Farewell to DirectX?
Bit-Tech has posted an editorial / interview with AMD's developer relations manager of the GPU division called "Farewell to DirectX?" Interesting stuff, definitely worth reading. Despite what delusional forum chimps might tell you, we all know that the graphics hardware inside today's consoles looks like a meek albino gerbil compared with the healthy tiger you can get in a PC. Compare the GeForce GTX 580's count of 512 stream processors with the weedy 48 units found in the Xbox 360's Xenos GPU, not to mention the ageing GeForce 7-series architecture found inside the PS3. Comments
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Surgeons Save Time Using The Kinect
Paging Dr. Xbox, paging Dr. Xbox, please report to surgery with your Kinect. Surgeons at a Toronto hospital are using Microsoft's Xbox 360 motion sensor Kinect to save time calling up images during operations. The Winnipeg Free Press reports that surgeons at Sunnybrook Hospital are using open-source Kinect drivers for PC to allow them to manipulate images of medical scans آ– something which normally involves a meticulous cleanup operation to ensure sterility around the patient, taking around 20 minutes each time. Comments
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GPU Universal Water Block Roundup
PureOC has rounded-up a handful of universal GPU waterblocks and put them to the test. The round-up features blocks from Swiftech, Koolance, EKWB and XSPC. Here's a quote from the review: For water cooling enthusiasts that want flexibility and affordability for a graphics card block, the universal GPU water block may be a better solution than a full coverage block. Today we're looking at five of the most popular universal GPU blocks on the market to find out which can rise to the top and which sink to the bottom Comments
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Another Mario Bros. Video: FPS Mario
I thought this video would be a good follow up to that live action Mario Bros video I posted earlier this week. Comments
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New York Times' Website Fees Revealed
Do your readers prefer your free online content versus your newspaper? I know what to do, let's start charging people $15 - $20 a month just to read our website. For those of you following along at home, that is 2x - 3x more than a monthly Netflix subscription...just to get news that is free everywhere else. Genius! The Times will charge $15 every four weeks, or $195 annually, to read more than 20 articles per month on its website. That fee also covers a subscription on the newspaper's software for smart phones. Readers who want unlimited access on the website and the Times' software for Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer will have to pay $20 every four weeks, or $260 annually. A digital pass covering the website and both mobile options will cost $35 every four weeks, or $455 annually. Comments
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NVIDIA to Launch GeForce GTX 590
DigiTimes, citing anonymous industry sources, claims that NVIDIA will launch the GeForce GTX 590 on Tuesday, March 22nd. Nvidia will release its GeForce GTX 590 graphics chip on March 22 to take on AMD's recently released AMD Radeon HD 6990, according to industry sources. The AMD Radeon HD 6990 is priced at US$699. Comments
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Antec Kأ¼hler H2O 620 CPU Cooler
The Antec Kأ¼hler H2O 620 CPU cooler is on the test bench over at MadShrimps today. You can read our evaluation here for comparison purposes. The Kأ¼hler H2O 620 from Antec is another all-in-one water cooler which does not need any maintenance during its lifetime, and it is recommended for people who want a very easy installation, without the hassle of building a complete water cooling loop from scratch. Comments
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AMD's Quad-Core Llano APUs Pegged for Q3 2011
I saw this chart over at Engadget today and thought you guys might find it interesting. I guess we'll know how accurate it is once Computex rolls around in June. Comments
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Facebook Gets Bigamist Busted
Another shining example of idiots like this getting tripped up by technology. The Rhode Island woman thought something seemed odd when her husband, whom she married in 2004 after the two had met about a year earlier online, defriended her on Facebook, police said. Comments
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EMC's Anti-Hacking Division Hacked
Let's face it, you know you are going to be the butt-end of some jokes when your anti-hacking division gets hacked. The world's biggest maker of data storage computers on Thursday said that its security division has been hacked, and that the intruders compromised a widely used technology for preventing computer break-ins. The breach is an embarrassment for EMC Corp., also a premier security vendor, and potentially threatens highly sensitive computer systems. Comments
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Microsoft Announces Free Accessibility Tools and Training for Developers
Microsoft Corp. today announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Accessibility Tools & Training, a package of free online accessibility training courses, tools and other resources to help developers worldwide create technology products, services and websites that are accessible to people with disabilities, and to enable business leaders to make more strategic technology decisions. Microsoft made the announcement at the 26th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, sponsored by California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Comments
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Single Chip Cloud Computer Wins Green Award
Intel received an award from the German Government for the development of the 48-core concept, Single Chip Cloud Computer. The research chip won the German Innovation Prize for Climate and the Environment in the category "Environmentally Friendly Technologies" for the chip's energy-efficient design and innovative power management features. Developing "green IT" is one focus area for Intel researchers. The research chip is the result of many Intel research centers working together from around the world and has been shared with dozens of worldwide research partners through Intel's Many-core Applications Research Community (MARC), a program aimed at spurring innovations in highly parallel software. Intel plans to match the 25,000 Euro prize and donate it to a scholarship program which sponsors talented, high-profile students in Germany. Comments
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