New Call of Duty rakes in $310 million in 1 day Nov 13, 2009
The game's developer, Infinity Ward, spent two years creating realistic graphics that are amplified in many players' homes by big-screen, high-definition TVs sets and powerful speakers. Players can fight one another, whether they're at the same game console or in separate locations and connected online. (MSNBC -- Technology)
ohai Develops and Publishes World's First True Massively Multiplayer Game for Social Networks Nov 13, 2009
For the 100 million+ consumers who play social network games, this means social games taken to the next level, with 3D graphics, real-time play and persistent world environments. For the tens of millions of hardcore gamers, this means an MMO to play on office and school computers without the usual download and lengthy installation process. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Joint meeting brings up new details Nov 13, 2009
County Road 14 runs along bottom of graphic, north is to top of graphics. County Road 15 is to right, an access drive is shown heading off upper right corner of sketch. (Lindstrom Chisago County Press, MN)
YouTube going high-definition video Nov 13, 2009
The Google-owned online video sharing website said Thursday that it will begin supporting snippets shot in formats as graphics rich as 1080 pixels next week, a resolution level used in high-definition televisions. "As resolution of consumer cameras increases, we want to make sure YouTube is the best home on the web to showcase your content," YouTube software engineer Billy Biggs said in a blog post. (India Times)
Infy partners Nvidia Nov 13, 2009
BANGALORE: Software major Infosys Technologies and Nvidia, world leader in visual technologies and inventor of Graphics Processing Unit,(GPU) on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop Nvidia Cuda (Compute Unified Device Architecture) Technology-enabled software solutions ... Software major Infosys Technologies and Nvidia, world leader in visual technologies and inventor of Graphics Processing Unit,(GPU) announced a partnership to develop Nvidia Cuda (Compute Unified Device Architecture)... (India Times)
Stock Picks: Adobe, Logitech Nov 12, 2009
Adobe, best known for its Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat graphics and publishing software, said afte the close of trading Nov. 10 it will cut 680 full-time positions to align costs with its fiscal 2010 budget. The cuts represent about 9% of its work force. (BusinessWeek)
Multimedia Games to Showcase Diverse Range of Innovative Products at 2009 Global Gaming Expo Nov 12, 2009
New enhancements for players include the addition of a high impact, dual-sided, overhead sign package with enhanced graphics, which creates anticipation during the event and an enhanced sense of excitement. Throughout the tournament, leader boards display real-time tournament standings and live player reactions from cameras embedded in the slot cabinet are displayed as each session concludes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Online trend: Making data sexy Nov 12, 2009
Crimespotting: Graphics of crime in Oakland provide easily accessible and compelling information. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. (CNN -- International)
Will Hannity cop to video deception? Nov 12, 2009
Limited power, but unless you are graphics heavy they will work pretty well. RW-(the original). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Preview: Freescale VP to call for open connected-device standards Nov 11, 2009
In the context of 2D and 3D graphics, "," she said. For more on the key trends and in Internet and mobile connectivity, particularly in the area of Smartbooks, Auto Infotainment, Smartphones and eBooks, see Su's full keynote comments at this week's conference: Entering a new age of embedded design. (EETimes)
Nokia Launches Critical N900 Phone Nov 11, 2009
A variant of the open-source Linux operating system, Maemo 5 lets users run several programs at once, browsing the Internet wirelessly and displaying graphics and video as fast as a PC. "A computer platform allows us to drive the convergence of mobile and Internet much more radically," says , a Nokia vice-president who works on mobile mapping applications from offices in Berlin. As Nokia tries to recapture smartphone share from Apple, the N900 seems to be a way for the Finns to test features and... (BusinessWeek)
Indian animation charts new course Nov 10, 2009
Himanshu is part of a 15-member team at Scientific Animation, a specialized animation and graphics company based out of Gurgaon. Although small in size, the company counts multinationals like Johnson on and Genentech Pharmaceuticals as clients, providing them animated visual representations for training, and marketing purposes. (India Times)
Augmented Reality Is Both a Fad and the Future -- Here's Why Nov 10, 2009
Babak Parviz, a bio-nanotechnologist at the University of Washington, has been working on augmented-reality contact lenses that would layer computer graphics on everything around us -- in other words, we'd have Terminator eyes. "We have a vast amount of data on the Web, but today we see it on a flat screen," says Michael Zllner, an augmented-reality researcher at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research ... Hold a printed barcodelike "target" up to the camera, and the... (FastCompany)
Smart switching could solve communication tangle Nov 9, 2009
See computer graphics research to be presented at the conference next month including an art installation that casts three distinct shadows ... com, at a glance, including: how to end the epidemic of short-sightedness, the future of computer graphics, and why human microbes are total NIMBYs. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)
Key words in your resume Nov 9, 2009
"The best practice is no graphics and no pictures," says Karen Cariss, the chief executive of the recruitment software company PageUp People. She encourages job seekers to ensure their CV has a simple structure with clear labels for the various sections, such as education, employment history and personal details. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
HGTV Builds With 'First-Time Home Buyers' Block Nov 9, 2009
All key demographics saw growth compared to the previous week, with persons 25 to 54 and 18 to 49 ahead 22% and 17%, respectively ... VDS provides broadcast graphics automation systems which are used in fully automated sports, news and financial graphics channels. (Multichannel News)
Local firms are finding success in foreign s... Nov 9, 2009
SmartDraw, a Mira Mesa company whose software that makes it easier to produce flowcharts and other graphics, has 32 workers. But they've discovered that size doesn't always matter when developing markets overseas. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
TV Guide Network, TV Land Gain Basic-Cable Rights To 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Nov 9, 2009
TV Guide Network, TV Land Gain Basic-Cable Rights To 'Curb Your Enthusiasm. Score Multimedia Rights To All Seven Season Of David's Comedy Series, Beginning In 2010. (Multichannel News)
$1 Billion: Scripps's Cost To Travel Nov 8, 2009
VDS provides broadcast graphics automation systems which are used in fully automated sports, news and financial graphics channels. VDS automation infrastructure products provide management of graphic and audio assets and automated generation of. (Multichannel News)
nVidia's CEO Admits Supply Chain Problems Nov 7, 2009
After reporting solid numbers for the quarter, nVidia's CEO addresses a number of key issues facing the graphics chip supplier ... nVidia's supplier, TSMC, has reportedly struggled to improve yields for 40nm parts but it has been a slow process for both nVidia and arch-rival ATI, AMD's graphics business, which also farms out GPU production to TSMC.. (SmallBusinessComputing)
History In 3-D: Digitally Archived Works Of Art Nov 6, 2009
"But we are still a long way from being able to sensibly correlate 3D data between different objects," says Dr. Andr; Stork, Head of Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD in Darmstadt and a partner in the 3D-COFORM consortium. Stork and his team are generating 3D models and processing them for the digital archive. (Science Daily)
USA Nabs Rights To 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Nov 6, 2009
In this week's edition of B&C Tech Talk, senior editor Glen Dickson talks about Scripps Television becoming the latest station group to consolidate its graphics operations with Chyron's Internet-based Axis system. Talkback. (Multichannel News)
Now Showing: PowerPoint Gets a Comparison Tool Nov 5, 2009
October 27, 2009] As good as it was for Intel and AMD in the CPU business, their graphics business did even better ... The program uses color coding and graphics to highlight changes between slides, which are shown side-by-side in miniature next to the original as you scroll through a given presentation. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Madison Media Institute Makes Best Filmmaking School List Nov 5, 2009
Madison Media Institute is a small tech school but it works on big ideas and we are proud to have been recognized for that, states Nella Citino, Video n Graphics Department Chair, MMI. The program presently boasts about 100 students ... In addition to these skills, the introduces students to non-technical aspects of the media business and breaking trends in the motion graphics and video industries. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Startup turns SD cards into game cartridges Nov 4, 2009
FXI began as Falanx Microsystems, a Norwegian startup that developed a mobile graphics accelerator. and made its graphics design the basis for its Mali 55 graphics accelerator ... The resulting company was renamed FXI and given rights to the graphics core and related patents. (EETimes)
New PCs shed pounds and CD drives Nov 4, 2009
It might sound impressive when a PC sales pitch mentions multicore processors, state-of-the-art graphics chips, 4 or 6 or 8 gigabytes of memory and hard drives with a terabyte - 1,000 gigabytes - of storage. But another thing netbooks showed is that with a few exceptions - such as professional video editing, and maybe hard-core video-game playing - having lots of PC power is overkill. (AZCentral -- Business)
Intel, EMC Team on More Efficient Cloud Storage Nov 4, 2009
October 27, 2009] As good as it was for Intel and AMD in the CPU business, their graphics business did even better. nVidia. (SmallBusinessComputing)
EVGA InterView Dual Display LCD Monitor Nov 4, 2009
When we hooked it up to a monitor-testing PC configured to run Windows XP, our graphics driver software detected both displays but would output to only one of them at a time. When we switched to a newer PC running Windows Vista, the system detected and used both displays; but in extended desktop mode, the secondary display's image was at first rather misaligned (the left and right third of the monitor would show an image, but the middle third wouldn't). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Lenovo Brings All-in-One Convenience to SMB Desktop Nov 3, 2009
As for other components, the ThinkCentre offers a choice of Intel Celeron and processors, DirectX 10 graphics supports, up to a 500GB hard drive, a DVD drive, six USB ports, optional built-in Wi-Fi wireless connectivity and an optional Webcam. ThinkCentre A70z models will begin shipping in late November, with prices starting at $499. (SmallBusinessComputing)
MIPS debuts new cores, instruction set Nov 3, 2009
They include RTOS and Linux operating system providers such as ExpressLogic, Mentor Graphics, Micrium and Montavista as well as tool providers such as CodeSourcery, Carbon Design and Imperas. MIPS is sampling early versions of the cores to partners before the end of the year. (EETimes)
PCs shed pounds, CD drives, gain touch screens Nov 2, 2009
Good enough is plentyIt might sound impressive when a PC sales pitch mentions multicore processors, state-of-the-art graphics chips, 4 or 6 or 8 gigabytes of memory and hard drives with a terabyte 1,000 gigabytes of storage. But another thing netbooks showed is that with a few exceptions such as professional video editing, and maybe hard-core video-game playing having lots of PC power is overkill. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Ronald Brockmann, Managing Director, Europe for ActiveVideo Networks To Speak on Cloud-Based Interactivity on Connections Europe Panel Nov 2, 2009
Using cloud-based services, viewers can navigate a completely interactive environment of both linear and broadband programming including rich interfaces and graphics optimized for TV and remote control navigation; social networking; personal media; niche content; and targeted, actionable advertising. ActiveVideo's CloudTV approach uses intelligent MPEG streaming to deliver the Web 2. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Burke Warns: TV Shift Is Coming Nov 1, 2009
When you do that, you will see the demographics and dollars increase ... VDS provides broadcast graphics automation systems which are used in fully automated sports, news and financial graphics channels. (Multichannel News)
Electric dreams Nov 1, 2009
Before the end of the year, another company -- that E-Ink won t yet name -- should release an e-reader for textbooks, which will include illustrations, tables, and other graphics that are difficult to display on today s e-readers. A successful textbook e-reader could vault E-Ink into stratospheric growth. (Boston Globe)
* Motorola takes on challenge to recapture market Nov 1, 2009
To take advantage of the higher resolution of that screen, Motorola, working with Google, developed new software that would support high-definition video and 3-D graphics. Analysts at the launch on Wednesday said that the Droid, which will be backed by the biggest ad campaign by Verizon Wireless and sell for US$199 this week, is a crucial milestone in Motorolas recovery. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Vista's demons exorcised Oct 30, 2009
And you'll need a machine that can handle at minimum a 1-gigahertz processor, 1 or 2 gigabytes of RAM and 16 or 20 GB of free disk space, plus high-end graphics ... It lacks the fancy graphics of its more accomplished siblings. (Courier-Journal -- Business)
Silicon Motion Announces Third Quarter Results for the Period Ended September 30, 2009 Oct 30, 2009
Net sales of multimedia SoC products, which include embedded graphics processors, PMP and DAB SoCs, and PC camera SoCs, increased 18% from the second quarter of 2009 to US$2 ... Our multimedia SoCs business is composed of products that support portable multimedia players, DAB systems, PC cameras, and embedded graphics applications. (Primezone Releases)
Tchorz-Novak to wed Oct 30, 2009
Kelly is a graduate of Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. She has been employed for the last 18 years as a content developer by Metro Creative Graphics in New York City. David is a 1989 graduate of Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater. (Burlington Union, MA)
Webcast: Connecting PHP to Microsoft Technologies Oct 30, 2009
Microsoft recently released the latest version of Expression Studio, its collection of tools for graphics, UI and web designers. A key element in this suite is Expression Web 3, Microsoft's professional code editor for HTML and PHP developers. (IntranetJournal)
Personalized Photo Calendars, the P... Oct 30, 2009
Home computers often have a simple graphics package for producing wall calendars, but free calendar software, available from online printing companies, offers a great way to produce a unique, professional looking calendar complete with high quality glossy photographs. Use pictures of the family to send to grandparents or relatives living far away; make a club calendar from photos of team games or even be a little risqu; and make a calendar for a local charity along the lines of Calendar Girls. (Suite101.com)
Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: finally, a contender? Oct 29, 2009
The Motorola spec sheet only refers to an underlying ARM Cortex-A8 processor, which is the basis for both the TI chip and the Samsung S5PC100, also a system-on-a-chip with CPU, graphics processing unit and memory controller, the heart of Apple's iPhone 3GS.. The Motorola spec sheet doesn't mention clock speed, but says it's adjustable from 600MHz to over 1GHz. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Broadcom Aims At Cable Multiroom DVR Oct 29, 2009
In addition, the products support 3-D graphics for user interfaces for flipping, rotating and moving images. Broadcom touted the SoCs' dynamic power-management controllers, which are capable of managing and shutting down unused system components in real-time. (Multichannel News)
Tech Q and A: Should I Upgrade to Windows 7? Oct 28, 2009
As for your current system, the first question to address is whether your current hardware will support Windows 7 whether you can upgrade your PC. The minimum requirements, according to Microsoft, are a processor that's 1 GHz or faster, at least 1GB of RAM, 16GB of free disk space (20 if you re going to run the 64-bit version), and a DirectX 9 graphics card. What does that all mean, you ask. (Fox News)
Five Challenges Facing Windows 7 Oct 28, 2009
In particular, graphics drivers from both ATI and NVIDIA were very poor and lead to a high proportion of users experiencing an insane number of crashes. Systems that were otherwise fine running Windows XP or 2000 were suddenly rendered unusable. (Datamation)
STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up To Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment Oct 28, 2009
GENEVA and CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: - ), one of the world's leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM [(LSE: - ); (Nasdaq: - )], announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex(TM)-A9 MPCore(TM) processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV system-on-chip (SoC) ICs ... "The adoption of ARM technology by ST, one of the world leaders for home-entertainment ICs, is a highly visible... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
INSIDE EUROPE Oct 27, 2009
How and where EU cash is spent, in clear graphics. MEPs sit in blocs reflecting Europe's diverse opinions. (BBC News -- Europe)
49 Hot New Open Source Applications Oct 27, 2009
Launch your programs from a circular dock with great background graphics. It's still in the early stages of development, but worth a look. (Datamation)
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Fortress Luna Hits iPhone Oct 26, 2009
Easily found on iTunes in the "What's Hot" section, this title brings back classic arcade fun with stunning new graphics. Fortress Luna challenges iPhone and iPod Touch owners to save all of humanity. (IGN Wireless Games)
Enjoy unlimited performance with ASUS UL ... Oct 26, 2009
Available with Windows 7 and powered by the latest Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor, the UL series features exclusive Turbo33 Technology, which boosts overall performance by up to 33 per cent, amalgamating both hardware and software solutions to deliver smoother graphics and online streaming. The one-inch thick, sleek and light notebooks are also designed to deliver true-to-life graphics for a myriad of entertainment purposes, from videos to movies and games ... It features a high definition... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars reviews Windows 7 Oct 26, 2009
The changes were all well and good the graphics work in particular was essential to allow Windows to offer functionality equivalent to that found in Mac OS X for many years but they came at a high cost ... To take advantage of modern video cards, Windows needed a new graphics stack; to withstand the increasing malware onslaught, Windows needed to tighten security and make running as a regular user more comfortable. (Ars Technica)
Africa to ape India's outsourcing story Oct 26, 2009
Ghana is very good in graphics and web design skills and it was a very pleasant surprise for us, said Dr Pradeep Mukherji, president of management consulting firm Avasant. Mukherji is among several other Indian outsourcing professionals who are offering advisory services to these countries for replicating the Indian success, although in a much more limited way. (India Times)
Alarm bells on used mobiles Oct 25, 2009
Search brisbanetimes. MOBILE phones that are lost, stolen or recycled are exposing thousands of people every week to identity fraud, largely because their owners neglect to take simple steps to protect their private information. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Google Gearing Up to Leverage Chrome Oct 24, 2009
"In an ideal world, as I see it, Google would like to see everything run in a browser and for that we need to do everything native applications can do. It's an evolution. Things like 3D graphics are hard, but the trend has been going in the right direction for a long time, so I'm optimistic.". TAGS. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Aussies pay top dollar for Windows 7 Oct 23, 2009
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The Beatles: Rock Band review Oct 23, 2009
Graphics aren't the most important part of rhythm action games but 'The Beatles: Rock Band' still looks decent for the most part. It won't win any best graphics awards but the game manages to convey a unique, colourful art style that's far more pleasing than the generic brown of current-generation games. (iAfrica.com)
Living Together in the Digital Home Oct 23, 2009
An RVU client has a lightweight footprint so it can be readily included in connected CE devices that already feature DLNA. Since the technology is pixel-accurate, an RVU client displays the exact look and feel of the RVU server and is flexible enough to take advantage of a clients local graphics capabilities ... VDS provides broadcast graphics automation systems which are used in fully automated sports, news and financial graphics channels. (Multichannel News)
Mona Lisas smile cracked Oct 23, 2009
New Scientist does not own rights to photos, but there are a available for use of articles and graphics we own the copyright to. Have your say. (Harper's Magazine)
ARM CTO: power surge could create 'dark silicon' Oct 23, 2009
Mentor Graphics said it will roll out before the end of the year a version of its Android Developer's Kit for the PowerPC and a version for ARM Cortex chips before April. The environment, already available in a version for Mips cores, aims to help engineers customize Android for devices other than handsets. (EETimes)
Windows 7 upgrade may be chore for some Oct 22, 2009
The laptop was good to go, but its relatively crude graphics processor meant that it wouldn t display all of the pretty visual effects of the standard Windows 7 desktop. No big deal. (Boston Globe)
Nosy neighbours Oct 22, 2009
In addition, the paper has developed graphics that show how much he earns relative to national and regional averages. Last year he apparently raked in about 1. (BBC News -- Europe)
Acer debuts 3-D laptop for gaming, movies Oct 22, 2009
Nvidia, a leading maker of graphics cards, sells a $200 3-D kit. TV manufacturers are also excited about 3-D, and are trying to create discs and players that can bring 3-D movies into the living room. (MSNBC -- Technology)
PC maker sees slow road for USB 3.0 Oct 21, 2009
0 aka , adoption in 2010 will be limited to "a few high-end graphics workstations and consumer systems," said the source. That's because system makers will be forced to buy discrete host controllers for their motherboards, a relatively high cost. (EETimes)
Matching Gifts Oct 21, 2009
Matching Gift Companies - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Matching Gift Companies Thank you for making the extra effort - and for your doubled support. (Clemsontigers.com)
8 Hidden Gems in Windows 7 Oct 21, 2009
More-detailed graphics Next year, developers will start releasing games built on DirectX 11, a game engine that provides more detailed graphics ... Games that will support DX11 s improved graphics include "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat" and Dirt 2 and they'll ship this year, not some distant point in the future ... It's a technology that controls where computers do their calculations, moving some math-heavy processing onto the graphics card. (Fox News)
