Nokia's N96 Now Official, Quad-Band and WCDMA
After much leaking of information, Nokia's N96 slider cellphone is now official. It's a quad-band, US 3G-enabled (WCDMA) phone with a 2.8-inch screen, 16GB of built-in memory, a 5-megapixel Carl-Zeiss Tessar lens, A-GPS and 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. The media-player functions of the phone get their own dedi
Firefox 3.7 Theme Makes Your Browser Look Awesome
Windows only: Mozilla released their version 3.7 theme mockups only a few days ago, but you don't have to wait for the 3.7 release to enjoy them—a motivated user already created a lookalike theme that you can install now. (Click the image above for a closer look.) Installing this theme isn't q
New Treatment Filters Bacteria From the Bloodstream with an Electromagnet
This may sound like something out of Iron Man, but it's very real. Don Ingber has developed a machine that uses an electromagnet to suck sepsis-causing bacteria out of the blood. In lab tests, Ingber's team mixed donor blood with the fungus Candida albicans, a common cause of sepsis, and added plast
Intel Big on 32nm Westmere Processors for Consumers in 2010
At today's San Francisco event, Intel mostly discussed what we know about the upcoming Westmere processor, but revealed they're scrapping the next dual-core 45nm processors, in favor of 32nm Westmere chips in early 2010. The first Westmere chips will be the dual-core Clarkdale and Annendale pr
New Method of Writing Hard Drives Could Yield 1TB Per Inch Density
Current hard disk drives are up against their ceiling: a few hundred GB per inch. But a combination of two unique writing methods could lead to new HDDs that pack ten times as much data in the same space. A new paper in the journal Nature Photonics outlines the process, which combines TAR (th
Mighty Mouse Has One Less Gene, Lives 20% Longer
Posted by AceNik on Oct 29, 2009•
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Researchers have created a mightier mouse: By deleting a single gene from a mouse’s genetic makeup, they’ve enabled it to suffer fewer age related ailments and live 20% longer. On humans, that’d be about 16 bonus years.
So what exactly did those crazy scientists do? They(…)
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Intel Light Peak Optical Tech Achieves Insane 10Gb/s Speeds
Posted by AceNik on Sep 24, 2009• Email This Post | |
Today at IDF, Intel unveiled Light Peak technology, a plan for an extremely high-speed optical cable they hope will land on consumer products in 2010. Imagine transferring an entire Blu-Ray disk in 30 seconds. And that’s just the beginning.
In Intel’s words:
Existing electrical cable technology in mainstream computing devices is approaching practical limits for speed and length, due to electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and other issues. However, optical technology, used extensively in data centers and telecom communications, does not have these limitations since it transmits data using light instead of electricity. Light Peak brings this optical technology to mainstream computing and consumer electronic devices in a cost-effective manner.
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Toshiba Qosmio X500 Has Ferrari Looks, Core i7 Speed
Posted by AceNik on Sep 24, 2009• Email This Post | |
Yanko Design: Ten Classic Concept Watches On Yanko Design
Posted by AceNik on Sep 24, 2009• Email This Post | |
AWESOME Concept Timepieces, as classy and classic as YD!
Here They are:
10) Elio – Linear Scale Watch by Pierre Haulot & William Boullier
Elio Linea is a very contemporary design that uses linear scale (like a computer downloading gauge) to tell the time.
9) eCO2 Watch by James Kershaw & Chad Garn
Portraying itself as a Carbon Dioxide Scrubber, the eCO2 is one of the green concepts that wants to look as stylish as ever! The sporty look hides vents to take in the bad bad CO2 and expels O2.(…)
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ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series Is First to Support DirectX 11, Drive 180 Inches of Monitors
Posted by AceNik on Sep 24, 2009• Email This Post | |
Do you remember that crazy, 6×30-inch monitor rig by AMD? Well their upcoming ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards are what drive the uber display.
The two new cards, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and the ATI Radeon HD 5850, are the first video cards in the industry to fully support DirectX 11. Beyond that tidbit, they’re capable of producing 2.72 TeraFLOPS of computing power and are equipped with 1GB GDDR5 memory.(…)
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