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Darkworks shows off TriOviz for Games 2D-to-3D SDK, we get a good look

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:11:00 +0000

Darkworks introduced its TriOviz for Games SDK yesterday during GDC , and while TriOviz technology has been around for years in Hollywood, it wasn’t until today that this same technology debuted for console and PC titles. Essentially, this software wrapper enables standard 2D video games to be viewed in 3D on a traditional 2D display, and we were able to sneak an exclusive look at the technology today at the company’s meeting room. We were shown a European version of Batman: Arkham Asylum on Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and we were given a set of specialized glasses (which were passive, like NVIDIA’s active-shutter 3D Vision specs) in order to enjoy the effect.

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Darkworks shows off TriOviz for Games 2D-to-3D SDK, we get a good look

Ask Engadget: Best (useful) WiFi network detector?

BlaineSnook64 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:00 +0000

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Mitchell, who couldn’t care less if you have a problem with his question

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HMK 561 electric bike concept seats you on the battery, makes you significantly more attractive

inicsprarorce — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:04:00 +0000

Most electric bikes are fairly sordid affairs, little more than an ordinary bicycle with a motorized hub , a strap-on battery pack and regenerative braking capabilities (if you’re lucky). Not this HMK 561 electric bicycle concept, which took home an iF Design Award for some seriously forward thinking

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AMD to finally take on netbook space with new Fusion chip… next year

yy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:06:00 +0000

We’ve always said AMD should go after the gaping hole between netbooks and thin-and-lights by releasing a low-power platform with solid graphics abilities, and it looks like the company’s finally coming around — AMD’s John Taylor just told us that the chipmaker will be releasing a netbook-class Fusion CPU / GPU hybrid codenamed “Ontario” with integrated DX11 graphics sometime next year. If Ontario sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve seen it leaked in the past — it’s a part of the “Brazos” platform built around the low-power Bobcat core

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Talkin’ Windows Phone 7 Series gaming with Microsoft at GDC

inicsprarorce — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:52:00 +0000

We already got a look at Microsoft’s little XNA show-and-tell as relates to Windows Phone 7 Series, but our colleague Andrew Yoon over at Joystiq had a chance for longer sit-down with Xbox Live general manager Ron Pessner and XNA Game Studio manager Michael Klucher at GDC today, and he’s been kind enough to share the interview with us.

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Talkin’ Windows Phone 7 Series gaming with Microsoft at GDC

Caption Contest: 3D is a mind blow, everyone can agree on that

Andrianq — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:21:00 +0000

What do b-boys, random celebrities like Mark Sanchez, Andy Samberg and Hillary Duff, and the Black Eyed Peas have to do with 3DTV ? We’re not sure either, but that didn’t stop Samsung from mixing them up during its “worldwide launch event” yesterday in NYC.

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Switched On: Thumbs up, thumbs down at TiVo Premiere

Admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. TiVo’s announcement of TiVo Premiere represents the most significant user interface overhaul for the device in years. Based on Adobe Flash and optimized for the high-definition screens that are likely to be paired with CableCARD programming, the new user interface blends together live, recorded, and broadband content

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iDongle hardware iPhone jailbreak tool makes hacker life a little simpler

Andrianq — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:00 +0000

If you needed any more proof that Apple’s lame cat-and-mouse game with the iPhone jailbreak community has only served to increase its resourcefulness and creativity, look no further than the iDongle, a slick piece of hacker-made hardware that can jailbreak and activate an iPhone 3GS or iPod touch running OS 3.1.2 just by plugging it into the dock connector. What’s more, it allows a jailbroken iPhone to be rebooted away from a computer, which is currently a problem for on-the-go hackers — just stick this guy in your bag and you’ll be good to go. There’s only a dozen prototypes right now, but pre-orders are being accepted to raise funds for production — we’ve got a feeling quite a few people are going to be interested.

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Novothink rolls out Solar Surge iPhone / iPod touch charging case

BlaineSnook64 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:15:00 +0000

It’s not November ‘09 as originally promised, but Novothink has now announced that its Solar Surge charging cases for the iPhone and iPod touch are finally available. Those will run $79.95 for the iPhone 3G/3GS version and $69.95 for the iPod touch version (second gen only, it seems), which are each available only in black or white at the moment (additional colors are “coming soon), and should add between four and eight hours of talk time, or up to 20 hours of additional audio playback.

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Novothink rolls out Solar Surge iPhone / iPod touch charging case

Barnes & Noble promises B&N eReader app for iPad near launch

DarHaitty — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:29:00 +0000

Need a bit more evidence that the e-book download business is a whole lot different than the music download business?

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