The complete list of components used in the record-breaking Corsair PC can be seen below:
- 11 x Corsair Force Series F200 SSDs
- 6GB Corsair Dominator GTX2 DDR3 @ 2144MHz
- Corsair Professional Series HX1000W power supply
- Intel Core i7-980X processor
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card
- EVGA X58 Classified motherboard
- Kingpin Cooling F1EE Liquid Nitrogen pot
- Areca ARC-1680D-IX-12 PCI-E RAID card
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Gaming
Back in September of last year, just prior to the official arrival of the Radeon HD 5800 series, we first wrote about AMD's ATI Eyefinity technology and hinted at the fact that cards with six display outputs were coming. Since then, we had seen AMD's 6-output Radeon in action at a number of events, but hadn't been given the opportunity to evaluate one in the lab on our own test hardware, nor had we been informed of an official planned release date.
It turns out, Microsoft had implement an artificial limit of four monitors in Windows 7 with the final release of the OS, and AMD had to find a way to workaround that limit with their drivers. Although, we sure the supply issues AMD had to contend with played some sort of role in the delay as well.
Regardless, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition is here now, and we've got one in house for testing. We paired the card up with six, 22" Dell LCD Panels in a 3x2 configuration, with a max resolution of 5760x2160 and ran a number of popular games. Performance data and our experience with the Eyefinity 6 Edition is available on the pages ahead. For now, check out the specs and hardware and then move on to bask in the insanity...
ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Gaming
Sapphire's 2GB Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition
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Apple Delays iPad Preorder Ship Dates
If you were hoping to get a brand new iPad shipped directly to your house by the store launch date of April 3 and haven't already placed a preorder, you're too late. Recently, Apple announced that customers who placed preorders after March 27 will have to wait until April 12 for their iPad to ship.Apple began taking preorders for the iPad on March 12 and promised to get the device in users' hands by April 3. Although customers who placed preorders with Apple before March 27 will receive the device by the store launch date (assuming Saturday delivery is available in your area), users who were slow at placing preorders won't get the device until more than a week later.
Apple didn't give a reason for the shipping delay but did say that customers who want an iPad on April 3 can still preorder the device for in-store pickup or purchase the device at stores that day.
The iPad that will be available on April 3 will only connect to Wi-Fi networks. It will cost between $499 and $699 for various storage capacities. If you're more interested in a 3G model that will connect to cellular networks, you'll have to wait until later in April and be willing to pay $629 - $829, depending on model chosen. International customers will also have to wait until later in April.
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Intel Unveils Nehalem-EX 8-Core Xeon 7500 Muscle Chip
Intel launched its much-anticipated Nehalem-EX processor today; the new chip could redefine performance at 4P and above. Nehalem-EX, aka Beckton, aka Xeon 6500/7500 is Nehalem at full throttle; Beckton is an eight-core/16-thread processor with up to 24MB of L3 cache or ~3MB per core compared to Nehalem's 2MB/core design. It supports up to four QPI links for glueless design implementations and features a quad-channel memory controller capable of controlling up to 16 DIMMs per socket. Intel has released a number of SKUs with different core counts, one without Hyper-Threading, varying amounts of L3 cache, and clockspeeds ranging from 1.73GHz-2.26GHz for the Hyper-Threaded CPUs and 2.66GHz one model of the new Xeon family that doesn't support it.Â
Beckton, like Magny-Cours, is an evolutionary step forward; it's the CPU's interconnect architecture that makes it revolutionary. Prior to Beckton, if you wanted a four-core Xeon motherboard, you used a chipset with a configuration that looked like this:
Beckton changes everything.
Intel's new core now uses an AMD-style point-to-point interconnect in the 4P space and above; a move that could cut access latencies by an order of magnitude in some cases. At 16 DIMMs per socket, the CPU is built for massive big iron deployments; Intel specifically noted it'll be deploying Beckton in 256-socket configurations and above. While Beckton should theoretically plug into any motherboard that supports Core i7 Xeons, Intel is clearly targeting enterprise servers, HPC clusters, and large-scale virtualization efforts.
Yesterday we talked about AMD's new Opteron strategy and how the company has positioned its 8-12 core processors to challenge Intel in the 2P-8P market. Everything we said there still holds; Intel's new eight-core Xeon 7500/6500 processors offer incredible performance and even better scaling than AMD's Magny-Cours, but they're positioned for extremely high-end markets and socket configurations. The two companies will cross swords from time to time, but the price premium and raw performance of the Xeon 7500 series will create a buffer zone between the two architectures. We don't have 1K unit pricing yet, but you can bet these babies won't come cheap.
Beckton, as compared to dual-core Netburst, 65nm Core 2 Quad, and 45nm/Six-Core Dunnington.
Beckton's topology allows the CPUs to work at their full bandwidth.
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TomTom Steps It Up With Free Lifetime Traffic And Map Updates
One of the biggest pains to buying a GPS system is the knowledge that your maps will be outdated within 12 months, if not sooner. TomTom knows it, and they're doing something about it. Announced this week, the company is selling select navigation models that come with Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates. For free!It's a move that was probably necessary to fight Garmin, Navigon and the slew of other nav options that are now coming to smartphones, including Google's own Maps Navigation. Better still, TomTom will allow users to download fresh maps "every few months," which include one million more miles than rival maps. The lifetime updates to traffic is also huge for those who travel a lot (and get stuck in traffic jams a lot); in practice, TomTom devices receive the latest traffic information every three minutes, recalculate total drive time and suggest more efficient alternate routes if they are available.
Amazon is offering the XL 335S, XL 340S and XL 540S models bundled with Lifetime Traffic or Map Updates, or both depending on consumer preference. These models will be designated with an M, T or TM accordingly. The MSRP premium for Lifetime Traffic Updates is $30, as is Lifetime Map Updates ($30). Combined, it's a $60 premium price. Pricing on compatible units starts at $199.95.
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Google Earth Helps Cop Nab Boat Dumper
Google Earth has been a huge addition to the navigation and technological world, but we haven't really seen it used for anything other than TED demonstrations and at-home tinkering. But now, the cops are onto the software, and they're using it to track down the bad boys we hear about so often.According to a new report from Florida, the virtual globe has been used to track down an illegally dumped boat. Deputy Gregory Barnes is the man deserving the praise, as he used Google Earth in order to assist him in discovering who owners a 1-ton boat that was dumped in an area he oversees. A 57 year old male was arrested this past weekend on a "felony charge of littering more than 500 pounds of waste."
Upon discovering the boat, Barnes noticed that the vehicle identification number and registration had been removed, so he turned to Google Earth to dig deeper. He was searching for "anyone who had that boat at the time the satellite image was taken," according to Marc Ward, a spokesman for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office. A while later, he noticed the boat in a man's yard a bit earlier, and when confronting him, the man fessed up. Now, the 57 year old faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Google Earth saves the day, and ruins a life. It's tough being a digital superhero.
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Verizon Rolls Out Android 2.1 Update For Motorola Droid
Attention all Verizon Droid owners: The long-awaited Android 2.1 update is finally coming your way. An internal company email obtained by Engadget shows that the Android 2.1 operating system update will begin a slow rollout process starting today.According to the note, 1,000 users should have received the update by noon today. Another 9,000 users were scheduled to get the update at 11:59 ET. As for the rest of you? Well, you'll have to wait a full 24 hours before Verizon releases the software to 200,000 users. The updates will then continue to roll out once every 24 hours (at Midnight) to 200,000 users until all users have received the update.
Verizon was initially suppose to upgrade the Droid to Android 2.1 on March 18. On March 25, Motorola apologized to users via its Facebook page:
We know you guys are anxiously awaiting the upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1. Ultimately, we want to ensure you have the best possible experience on your device; as a result, the rollout is taking longer than expected. Though we don't have the new deployment date to share just yet, we do promise we are working to get you updated information and will relay it as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience. We appreciate it!
The update will bring the Droid to the same version of software as the Nexus One. The newer OS includes pinch-to-zoom controls and voice-to-text input capabilities. Other new features include support for Yahoo Mail, preloaded Google Goggles, and a new Gallery application that uses a 3D layout.
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NOVELL OWNS UNIX! YAY!!!
Seven years of FUD and litigation from SCO, finally over. The jury verdict today rules that Novell owns the Unix copyrights. This also means that SCO has no standing whatsoever in their suit against IBM - and eliminates all the doubt SCO was trying to put to companies adopting Linux.
In retrospect, Microsoft's $50M+ in secret funding of the litigation was probably a damned good investment given the seven year run.
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Router for web hosting and networking
Guys,
I'm not sure if I use the correct term.
I have three PCs and would like to share files among them. One machine will host a public website. I don't know if need a router or gateway or anything like that. One machine is Win2000 and two others are Win98.
My hardware skill level is pressing the power button on or off.
After doing some research on the Internet, I found the following stuff might be what I need. Could anyone please give me some advise on choosing the product that is best for my needs?
My DSL provider is Earthlink, and someone posted on the newsgroup said D-Link DI-604 is not compatible with Earthlink. This really confused me how could a router incompatible with a DSL provider?
Here are something I found on the Internet, I think they are Cable/DSL router
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SMC - SMC7008ABR
SMC - SMC7208BSR
D-Link - DI-604
D-Link - DI-804HV
Netgear - RP-114
Belkin - F5D52304
Asante - FR3004C
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Please give me advise on which one is better for a three PCs network and hosting a public website?
Thanks,
Nitti
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MapQuest 4 Mobile Brings Free Voice Guidance To iPhone
Free iPhone apps are a plenty, but some are definitely better than others. Falling into the "better" category is the new MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone app. Not only will this app turn your iPhone into a personal navigation device, but the latest version will also give you basic spoken instructions that tell you where to turn.Another cool feature of MapQuest 4 Mobile is its Energy Saving mode that lets you dim the screen while still hearing voice instructions. This saves precious power when your iPhone's battery is running low. Although the app won't automatically reroute you if you miss a turn, it will inform you when you're off route and provide a "Reroute Me" option to get back on track. Sure, it's nice when a PND automatically reroutes you, but hey, MapQuest 4 Mobile is free.
Other features include:
- NEW! Voice-Guidance speaks to you and informs you of upcoming turns. Change the settings if you prefer a sound prompt.
- NEW! Off-Route Assistance tells you when you've taken a wrong turn, and gives options to help you get back on track.
- Auto-Advance Feature improves "Find Me" by using iPhone® GPS to automatically locate you within your driving directions, recognize when you have taken a turn, and prepare you with the next maneuver - all without having to touch the screen.
- Energy savings mode allows you to set the power consumption level for MapQuest® 4 Mobile - NOW with a medium setting for continued voice guidance when the screen dims!
- Walking directions (pedestrian mode)
- Highly usable driving directions featuring an oversized display as well as landscape mode orientation.
- Save Maps and Routes on MapQuest.com and retrieve on your iPhone®.
- MapQuest® place carousel allows you to easily display locations for hotels, movie theatres, gas stations, and more with a single tap.
- Negotiate difficult turns/sets of turns with orientation arrows when viewing directions in map mode.
- Free-form search for businesses and places.
- Make your own my position icon representing You on the map. Use the built in camera or choose from a variety of existing icons.
           
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Apple Releases iPhone SDK 3.2
Members of Apple's iPhone Developer Program now have access to the iPhone OS SDK 3.2 GM (Golden Master). Considering this is the first version of the operating system to support the iPad, this is a big deal. It's also perfect timing, since the first round of iPads hits store shelves this weekend.Before this update became available, developers had to code their apps using beta versions of the tools. If a developer wanted their app to be available in time for the April 3 launch of the iPad, they had to finish their apps using the pre-release SDK.
In addition to the SDK, developers can also download the official iPad 3.2 firmware and corresponding licensing agreement, which hints at terms for future firmware upgrades on the iPad. The agreement states:
"Apple will provide you any iPad OS software updates that it may release from time to time, up to and including the next major iPad OS software release following the version of iPad OS software that originally shipped from Apple on your iPad, for free."
Put another way, it appears Apple intends to provide one major firmware revision at no cost. Beyond that, there's potential Apple could charge for further updates.
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PS3 Will Get a Firmware 3.21... To Remove OtherOS Feature.
Sony has just gave an announcement that on April, (considering if its April's fool or not) that the next updated for the PS3 will remove option to "Intall OtherOS"
The details about the up coming update are here: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/
Several users on the Sony forums already complain and they are upset about this decision but it seems Sony is doing this since the famous hacker called "George Hotz" hacked the PS3 installing and using Linux and now they are taking away this feature for security reasons.
Do you think will worthy to remove another feature to the PS3? Sony already took out Backward Compatibility to read PS2 games, the 4 USB leaving only 2 USB and the Card Readers Unit.
There are even users who are promoting not to update to firmware 3.21.
I have the PS3 (Fat Version with 2 USB) I had never use the feature "OherOS" becuase if I want to use a different OS like Linux or whatever you can use it on PC and thats it.
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The Mail-In Rebate Scam (Revisited)
Some time ago I wrote a post here on HotHardware bemoaning the fact that I was sick of the MIR scam offered so often with computer hardware. First Linksys screwed me, then Raidmax, and I swore I would never do the MIR thing again. But time heals painful memories, and I recently mailed-in another rebate from some Patriot memory that I purchased for my laptop. Guess what...I actually got my $10 rebate today! Kudos to Patriot - they are a first-class outfit, IMO! The memory works great, too.
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