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1. Nvidia accelerates GPU pixel processing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... monolithic texture-load instructions had to be split into chunks. Break a 128-bit texture into four pieces – each of which can be completed in one pass – and that lets one cycle-hungry instruction be broken ...

2. Google tarts up its Translate tool

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... Arabic and Persian. There's also a neat function that lets you transliterate features typed phonetically, if you don't know the particular script. And when you translate into English, you just need to ...

3. Innolux becomes new LCD giant

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Flat panels means fat wallets The acquisition by Chi Mei Optoelectronics by Innolux over the weekend will heat up the competition between Taiwanese and Korean flat panel manufacturers. Innolux paid $5.3 ...

4. Apple plans 50 new stores

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   Don't look now, there's another one Apple is planning to open as many as 50 new stores next year, including two branches in Shanghai. More than half the new outlets will be outside the US, with new stores ...

5. Amazon releases Kindle for PC

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... of having the PC app is that using it lets you autosync with your Kindle device and view the annotations you've made. It also lets you - of course - shop for online books in the Kindle store. The download ...

6. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... the profiles of their users via an analysis of the searches they undertake), arguing that it makes them more familiar with their interests and lets them offer a more efficient response. But many are concerned ...

7. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... improvements, the latest update to iTunes (version 9.0.2) lets the handful of users running Apple TV 3.0 connect their iTunes library with their set top box. At the same time it breaks the automatic synchronization ...

8. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... lets you run Snow Leopard on a regular PC you could even get to a more disturbing shot of the PC guy with an "I'm a Mac" T-Shirt. Of course, more disturbing for both companies would be that Google had ...

9. Twitter tilts at lists on feeds

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Friday, 30 October 2009

   ... rolled out during the course of this week. The list feature is useful if you're following tons of people because it lets you group them into celebrities, friends, enemies, colleagues and the like. The ...

10. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    Disney is launching an application for the iPhone and iTouch that lets users take photos of Disney images and then converts them into 3-D pictures on the device. Disney is launching an application for ...

11. Intel launches Windows 7 migration kit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... can also download other Laplink products including Laplink Everywhere 5.0, which allows the remote access of PCs using any web browser, as well as PCsync 5.0, which lets users transfer and synchronise ...

12. Phoenix ties knot with Samsung for "instantly on" notebooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ...  That's done by using Phoenix Hyperspace, which lets notebooks start and shut down within seconds - admittedly that's not instant. The operating environment lets you switch to Windows for specific tasks ...

13. By hook or by crook, B&N launches the nook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... electronic reader - it calls it the nook - and claims it is the world's most advanced eBook reader. The nook costs $259, has 2GB of memory, and uses an E Ink display. It lets you make notes and highlight ...

14. Wolfram Alpha rolls out $50 iPhone app

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... the pricey app is the "ultimate replacement" for almost any kind of calculator or reference book. "The breakthrough technology of Wolfram Alpha lets [users] get expert-level answers to specific-free-form ...

15. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... which ranks the buzz around some of the hot new firms, largely in the IT market. It uses some sort of Google-like algorithm to create its list of noteworthy companies. It also lets those companies post ...

16. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... it lets you upgrade to newer and smarter phones every 18 months or so. The relationship of the manufacturer to the publishers of books is vital - paying an extra few pennies for a title on an e-reader ...

17. iPhone app lets you start your car

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    A company has created an app for the iPhone which lets you unlock your car and start it without using a keyfob.A company has created an app for the iPhone which lets you unlock your car and start it without ...

18. Yahoo! teaches! you! how! to yodel!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... nuts worldwide because it's "important that we engage the world in the creation of our new yodel".The "Yodel Studio" lets people create and submit their own yodel and Yahoo is "hosting live recording events" ...

19. Microsoft kills Works

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 09 October 2009

    ... Office 2010 – due for public beta before the end of the year – which can be unlocked by using a key card to be sold at major electronic outlets. Depending on how much they pay, the key cards will enable ...

20. AT&T launches Windows and tilt phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    ... features an OLED touch screen with haptic controls that lets users send text messages, make calls, and control their music library without having to open the phone. It's available in pink and blue. A ...

21. Zut alors! Facebook launches translation service

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 02 October 2009

    Facebook has developpé un service - Translations for Facebook Connect - qui lets web developers translate leurs sites into autres langues. Facebook has developpé un service - Translations for Facebook ...

22. Twitter Lists lets users pigeonhole their friends

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 02 October 2009

    Twitter is testing a new feature allowing the more anal of its users to compile lists of Twitter accounts. Twitter is testing a new feature allowing the more anal of its users to compile lists of Twitter ...

23. I speaka da Ingrish. I learn it from a vook

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... traditional and non-traditional outlets, and expands and improves upon what was previously possible in the area of reading digitally. We look forward to publishing more vooks with other Simon & Schuster ...

24. Rocks fall like rain on exoplanet

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... of a water cloud forming and then raining water droplets, you get a 'rock cloud' forming and it starts raining out little pebbles of different types of rock." Even more strangely, the kind of rock condensing ...

25. Google rides crest of a social network Wave

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... called waves while sub texts are wavelets and individual conversations are called blips. Holy Twitter! Google didn't say when Wave would be available to a wider range of people than the 100,000x5 beta ...

26. Apple falls on previous Newton tablet designer

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... Apple iPod.Apple is rumored to be developing one or more tablets amidst much speculation as to what else it is doing on the silicon design trail.The Tchao report emanated from a New York Times blog. ...

27. Turtle Beach introduces dual ear headset for the Xbox 360

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... communicator headset that only lets you hear Xbox Live chat in one ear, the XLC lets you hear stereo game audio plus XBOX Live chat so you don't need external speakers. As an added value, the noise-reducing ...

28. Private Clouds are SaaS's future enemy

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... a private cloud lets a virtualized environment share many applications within a single user community. Both get the same benefits from automated IT operations, such as provisioning systems, which keep ...

29. Apple users search their dates' murky pasts

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... which has a database to conduct background checks, has created a DateCheck application that lets the phones expose information people are hiding. Katherine Herman said during an on-stage demonstration ...

30. Engineers and artists develop 3D printing in glass

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 24 September 2009

    ... lab is releasing its method of printing glass for general use. In a typical 3-D printing system, a thin layer of powder is spread over a platform, with an inkjet printer depositing droplets of binder ...

31. AMD bullish about server market

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... been, we should say somewhat slow, since the credit crunch hit big time last year. If corporations and big organizations opened their wallets, moths would fly out. But a graph that Intel CEO Paul Otellini ...

32. Sensia radio thinks it's a PC

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... Sensia. The Sensia connects to The Pure Lounge, the company's radio and media portal, which provides an index to internet audio content and lets users save and organise favourites. It features Pure Clearsound ...

33. iPhone gets infantile application

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... a name when you have a baby. Babynames.com says that the app, which costs $5, can let you search and save baby names "on the go". The application lets you compare first and middle names with your last ...

34. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... able to go outside and enjoy the air.   So much time is spent inside and almost no notebooks or tablets can be used outside.    $1,900 is a lot of money but sometimes you have to set ...

35. Mingleverse promises live 3D telecomms

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... 3D voice, good audio and visual telecommunications to connect people across countries and continents. Mingleverse allows people to create customized meeting rooms and customized avatars and lets you set ...

36. iPhone app lets users avoid diseased neighbors

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 02 September 2009

    ... disease, the hope is that they will become more involved and proactive about public health." The new application also lets users report outbreaks themselves by submitting photos of disease-ridden situations. ...

37. Updated: Apple Snow Leopard screws OS X apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... for all Java applications and applets. "Previous Java versions (which were present in Leopard and Tiger) are gone," explained Snow Leopard Wikidot. "This may cause issues with Java apps/applets that ...

38. Darkfield Logitech mouse perfect for sofa surfing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... those shiny desk surfaces in hotels, this may be the mouse to get. Of course, the mouse is cordless, and there is a USB charging cable which lets you use the mouse in a cabled configuration while it ...

39. Nokia has another shot with Linux

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    ... high-end phone based on the operating system. Nokia has had one shot with Linux already, using it three years ago for its range of internet tablets. They didn't really catch on. The new N900 series is ...

40. Sony fights Kindle with $400 high end wireless reader

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... New York Times bestseller titles cost $10. The question is whether you want a real book in your hand or a digital book. Sony also introduced the Library Finder application which lets you download books ...

41. Jobs bends his mind to Apple Tablet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... the focus of its attention but Jobs dropped earlier projects. Tablets have not proved particularly successful with end users on the Windows platform -  many people want a very thin and very light ...

42. Microsoft defends infamous red ring of death

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    ... other 45.8 percent must be consoles that are used about an hour a week to have not have failed yet. The original Xbox wasn't much better IMAO. I had like 4 of those. Lets just face facts that Microsoft ...

43. Electric bikes impress English folk

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    ... Raven of Electric Bike World (EBW) which already has six outlets in England and one in Spain. He claimed that battery life is no longer an issue with regular electric  bikes being able to last for ...

44. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... fail to catch on. Dell’s Chinese mobile adventure lets it figure out what works and what doesn’t in a market that hasn’t formed the same depth of brand loyalty and identification that already defines consumer ...

45. Chip Wars: NVIDIA and ATI spar over OpenCL GPU support

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 14 August 2009

    ... that designs and delivers both high-performance CPU and GPU technologies. By supporting OpenCL, ATI Stream technology lets developers divide software workloads between different hardware elements, such ...

46. Wifi pacemaker is heartening news for New York woman

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    A 61-year old New York woman has become the first recipient of a heart pacemaker that lets doctors  monitor her health over the internet. New York (NY) - A 61-year old New York woman has become ...

47. New look for Microsoft Retail Stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 09 August 2009

    Microsoft's upcoming retail outlets targeting Apple's stores will have a shiny new logo. Seattle (WA) - Microsoft's upcoming retail outlets targeting Apple's stores will have a shiny new logo. According ...

48. Ex-pats find way to view BBC TV abroad

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Friday, 07 August 2009

    The BBC's rather excellent iPlayer lets people in the UK who pay the license fee watch top TV programs from the numerous channels offered.The BBC's rather excellent iPlayer lets people in the UK who pay ...

49. Logitech retools key gaming peripherals

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    ... up to 5700 dpi. In addition, the Gaming Mouse G500 offers a dual-mode scroll wheel along with ten programmable buttons. "When you're ready to battle, the onboard memory lets you save and take the settings ...

50. Google tarts up Google Chrome

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    ... the Google Chrome browser that indicates it's perfectly serious about taking on the others in the latest episode of the browser wars.The Chrome beta includes a theming system that lets you customize the ...