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nVIDIA+to+acquire+AGEIA+Technologies

nVIDIA+to+acquire+AGEIA+TechnologiesI don't think you quite get itGood article about "what happens to AMD, NVidia, etc if this acquisition..." but, seriously, questioning the direction of physics and dependency on Microsoft to make it happen? This tells me you don;t quite the significance of physics in gaming.I'll boil...

Tags: Games, Video cards, DirectX 10, DirectX, game, card, video card, NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

DirectX 10 debate

Gabe Newell, president of Valve Software, believes that Microsoft made a serious mistake releasing DirectX 10 for Vista only, excluding Windows XP.  I have to agree with Newell. According to an online survey by Valve Software, only one in fifty players who access download service Steam has a DirectX...

Tags: Game, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Gamer, DirectX, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-29

DirectX 10 debate

DirectX 10 debateI suspect someone still using Windows 2000 ....... is not spending a lot on software upgrades and is of little concern to Microsoft to begin with.Let he who is without sin ....... cast the first stone! Your post was nothing more then a cheap shot over an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Microsoft Windows, DirectX, DirectX 10, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-08-28

New graphics chips enable next-generation games

New graphics chips enable next-generation gamesnVidia suckswhile i'm throwing gas on the fire... OSX and Linux sucks too!Let the flame wars begin!nVidia sucksCopper - Kettle - BlackNuff said!"sharp" and "smooth" aren't the right words . . ."albeit with images that are less sharp and motions less smooth than pricier cards...

Tags: Games, Video cards, chip, graphics, graphics chip, budget card, NVidia Corp., card, game, DirectX, DirectX 10, video card

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Foxconn GeForce 8400GS DirectX 10 graphics cards for under $100

Foxconn have launched a pair of DirectX 10 compatible graphics cards which will cost under $100.The GeForce 8400GS cards come in two memory flavors - 256MB and 128MB or RAM.  The cards are based on the nVIDIA 8400GS GPU and both run at a 450-MHz core clock and an 850-MHz...

Tags: NVIDIA, Graphics, Gaming

Blog posts 2007-06-20

DirectX 10 for Windows XP?

Microsoft has always claimed that DirectX 10 is an integral part of Windows and cannot be implemented into other operating systems. However 19 year old Cody Brocious, a software reverse-engineer from San Diego, California, claims to have create a wrapper for Windows executables that make use of DirectX 10,...

Tags: Gaming

Blog posts 2007-04-23

DirectX 10, What Is All the Fuss?

DirectX is something the average gamer doesn't give much thought. Often they don't even see the word until one of their games complains it is out of date. Even then, the necessary version is usually included, so all they have to do is do a quick, painless install and they're...

Tags: DirectX, DirectX 10, Games, Personal Technology

White papers 2007-02-28

Gamers see gain and pain from Microsoft Vista

Gamers see gain and pain from Microsoft VistaDoes the 'wet blanket' cover MS too?"...every time a user downloads a game, Vista warns that it could be harmful."I haven't used Vista yet, but let me take a wild guess: When you download Microsoft software, it doesn't warn you.Privledge ElevationIf installing the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, DirectX 10, Microsoft Windows Vista, DX9, game, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-25

Screenshots: Checking your PC for Vista-bility

Screenshots: Checking your PC for Vista-bilityWell, that's because of the integrated video chip! :)Consumers with 512MB of RAM and an integrated video chip into motherboard might get confused by the Upgrade Advisor saying that a consumer must have 512MB of RAM even though they do have 512MB of physical RAM....

Tags: Corporate communications, Semiconductors, Video cards, PC, RAM, video chip, DirectX 10, DirectX, memory, video, motherboard

Discussion threads 2006-05-18

Additional Resources

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including a 61-inch rear-projection HDTV, D-Link's dual-band wireless router, and the simple but effective Nokia 6205. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Home Networking, TVs, Routers & Switches, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-26

Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched

Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...

Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Global spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008

Worldwide spending on Internet advertising will total 65.2 bln USD in 2008, which is nearly 10% of all ad spending across all media, according to IDC. This share is expected to reach 13.6% by 2011 as Internet ad spending grows to $106.6 bln worldwide. by NB

Tags: Internet Advertising, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)

Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...

Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer

Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer.  From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...

Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...

Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

Showing you some of the gadgets college and university students really shouldn't live without. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Student, Zack Whittaker, Gadgets, University, Pen drive, Cell phone, Laptop, Computer

Image galleries 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop

Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-07-24

10 considerations to fix failures

Some distressed projects are so strategic and important they simply can't be allowed to fail. Here are ideas to consider when pulling these special initiatives out of the flames. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Project, Blog, Blogging, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Internet, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...

Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky

Discussion threads 2008-07-24