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T-Mobile 7.2Mbps HSPA rolling out now? {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 3:01PM T-Mobile in Orlando is pretty crappy. My friend has a G1 and couldn't get 3G east of 417... sadly that's where I live and work (near the UCF area), so I can't justify switching. I don't know if the recent upgrades help any, but the general consensus is that best provider in Orlando is Verizon.
Unfortunately, I'm stuck on AT&T, which isn't very great down here either.
VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 sure doesn't sound like a boxer {Autoblog}
Nov 6th 2009 9:21AM It is as simple as that. The Toyobaru FT-86 is naturally aspirated, so there really should be no surprise at the lack of rumble. IIRC, the NA subarus have had equal-length headers (and thus no boxer rumble) for a few years now.
If you want to hear the boxer rumble, get a turbo'd version (wrx/sti, LGT, or XT).
Hopefully, the Subaru version of this coupe will have the turbo and rumble. :)
New York attorney general files antitrust lawsuit against Intel {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 5:47PM @Microdot
It's the same case, and yes it is still ongoing. It's been continuing in many fronts (EU included) since 2005, when the first emails implicating intel in antitrust practices- btw, selling your product below cost to undercut competition can be an illegal practice if you're a monopoly.
The fanboys here don't seem to realize that the same case has implications now- it's the reason why AMD cannot compete today. They had a better product then, but couldn't get the sales and revenue to generate the profit needed to drive R&D due to underhanded dealings with system builders. Many consumers knew that as well, but most consumers sadly only buy their systems from Dell, HP, Gateway, etc rather than separate components from Newegg. If intel has a stranglehold that channel, it really wouldn't matter if AMD comes out with a 5Ghz 16-core monster chip for $500 tomorrow- they couldn't sell it. Remember, before the Athlon, intel's innovations moved at a snail's pace. They milked the same P6 architecture (PentiumPro, PentiumII/III) for seven years. Forget i7- they'd likely still be forcing Netburst down our throats even today, in 2009, if they didn't have any competition.
Either that, or they're happy that they're spending a thousand for a CPU that generates record profit margins for intel. Keep that in mind.
New York attorney general files antitrust lawsuit against Intel {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 12:39PM You're missing something because you have a short memory.
Much of the antitrust issues deal with the time period where AMD was actually on top but couldn't get system builders (Dell, HP, etc) to sell their CPUs and chipsets due to volume agreements with intel. Through 2003-2006, AMD's chips (Athlon64/FX/X2, etc) outperformed intel's Netburst architecture (Pentium4), but saw little traction in the marketplace because of system builders.
By the time consumers started catching on and started demanding AMD systems from Dell et al, the damage had been done. They had a large portfolio of innovations (x86 multicore dies, AMD64, integrated memory controller, etc) that beat intel to market, yet AMD couldn't continue their aggressive expansion and R&D due to lack of sales, and they had little resources left to counter intel's Conroe suckerpunch.
MSI's Wind12 U230 flaunts AMD Athlon Neo X2 chip, Windows 7 OS, stress-free keyboard {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2009 10:00AM Athlon Neo X2s are basically dual-core AthlonX2s with reduced cache (512k L2) and smaller energy footprint (15W TDP), however since they're still 65nm, they're not as small as intel's CULV 10W dual-cores. They feature out-of-order execution (unlike Atoms), and Hypertransport and integrated memory controllers, so it has a faster bus throughput than CULV cores.
I'd like to see some benchmarking first, but given the specs, I'd guess the Neo is a little faster.
MSI's Wind12 U230 flaunts AMD Athlon Neo X2 chip, Windows 7 OS, stress-free keyboard {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2009 9:50AM My HTPC has an AMD 780G motherboard w/ a radeon HD3200 and handles 1080p playback fine. Hell, it even plays Crysis (on low settings). Also, this system has a dual-core CPU, which should really help there as well.
While it might not be in netbook territory, it would be far more capable than any Atom-based system anyway.
Healthcare-friendly Bluetooth revision is four times faster, still seems slow {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2009 9:35AM Yeah, typo. I meant DICOM.
I used to work on medical software that pulled MRI DICOMs out of a PAC server and represented them as volumetric 3D data on consumer-level PCs. It took advantage of 3D hardware with texture compression and my own optimizations to visualize 1024x1024x1024 3D textures at decent frame rates on graphics cards with only 256mb RAM at the time (those were the top of the line then).
Eventually the company went under, but I kept the prototype source that I wrote as a contractor, but I since left medical to work in the simulation/gaming industry.
That said, polling over a thousand 1024x1024 slices out of a PACS server over a Bluetooth connection would be ungodly SLOOOOWWWW... best to leave that to X-rays and single MRI/CT slices.
Healthcare-friendly Bluetooth revision is four times faster, still seems slow {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2009 8:54AM PACS has been around longer than Bluetooth. It's a standard system for archiving and retrieving DICON images.
It sounds like these students are shoehorning bluetooth connectivity into a PACS server. Neat, now a doctor can pull up your xrays on his blackberry or iphone and charge you extra for that. This is hardly newsworthy.
Japanese team takes top prize at World Solar Challenge {Engadget}
Nov 2nd 2009 1:05PM @Steve
Which comment was racist?
Did you watch last week's South Park episode? The Japanese actually DO kill dolphins and whales.
Oh, and they're small. I've visited Tokyo recently, and while there were some people taller than me (I'm 5'9), they're still generally certainly much, much smaller than us fat americans.
Doom box artist passes away {Big Download}
Nov 2nd 2009 10:13AM While it wasn't the cover art that sold the game, it certainly added to the style and art direction of the game itself.
His son also designed and created the miniature sculptures for the archvile, mancubus, spider mastermind and other baddies that were then digitized and used in the game. Talented family.
