Capsule Review: GeChic's On-Lap 1302 Laptop Monitor
Just three months ago we took GeChic's 13" USB 2.0-powered monitor, the On-Lap 1301, for a test run. What we found was a compelling concept for a product that was marred by some usability issues. Apparently we weren't the only ones who felt like the On-Lap needed a revision; the On-Lap 1301 proved successful, but it wasn't on the market for very long before being replaced by the new On-Lap 1302.
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Lumia 900 Memory Management and Data Fix Now Available
A short time after the Lumia 900 went on sale, users started reporting data connectivity issues affecting both 3G HSPA+ and 4G LTE on AT&T. Although I didn't encounter these on my review unit, Nokia acknowledged the issue a short time after and stated that an update would be available on April 16th, in addition to a $100 credit through April 21st.
Source: Nokia
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Fractal Design Core 1000: How Little is Too Little
Extreme budget enclosures are interesting creatures. While the best balancing acts usually show up around the $100 price point, and going north of $150 will generally get you the best of everything, hanging out at $60 or lower means having to make a lot of sacrifices and lose a lot of niceties. For some users that's not a big deal; they just want a box to put their computer in.
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AMD Partners With PTC for Creo Parametric 2.0
As a result one of AMD’s reforms for 2012 was going to be that they were going to put more money into ISV relations in order to catch up to NVIDIA. And while our discussion with the 7970 last year focused on the gaming side of things, AMD is also throwing more money behind ISV relations for their professional graphics business. After hitting a significant low against NVIDIA’s Quadro lineup, AMD’s market share for professional graphics has rebounded based on the strength of their 40nm DX11 GPUs, and AMD is looking to keep that momentum going with these improved ISV relations.
The first such major partnership of the year is with Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), a firm specializing in product lifecycle management software and CAD/CAM software. Earlier this month PTC launched their Creo 2.0 suite of applications, of which AMD has had a significant hand in helping PTC optimize. Specifically, AMD’s ISV group has been working on Creo Parametric 2.0, PTC’s CAD/CAM application.
The other feature AMD helped PTC add was support for Vertex Buffer Objects, more commonly known as VBOs. As the name implies, VBOs are buffers of vertex data, the significance being that VBOs allow for vertex data to be stored as objects in VRAM rather than streamed to the video card during the rendering process. In situations with a great deal of polygons – and hence vertex data – VBOs can significantly speed up rendering, which is what PTC is doing in Creo Parametric 2.0 by using VBOs to speed up viewport performance. Like order independent transparency this isn’t a new idea – in fact it’s been around since OpenGL 2.1 – but this is a good example of how slowly CAD/CAM software adopts new technology compared to consumer applications.
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ASUS Ivy Bridge/7-Series Chipset Q&A
Intel officially launched the Z77 platform earlier this week, and later this month we'll see the official launch of Ivy Bridge, Intel's 3rd generation Core processors. ASUS has agreed to cart nearly everything it makes (including a handful of unreleased products we saw at CES) over to me in NC for a hands on look on video. More importantly - we're going to be doing a Q&A with you all.
ASUS and I will both be answering your questions on camera. If you have any questions you'd like to see us answer or topics you'd like us to address, respond to the comments here or mention @anandtech with the hashtag #asusivy on Twitter along with your question/topic. We won't be able to get to all of them but we'll pick the most interesting/relevant questions and answer them on camera. The topic is obviously going to be Ivy Bridge and the 7-series platform. Simple questions are fine but what I'd really like to see are topics we can have a good discussion about.
When the video goes live, ASUS is also going to let us give away some new Z77 boards as well. We'll have more details on the giveaway closer to the Ivy Bridge launch.
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Crucial Releases Firmware Update for m4 SSD
It appears that the update is aimed more towards enterprise users than consumers because SAS expanders and RAID cards are primarily enterprise products. Consumer workloads are usually lighter and may not benefit from the improved throughput stability at heavy loads. Power-loss protection is welcomed by all users, however, as an unexpected power-loss may happen in any environment.
Crucial offers both a Windows 7 updater and traditional ISO file for upgrading the firmware. While the update is non-destructive in nature, we always recommended that you backup your important data before flashing the drive. The update can be downloaded here.
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Google: Profit up 60 Percent, War-Chest at $49.3B USD, Stock Split 2-to-1
850,000 Android devices are activated every day, Google's search business continues to rise in profits
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Nokia CEO Says Multi-Core Processors for Phones Hurt, Not Help Users
Windows Phone can beat any dual-core Android or iPhone, says the Nokia CEO
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German Court Upholds Apple iCloud, MobileMe Ban
The Mannheim court in Germany has upheld the earlier ruling that Apple infringed on Motorola's patents
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Report: Earthquakes Across the Middle of the U.S. Likely Due to By-products of "Fracking"
Fracking earthquakes...
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NADA: 54.5 MPG CAFE Proposal Will Boot 7 Million Americans from New Car Market
NADA's study discovered that about 7 million lower-income consumers will not qualify for auto financing with the proposed CAFE rules in place due to the extra costs
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U.S. Military to Increase Use of Drones by 45% Under New Pentagon 30-Year Aviation Plan
More drones for the military
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Report: Microsoft May Trade Bing in for Additional Facebook Shares
Microsoft loses about $2.5 billion annually with Bing
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Apple Responds to DOJ eBook Lawsuit; Penguin, Macmillan in for the Long Haul
Apple isn't going down without a fight over eBook pricing
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Royal Canadian Mint to Trade Coins for Digital Currency "MintChip"
The Royal Canadian Mint is holding a contest for software developers to create apps for MintChip
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Washington Federal Judge Denies Germany's Right to Ban Windows
Even if Germans side with Motorola enforcement using FRAND patent is illegal opines judge
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Verizon Adopts $30 Upgrade Fee, Last Major U.S. Carrier to Jump Onboard
Carriers are betting that customers will stay, profits will increase
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4/12/2012 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday
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Apple Admits Its Macs Have a Malware Problem
Flashback botnet is no fun for the infected
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Sony CEO Lays Out New Plans to Make Company Profitable
Changes to digital imaging, games, mobile and TV are on the list
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Analysts Predict Smartphones Sales of 1 Billion Units Yearly by 2014
RIM expected to decline rapidly according to analysts
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U.S. Energy Department Offering up $4 Million to Develop Wireless EV Chargers
Funding winners will be announced this summer
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U of M Study: Jan, Feb 2012 Breaks Record for Fuel Economy of New Vehicles in U.S.
The average fuel economy of new vehicles was 23.5 in January and 23.7 in February
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