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Microprocessor mega-shocker: self-assembling silicon chips could lead to ever smaller circuitry

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:32:00 +0000

Researchers have been hard at work for the past few years trying to build computer chips using self-assembling circuitry built of molecules — meaning that they’re incredibly teensy. Some researchers at MIT seem to have gotten the hang of this nano-business, according to a paper just published in Nature and Nanotechnology (which also happens to be our favorite magazine after Offset Print Enthusiast ).

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Microprocessor mega-shocker: self-assembling silicon chips could lead to ever smaller circuitry

Windows Phone 7 Series multitasking: the real deal

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:34:00 +0000

We’ve definitely learned a ton about Windows Phone 7 Series here at MIX , but getting the full picture on multitasking has been difficult, since the OS isn’t ready, no one has final hardware, and the emulator seems to behave differently than actual devices and Microsoft’s descriptions. So let’s set the record straight on multitasking: it’s not going to happen, at least not in the traditional way. Not only have we directly confirmed this with Microsoft executives several times, but the developer sessions here are totally clear on the matter — you don’t tell 1000+ devs that they should expect their apps to be killed whenever the user switches away from them if you don’t mean it.

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A CableCARD replacement is due by December 2012, bandaids by this Fall

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:41:00 +0000

While most of the FCC’s new Broadband plan has been about, well, broadband, there’s also some great news for HDTV fans. We expected a few mentions about CableCARD and its future when the FCC requested comments and declared it a failure , but we’re still glad to see that the FCC listened to consumer electronics companies like TiVo and Sony — among others. The biggest news is that the FCC has asked the industry to come up with a residential IP gateway that is open and that will provide same abilities as your provider’s equipment, and most importantly, it should enable the very same gear to work no matter what type of service you prefer, whether it be satellite, cable or fiber — for example, via various gateways the same TiVo would work with either DirecTV or Comcast.

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PlayStation Move ad pulls no motion-controlled punches against Wii, Project Natal

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:52:00 +0000

Sony’s VP of Realistic Movements Kevin Butler (boy, does that guy have a large business card ) is at it again, this time in a video ad for the PlayStation Move . He’s back from the future to thank us all for the success of the motion control device, and make a few jabs towards Nintendo and Microsoft for their efforts. Here’s a few choice quotes

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Google TV: Android-based web platform for the living room, with help from Intel, Sony, and Logitech

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:14:00 +0000

There’s not a lot to see here — in fact, there’s nothing at all to see at this point — but The New York Times has it on good authority that Google , Intel , and Sony have teamed up to develop an Android-powered internet platform using Atom processors for televisions and set-top boxes.

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UK Folding Plug takes home design award, emerges in USB-infused flavor

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:31:00 +0000

It’s far and away one of the most genius concepts we’ve seen in the past year, and we couldn’t possibly be happier for one Min-Kyu Choi. Said designer, who recently graduated from the Royal College of Art, was recently showered with laud after the above-pictured Folding Plug nabbed the gold in the Brit Insurance Design contest. Unfortunately, we’re still no closer to understanding when some moneyed manufacturer will pick this up and start producing it, but hopefully this prize will reinforce its awesomeness and catch someone’s eye

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Updated Archos 13 laptop to roll out next month

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:06:00 +0000

This one looks to have largely gotten lost among the hubbub of CeBIT earlier this month, but it seems like Archos quietly announced a followup to its Archos 13 laptop, which is now set to debut sometime next month. Complete details are still a bit light unfortunately, but the revised model will sport that always desirably “classy look,” along with an Atom D510, Windows 7 Home Premium for an OS and, presumably, a 13.3-inch display.

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EVGA Classified SR-2 fits two Xeon CPUs for 12 cores, exemplifies overkill

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0000

Remember EVGA’s seven-GPU motherboard monstrosity , the W555? That experimental beast of a board just got declassified — and given immediate launch orders

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EVGA Classified SR-2 fits two Xeon CPUs for 12 cores, exemplifies overkill

Windows Phone 7 Series gaming, all up in the club (video!)

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:07:00 +0000

So… look. Sometimes you find yourself in a Vegas club at 3AM, holding a Windows Phone 7 Series testing device loaded up with a working copy of The Harvest, and you shoot what might be world’s shakiest video of the gameplay using a nearby Nexus One.

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Windows Phone 7 Series gaming, all up in the club (video!)

BlackBerry push framework now available to all developers

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:00 +0000

It’s been a year or so since RIM announced that push APIs had become available to its Alliance Program members, and now it looks like the rest of us are finally able to get in on the action (at least those of us who are BlackBerry devs). Starting today, access comes in two packages: either BlackBerry Push Essentials (the free version) or BlackBerry Push Plus with a number of tiers that reflect different options and price points.

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