Ray-tracing could well be the next killer-app providing a quantum leap in PC gaming realism, just like 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics did in the '90s.
The Core i7 platform solidifies Intel's lead over AMD, while obsoleting generations of its own products. But isn't enough enough at some point?
Reuters - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) said on Thursday it had signed a deal to provide a network for 21st Century Technologies in Nigeria.
Macworld.com - The iPhone continues to try and make its bones as a business tool, and a number of recent releases to the App Store look to aid in that effort.
The Core i7 platform solidifies Intel's lead over AMD, while obsoleting generations of its own products. But isn't enough enough at some point?
AP - Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday that it will shorten the amount of time that it retains data about its users' online behavior including Internet search records to three months from 13 months and expand the range of data that it "anonymizes" after that period.
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Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc , "Grand Theft Auto" video game publisher, set a 2009 profit target far below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, citing weakness in retail sales, and its shares fell 20 percent.
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems is extending on Thursday its AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) technology to Linux desktops.
The Core i7 platform solidifies Intel's lead over AMD, while obsoleting generations of its own products. But isn't enough enough at some point?
AP - As brightly colored fish dart in and out of the rocks scattered in a small aquarium, a bewildering melody follows each of their movements.
Ray-tracing could well be the next killer-app providing a quantum leap in PC gaming realism, just like 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics did in the '90s.
NewsFactor - Sprint Nextel has taken the wraps off a new dual-mode modem for laptops that switches automatically between the wireless carrier's standard CDMA network and its new high-speed WiMAX (4G) service, which is currently running in Baltimore and slated to reach other metropolitan markets beginning next year.
PC World - Did Microsoft know about the Xbox 360's potential to scratch spinning discs when reoriented? SeattlePi.com has an unsealed legal document from an ongoing lawsuit against the company that suggests they did. That document, which seek formal class action status, alleges that
InfoWorld - SensAble Technologies, provider of haptic devices, applications, and toolkits, is offering OpenHaptics 3.0, a software development kit to simplify touch-enabling of computer applications.
