Archive for November, 2010 - Page 29
Nokia C2-01: Cheapest Nokia 3G Handset
We earlier shared some tidbits about Nokia’s cheapest QWERTY phone. But if QWERTY is not your thing, you can go for a candybar setup with a traditional numeric keypad. The Nokia C2-01 is Nokia’s answer to the call for a cheap 3G phone.
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Motorola Defy In Australia, Starting At The End Of This Month
Australia’s a hard place. Lots of utes, barbies, redback spiders. So, Aussies need a phone that’s as tough as they are. Thankfully, the ruggedized Motorola Defy is coming to Australia by way of Telstra. It’s Motorola’s second rugged Android device and the first to come to Australia.
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IBM Blue Gene Supercomputer is the World's Most Energy Efficient Supercomputer
When you think “supercomputer,” being green might be farthest from your mind. But computer manufacturers put a premium on energy efficiency. If you’re running a computer this powerful, after all, you would need to spend tons on energy costs.
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Minecraft Hardcore Mode On The Way, If You Die Your World Goes Poof! Forever
We gather Minecraft is quite the addictive little cookie of a game and there is some stuff on Youtube involving the game that would make a grown man break down and weep, especially of he owns one or more Star Trek t-shirts. Markus Persson, the game’s creator, aims to make [...]
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Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Demo Not Coming From Capcom, Not Now, Not Ever
Your freeloading days are over, according to Capcom. That Marvel Vs Capcom 3 demo you were going to play until the first price drop for the retail game or until the delivery truck hit that speed bump in front of your house and a copy of the game landed on [...]
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Intel Demonstrates Single Chip Cloud Computer CPU Design That Can Support More than 1,000 Cores
At the Supercomputing Conference 2010 in New Orleans, Intel gave a few sneak peeks into what the future can hold for computing. Imagine playing World of Warcraft on a computer with 1,000 CPU cores. That would be wicked!
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VIZIO XVT 3D HDTVs Go On Sale Today
As was reported by us a few months ago, VIZIO’s XVT series of 3D HDTVs is now out, starting today. They’re big, feature built-in WiFi, VIZIO’s own TV apps, and as expected, they’re expensive. According to Engadget, they’re using the RealD 3D tech and glasses, they’re coming in three different [...]
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Kinect To Support XNA & Vice-Versa "In The Future"
We honestly can’t wait to see what people cook up with this since they’ve been so busy bending the Kinect to their will even without proper tools and spotty permission. And by this we mean Kinect XNA support, which incubation director of something to do with the Xbox and not [...]
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New Two Worlds II Trailer Actually Looks Pretty Sweet
I mean, it looks sweet if you like CG battle between Orcs and Humans, which, if I could watch Orcs and Humans duke it out all day, every day, I could. But the point of this trailer is not to show off fancy new game mechanics, but rather to get [...]
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Kinect "Off To Rough Start" Sales-Wise In Japan According To Retailer
Japan has always been the odd one out for Microsoft (never for the competition though) and that doesn’t seem about to change, as Redmond’s track record of not “getting” the Japanese like, at all stands untarnished. Not that they’re losing sleep over it or anything, for all their efforts at [...]
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