Firefox to get Direct2D support
Mozilla Foundation is working on Direct2D accelleration (which is part of Windows 7 and also Vista with Platform Update installed) for Firefox; this means that this browser will be able to call upon the power of the GPU to speed itself up. While it certainly won’t turn a sluggish Internet connection into a speedy one, it will make the web page animations a lot smoother.
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WD rolls out 600GB VelociRaptor drive with SATA III
Western Digital released a long-expected update to its fastest mainstream drive today: 450GB and 600GB VelociRaptors. Besides doubling the capacity from the original 300GB, the new design utilizes 6Gbps SATA III together with a larger 32MB cache. The company reckons that it can load data up to 15 percent faster even with the same 10,000RPM spin speed.
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New Blu-ray Discs specs allow up to 128GB of storage
The Blu-ray Disc Association has revealed two updates to the Blu-ray specification, the BDXL (High Capacity Recordable and Rewritable discs) and the IH-BD (Intra-Hybrid discs). BDXL will be aimed at the commercial segment, and will allow for write-once ability on 100GB and 128GB capacity discs (current dual-layer discs can hold 50GB). Despite being aimed at the commercial market, the Association says a consumer version of the 3/4 layer discs will be available to Japan and the U.S. as well.
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Quake II ported to HTML5
In November last year, Joel Webber, a Google engineer had the inspiration to port legendary video game Quake II to HTML5 from Jake2 (a Java port of Quake II) using Google Web Toolkit, the same toolkit used for writing Google Mail, Maps, Wave in Java and compiling into JavaScript. With the help of two other Google engineers (Ray Cromwell and Stefan Haustein) in 20% time , he succeeded!
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Apple A4 noticeably faster than Snapdragon
According to early benchmarks (http://www.anandtech.com/show/3633/apples-a4-soc-faster-than-snapdragon), the A4 processor in the iPad is noticeably faster than the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running the Nexus One. Although they both run at 1GHz, Apple's chip is usually at least 9 percent faster loading most websites, and is up to 60 percent faster with very visually intensive websites. The AnandTech tests noted some unusual spikes, but even discarding these is an average of 10 percent faster. It's unclear how much of the performance difference comes from software, as the iPad and Nexus One use different web browsers and different JavaScript engines. However, both use modern WebKit engines.
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Swedish company announces first Android TVs
Sweden-based company People of Lava introduced the first family of Android-powered TV sets. The range, called Scandinavia, includes 42-, 47- and 55-inch LED-backlit TV sets with 1080p resolution and Google's mobile OS on a small system inside. Just like on an Android-powered smartphone, users can access YouTube, Google Maps, weather, the time, a calendar and web browsing. People of Lava promises that an app market will be available with TV-specific titles in the future. The sets will also have integration with Facebook, Twitter and regular e-mail.
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Slight price cuts of Radeon HD 5870
The latest rumors say that the key people at AMD are still waiting to see how many Fermi cards will be available and they will only react if Nvidia manages to have really great sales with its Geforce 400 series. However, some ATI partners are expected to lower the prices of Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 series but this action is not something that will happen overnight.
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ASUS releases laptop with Core i3 & Nvidia Optimus
ASUS released one of the more advanced 13-inch ultraportables on the market. The U30Jc is the first to combine a Core i3 processor with Nvidia's Optimus graphics switching and theoretically provides both performance and battery life at once. The combination of a 2.26GHz Core i3 and a GeForce 310M chipset lets it run modern 3D games and HD video but still get up to 9.5 hours of battery life by switching to Intel's video while on battery.
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