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1. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   Uncompromised Web browsing Adobe has upgraded its popular Flash player with improved support for HD video playback. The latest beta version of the application reportedly facilitates "uncompromised" Web ...

2. ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   ... according to Alien Babel. The site had been asking around and found out that ATI has decided to drop the “X2” nomenclature and its upcoming dual GPU-on-a-PCB cards. The card that was supposed to be ...

3. Honda claims breakthrough in carbon nanotubes

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 02 October 2009

   ... 25-50 percent using other methodology, Honda said. Carbon nanotubes transport electricty better and over greater distances and have implications for computers, as electrodes for supercapacitors, for ...

4. Fat used to generate stem cells for heart conditions

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   Florida healthcare company Bioheart claimed it has made a major breakthrough in cardiovascular therapy by obtaining stem cells from a patient's fat tissue to help regenerate blood vessel formation.Florida ...

5. ATI introduces Radeon HD 5800 GPU for DirectX 11 gaming

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   ATI has introduced its long-awaited Radeon HD 5800 GPU series. The 5800 - which is AMD's first DirectX 11 GPU - supports Eyefinity Technology, OpenCL and DirectCompute 11. ATI has introduced its long-awaited ...

6. Activision unshackles platform gaming with untethered systems

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 15 September 2009

   ... the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 to millions of consumers who would otherwise not have purchased the consoles. In many cases, consumer's sole purpose for buying a Wii was just to play Guitar Hero or ...

7. AMD says it will support OpenGL3.1, Open GL3.2

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 03 August 2009

   Chip firm AMD said it has committed to OpenGL 3.1X support for its ATI FirePro 3D graphics accelerators.Chip firm AMD said it has committed to OpenGL 3.1X support for its ATI FirePro 3D graphics accelerators. ...

8. Microsoft hands 20,000 lines of code to Linux community

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 20 July 2009

   ... will be made available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 ...

9. AMD releases graphics driver for Win 7

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 05 May 2009

   Chip firm AMD said its Windows 7 graphics driver has received certification from Microsoft. Chip firm AMD said its Windows 7 graphics driver has received certification from Microsoft. The WHQL (Windows ...

10. Chocolate-powered car takes to the race track

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... of race soon, though, said Meredith. Components made from plants form the mainstay of the car’s make up, including a race specification steering wheel derived from carrots and other root vegetables, ...

11. MIT FabLab planned for UK

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    ... for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), says that FabLabs are fully-fitted digital fabrication workshops that give everyone in the community - from small children through to inventors ...

12. The World’s first fully sustainable race car

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    ... UK-based Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (WIMRC), the team plans to show the automotive industry that designing and building an environmentally sustainable competition level race car is ...

13. Nvidia intros hardware debugger for GeForce GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    ... is support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 for the Tesla C1060 and S1070 cards. Meanwhile, AMD’s ATI released the Catalyst 9.4 driver package, which includes support for a new Overdrive auto-tune ...

14. AMD releases Radeon HD 4890 with 1.36 Teraflops

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    AMD today released the ATI Radeon HD 4890 with an 850 MHz core clock, memory clock at 976 MHz, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and a maximum board power of 190 watts on a 55nm process technology, with an idle power ...

15. AMD ready to demo Havok physics on its graphics cards

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    About nine months ago, we learned that AMD was partnering with Intel acquisition Havok to enable physics acceleration on its graphics processors. Now it seems that the company is ready to show what ...

16. AMD releases Windows 7 graphics driver

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    AMD said its Catalyst 9.3 graphics driver is the first “unified driver” to support Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 7, including compliance with the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) ...

17. AMD steps up Folding@Home rivalry with Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 February 2009

    ... who are interested in participating in the Folding@Home project, a distributed computing project at Stanford University that analyzes the "folding" process of proteins and carries the hope of provide a ...

18. UK politicians want games to spread climate change message

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

    Lord Puttnam, British politico wants individuals to be aware of global warming, its effects, dangers and how people can combat it, and he wants the video game industry to take part in the education of ...

19. AMD prepping ATI Catalyst 9.1 with full OpenGL 3.0 support?

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

      Yesterday, FireUser.com reported AMD would release its ATI Catalyst 9.1 drivers the same day (on January 28, 2009). The site claims this refresh will come with full OpenGL 3.0 support on Radeon HD  ...

20. DOE develops an ethanol Fuel Cell catalyst

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 27 January 2009

      Scientists working for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory say they've developed a new catalyst which could make feasible ethanol-powered fuel cells. This step forward ...

21. CES 2009: AMD releases Phenom II X4 and Dragon desktop platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    ... million transistors, is Socket AM2 compatible. It has proven easily overclockable so far. HotHardware.com has gotten the 940 model to 3.73 GHz (a 24.3% overclock). A 920 model was also released at 2.8 ...

22. New low-cost nickel-based fuel cell could prove revolutionary

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

      A new form of non-alkali membrane used in fuel cells could allow expensive and rare platinum to be replaced with nickel. If true, the market could soon be filled with much less expensive fuel cells and ...

23. ATI Stream driver now available for download

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 10 December 2008

      ATI today released one of the most significant driver updates for its Radeon graphics cards in some time: Even if you do not regularly update your graphics driver, this is an upgrade you may want ...

24. Update: ATI graphics cards (almost) streaming

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 03 December 2008

      There is big news for owners of ATI Radeon graphics cards today. AMD’s graphics unit released the final driver package for this year, which includes stream support to accelerate applications that ...

25. Super-microscope watches molecules break apart and bond step by step

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 20 November 2008

    ... the device, "We can see the vibrations of the bonds between the atoms of our molecules. By watching the way these vibrations change frequency and intensity with time, we can watch how molecules transform ...

26. AMD gets serious about stream processing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

      AMD unveiled a new stream processor card and announced a new stream software development kit as well as a new Catalyst driver update that promises showcase the floating point horsepower that is currently ...

27. Microsoft's cloud push: Too little too late on purpose?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 10 November 2008

    ... recently saw Microsoft taking this topic more seriously. But why is Microsoft tepid in its march to the cloud? Why is it "software plus services," not just services? Dana Gardner looks at the implications ...

28. WiMax finally launches in the U.S., sorta

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

    ... Xohm decided to differentiate between a stationary WiMax service, which is a paradox in itself, and a mobile service. Customers will be able to choose from a $10 per-day service, a $25-per-month home ...

29. Science will hand us the ultimate clean, green, renewable energy source ... if we're patient

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 23 September 2008

    ... of cellulose with a 61% yield of polyalcohols.  To put this 61% yield of alcohols into perspective, the most comprehensive fermentation processes used today typically produce only 16% alcohols (32 ...

30. Green gasoline, diesel and jet fuel produced from waste plant material, not corn

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 19 September 2008

      Alternative energy sources used in automobiles today generally come in two forms.  Those which work with or in place of gasoline, like ethanol E85, and more exotic forms, like compressed ...

31. AMD intros OpenGL 3 extension support and CrossFire X overclocking

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

      AMD’s graphics division (ATI) today introduced the ninth update for its Catalyst driver software today. Version 8.9 includes a new display mode, Overdrive support four quad-Crossfire X configurations ...

32. Scientists say hydrogen could be “easily” produced from water and sunlight

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 26 August 2008

    ... and hydrogen right where it is needed. This process requires significant input energy, which, according to scientist could be provided by sunlight.   The production of hydrogen and implications of ...

33. 5 million iPhone 3Gs and 3 million Macs this quarter, analysts estimate

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

    ... vacations, economic woes, rising oil prices and a generally growing uncertainty about the health of the economy seem to have virtually no effect on Apple yet. As we approach the end of Apple's fourth quarter ...

34. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 slaps Sony’s PS3 in Japan

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 18 August 2008

    ... over the course of one week. Nationally and internationally, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 seem to be involved in a dead heat with sales advantages shifting almost every month. Who will make the winning ...

35. Rentech creates synthetic fuel from natural gas and coal

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 11 August 2008

      Rentech, a company that turns hydrocarbons such as coal and natural gas into alternative fuels, says it has begun producing an “ultra clean synthetic fuel”. The process is controversial, especially ...

36. Scientists find key to lock up solar power

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 31 July 2008

    ... night times.   There is no doubt the solar energy may be among the greenest and most promising ways of generating electricity, but at least today there are just too many holes in the infrastructure ...

37. New AMD/ATI Catalyst drivers promise higher benchmark scores, smoother gameplay

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

    Los Angeles – AMD has released its newest Catalyst Windows and Linux drivers for the ATI Radeon graphics cards.  The Catalyst 8.7 drivers promise performance increases of up to 20% in the 3DMark ...

38. First product launched by green plastics startup Novomer

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 01 July 2008

    ... thermoplastic polymer (polypropylene carbonate) which decomposes into environmentally benign products making it an interesting product for applications in brazing and ceramics industries – as well as ...

39. Craigslist helps rescue cat from a tree

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... stuck in a 60-foot tall tree for five days.  Slaby had called the local authorities including the fire department, animal control and tree cutting services, but those organizations either refused ...

40. AMD adds CrossfireX quad support to Open GL applications

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 18 June 2008

    ... 8.6 introduces CrossFireX quad support for OpenGL applications as well as support for OpenGL adaptive anti-aliasing custom filters. Users with any combination of a an ATI Radeon HD 3870, HD 3850 and HD ...

41. Computer virus loaded state worker’s laptop with porn

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 17 June 2008

      A former Massachusetts state worker has been vindicated of child pornography charges after investigators said a computer virus was responsible for automatically downloading dozens of illegal ...

42. ATI Radeon 4800 launch details: Meet (Terry) Makedon and Trojan (Horse)

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

      TG Daily Exclusive – We previously published several details about AMD’s next-generation graphics card lineup and as we get closer to the launch we are getting more details about the launch date, ...

43. Does gasoline grow on trees?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 07 April 2008

      There is an incredible amount of enthusiasm in the field of alternative energy sources these days. We are seeing new “breakthrough” announcements almost every day, but a great part of this research ...

44. ATI releases stuttering fix for all Radeon HD cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 26 March 2008

    If you own an ATI Radeon HD graphics card and have seen stuttering issues 3D applications (predominately games such as Battlefield 2 and TimeShift), you should visit AMD's site and download a hotfix that ...

45. AMD announces quad-GPU driver package

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 March 2008

    ... 8.3 driver, which is scheduled to be be released for download tomorrow, March 5. Quad-GPU configuration will accelerate “some applications” by up to 3.2x, according to AMD. The manufacturer says that ...

46. AMD’s Markham labs: Flushing out graphics bugs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 17 February 2008

    TG Daily On The Road – Last week had an opportunity to visit AMD’s former ATI headquarter outside Toronto to get some information on new products we aren’t allowed to talk about just yet. What we can ...

47. AMD releases last non-quad-GPU driver package

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Wednesday, 13 February 2008

    ... Doom 3 and TianXia2. AMD also claims that the driver accelerates DirectX 10 performance improves in Company of Heroes as much as 20% on the ATI Radeon HD 2000 and HD 3000 series of cards (up to 30% in ...

48. AMD's CrossFireX details leak out

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 13 February 2008

    ... envelope of compatibility to expand with each new Cat release as well.  The most asked question is R680/3870X2 related, basically can you mix and match with those parts? The short answer is yes; ...

49. AMD Crossfire X support for quad-GPUs to arrive in March

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 February 2008

    AMD’s graphics units will allow enthusiasts to run three and four graphics cards in their system with the release of the Catalyst 8.3 driver package, which will be released in March. Markham (ON) ...

50. AMD releases Catalyst 8.1 driver

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 18 January 2008

    ...  There is a separate 8.1 hotfix driver addressing AGP issues as well as a performance increase for Crysis in DirectX10 Crossfire configurations. ...