Archive for: April, 2012

AMD Radeon HD 7000M Official – Supports Enduro Switching

AMD offered its answer to NVIDIA on Tuesday through the Radeon HD 7000M. The 7700M, 7800M, and 7900M are the first parts to use Enduro, a live graphics switching technology like NVIDIA’s Optimus. The implementation can flip between the Radeon and integrated graphics without having to reload or specify apps, and unlike NVIDIA’s approach, can […]

Amped Wireless Debuts Two New High Power Wireless-N USB Adapters

Amped Wireless has introduced two new high-power Wi-Fi directional USB adapters, which deliver high speed Wi-Fi access and improved wireless range – the UA1000 High Power Wireless-N 500mW Directional USB Adapter and the UA2000 High Power Wireless-N Directional Dual Band Adapter. How It Works Through the use of advanced high gain directional antennas, high power amplifiers, […]

Google Launches Google Drive – For Now Not a SugarSync or Drop Box Killer

Google Drive is here and for now it is no SugarSync, Drop Box or SkyDrive.  The first major missing part is OS integration.  It a few weeks out! Next you are getting a very small about of space for free.  Now on the Plus side it has a great search system with OCR support and […]

iHome iDM5 Combines Keyboard and Speakers in Dock

iHome is now shipping the iDM5 “Executive Work Station.” The iPad dock combines the usually separate Bluetooth keyboard, stereo speakers and a speakerphone into one unit, aiming to improve productivity. The three-pound unit has an inclined full-size Bluetooth keyboard with a MacBook layout, small speakers with SRS TruBass enhancing, Bluetooth speakerphone with echo cancelation, and […]

Google Now Selling the Galaxy Nexus on Google Play Devices

Google on Tuesday opened up a Google Play Devices section for its web store with an emphasis on selling Android hardware directly. The first offering will answer a longstanding call for direct sales of the Galaxy Nexus in the US. Americans now buy the unlocked, HSPA+ version of the Android 4.0 flagship for $399, or […]

Owen Wilson Will Star in ‘The Coup’

Crime Scene Pictures announced today that Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris, Wedding Crashers) will star in The Coup, which John Erick Dowdle (Devil, Quarantine) will direct from a script he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. The film is described as being an intense thriller centered on an American family that moves to Southeast Asia […]

Andy Lau in Negotiations to Join the Cast of Iron Man 3

NeonPunch (via Twitch) is reporting that Andy Lau is in negotiations to play an old friend of Tony Stark in Marvel Studios‘ Iron Man 3. The site says the friend “represents China’s technology sector – and will use China’s armored heroes to HELP Iron Man defeat “The Mandarin” who is seen as a terrorist against […]

Microsoft Sells Most of AOL Patents It Just Acquired to Facebook for $550 Million

Facebook has signed an agreement to acquire $550 million in patents from Microsoft, the companies announced jointly Monday. The patents were part of the $1.065 billion in patents Microsoft purchased from AOL earlier this month. In the initial agreement, Microsoft took ownership of approximately 925 U.S. patents and patent applications, in addition to a license […]

Prototype 2 Out Today for Xbox 360 and PS3

Prototype 2 officially releases today for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The highly anticipated sequel to Radical Entertainment’s best-selling open-world title from 2009 is set 14-months after the events in the original game. It follows new protagonist, Sgt. James Heller, as he sets out to exact revenge on the man he holds responsible for the […]

Forrester: iPad Tops in 2016, Amazon’s Custom Android to Pass Stock

A new long-term estimate by Forrester Research has painted a strong picture for Apple in the tablet space. It saw Apple keeping its lead even up to 2016, when it saw the iPad having 53 percent of the space. A total of 760 million tablets would ship that year. Android would play a significant part […]

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