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- Leaked photos show stubby GeForce GTX 460
- Expreview has posted four photos,
all of which look rather official, like they were pilfered from an
Nvidia press deck. This GeForce GTX 460 will feature 336 stream
processors, a 675MHz core clock speed, 1350MHz shaders, and 768MB of
GDDR5 RAM pushing bits at 3.6GT/s through a 192-bit memory interface.
- Huawei S7 Android Tablet with Voice and
Marketplace - The Huawei S7 Android tablet
is a 7-inch touchscreen device with an 800 x 480 pixel capacitive
display, running Google Android 2.1. The tablet has a 768MHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon processor, 256MB of RAM, and a microSD card for storage. It
supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and 3G connectivity.
Available for purchase in the US and UK. Expansys-USA is selling the
Huawei S7 for $354.99 deliverable within 10 days. But it won't be
available until July 7th.
- Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available
- After some delays, Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.4 (download),
the newest version of the popular web browser. It comes with one big
addition: protection against crashing due to third-party plugins, most
notably Adobe Flash. Crash protection utilizes out-of-process plugins
technology to run third-party plugins (specifically Flash, Quicktime,
and Silverlight) in a separate process. In the past, a plugin crash
would take down your entire Firefox browser. With crash protection
however, “the browser will stay running while the portions of
websites
controlled by the plugin will be disabled.” It only takes a
refresh to
restart the plugin.
- Opera 10.54 Released - Opera has just
announced the release of Opera 10.54 for all you
alternative browser types out there.
- Windows 7 SP1 beta leaks to the web - The
highly anticipated Windows 7 SP1 has leaked to the web.
The new service pack provides many updates to the platform but does not
introduce any drastic changes or new features. The impact of the
service pack is expected to be minimal as the service pack is
relatively light compared to some service packs in the past. The build
number for this leak is 7601.16562.100603-1800. Microsoft is planning
to release a public beta of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2
SP1 by the end of July.
- HTML 5 Speed Test: IE9 vs. Chrome 6 - DownloadSquad
put together a video showing hardware
accelerated canvas rendering on IE9 and Chrome 6.
- The Software Behind Facebook - This
article takes a look at some of the methods Facebook uses to
keep up with nearly a half-billion users
- Apple iOS 4.0 released - Apple has
released their next big firmware update for the iPhone and
iPod touch,
excluding first generations, with loads of new features, including
multitasking. Although the UI hasn't changed too much since the release
of the first firmware, Apple has made huge improvements to the
functionality and support for the mobile operating system, including
copy and paste in 3.0 and now multitasking in 4.0.
- Massive iPhone 4 Flaw Revealed - The
newly released Apple iPhone 4 appears to have a significant design flaw that means the
device loses network signal
when you hold it in your hand. It's a major problem for the latest
iPhone – which saw plastic bands placed around the metal rim
to prevent
aerial problems.
- Apple Acknowledges iPhone 4 Reception Issues - Here's Apple's response to the now
officially-acknowledged iPhone 4 antenna reception problems:
'Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its
antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others
depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for
every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4,
avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both
sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many
available cases. ' Hah. This reminds me of the old-as-dirt
joke about the guy who goes to a doctor and says, "It hurts when I do
this," and the doctor says, "Don't do that" ;-)
- iPhone 4 Broken After One-Foot Drop! - This
is not a drop test. This is the first iPhone 4 that breaks after a
simple accident that anyone may have: A one-foot drop.
- iOS 4 already hacked - PwnageTool 4.01 Released -
check it out
- Super AMOLED pitted against LCD in direct sunlight
- While
it definitely fares better than its regular AMOLED cousin, the HTC
Desire, the verdict is still out regarding its sunlight dominance over
the LCD contender, Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X10. While it's close, Super
AMOLED certainly can't claim certain victory yet over LCD screens in
outdoor lighting situations. It is, however, a big step in
the right direction.
- First Drive: 2011 Mazda2 puts fun before frugality
- No, you can't get navigation, ambient
lighting, satellite radio or many of the features becoming
more important to shoppers, but if you really, truly need these extras,
there's a whole world of aftermarket equipment out there.
- Nexus One Wireless Slot Car Gas Pedal (video) - Things
like this are just totally cool. Grant Skinner has figured
out a way to allow his Nexus One to be used as a controller for these
little race cars.
- Pioneer One, A BitTorrent Exclusive TV-Series -
Pioneer
One is a scifi drama series
that is being made for a straight-to-BitTorrent and Limewire release.
The show's pilot was shot for a mere $6,000. The site has a donate
section if you believe in the project, but the concepts behind the show
are pretty neat and worth checking out.
- The Green Hornet movie trailer - Check
out the latest trailer for "The Green Hornet,"
which hits theaters January 14, 2011!
- Bruce Willis in the First Official Trailer for
RED! - Summit has unveiled the
first trailer for RED,
starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan
Freeman, John Malkovich, Karl Urban and Richard Dreyfuss, basically a
helluva lot of damn good actors. Summit is bringing Red to theaters on
October 15th later this year.
- Gory Trailer for Nimrod Antal's Predators! - 20th
Century Fox will be bringing Predators
to theaters worldwide on July 7th next month.
- Bodybuilder Can't Handle The Weight (video) - 800
pounds was a little bit to much for this guy. Wow :-(
- Funny Techno Chicken Gets the Party Started
(video) - This video took me by surprise, for what I thought
would be an awful mashup or so, ended up with the funny and entertaining
Chicken Techno song & dance by Oil Chang.
- Seriously Japan? WTF (video) - This is
exactly why Japanese commercials make you say, WTF
;-)
- Cute Girl Excited To Get Paintball Gun (video) - She
received a paintball gun as a graduation gift?
- Hayden Panettiere Pops Champagne - Hayden
pops champagne and pours it on herself to the song by Ron
Browz. This video is the reverse of the official photoshoot video that
was originally reversed so it plays forward now.
- Amazon Kindle Now Only $189 - Kindle
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Updated:07:46 PM CEST Oct,04
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