New Catalyst 10.5 Display Drivers Are Out
Brand new Catalyst 10.5 display drivers are now out. Grab them if you need them. ATI Overdrive enhancement – full support for multiple display configurations. ATI Overdrive has been enhanced – Delivering full support for over-clocking functionality on supported ATI Radeon™ HD graphics accelerators connected to multiple display configurations.
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Silicon Wafer Prices Could Rise 15-30% in 3Q10
The crew at DigiTimes seems to think that silicon wafer prices could rise as much as thirty percent in the third quarter of this year. Thirty percent? Let's all hope that this is one prediction that doesn't come true. Semiconductor silicon wafer prices could see another 15-30% hike in the third quarter, after already rising 5% and 10-20% in the first and second quarters, respectively, according to industry sources. Comments
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Google Pac-Man Logo Ate Up 5M Work Hours
Five million work hours were lost because people were playing the Google Pac-Man logo? Yeah, that sounds just about right, doesn't it? Actually, I'm a bit surprised the number wasn't higher. 'Due to popular demand, we're making the game permanently available.' However, now the software firm RescueTime have warned the little yellow character has gobbled up an estimated 4,819,352 hours of time in the U.S. alone. Comments
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Chrome 5 Released
Google Chrome 5.0.375.55 has been released for Linux, Mac and Windows. Grab it if you want it, try it if you haven't. Today, we're bringing all this beta goodness to the stable channel so that it's available to all Chrome users. We're particularly excited to bring Chrome for Mac and Linux out of beta, and introduce Chrome's first stable release for Mac and Linux users. You can read more about the Mac and Linux stable releases on the Google Mac and Chromium blogs respectively. Comments
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Left 4 Dead Health Pack Cake
A buddy of mine saw the post I made yesterday about the "coder cake" and sent me a link to this lady's site. She has a Flickr page too with a bunch of gaming cakes that aren't shown on her site (here). Comments
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DOJ Inquires About Apple's Hold on Digital Music
According to anonymous sources, the U.S. Department of Justice is looking into Apple's hold on the music industry. The sources who spoke to CNET on Tuesday said government investigators don't appear to be solely interested in Apple's impact on Amazon but are more focused on finding out the ways Apple has used its dominant market position to compete. Comments
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Apple / Dell Speak Out About Foxconn Suicides
While both Apple and Dell have given statements regarding the 10 suicides at the Foxconn facilities, it is the statement from Foxconn themselves that I really found interesting: We did a lot of work, we have 70 psychiatrist to prevent suicide, we have trained 100 voluntary workers for the care and counseling department, they need to pass the exam to qualify for this. Our suicide prevent mechanism, we have a reporting system for it, a 50-member working group has been established. Comments
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J Allard's Goodbye Letter Lacks Drama
J Allard has said goodbye to his friends and family at Microsoft and, according to the quote below, there was little to no drama involved. In response to the curiosity, no chairs were thrown, no ultimatums served, I am not moving to Cupertino or Mountain View, I did not take a courier job and I require no assistance finding the door. Comments
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IBM Patenting "Intelligent" Street Lights
Big Blue has filed for a patent to control red, yellow and green. The method may comprise establishing communications with participating vehicles; responding to a stop status indicated by the traffic signal, further comprising: receiving a position data from each participating vehicles; determining a queue of participating vehicles stopped at the traffic signal; determining a remaining duration of the stop status; sending a stop-engine notification to the list of participating vehicles stopped at the traffic signal when the remaining duration is greater than a threshold of time; responding to a proceed status indicated by the traffic signal, further comprising: sending a start-engine notification to a first vehicle in the queue; calculating an optimal time for an engine of a second vehicle in the queue to start; and sending the start-engine notification to the second vehicle at the optimal time. Comments
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Halo Replica Nerf Gun
It may be a Halo replica gun that shoots Nerf bullets but you gotta admit this thing is 100% bad ass. C'mon, admit it, you want one. Comments
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Labs Demos World's First 4-Port USB 3.0 Host Controller
VIA Labs, Inc., a leading supplier of USB 3.0 integrated chip controllers, today announced the VIA Labs VL800 USB 3.0 Host Controller. Adding to the industry's leading line-up of USB 3.0 products, the VL800 is a single chip solution that allows a PCI Express-equipped platform to interface with up to four SuperSpeed USB peripheral devices simultaneously – double the capability of any currently available USB 3.0 host controller. Comments
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Netflix Taps Microsoft PlayReady as Its Primary DRM Technology
Microsoft Corp. and Netflix Inc. today announced that Netflix has selected Microsoft PlayReady technology and the Protected Interoperable File Format (PIFF) for use in new Netflix ready devices and applications. This adoption will enable Netflix members to instantly watch thousands of TV episodes and movies over the Internet on a wide range of new devices — Internet TVs, Blu-ray disc players, home theater systems, video game consoles and other devices from a broad variety of consumer electronics manufacturers. Comments
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Best Ideas Yet to Come: Intel Challenges Entrepreneurs
To fuel innovation and prime new entrepreneurs for success, Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced the Intel Challenge, which awards university students funding to turn business plans into real ventures. Otellini announced this initiative during his keynote at the World Congress on IT in Amsterdam, where he also asserted that investments in IT will accelerate our global economy. Comments
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BIOSTAR TH55XE Motherboard Review
BIOSTAR has decided to jump in to the Intel H55 fray with a solid offering in the TH55XE board. While this board is of a micro-ATX form factor, it performs well enough to take on the big boys. And yes, this is one mirco-ATX motherboard that delivers overclocking for the enthusiast.
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