MSI, Taipei, Taiwan - MSI, a leading manufacturer of computer products, proudly unveils its latest N9800GT and N9500GT series graphics cards. The series supports the NVIDIA’s PhysX technology which enables a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience. It offers up to a 3X performance increase over the comparable 8 Series GPU – GeForce® 8500GT. It boasts innovative air conducting heat-sink design, with the omni-directional curving grooves, to ensure the drive card will always be kept cool. [MSI]
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Alienware announced today that their Area-51 m15x notebook will now offer the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU - making the notebook an ideal platform for creative professionals looking for graphics performance in OpenGL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, and DirectX 10. The Area-51 m15x has the following specs:
- Choice of Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor
- Intel GM965 Chipset
- Up to 4GB RAM
- HDMI connector
- 5400 or 7200 RPM HDD
- Optical drive
- Intel PRO Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 7.1 channel HD audio
- Two speakers
- 3 USB 2.0 ports
- ExpressCard/54mm slot
- FireWire port
- 7 in 1 Media Card Reader
- 15.4 inch widescreen display
- Measures 14.55 x 10.73 x 1.3 inches and weighs 7 lbs
Alienware also offers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M on the Area-51 m9750 and soon will make the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M available on the Area-51 m17x.
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So you have to get to your gig, which requires you to lug your guitar through the streets, maybe on a bus or two. It’s a real hassle, man. When are they gonna realize that you rock and give you that super amazing record deal? I mean you beat the hell out of Guitar Hero.
The Nomad electric guitar won’t get you noticed by labels, but it can make your life easier by being very portable. Other guitar makers tried making a guitar that folds once, but it can still be awkward. The neck on the Electric Nomad folds twice. The guitar is a competition size electric ax with all the regular features. It just folds up to half its normal size. The neck folds, and the strings roll up on a spool.
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All you Richie Rich’s who love Star Wars better pay attention. Over at eBay you can drop a fortune and bid on one of four original T.I.E. Fighter models that was actually used in the filming of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
More specifically, this is the Fighter that ran into Darth Vader so Luke could blow up the Death Star. It was constructed from resin and cannibalized parts from other model kits. The auction doesn’t begin until August 1st, but as the world’s richest nerd, you’ll want to get ready. The starting price is $170,000. After you win it, you can hang it over the dining room table and make pew pew pew noises while eating your steak tar tar.
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My first question is how do you get in this thing without a step ladder? My second question is why. As to why, well, this is what happens when an aircraft engineer has a 1968 VW Beetle a lot of time.
Sure, you’ve got your Bigfoots and your Hummers, but there’s just something about seeing a VW Beetle this high off the ground that pleases us. It’s got a new 2.8 Liter engine, which should give it a nice power to weight ratio. It will turn heads so fast you’ll hear the collective cracking of neck bones.
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Scott Weaver made this huge kinetic sculpture of San Francisco entirely from toothpicks. A ball travels through it, touring the elements of the city. I'd hate to be transporting this thing on a windy day! Via Laughing Squid.
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Looks like our friends in Redmond, Washington are at it again with the globular display simply known as the Sphere. The Sphere is like Microsoft’s Surface, literally taken to the next dimension.
It was developed by Global Imagination, and customized by Microsoft. It is expected to make its first public experience today at Microsoft’s Faculty Summit, but the Seattle PI was given a first look. I have included a YouTube video of a spokesman demonstrating its features below.
One of these features is a photo viewer that allows some interesting dragging capabilities. In fact, if the user puts his or her hand on the photo, it will be instantly transported to the other side of the big silver ball.
It also can project a globe that the user can spin just like a real one. The video capability is also quite interesting as a user can take footage from a 360-degree camera and “spin” it to get whatever angle he or she wishes.
It even has this weird pong game done in three dimensions where the ball is stopped with a person’s hand, but this didn’t look easy to play. However, I can’t wait to see the possibilities of spherical video games.
I believe the company is considering using the Sphere for public terminals. If one person is using the Sphere on one side, the other person cannot see what’s on the other side, thereby guaranteeing complete privacy.
Well, I’m sure Microsoft is still toying with this one. We’ll see if it comes into the general market soon.
Via [Engadget]
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Looks like our friends in Redmond, Washington are at it again with the globular display simply known as the Sphere. The Sphere is like Microsoft’s Surface, literally taken to the next dimension.
It was developed by Global Imagination, and customized by Microsoft. It is expected to make its first public experience today at Microsoft’s Faculty Summit, but the Seattle PI was given a first look. I have included a YouTube video of a spokesman demonstrating its features below.
One of these features is a photo viewer that allows some interesting dragging capabilities. In fact, if the user puts his or her hand on the photo, it will be instantly transported to the other side of the big silver ball.
It also can project a globe that the user can spin just like a real one. The video capability is also quite interesting as a user can take footage from a 360-degree camera and “spin” it to get whatever angle he or she wishes.
It even has this weird pong game done in three dimensions where the ball is stopped with a person’s hand, but this didn’t look easy to play. However, I can’t wait to see the possibilities of spherical video games.
I believe the company is considering using the Sphere for public terminals. If one person is using the Sphere on one side, the other person cannot see what’s on the other side, thereby guaranteeing complete privacy.
Well, I’m sure Microsoft is still toying with this one. We’ll see if it comes into the general market soon.
Via [Engadget]
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