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- Intel Says Silvermont Chips Will Be 3X Faster - Intel
has announced its next-generation mobile processor, code-named
Silvermont. The Silvermont processor will take advantage of Intel's
22nm TriGate system-on-a-chip manufacturing process to deliver
calculating speeds that are up to three times the rate of its
current-generation Atom processor. In addition to the boosted speed,
Silvermont processors are energy efficient and draw as little as
one-fifth the power of today's Atom chips while still maintaining a
consistent output. Intel suggested that the Silvermont chips would be
ideal for smartphones and tablets, and that Silvermont will serve as
the base for a number of mobile SoC's that Intel plans to introduce
this year. Intel's mobile lineup for 2013 includes quad-core Bay Trail
SoCs, which are scheduled to arrive in tablets by the 2013 holiday
season; and Merrifield SoCs, which will reach Intel's smartphone and
tablet hardware partners by the end of the year. The company did not
say when the Silvermont chips might reach production or appear in
consumer-grade devices.
- AMD Announces Memory Series Designed with Gamers in Mind -
- Amazon Jumps the Gun, Leaks 8-inch Windows 8 Tablet - Amazon
mistakenly listed an
Acer W3-810 which just so happens to be a non-existent Windows 8
tablet with an 8.1-inch 1280x800 display listed at $380 Bucks. The
Verge reports that the 1.1 pound tablet listing included a 1.8GHz
dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 (a Clover Trail chip, rather than an
upgraded Clover Trail+ or Bay Trail model), 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of
storage, as well as 2MP rear- and front-facing cameras and micro USB
and micro HDMI ports. Most of these specs are roughly identical to what
we saw in Acer's 10.1-inch Iconia W510, so the W3 should suffice for
most basic Metro and desktop apps as long as you're not doing work that
requires a fast graphics processor.
An Intel Atom Z2760 CPU? Yawn...:
- Now You Can Buy 3D Printers From Staples - Staples
announced that 3D printers are available for sale now through
Staples website and will be in selected US stores by the end of June.
Along with the printer, Staples will also carry accessories and
cartridge refills
- Microsoft prepares rethink on Windows 8 flagship software - Microsoft
is preparing to reverse course over key elements of its Windows 8
operating system, marking one of the most prominent admissions of
failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola's New
Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago.
- Windows Blue Public Preview By The End Of June - According to BetaNews, the Windows Blue public preview
will be out by the end of June.
- Microsoft confirms exploit in Internet Explorer 8 - Microsoft's
Security blog states the exploit could in theory be used to allow
for a "remote code execution if users browse to a malicious website
with an affected browser." Computerworld.com reports that the issue was
first identified by the security firm Invincea and has already been
used by hackers in attacks directed against the U.S. Department of
Labor and U.S. Department of Energy.
Microsoft is working to create a patch for IE8 that will close this
exploit. If users don't wish to upgrade their browsers, Microsoft says
some workarounds might help stop the issue. One is to set Internet and
local intranet security zone settings to high, and the other is to set
up IE8 to prompt users before running any Active Script type of program
or to simply disable Active Scripting entirely.
- Adobe abandons Creative Suite in favour of cloud offerings - Ten
years on from launching Creative Suite, its flagship collection of
digital editing software, Adobe
has decided to abandon it entirely in favour of its online
subscription service, Creative Cloud. In the past, the company offered
standalone versions of each program, offering incremental upgrades at
discounts if users owned previous versions. Now, however, Adobe will
force you to subscribe to a $49.99/month service in order to continue
receiving major updates. Adobe says Creative Suite 6 (the current
edition) will continue to be available for online purchase only, as the
company halted sales of boxed copies back in March. Whilst the software
will continue to receive major features and incremental performance
upgrades, it will not appear in the form of Creative Suite 6.5/7.
Instead, all apps will be newly branded as "CC" editions. This
includes: Photoshop CC, Dreamweaver CC, Illustrator CC, Premiere Pro
CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, and so on.
- AT&T to Sell 32GB Galaxy S 4 May 10 for $249 - AT&T
has announced that it will offer the 32GB variant of the Samsung
Galaxy S 4 beginning May 10. The 32GB GS4 will cost $249.99 with a new
two-year agreement
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Ad - Graduation Pool Party - Kids at a
graduation pool party get their feet wet with the cool-infused
Galaxy S4 by Samsung.
- Investors to Nokia: Switch to Another Road - Nokia
CEO Stephen Elop is in the hot seat with investors and took fire at
yesterday's meeting from impatient shareholders who are waiting for the
company's fortunes to turn around. Elop announced Nokia's plans to
abandon Symbian, which he referred to as a burning platform, in
February 2011. Elop decided then that Nokia would use Microsoft's
Windows Phone platform for its smartphones moving forward. At the time,
he predicted that the turn-around would take two years. That time has
come and gone, and Nokia's share of the smartphone market is still
grim. "You're a nice guy, and the leadership team is doing its best,
but clearly, it's not enough," said shareholder Hannu Virtanen to Elop.
"Are you aware that results are what matter? The road to hell is paved
with good intentions. Please switch to another road."
- Tiny Insect-Like Flying Robots - The demonstration
of the first
controlled flight of an insect-sized robot is the culmination of
more than a decade's work, led by researchers at the Harvard School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for
Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard.
- DIY high voltage Thor's Hammer: Mjolnir at 80,000 volts - With
electricity, it's not the volts that kill you, really, it's the
amperes. You can take thousands of volts and survive, but seven
mili-amps across the heart and it's so long.
- DEAD SPACE Plasma Cutter (SELF-MADE) burning stuff - Runs on 3x
14500 and 1x 18650 Li Ion cells.
Three green 30mW lasers for aiming, 1.5W blue for burning. All parts
handmade from scratch...mostly aluminum sheet...handpainted.
- Star Trek Into Darkness Takes Sci-Fi to the Next Level - Thanks for
the review Alex:) can't wait! I love that scene in the new trailer
where Kirk see's the Evil enterprise appear in front of him and Kirk
saying "I'm Sorry.."
- THIS IS WATER - check it out
- UK Teaser Trailer for Edgar Wright's The World's End - Edgar
Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) is writing and directing The World's
End, third part of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, starring
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl,
five childhood friends reunite when one of them (Pegg) becomes hellbent
on restaging a drinking marathon and reach the fabled pub, The World's
End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize
the real struggle is for the future, not just their's but humankind's.
Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike and Eddie Marsan also
star in the film arriving in US theaters on August 23rd.
- Gavin Hood's Ender's Game - First Exhilarating Trailer - Summit
has debuted the teaser trailer for Gavin Hood's Ender's Game adaptation,
unveiled during a Google+ hangout today promoting the launch. Asa
Butterfield stars as Ender Wiggin, an intelligent young boy recruited
into the International Fleet's Battle School, where he trains in
military tactics to defeat the buggers if they ever invade again.
Summit/Lionsgate will be releasing Ender's Game in theaters November
1st later this year.
- Duuude, Finally: Drones That Deliver Beer - This August,
drones will drop payloads all over South Africa's OppiKoppi music
festival, and there's a good chance no one will mind. Probably because
the payload is beer. Customers thirsty for beer will order beer with
their phones, then someone will attach a parachute to a beer, load that
beer into an octorotor, and the
octorotor will fly overhead, release the beer, and the beer parachutes
to the person who ordered it (hopefully). For test flights, the
drone is remotely piloted, but the goal is to make the process far more
autonomous, with drones flying themselves to coordinates on a GPS
delivery grid
- Some Of The Worst Apartments In New York City - "This is
a blog created for me to share the Craigslist postings I sift through on a
daily basis trying to find decent, affordable housing in New York
City."
- Guillotine Simulator Using The Oculus Rift - Disunion:
The Guillotine Simulator made using the Oculus Rift!
- Nail Bed Sandwich - Here's a fun
Record to break!
- How to open beer like a german - check it out
- Simpsons STRIP Trivia with Arianny Celeste - Test your
knowledge of The Simpsons with FilmStrip, the weekly game show
where releasing your inner-nerd is more than encouraged. Hosted by UFC
octagon girl, Arianny Celeste, this show challenges film fans' movie
knowledge, revealing more than just the right answers.
- Meet Super Hottie Tatiana Likhina - Apparently
she's from Russia *wink*
- Kelly Brook Looks Amazing In FHM - Kelly Brook
is an English model, actress, swimwear designer and television
presenter. She played a character Nikki Morris in the video game Need
for Speed Underground 2
- Nina Agdal Sexy Bikini Pictures - This girl
was made to wear a bikini. And if Nina wasn't hot enough on her
own, she brought a friend along too.
- The best pics on the Internet #17 - All pictures
are carefully handpicked, you'll find lots of amusing silliness
here!
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