TechNews - 12 Terabyte DVD Technology - tech
(hx) 11:35 AM CEST - May,23 2009
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- Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 OC Graphics Card Tested - If
you want a GTX 275
that comes with a nice bundle while offering some good performance and
don't mind the extra DBs that come out of the stock cooler, the Inno3D
version of the card we have here is extremely impressive.
- AMD Moving to 45nm Process in 3Q/09 -
DigiTimes, citing anonymous sources, says AMD is planning to move production of its
desktop processors to its 45nm node process by the third
quarter of this year.
- Android Cupcake on Mini 10v Netbook (video) - Dell
released a video of the Dell Mini 10v Netbook
running the Cupcake update of Android. Yes, an Android-powered Dell
netbook.
- Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7
netbooks - Mary-Jo Foley posted the maximum
specs for Windows 7 netbooks.
- Army Migrating Computers to Vista - With
the launch of Windows 7 right around the corner, the U.S. Army if finally making the jump to
Vista. The mass migration is expected to be completed by the
end of the year.
- Google Chrome Now 30% Faster - JavaScript-heavy
web pages will now run about 30% faster!
- 12 Terabyte DVD Technology Demonstrated - Australian
researchers think they have found a
way to store 1.1 terabytes per cubic centimeter!
- Q-SOUND solar-powered Bluetooth headphones - The
Q-SOUND headphones would not only allow you to listen to
music via any Bluetooth-enabled digital audio player, but also would
let you take calls on any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. If your player
doesn't support Bluetooth there is also a 3.5mm jack to allow for a
wired connection. The headband is constructed of flexible plastic
incorporating amorphous silicon solar cells, while each rubber-based
earpiece can be adjusted to fit differently shaped and sized
heads.
- Play Samurai Shodown on T-Mobile G1 with GP2X
Emulator - At this point, the
GP2X emulator is only in the 'pre-alpha' phase of
development, but it's good to see that it's trucking along for some
Android-fueled gaming on the go.
- Lawyer: RIAA must pay back all $100M it has
collected - Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson has now
gotten involved in two more file-sharing lawsuits, including the Jammie
Thomas retrial in Minnesota. But it's in the other, lesser-known case,
that Nesson and a former student demand the RIAA pay back
all $100 million it has collected in settlement money over the years.
- New Cloaking Technology Simple To Make - Researchers
at Purdue University have come up with an invisibility cloak that is 'simple to
manufacture.' Whereas previous cloaking designs have used
exotic "metamaterials," which require complex nanofabrication, the new
design is a far simpler device based on a "tapered optical waveguide,"
said Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University's Robert and Anne Burnett
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- Conservative radio hosts gets waterboarded, and
lasts six seconds before saying its torture - Chicago's
conservative radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller decided he'd get himself
waterboarded to prove the technique wasn't torture. Turns out, he was wrong.
- Full 9 Trailer Online - The Tim Burton
film based on the Shane Acker short film of the same name. The
trailer adds voice, and a lot more action, but you can see it
is an accurate in the visuals, and this is a good fit for Burton.
- First Full Trailer for Bruce Willis' Surrogates - Disney
has debuted the first official trailer
for the new Bruce Willis sci-fi thriller Surrogates. Directed by former
Terminator 3 director Jonathan Mostow, the movie is about a future
where humans interact using surrogate robots while staying in the
comfort of their homes.
- Lucy Pinder Use ...to Promote Racing :P - She
is helping to promote racing it seems, and their advertising
campaign will probably succeed :P
- Bar Refaeli bikini pictures - I will
never not post Bar Refaeli bikini pictures, so if
that's the type of thing that might annoy you, I'm afraid you're just
going to have to live with it :-)
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