Friday, March 23, 2012

Nvidia's New GPUs Could Be Real Game Changers

Nvidia's New GPUs Could Be Real Game Changers

Nvidia's New GPUs Could Be Real Game Changers

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Nvidia has launched the first graphic processing units based on its next-generation Kepler graphics architecture, which offers the promise to deliver superior gaming performance, according to the company. One of the key components of video games on the PC is, of course, the graphics, and as long as there have been games, there have been attempts to take video performance to the next level. The Kepler graphics architecture is reportedly the result of more than 1.8 million man-hours of work over the past five years. Designed for gaming PCs, the chips include the Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 GPU for desktops, and the GeForce 600M line for Ultrabooks.

IP&TV World Forum, Day 2: The Future

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 11:55 AM PDT

I'm attending the IP&TV World Forum, aka the Internet Protocol Television Show, at the Olympia exhibition hall in sunny London. I have been checking out technologies being deployed in Europe that we may be seeing state-side very soon. HbbTV is a hybrid television delivery system available now in some European countries that combines synchronized broadcast with broadband. Hbb-Next -- the incarnation currently in development -- is taking user interface and second screen -- tablet and smartphone -- incorporation very seriously.

Taming That Spaghetti of Wires Taking Over Your Home

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

New home construction and remodeling projects, from a multimedia wiring angle, have the advantage of incorporating cable management at the design stage. That design is structured into the build. Unfortunately, existing homes don't have this luxury -- tearing into walls is disruptive and expensive. The ideal wiring plan for a home consists of Cat 5e or higher specification cables home run from multimedia devices -- like smart TVs, for example -- to a single terminating point within the home, usually at a garage or utility closet.

Is Fragmentation Breaking the Android Dev's Will?

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Developers are losing interest in creating apps for Android because of the continued fragmentation of the operating system, according to a survey conducted jointly by Appcelerator and IDC between January and February. Its results show that interest in Android phone app development fell by nearly five percentage points over the past quarter to about 79 percent. Interest in Android tablets fell just over 2 percent to about 66 percent. Meanwhile, iOS remains the leading platform for devs, according to the study.

Why Tablets Will Send PCs Toward Oblivion

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

As analysts watch the killer success of Apple's new iPad launch -- 3 million sold over the first three days -- I'm seeing a lot more predictions that overall sales of tablets will soon start to exceed those of PCs. Crazy to think of it, isn't it? PCs are everywhere. Many homes have several, businesses have gobs, and they are a staple item used to connect billions of people to, well, everything. And yet, tablet sales growth rates are eclipsing the growth of PC sales -- even the generally hot-selling MacBooks Airs and MacBook Pros.
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