Archive for September, 2009
Second-generation air-powered robot hand gets more sensitive
Accordions and robots don’t seem to have much in common — although an accordion-playing robot would make for a killer Weird Al song.
Buffalo rolls out DriveStation HD-HXU3 with USB 3.0 interface
Buffalo has launched its DriveStation HD-HXU3 with new USB 3.0 interface.Coming in 1 TB, 1.5 TB and 2 TB of capacities,
Nvidia GT300 architecture surfaced
Interestingly,it is marked “GF100″,which should be the fourth codename.Yesterday reports that it was named Fermi. GF100 perhaps represents GeForce Fermi 100?
Nice try, Symantec! Cheesey video warns against free antivirus
Back in July, a Symantec exec predictably talked down free antivirus apps. This week, the cheeky devils behind Norton Antivirus have turned out a real tour de force. Seriously. It’s a flippant look at the old adage “the best things in life are free.”
REPORT: Aston Martin in jeopardy as parent company Investment Dar in financial turmoil
Is Aston Martin on the brink of insolvency? Britain’s Guardian is reporting that the Kuwaiti fund that owns half of Aston is having trouble refinancing the debt it’s incurred during the recent global economic crisis. It hasn’t help that the fund failed to report its 2008 financial records on time and subsequently had trading halted […]
Fitbit tracker starts shipping, ready to monitor your fitness, sleep, piety
Better (a year) late than never, eh Fitbit? This time last year, there was quite a bit of buzz stirred up by a little gadget promising to monitor exercise intensity,
Android 1.6 update for Dev Phone 1 now available
We’re expecting the official release of Android 1.6 phones any day now, but those of you hardcore enough
rainbow brite and carebear in mortal kombat
These paintings by pixel artist Jude Buffum show what happens when cute 80s kids toys take each other on in a battle to the death, Mortal Kombat style. Looks like CareBear has ripped out Teddy Ruxpin’s heart in an awesome finishing move known as the “heart attack”. (also known as the quart of blood technique).
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Intel denies to place labarre order on TSMC
Taiwan media has revealed that Intel would be fully expanded partnership with TSMC for Atom and parts Larrabee graphics production(rumored to up to 50%) last week.If the news is true,it is of milestone significance for TSMC.
As previous reports mentioned,TSMC has increased production capacity in order to start shippment of Intel Atom in Q4.
DX11 war between AMD and Nvidia DX11 to break out
With the launch of Cypress Radeon HD 5800 series,AMD and NVIDIA will have a new round of war in graphics market.They will gradually release lots of new products in the following months.DX11 graphics from AMD bound to hold bigger market share.In NVIDIA camp,DX10.1 graphics will compete in mid or low-end fields.
Juniper Radeon HD577/5750 will show up first […]
