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Posted Feb 21st 2008 1:01PM by Nilay PatelFiled under: LaptopsDesktop gamers weren’t the only ones scoring a little love from NVIDIA today — the company also rolled out the Quadro FX 3600M laptop graphics GPU, which it says provides professional workstation-level performance on the road. The CUDA-capable chip is designed to be mounted on a standard mobile graphics board, and the stock configuration sports 512MB of RAM, power-management features, and a 256-bit memory interface that opens up 51.2GB/s of graphic memory bandwidth. (Read the full post about ‘NVIDIA unveils Quadro FX 3600M for laptops’…)

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Posted Feb 21st 2008 1:58PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Transportation, Networking Finally things are starting to get a little more futuristic around here. Beginning next Monday, bus riders in San Francisco will get a chance to hop at least one ride that will take them to the Columbus stop, Van Ness stop… and the World of Tomorrow. Thanks to the combined effort of SF’s Muni and Cisco, the “Connected Bus” will be hauling around free WiFi and touchscreen maps on its walls (which will also carry updated connecting transit information). Sure, it’s no citywide wireless coverage, but combined with the BART train WiFi rollout, it’s certainly a start. (Read the full post about ‘San Francisco bus getting WiFi, deathmatch to follow’…)

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Posted Feb 21st 2008 3:55PM by Donald MelansonFiled under: Displays Texas Instruments has been showing off its pico-projector technology for some time now, but it looks like it’s finally making its way into a finished product, with Young Optics announcing that it expects to ship the first such projectors “by the end of second quarter or the beginning of the third quarter.” In addition to the core TI technology, the projector makes use of a DLP chip and an LED light module, which pumps out a whopping 7 lumens of brightness while consuming just one watt of energy. (Read the full post about ‘Young Optics set to dish out pico-projector by mid-2008′…)

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I know this must have happened to you a million times as well . . . you’re just about to go down the catwalk at the Paris fashion show, but you’ve cut your cheek on one of the crystal champagne flutes. What to do? Slap on one of these high-fashion bandages over your boo-boo, adjust your outfit (which is the size of a bandage anyway), and off you go! Now you’ve started another fashion trend, though rapper Nelly may claim that honor. Blinged out bandages with 4 Swarovski crystals are available in three colors (white, red and pink), and one little tin sells for $12 at Charles and Marie. Designed by Fabian Seibert, who also created the trendy ace-type bandage replacement in 5 bright colors. (Read the full post about ‘Blinged out bandages’…)

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Asus has a new range of LCD monitors that comes with integrated video conference facilities. These monitors are available in 19″, 22″ and 24″ sizes, where the 24″ version is the most versatile (naturally) of the lot. The Asus MK241H lcd monitor comes with native HDMI support for full HD 1080p video playback, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and array microphones for optimal video and audio online communication. In addition, Asus also threw in its very own Color Rich Technology for higher-color-gamut video performance with 130% extra color space and Aspect Control function to choose from your preferred display mode. There is no word on pricing as at press time. Tags: mobile devices, audio, speaker, games (Read the full post about ‘Asus LCD Monitor Does Vid-Conferencing’…)

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In case you missed last week’s interview with Zero Punctuation’s Yahtzee, know that he’s a Brit living in Australia, holds no punches, and has been getting increasingly famous in the games industry due to the reviews he does for The Escapist.

Well, Yahtzee was asked to give a special presentation at the Developer’s Choice Awards Videos from GDC 2008. He takes on Bioshock, Halo 3, The Orange Box, and more.

But my personal favorite is Yahtzee’s take on the perhaps mythical Duke Nukem Forever. As you may have seen, the game was confirmed for 2008, then rapidly unconfirmed again.

(Read the full post about ‘Zero Punctuation’s Yahtzee does the GDC’…)

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Logitech announced the Logitech Driving Force GT racing wheel, the official wheel of Gran Turismo. Featuring powerful force feedback and 24-position realtime adjustment dial for on-the-fly control of brake bias, traction and damper settings, the Logitech Driving Force GT gives gamers the most accurate and authentic PLAYSTATION3 (PS3) racing experience. The wheel features a large 11-inch wheel with rubber-overmold rim, turns 900 degrees lock-to-lock allowing drivers to navigate hairpin turns with accuracy. In the center of the 11-inch wheel, the Driving Force GT features an illuminated horn button with the official Gran Turismo logo. (Read the full post about ‘Logitech Official Wheel of Gran Turismo for PLAYSTATION3′…)

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AMD today announced that it has open sourced it’s AMD Performance Library (APL), now referred to as “Framewave version 1.0,” t Framewave helps enable faster development of projects such as media players, codecs, image editors, audio applications and media streaming. “We applaud AMD’s decision to open source the Framewave library as we think it will only help accelerate the development of new multimedia applications that fully take advantage of multi-core x86 processors,” said Ed Leonard, CTO at Dreamworks Animation. “Dreamworks Animation continues to produce some of the world’s most creative and successful CGI films in part, because of the state-of-the-art technology we leverage every day. (Read the full post about ‘AMD go Open Source’…)

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Posted Feb 21st 2008 12:03AM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Gaming Look, we’re not trying to say anything, but that 40GB model looks real, real lonely sitting there on its own. Could it be possible that all those juicy rumors of a refreshed, resized PS3 package are actually coming to fruition? Maybe — or maybe Sony is just downsizing big time… but we doubt it.[Thanks, Jason]Tags: PDA, gear, M4A, pvr (Read the full post about ‘80GB PS3 goes missing from Sony Style site’…)

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Posted Feb 21st 2008 2:18AM by Chris ZieglerFiled under: cellphones, Wireless Well, goodness, try saying that five times fast. T-Mobile has officially unveiled its rather longwinded “HotSpot @Home Talk Forever Home Phone” plan add-on for folks that aren’t quite ready to put their landlines out to pasture quite yet, though there’s a catch: much like the original, it’s beginning life as a trial in just a couple of test markets. Lucky folks in Seattle and Dallas will be able to march into their local T-Mobile outlet and pick up the long-rumored WRTU54G for $49.99 on contract, at which point $10 a month tacked onto their T-Mobile bill will allow them to jack in their old-school landline phones and get unlimited domestic calling. (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile trials HotSpot @Home Talk Forever Home Phone in Seattle, Dallas’…)

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