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- Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIA
- Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIANobody's getting frozen out. It'll fall back to DX9 if it has to.The DWM won't *require* DX 10.1, but it'll be able to use it if its there. (Actually from what I read in the...
- Tags: Video cards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate communications, TigerDirect, DirectX, DirectX 10.1, Microsoft Windows 7, Aero, video card, Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics, Microsoft Windows, NVidia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- S3 Graphics launches Chrome 400 Series - DirectX 10.1 and HD support for under 60
- S3 Graphics launches Chrome 400 Series - DirectX 10.1 and HD support for under 60Benchmarks?Forget Crysis, I'll be buying that in four years or so once hardware that can run it decent exists. But for a middle of the road benchmark right now, say for example how many frames...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Chrome 400-Series, DirectX 10.1, S3 Graphics, S3 Inc., DirectX, graphics
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
- DirectX 10.1: Enabling Breakthrough Graphics on the ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
- Microsoft DirectX 10.1 is the latest application programming interface from Microsoft that unlocks the state of the art in GPU technology, represented by the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series. Key features of DirectX 10.1 include an updated shader model, improved anti-aliasing support, more flexible data access, and tighter specifications for...
- Tags: ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Graphics, DirectX, DirectX 10.1, Microsoft DirectX 10.1
- White papers 2007-11-01
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- GeForce GT 240 - NVIDIA's sub-$100 DirectX 10.1 graphics card
- Nvidia's work great with Linux distro'sNvidia's cards work great with Linux distro'syou can have compiz desktop and runany game you want.The optimization is amazing!;)Who said anything about loser OSes?This is about OSes that actually offer great gaming experiences to users, not OSes that really want to play where the big...
- Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, game, NVidia Corp., operating system, DirectX, Nvidia GeForce, graphics, video card
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- GeForce GT 240 - NVIDIA's sub-$100 DirectX 10.1 graphics card
- You can get a lot of power for under $100 when it comes to GPUs nowadays, but NVIDIA have just launched the GeForce GT 240 - decent performance, low power consumption and a decent price. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Video Card, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Graphics, DirectX, Video Cards, Performance Management, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Axbreeze 1.4 (Windows)
- Axbreeze is a programming library which can be used by beginners and nonprofessionals to develop 2.5D computer games with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition and DirectX 10.1. Major features: Load images/music/sounds from resource/file/memory; play PCM, MS ADPCM, and xWMA sounds with XAudio2; animate fast sprites in 3D space; render to...
- Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Programming, Nodapro, Axbreeze, Games, Development Tools, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Best 'bang for the buck' graphics cards
- No Love for NVIDIA?I'm a little disappointed you only mention one GeForce card as if they can't compete with ATI. I'm sensing either sponsorship or bias, Adrian... but if it's genuinely based on performance, I'd love to see some benchmarking and justification for the claim.They just killed off......half the cards...
- Tags: Video cards, HD 4890, card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., video card, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels
- If only it was for Firefox......but still astonishing results!Could this be the start of hybrid browsers? Will there be a FF version?irrelevantNobody uses IE 7 or 8 because of security.Making a bad product worse is not what windoze users need.This shows again the virtues of FOSS vs proprietary software.Corporate IT...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Zune HD: No YouTube in the browser for you
- patheticI don't care much about youtube (I much prefer TED conference with top minds/scientists to that popular crap :P) but being a social media users (msn, FB and the like) I know for a fact that many people spend lots of time on this site and it is now imperative...
- Tags: Team management, Turnabout, Web browser, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Details on HP's Ion-powered netbook, Windows XP not dead yet
- Almost nine months to the day after Nvidia announced its Ion Platform, the first real netbook to make use of the technology has finally shipped. HP announced the Mini 311, an 11.6-inch netbook that pairs Intel's Atom processor with Ion, which is based on the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion should...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, NVidia Corp., Netbook, HP Mini 311, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- AMD Tigris, Congo mobile platforms target multimedia, battery life
- AMD on Thursday announced its 'Tigris' laptop platform, intended for mainstream applications and offering full 1080p, DirectX 10.1 support and offloading video encoding to the Radeon HD 4200 GPU. With new 45nm dual-core Caspian processors (speeds up to 2.6GHz), AMD manages a 42 percent improvement in...
- Tags: Multimedia, Mobile, Battery, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Why not all 12-inch netbooks are the same
- X200s w/ 6 cell weighs 2.71 lb, not 3 lbFrom the Lenovo X200s spec sheet:4 cell 2.43 lb6 cell 2.71 lb 9 cell 3.05 lbSo the X200s beats some and is in the sameweight class as many netbooks, with stellarperformance.I recently got an X200s and have both the 4...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, GMA 950, netbook, Moblin, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Is Microsoft now going to have to give everyone a choice of web browser?
- Is Microsoft now going to have to give everyone a choice of web browser?Indeed.I'm running XP, and I have IE, FF and Chrome installed... but apparently I have no "choice".Go figure.Seriously ...... I thought this fight ended 10 years ago. [i]Five years from now, I think that all Windows users...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- 'Critical' DirectX patch in Microsoft security updates
- 'Critical' DirectX patch in Microsoft security updatesWhat is really interesting...is they knew about the hole for 16-18 months.No patch in sight with an emergency "kill bits" solution to disable to control.Vista is not affected.Yet another reason to use Vista.Well ...Was that due to negligence or was that just the time...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Security administration, Patches, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, DirectX, security update
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Asus Essentio CM5570-AP002
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. Aside from the fact that it's a midtower system, the Asus Essentio CM5570-AP002 has much of the same charm that we...
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Processors, Consumer electronics, ASUS, Asus Essentio, Asus Essentio CM5570-AP002
- Product reviews 2009-07-02
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!
- What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!Y'know, I disagreeI understand Adrian's need to attract eyeballs and taking a deflationist view of Win7 in a world of gushing praise will no doubt help attract a lot of hits. HOWEVER, I think the wrong questions were asked.Instead of judging...
- Tags: Operating systems, Well XP, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Samsung debuts retro-styled WB1000 digital camera with AMOLED
- Striking a balance between digital cameras of the 21st century and film cameras of the 20th, Samsung has introduced its WB1000 compact camera, a 12.2-megapixel shooter with an ultra-wide angle lens, 3-in. 480x260 AMOLED display and retro dials. The WB1000, which comes in...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Pixel, Digital Camera, Camera, Tele, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco
- Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiascoPlus OS X is complete OS for one price.Not only is the price for the various Win 7 crippleware still outrageous compared to OS X, but with OS X you get the entire OS for that much lower price. It's a double-strike against...
- Tags: Pricing, Operating systems, Vista-to-7, Win 7, pricing fiasco, service pack, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- News to know: Google Wave; Bing; Palm webOS; Verizon Wireless CEO; AOL
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate Google Wave: It's still a work in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Verizon Wireless, Semiconductors, Social Networking, H-1B, Strategy, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
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