AMD brings agile delivery of industry-leading IP to the market
At its annual Financial Analyst Day held Feb. 2, AMD detailed a new “ambidextrous” strategy that builds on the company’s long history of x86 and graphics innovation while embracing other technologies and intellectual property to deliver differentiated products. AMD is adopting an …
Samsung's Galaxy 4S photo leaked -- or Photoshopped?
A photo of the new Samsung Galaxy 4S has surfaced on a Russian mobile phone blogger, Eldar Murtazin, on Twitter last night. The photo shows a new sleek-slim design for the new smartphone due out in (about or under) two …
NXP sneak peek at new engineering workbench app
Semiconductor company NXP has expanded on its iPhone efforts by launching a brand new iPad app, meant to help engineers put together projects, store and easily share them. The app, currently in beta, is based on the NXP product inventory. The …
Swarm of Nano Quadrotors, fly in perfect formation and build
Ever wondered what a bunch of flying quadroters would look like? Look no further, here’s an experiment performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles were developed by KMel Robotics. Since 2010, researchers …
New versions of Wi-Fi expected to boost tablets
Improving tablet Wi-Fi performance is something chip makers and consumer electronics manufacturers are working on by turning to a newer version of Wi-Fi to improve connectivity, according to Michael Hurlston, senior vice president of Broadcom Corp.’s Home and Wireless Networking business unit. “There …
March iPad 3 debut, 'strange' February event tip sources
Sources now claim reports of the iPad 3 unveiling this month may have been premature. Apple will have a press event this month — but seems unveiling the iPad 3 won’t hold true in the rumor-mill. February’s press event has been describbed …
World’s first bamboo smartphone to launch in UK
Built from four year-old organic bamboo treated for durability, Scott Woodhouse, a student at Middlesex University, will soon see his masterpeice in UK stores. Woodhouse received backing from a technology entrepreneur after posting his concept online. Woodhouse’s invention, Adzero, said, …
Mozilla releases Firefox 10, adds developer tools
Mozilla has released its latest version of Firefox: Firefox 10, as part of its accelerated six week build cycle while including developer tools aimed for website operators. Available for Windows, Linux, Android and Mac, the new version also features eight new security …
SWTOR: Load screen corruption fix for SLI users
Since the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, SLI users (mainly Nvidia users) have suffered from the horrid load screen corruptions. When that corrupted screen occurs, nine times out of ten the graphics card drivers reset – and eventually …
