Dragon Age Pre-load Deal Oct 31, 2009
This bonus item increases the effectiveness of any healing effects your character gets, strengthens health regeneration in combat, and reduces damage from any darkspawn attacks you face ... 8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space Windows Vista: OS: Windows Vista with SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1 ... 5 GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater NVIDIA... (IGN PC Games)
* TSMC records strong net profit in third quarter Oct 30, 2009
That would beat most analysts expectation that TSMCs revenue would fall slightly or hold steady ... It expected end demand from the PC segment to be the strongest, followed by communications, this quarter ... In other words, TSMC may land more orders for PC graphics chips from US graphics makers Nvidia Corp and ATI, which made up about 5 percent of TSMCs overall revenue, Pelayo said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Apple updates its core products Oct 28, 2009
The computers also include an improved graphics chip in the form of an ATI Radeon HD 4670 or 4850 ... The Macbook also has an LED-backlit display and a multi-touch glass trackpad for easy navigation. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Modern Warfare 2 Specs Oct 24, 2009
The minimum PC specifications have been released (via ) ... Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better ... 0c compatible sound card. (IGN PC Games)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat Hands-On Oct 24, 2009
October 23, 2009 - The sense of unshakeable isolation and unnerving despair GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games instill in players can't really be found anywhere else ... While this title did add in a number of interesting features for Stalker fans, including a detailed weapon modification system, it also failed to create as harrowing and affecting an atmosphere that Shadow of Chernobyl delivered ... 0 compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 5700 / ATI Radeon 9600. (IGN PC Games)
TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for October 22, 2009 Oct 23, 2009
Most Active Issues by Volume Volume Name Symbol Close Change 16,869,200 Canasia Industries Corporation CAJ $0 ... 035 4,809,500 ATI Airtest Technologies Inc. AAT $0 ... 120 $3,862,101 Canasia Industries Corporation CAJ $0. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Fallen Earth Review Oct 23, 2009
First-person shooter-style ranged and melee combat, a rich crafting system and deep character customization allows players to find their own path to survival and uncover the truth about the GlobalTech corporation ... Civilization is scattered across a dilapidated wasteland full of crumbling buildings, mutated animals, and canned dog food that is now just called food ... Thematically, this game draws on some very familiar examples from popular culture and entertainment. (IGN PC Games)
Qcue lands $1M from Texas ETF Oct 23, 2009
The investment was announced this week at the Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization ... Last year, it won the information technology award in the Rice Business Plan Competition ... The ATI is a nonprofit division of UT that was founded in 1989. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Kiss your monthly DVR subscription goodbye Oct 23, 2009
Also, if you have cable, make sure the tuner is compatible ... Windows tuners are made by Hauppauge, Pinnacle and ATI. They start around $50 ... Mac users should look at , Pinnacle and ATI tuners. (USA Today -- Tech)
DA Journeys Now Available Oct 23, 2009
The game is produced by a new browser-based production team at EA and an all-star team of independent development talent, with the goal of creating premium quality browser games ... "Dragon Age Journeys continues our mission of working with talented game developers and artists to create high quality games, blowing away expectations of what is possible in the browser," said Mark Spenner, VP of Development, EA 2D. "We are honored to be working with to introduce the Dragon Age franchise to a wide... (IGN PC Games)
Escaping Vista Oct 22, 2009
Microsoft has released its new operating system Windows 7. Here are a few tips on what to look out for should you decide to upgrade your computer, and a consideration of whether it is worth the effort ... For most computer users, upgrading to a new operating system is never routine, regardless of whether it is Microsoft, Apple or Linux. (BBC News -- Technology)
Apple refreshes their Mac line Oct 21, 2009
They're good looking machines clearly aimed at the holiday selling season and renewed competition with Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system ... When it comes to the MacBook battery, Apple giveth and it taketh away the company says battery life on the new MacBook is rated at 7 hours, up from 5 hours on the previous generation ... The smaller size models come in two base configurations of $1199 or $1499. (USA Today -- Tech)
Acer Goes 3D With New Win 7 Laptop Oct 21, 2009
Acer will release a new laptop to coincide with Thursday's Windows 7 launch that can display movies and games in 3D while allowing everyday applications to appear in their usual 2D format ... Users can also run common applications like spreadsheets and e-mail programs in 2D. ... The TriDef 3D screen has a special coating that reduces the need for a separate graphics card to process 3D content. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
8 Hidden Gems in Windows 7 Oct 21, 2009
There are quite a few hidden gems in the operating system ... The Vista operating system, which shipped in early 2007, sold reasonably well but ran slowly and was plagued by hardware problems ... "Drivers" are bits of code that tell an operating system how a piece of hardware works, and they're notoriously unreliable. (Fox News)
HP Launches Windows 7 Desktops and Notebooks Oct 21, 2009
Small Business Essentials Be it wired or wireless, building a network can take your small business to new heights in Internet communications, real-time collaboration, webhosting and e-commerce or simply be setup to connect a series of workstations with a shared printer ... This is especially true for business owners who skipped the Windows Vista generation and find themselves staring at PCs that have been in service for four years or more ... Perhaps the most interesting of the new HP computers... (SmallBusinessComputing)
Fallout 3 (Game of the Y... Oct 17, 2009
It's a cleverly veiled character creation and tutorial sequence that sets the backdrop of the story ... However, this vault didn't reopen when the war finished and as the opening cinematic informs you, it is here you will die because nobody ever enters or leaves Vault 101 ... Nothing will ever be the same, especially for you since it is your charge to leave the relative comfort of Vault 101 and search for your father out in the wastes. (IGN PC Games)
Next Microsoft Xbox Console to Use AMD GPU? Oct 15, 2009
In a vague, perfunctory post, Fudzilla writes "We've learned from industry sources that AMD / ATI has already won the GPU deal for the next generation XboX [sic] console." Of course no sources are provided, much less offered up as anonymous, so anyone's conspiracy theories about said claim are as good--or bad--as mine. Rationalizing the "decision," Fudzilla writes "It looks like Microsoft was happy with the first Xeons [sic - should be ] GPU and it wants to continue using the same, especially... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Get the power of DirectX 11 Oct 7, 2009
PETALING JAYA: AMD has unveiled its most powerful graphics card series yet, the ATI Radeon HD 5800. It is the worlds first graphic card series to fully support Microsofts DirectX 11 graphics technology which is expected to power next-generation games such as DiRT 2, Aliens vs. Predator, as well as updated versions of The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online ... DirectX 11 will be available with the upcoming Windows 7 operating system and also for Vista. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Dell Rolls Out Laser Printer and Vostro Desktop Oct 6, 2009
Small Business Essentials Be it wired or wireless, building a network can take your small business to new heights in Internet communications, real-time collaboration, webhosting and e-commerce or simply be setup to connect a series of workstations with a shared printer ... This is an affordable, general application laser that s suitable for small companies with large printing needs such as invoicing, legal documents, reports ... In addition to the print speed and duty cycle, the general... (SmallBusinessComputing)
Battleforge to Support D... Oct 6, 2009
October 5, 2009 - Redwood City, CA. - Phenomic, an Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game, , is the first title to leverage Microsoft's DirectX 11 and AMD's new ATI graphic processor chipset ... "By delivering the first DirectX 11 game, the team at Phenomic is demonstrating its commitment to the many fans of BattleForge," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Products Group, AMD. "When matched with our cutting-edge DirectX 11... (IGN PC Games)
Dragon Age Human Noble Oct 4, 2009
The only protection against these deadly beasts are Grey Wardens, heroic men and women from the Human, Dwarven and Elven races of the land that band together and pledge their lives to defeating the darkspawn wherever they may be ... You've received the best military training as well as diplomatic instruction to potentially take over your family's lands and lead them one day ... 8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD... (IGN PC Games)
Updated: Nvidia announces next-gen graphics chip Oct 2, 2009
30) its next-generation graphics processor, a three-billion transistor chip code named Fermi, packing 512 cores and claiming advances in floating point and memory architecture. Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced plans for a new supercomputer that will use the Fermi chips, accelerating Nvidia's initiative to use graphics processors as multicore general-purpose CPUs ... Nvidia is slightly behind archrival Advanced Micro Devices which just started shipping products based on a new graphics core... (EETimes)
IDF 09: More speed on the go Oct 2, 2009
Imagine doing Turbo between the CPU and the graphics core, so you could alternatively operate each core at full steam ... Intels push into the graphics domain, currently dominated by nVidia and AMD (through the acquisition of ATI), will only begin when the release of its Larrabee architecture, the companys graphics-centric co-processors ... Larrabee looked good when it was paired with Intels next-generation Gulftown gaming processor (six cores, 12 threads, 32nm) Maloney demonstrated a... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Dragon Age: Dwarven Nobles Oct 1, 2009
The only protection against these deadly beasts are Grey Wardens, heroic men and women from the Human, Dwarven and Elven races of the land that band together and pledge their lives to defeating the darkspawn wherever they may be ... 8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space Windows Vista: OS: Windows Vista with SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1 ... 5 GB or more Video:... (IGN PC Games)
AMD Announces Open Physics Initiative Designed to Bring New Levels of Realism to Gaming, Simulations, Popular Applications Sep 30, 2009
Open and Industry Standards-based ATI Stream Technology Frees Industry from Proprietary Implementations ... By encouraging development of physics middleware built around OpenCL and Bullet Physics, AMD and Pixelux offer a route toward physics simulation that spans game consoles, PCs and other hardware platforms ... The latest graphics technologies, like the series of GPUs, offer incredible visual fidelity and high performance physics simulation by taking the next step in realistically... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dragon Age: Origins Character Reveal Sep 25, 2009
The organization's fearsome reputation is often as effective as the exotic poisons they have developed - letting them all but rule their homeland through terror ... 8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space Windows Vista: OS: Windows Vista with SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1 ... 5 GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or... (IGN PC Games)
AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX® 11-Compliant Graphics Cards, Harnessing the Most Powerful Processor Ever Created1 Sep 23, 2009
AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX 11-Compliant Graphics Cards, Harnessing the Most Powerful Processor Ever Created1 - Yahoo ... AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX 11-Compliant Graphics Cards, Harnessing the Most Powerful Processor Ever Created1 ... --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NYSE: - ) today launched the most powerful processor ever created1, found in its next-generation graphics cards, the worlds first and only to fully support Microsoft... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Choices and Consequences of Dragon Age Sep 19, 2009
In these situations, saving someone would be considered a good act, while killing someo 000023AE ne else is frequently seen as a vile deed ... On top of this, aside from agreeing or grousing about a decision, the impact on your party is relatively minimal ... As a result of these limitations, you play more to a pre-defined sense of good and evil than making your own path, determining what works for you. (IGN PC Games)
The Dark Knight Battles Piracy Sep 16, 2009
We contacted Eidos about this copy protection situation, and were told that we' 00004000 d receive an official statement from the company shortly ... Minimum Requirements:Windows XP 3 Ghz Intel single core or AMD equivalent 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) Shader Model 3 NVidia 6600 or ATI 1300 or higher graphics card. (IGN PC Games)
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Review Sep 16, 2009
Gameplay in this dark, creepy world breaks down into three main portions -- fist fighting, attacking from the shadows, and exploration ... Obviously, you can just mash the left mouse button and take down the bad guys with a healthy set of animations -- dropkicks, elbows, punches, and more are peppered in -- and reverse when you see the spider-sense icon pop-up above a bad guy's head, but there's a sweet science to this madness ... Minimum Requirements:Windows XP 3 Ghz Intel single core or AMD... (IGN PC Games)
Dragon Age Prequel Novel Sep 16, 2009
September 15, 2009 - EDMONTON, Alberta ORK - Leading video game developer , a division of Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Tor Books, the largest publisher of science fiction in the world, today announced the publication of : The Calling, a new novel set in the world of Dragon Age: Origins, BioWare's highly anticipated dark epic video game releasing this November ... Featuring a deep and compelling story where every choice can have a dramatic impact on the game, Dragon Age: Origins is scheduled to release... (IGN PC Games)
AMD Touts New Chip Branding Strategy Sep 16, 2009
The ship, rich with history in war and in recovering the Apollo 11 astronauts, was before AMD even opened for business and now serves as a floating museum. One of AMD's points in the presentation was that our way of buying is somewhat antiquated too, particularly for consumers, and that's something AMD (NYSE: AMD) wants to change ... is a new tagging system that focuses on the visual experience of the PC and replaces 220 old different configurations and badges that AMD previously used, Dessau... (Datamation)
The Top Nettop? Sep 16, 2009
s inexpensive all-in-one is part of its consumer desktop line, so that would make it the IdeaCentre C300, but at only $450 it's part of the company's value line, too, which would give it the designation of Lenovo 3000 C300 ... and even though using the $450 model makes us wish Lenovo had sent the $549 configuration instead ... (The standard 1GB is the most that Microsoft will let vendors sell Windows XP Home Edition with; Lenovo offers 3GB and 4GB configurations with 32-bit Vista Home Basic and... (HardwareCentral)
Ex-Macquarie Team Starts Global Equities Hedge Fund Using Quant Strategies Sep 14, 2009
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Three former quantitative strategists have started a hedge fund with the backing of to invest in global equities using computer-trading models ... Our earliest stage investors will be fund of funds that we have developed relationships with through our other funds, and high-net-worth individuals ... Webb and Perone started designing the algorithms to be used by the fund while studying applied mathematics and economics together at Harvard University. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Digital Keystone Technology Achieves Switched Digital Support for ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner Sep 12, 2009
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Keystone has achieved Switched Digital Video (SDV) support for Premium Cable TV on Microsoft Windows by way of a new certified version of the ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner ... The ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner is based on firmware developed by Digital Keystone, the world leader in Pay TV and content security software solutions ... Paolo Siccardo, President and CEO of Digital Keystone, said, it continues to be an honor to license Digital Keystones... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
StudioGPU Ships MachStudio Pro 1.2 - Continues to Advance Real-Time Workflow and Rendering Capabilities for 3D Production Everywhere Sep 12, 2009
Powerful Displacement Mapping with Hardware Tessellation and Stereoscopic Camera Support Among Many New Features to Streamline Productivity ... AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StudioGPU continues to democratize the 3D production space for broadcast, cinema and design with the release of MachStudio Pro 1 ... 2, a real-time 3D workflow and rendering package that leverages the horsepower of off-the-shelf professional graphics processing units (GPUs) to deliver real-time and near real-time workflow... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Resident Evil 5 Review Sep 11, 2009
Chris Redfield, one of the survivors of the Arklay Mansion incident in the original Resident Evil title, has joined a new group known as the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, a worldwide organization whose task is to prevent the spread of biological weapons from being used. Chris is sent to a fictional region of Africa because of a possible outbreak, and is met by his new partner, Sheva Alomar, who helps in his investigation ... 0) -- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series / ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro... (IGN PC Games)
Wolfenstein Flounders Sep 11, 2009
2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3400+ processor RAM: 1GB RAM Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT or ATI Radeon X800 Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9. 0c compatible sound card HDD Space: 8GB (Plus an additional 800MB for Windows swap file) Media: 100% Microsoft Windows compatible DVD-ROM drive Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer. (IGN PC Games)
AMD Presses Consumers to Rethink the Chip Sep 10, 2009
Tired of losing speed comparisons with Intel processors, Advanced Micro Devices will stress how its chips can satisfy specific computer needs ... 4 billion purchase of graphics chipmaker ATI in 2006 and choosing to highlight overall computer performance not just the ins and outs of an individual chip ... "It's a big risk but fits where the industry is going in terms of focusing on personalization and figuring out how a computer fits your lifestyle," says computer analyst Richard Shim. (BusinessWeek)
Microsoft Enhances the Digital Cable Experience and Names 2009 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Winner Sep 10, 2009
ATLANTA, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at CEDIA EXPO 2009, Microsoft Corp. discussed key Windows Media Center features for Windows 7 and announced a series of initiatives that enhance the digital cable experience in Windows Media Center. With the addition of native support for additional international broadcast TV standards, including QAM and ATSC, there will now be support for switched digital video (SDV), a new tool that will make it possible for end customers to add a digital cable... (PR Newswire)
ASUS Leads the PC Hardware Industry with a New Motherboard Series Featuring Optimized Designs Sep 2, 2009
Innovative design delivers ultimate performance, uncompromising reliability, and superior operating safety standards. ASUS today announced the Xtreme Design series motherboards featuring ground-breaking design innovations and offering the best in performance and reliability ... The Xtreme Design series motherboards delivers exceptional overall system compatibility and enhanced reliability by proficiently managing and reliably controlling core processes operating in the PC. Drawing on two decades... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Linking cable TV to computer has limitations Sep 1, 2009
With these tuners, cable subscribers can only get local channels, including network affiliates, independent stations and PBS - the stuff of a basic cable package ... If you are within range of a TV broadcast tower, you could use an ATI or Hauppauge tuner to receive local programming over the air for free - including HD. But, like folks who have older TVs with digital converter boxes, you would need an antenna to bring in the signals ... But I do get concerned at times regarding the lack of... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Q&A: Cable TV on your computer Sep 1, 2009
Linking cable TV to computer has limitations. Article:Linking cable TV to computer has limitations:/c/a/2009/08/30/BUMF19F815 ... DTL Article:Linking cable TV to computer has limitations:/c/a/2009/08/30/BUMF19F815. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
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Minimum Requirements:Windows XP 3 Ghz Intel single core or AMD equivalent 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) Shader Model 3 NVidia 6600 or ATI 1300 or higher graphics card. Recommended Requirements:3 Ghz Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Dual core) 2 GB RAM (3 GB for Vista NVidia 7900 GT or higher graphics card. (IGN PC Games)
Should You Upgrade Anything? Aug 29, 2009
Rafe Needleman on When It Is Worth Upgrading Your Operating Systems, Software ... The consensus is that it's a fair improvement on the Mac operating system for the relatively low cost of the upgrade, $29 ... And it's not just when Apple or Microsoft release an operating system upgrade. (CBS News)
MSI C Series Aug 28, 2009
3 WXGA with 1600x900 resolution; ATI Mobility Radeon graphics card or GeForce 8200M G w/ HDMI output; 4GB DDR2 RAM; 320GB SATA hard drive; 802 ... A measure of this gadget's exclusivity, relative to such factors as cost and availability AskMen ... Another cosmetic feature of interest is MSI s Color Film Print Technology case coating, which creates vivid designs when interacting with ambient light. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Review: Roxio Creator 2010 Disc-Burning Suite Aug 26, 2009
Like previous iterations, the latest version, Roxio Creator 2010 ($99 as of August 24, 2009), does more than just burn discs ... All versions of Creator 2010 can save Internet audio and video, back up AVCHD video to DVD and Blu-ray, perform BD-RE editing on disc, and support nVidia CUDA and ATI Stream video conversion acceleration ... The $130 Creator 2010 Pro includes the $20 Blu-ray authoring plug-ins and adds several bundled applications, including LightZone a tantalizing tool that corrects... (BusinessWeek)
Carbon nanotube interconnect startup raises $4.1 million Aug 26, 2009
Manufacturers currently use copper to provide the vertical interconnections required for IC fabrication, but this material is running into technical difficulties as the geometry sizes of ICs shrink, according to Surrey NanoSystems. CNTs can be structured to act as extremely efficient conductors, but their adoption as a replacement for copper has been hindered by the fact that conventionally-grown CNTs require temperatures of around 700 degrees C. Surrey NanoSystems fabrication system and process... (EETimes)
Dragon Age: Origins City Elves Prologue Aug 25, 2009
That's the situation at the start of the City Elf campaign, but how it unfolds differs a bit depending on what gender you play as ... As you walk around the alienage there are some conversations to be had; old friends of your deceased mother want to offer some money as a gift, which is useful because there's another elven family that could use a little bit of charity, if you're willing ... It's not clear, but the situation seems similar to primae noctis, the feudal right of the lords to sleep... (IGN PC Games)
Fallout 3 Buyer's Guide Aug 25, 2009
August 24, 2009 - All five downloadable add-ons for have now released for Xbox 360 and PC, with the PlayStation 3 versions set to roll out soon ... Point Lookout This add-on is the one that stays truest to the original Fallout 3 formula, and for that reason is one of the most satisfying purchases ... Grab Point Lookout if you like the exploration, cool side quests, and are in need of a new area to wander about in. (IGN PC Games)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev technology being developed for use in Jordan desalination plant Aug 20, 2009
Collaboration with American and Jordanian universities to 'scale up' technology that achieves very high recoveries in desalinization by reverse osmosis. BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, August 19, 2009 -- Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing technology to scale up a novel method for achieving very high recoveries in desalination by reverse osmosis to be used in a Jordanian desalinization plant ... The team was recently awarded grants from the NATO Science for Peace program and the... (EurekAlert!)
Top Tech for Back-To-School Aug 18, 2009
CNET's Natali Del Conte Gives Her Picks for the Season's Best Education Gadgets for Kids ... It has an above average, gaming capable ATI graphics and midrange Core 2 Duo Processor (the processor helps your computer save and process things smoothly and efficiently) ... This high functioning hard drive is compatible with both MAC and PC. The Iomega is super rugged-The Iomega Drop Guard Xtreme feature raises the bar on drop protection (it protects the drive when it is dropped up to 84 feet. (CBS News -- Early Show)
iPhone Users Complain About Wi-Fi Aug 18, 2009
In June, ATn supporting auto-authentication for iPhone OS 3 ... Auto-authentication support means that iPhone users can potentially switch seamlessly from AT network to one of its Wi-Fi hotspots without taking any action ... Previously, iPhone users had to go through a two-step authentication process in order to connect to AT-Fi network. (Datamation)
Toshiba unveils a budget Satellite Aug 17, 2009
It comes with a 14in HD LED backlight widescreen incorporating the companys Clear SuperView technology, which provides viewing resolution of up to 1,366 x 768-pixels. The models basic specifications include 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 320GB SATA hard disk with shock absorbers and a DVD burner ... As for graphics, users have a choice of either an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Tusavvy goes to ATI Aug 14, 2009
Tusavvy, a division of Korea-based zSoup Inc., only searches previously mined data, saving time by aggregating only the premium search information, company officials said ... Tusavvy is part of ATI s Landing Pad program, which is designed to accelerate the process of companies relocating to Austin or establishing a U.S. headquarters ... It provides targeted access to ATI s networks, both in Austin and in the relevant industry, officials said. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Dragon Age Exclusive Human Noble Hands-on Aug 11, 2009
Many RPGs will let you create different characters, but they all follow the same narrative more or less ... First, we should probably discuss character creation, since you actually need to create a human noble before you get to play one ... Not surprising, but the character creation system is built off of the one found in Mass Effect; you use sliders to choose and adjust facial features, such as eye height, jaw width, cheekbone height, ear size, and much more. (IGN PC Games)
New Dragon Age Release Date Aug 8, 2009
"Dragon Age Origins will be released on November 3rd in North America and November 6th in Europe for Xbox 360 and PC. The Playstation 3 version will follow later in November," the BioWare rep said ... 8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space Windows Vista: OS: Windows Vista with SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1 ... 5 GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater... (IGN PC Games)
Analysis: Impact still unclear in broad ITC import ban Aug 7, 2009
The International Trade Commission that the ATI division of Advanced Micro Devices, Freescale, Spansion, STMicroelectronics and Qualcomm infringe two patents of Tessera Technologies Inc. The ITC issued a limited exclusion order banning the companies from importing into the U.S. chips that use fine-pitch BGA packages described in the patents. The ruling went into effect July 20 following a review by the U.S. Trade Representative ... A handful of OEMs expressed frustration figuring out what chips... (EETimes)
Nvidia results, outlook top expectations Aug 7, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. reported better-than-expected results on improved product demand and set a sales outlook for the current quarter above Wall Street's expectations Thursday (Aug ... Nvidia dominates the high-end "discrete" graphics chip market along with rival ATI, which is owned by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ... Education andLearning. (EETimes)
Ultra-Thin Laptops: AMD's Big Hope Aug 6, 2009
The renewed focus for AMD (NYSE: AMD) comes as the company has finally shed itself of the demands of running fabrication facilities. With its fabs spun off and operating as an independent company, AMD is "a product company now," said David Kenyon, the company's vice president of worldwide marketing, in a briefing here ... Also, recent breakthroughs in extremely low power processors have made it possible to put a performance-capable CPU into a thin case without generating extreme heat, which... (Datamation)
AMD rolls OpenCL parallel programming tool Aug 6, 2009
The OpenCL for CPU beta will be part of AMD's ATI Stream software development kit version 2 ... AMD submitted conformance logs from its Microsoft Windows and Linux CPU beta releases to the Khronos for certification ... "By supporting multi-core CPUs and GPUs with our OpenCL environment, developers can efficiently write cross-platform applications for heterogeneous architectures with a single programming interface," said Rick Bergman, general manager of AMD's products group, speaking in a... (EETimes)
ICIS Pricing Launches Asia Ethylene and Polyethylene Margin Reports - Ethylene Producer Margins Recover but for how Long? Aug 4, 2009
With markets remaining highly volatile, the reports offer an authoritative and independent measure of producer cash costs and cash margins, essential for confident planning and negotiation by sellers, buyers and traders. The Asian Ethylene Margin report shows that, since the beginning of June, as a result of higher ethylene and co-product values, cracker margins had recovered from their most negative territory to their highest for the year to date ... In the last couple of weeks margins have... (PR Newswire)
Fallen Earth -- The Three Bs of Survival Aug 2, 2009
is set in the 21st century after natural disasters, genetically-engineered viruses, and nuclear war has decimated the population ... Have the mutations gone farther than we originally suspected ... While we want the narrative to be an exciting one, we also don't want to make things so far beyond believable that it's a struggle to feel immersed in the game. (IGN PC Games)
Globalfoundries' First Big Score: STMicro Jul 31, 2009
Globalfoundries, the chip fabrication company formed when AMD its fabrication plants with an investment from the Middle East, today announced its first major non-AMD customer, STMicroelectronics ... It's currently an integrated company, meaning it makes its own chips, but has been wanting to ditch its fabrication facilities and go fabless, like nVidia already is ... It has products for communications, automotive, computer peripherals, printer controllers, power supplies and memory. (SmallBusinessComputing)
