Samsung touts Super PLS display as the evolution of IPS on smartphones, plans production in early 2011
December 1, 2010 No Comment
Samsung, being the global leader in mobile displays that it is, was understandably a little unnerved by Apple’s IPS LCD-sporting iPhone 4, but now it’s back to the forefront with its brand spanking new Super PLS tech. PLS stands for Plane to Line Switching, which helps Samsung deliver some pretty spectacular viewing angles — even better than the already stellar ones you’ll find on IPS panels — while also improving screen brightness by a reported 10 percent. The target market for Super PLS displays will be smartphones and tablets, with a delicious WXGA resolution on offer for the top bidders. Mind you, Samsung also claims production costs are 15 percent lower than comparable IPS tech, meaning that the only thing standing between us and the next new hotness is time — Sammy expects to begin mass production early next year. Oh, and it’s working on securing a set of 30 patents relating to Super PLS, so don’t go holding out hope for direct competitors from LG or anyone else anytime soon. Continue reading Samsung touts Super PLS display as the evolution of IPS on smartphones, plans production in early 2011 Samsung touts Super PLS display as the evolution of IPS on smartphones, plans production in early 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Turkish prime minister visibly upset by leaked cables which claim he has eight Swiss bank accounts with private funds and surrounds himself with fawning advisors; says US must ‘hold cable writers accountable for slander’
Continue reading …VisionTek Killer HD 5770 combo NIC / GPU hikes frame rates, lowers ping times for $200
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Mama always said that one was never enough, and just five months after revealing its first NIC / GPU combo card to us at Computex, Bigfoot Networks has taken the wraps off of its second. This go ’round, the outfit is partnering with VisionTek to produce the VisionTek Killer HD 5770, a single PCIe card that combines an AMD Radeon HD 5770 GPU (with 1GB of GDDR5 memory) and a Killer E2100 networking card . All told, buyers are presented with two DVI ports, a single HDMI output and a gigabit Ethernet jack. The card is compatible with Windows 7, Vista and XP, and put simply, it’s designed to both improve your frame rates (that’s AMD’s role) and lower your latency / jitter (hello, Bigfoot!). The NIC portion actually has a 400MHz onboard processor that helps minimize the impact of slight changes in your connection, and Bigfoot’s management software will be thrown in for good measure. The board is expected to hit North American retail shops within a fortnight or so, with the $199.99 asking price representing a ~$10 savings compared to buying an HD 5770 GPU and Killer 2100 separately. Oh, and you get a pretty sick dragon, too. Continue reading VisionTek Killer HD 5770 combo NIC / GPU hikes frame rates, lowers ping times for $200 VisionTek Killer HD 5770 combo NIC / GPU hikes frame rates, lowers ping times for $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A Boy Scout leader and a family friend say 15-year-old Samuel Hengel gave no outward signs he was troubled. The teen held a classroom hostage for hours before shooting himself. He later died from his injuries. (Dec. 1)
Continue reading …HP dropping Windows Home Server to focus on WebOS, won’t be hitting the slopes at Vail
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More bad news for fans of little Windows servers for home. HP , makers of the MediaSmart boxes that defined the first release of Windows Home Server , has confirmed that it is canceling plans to support the next major release of the OS, codenamed Vail . This comes hot on the heels of the removal of storage pooling from that release, an extremely unpopular move among the relatively few but ardent fans of WHS. HP is promising to continue support for its existing MediaSmart products but apparently has already redeployed development teams to focus on WebOS devices. For its part, Microsoft will be relying on Acer and Tranquil PC to hang the decorations for the Vail release party. Anyone still care to RSVP? HP dropping Windows Home Server to focus on WebOS, won’t be hitting the slopes at Vail originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Mike Huckabee, who might just run for president again, says “whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty.” Related Entries November 15, 2010 The Origin of America’s Intellectual Vacuum November 7, 2010 Canada Reports Huge Jump in Immigration
Continue reading …Next iPad’s camera supplier outs itself in Taiwan Stock Exchange filing?
December 1, 2010 No Comment
At this point, is there anyone that doesn’t suspect the next iPad will sport a camera? We’ve heard as much, more or less , and now here’s more fodder for the suspicious out there: according to Digitimes , a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing from Largan Precision pegs itself as the “sole lens module supplier” for the impending second-generation iPad, with shipments (of the part or of the tablet, we’re not sure) due out in the first quarter of 2011. It’s worth noting that Largan is the camera parts supplier for the iPhone 4. We haven’t been able to check out the filing ourselves yet, and for its part Largan’s not saying a word, but we’ll let you know what we dig up. You can now return to the part of your iPad 2 dream where it’s rocking a glasses-free 3D ultra-retina display… on both sides… and it’s transparent… and foldable… and not real. Next iPad’s camera supplier outs itself in Taiwan Stock Exchange filing? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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CAIRO (AFP) – The Egyptian opposition weighed up its limited options on Wednesday after the ruling party crushed its main rival the Muslim Brotherhood in a bitterly-disputed parliamentary election. The National Democratic Party of President Hosni Mubarak won 209 of 221 seats in the first round of voting, according to official figures released late on Tuesday night. “Electoral earthquake in the ranks of the opposition,” ran the headline of the independent daily Al-Shuruk. In Sunday's election, which took place amid charges of widespread violence and fraud, the outlawed but generally tolerated Muslim Brotherhood…
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An Associated Press investigation finds that many of the people arrested as part of the government’s effort to stop drug smuggling quickly return to the streets, and have little connection to the cartels. AP’s Rich Matthews has more. (Dec. 1)
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Interpol has placed the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks on its most-wanted list after Sweden issued an arrest warrant against him as part of a drawn-out rape investigation. (Dec. 1)
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