Archive for: June, 2010

DiRT 3 to go 3D?

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Codemasters has promised fans of the Colin McRae: DiRT franchise that the third in the series will feature the very latest technology – possibly including 3D capability. The title was outed last month by the firm – who revealed that it would be adding dynamic weather effects to the game. However, it appears that won’t [...]

Why Afghanistan’s Lithium Is a Big Deal

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Lithium is cheap and widely available, so why do we care about a new resource in a war zone? Because it’s another counter to the irrational fear that the automobile’s lithium-powered electric future is doomed before it begins Lithium Evaporation Pond Part of SQM’s operations on the Salar de Atacama in northern Chile Seth Fletcher [...]

Viliv N5 Ultra Mini Mobile PC

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Viliv is at it again. This time around the Korean manufacturer is going after the clamshell market with the N5. The self-described Ultra Mini Mobile PC is really just that — a truly mobile PC. This form factor isn’t exactly new as I just looked at the main competitor, the UMID mbook bz, just a [...]

No link between infant cancer, phone masts

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The largest study of its kind claims pregnant women who live near a mobile phone mast do not run a higher risk of having a child who develops leukaemia or other cancer in infancy. The British study, published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), says parents-to-be should be reassured. The investigation looked at 1397 [...]

Lamborghini builds 10,000th Gallardo

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Italophiles, take note: Lamborghini has announced it’s built the 10,000th Gallardo. Naturally, the supercar manufacturer is pleased with this performance, pointing out that the now ubiquitous Gallardo is officially the most successful model Lamborghini has ever created. Says Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini.: The Lamborghini brand is extreme, uncompromising and Italian, and [...]

Audi launching Titanium Package for most models

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“Black Optics” has been a regular option box on Audi’s German order book for years. The idea is simple: rid the car of most any chrome be it grille surround, window treatment or other. During the B7 era Audi of America experimented with the look, packaging it with unique wheels, S-line body treatment and specific [...]

President Obama gets power to shut down internet

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The US Senate committee has approved legislation which effectively gives President Obama the power to shut off parts of the internet when there is a national emergency. The legislation is called Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act and will allow the President in times of national emergency to implement response plans for protecting the [...]

Patriot announce Sector 7 memory

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Patriot Memory have announced the immediate availability of the Viper II Series ‘Sector 7’ Edition to its family of Extreme Performance DDR3 memory. The Sector 7 Edition DDR3 is their ultimate performance memory solution for the Intel X58 system platform and has been designed with overclockers, enthusiasts and gamers in mind. Patriot’s Sector 7 Edition is [...]

HD Video Decoding on GPUs with VLC 1.1.0

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It is time for HTPC enthusiasts to rejoice! Videolan announced the availability of VLC 1.1.0 a couple of days back. VLC’s popularity soared in the mid-2000s when standard definition videos were all the craze, and CPUs were powerful enough to easily decode them. Over the last few years, many people have built up a big [...]

Blu-ray Disc Association Approves Final BDXL Format Specifications

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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced the finalization and release of the specifications for BDXL, the new multi-layer recordable Blu-ray Disc format with up to 128GB of capacity. With the completion and approval of the specification, manufacturers can now obtain licensing information and license applications needed to begin production of the high capacity write-once [...]

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