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Nintendo 3DS GPU Revealed 133

Posted by Soulskill from the powered-by-sunshine-and-bubblegum dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The GPU for the Nintendo 3DS has just been revealed, and it's not made by Nvidia, ATI, or even Imagination Technologies. Instead, Nintendo has signed up Japanese startup Digital Media Professionals (DMP) in a deal that sees the company's PICA200 chip churning out the 3-D visuals. For the first time in Nintendo's history, the 3DS will feature a GPU with programmable shaders, rather than a fixed-function pipeline, meaning the 3DS is more graphically versatile than the Wii. Among the PICA200's features are 2x anti-aliasing, per-pixel lighting, subdivision primitives, and soft shadows. As well as featuring DMP's own 'Maestro' extensions, the PICA200 also fully supports OpenGL ES 1.1. The architecture supports four programmable vertex units and up to four pixel pipelines."
Cellphones

Apple Sues HTC Again Over Patents 263

Posted by samzenpus from the litigation-pie dept.
recoiledsnake writes "Apple is suing HTC again over patent infringement. Apple is adding two new patents to the 20 included in the earlier case while adding additional details to two patents included previously. Although Android is not mentioned in any of the court documents, many of the patent infringement complaints refer to the software rather than the hardware that HTC manufactures, leading to speculation that Google is the real target, especially considering that Android sales are surpassing the iPhone's. With HTC countersuing Apple, Microsoft siding with HTC over Android, and Apple trying to stop import of Nokia phones, it seems like Apple has set off a patent Armageddon in the mobile space."
Iphone

Submission + - Apple dictates naming of corporate networks. (apple.com)

Submitted by Gattman01
Gattman01 writes: After updating our company's iPhones to iOS 4.0 the phones suddenly stopped communicating with servers on the local network. It turns out Apple has decided in iOS 4.0 to disallow resolving domain names ending in .local. Their resolution, change your company's internal domain name.

Comment E-Ink vs all other Displays (Score 1) 255

by janerules (#32653016) Attached to: Prices Slashed For Nook, Kindle E-Readers
I have to admit I like the E-Ink. I read on both my HTC Touch and my DSi and personally I kill my eyes. The E-Ink is just like a book, but much more portable. Besides the light of the other displays makes me feel wired at night, and then I can't sleep. http://lifehacker.com/5524849/ban-portable-electronics-before-bed-for-more-restful-sleep

Comment Big Oil? (Score 1) 26

by janerules (#32634466) Attached to: First Photos From the European Solar Decathlon
That's like saying why take on big oil in the first place with things like solar and wind energy. The architecture industry has little control over the construction, shipping, mining, maintenance and regulatory industries, and little help from governments either. The best we can do now is just make a product that IS a little better and then put it on the market. In the end it is really up to the consumer and how guilty they feel about the fact that their TV (or computer) power usage could operate three or four of these houses easily. I'm on their team, for sustainability, and you don't see me turning of my PC.
Government

Submission + - UK Government Get Blackberries Not iPhones (eweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by judgecorp
judgecorp writes: UK government ministeres and civil servants have been advised not to use iPhones on security grounds, while Blackberries are approved for official use. The advice comes from a branch of the UK government intelligence agency GCHQ, and was revealed in a Parliamentary answer. Outside parliament, iPhones are being taken up in business, for instance at London-based Standard Chartered Bank.
Iphone

Submission + - AT&T and Apple's marriage made in hell (cnn.com)

Submitted by Low Ranked Craig
Low Ranked Craig writes: AT&T's epic iPhone 4 pre-order snafu on Tuesday was the latest in a long line of headaches the carrier has caused Apple. AT&T couldn't handle the stampede of pre-orders, and online and over-the-phone ordering returned frustrating error messages and busy signals. To make matters worse, several customers complained that when they logged onto their AT&T accounts to check their eligibility for an iPhone upgrade, they found that they were logged into another user's account instead. A number of customers said they were able to view other subscribers' personal information on Tuesday. This is on top of AT&T leaking the e-mail addresses of iPad users last week. Maybe soon Verizon will be able to give AT&T some competition for the iPhone market?
Security

Submission + - New Legislation Would Crack Down on Hacker Havens 1

Submitted by
Hugh Pickens
Hugh Pickens writes: "The Hill reports that Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have introduced a bill that would penalize foreign countries that fail to crack down on cyber criminals operating within their borders. Under the bill the White House would have the responsibility of identifying countries that pose cyber threats and the president would have to present to Congress in an annual report. Countries identified as "hacker havens" would then have to develop plans of action to combat cybercrimes or risk cuts to their US export dollars, foreign-direct investment funds and trade assistance grants. “Cybercrime must be a top priority for our national security,” said Gillibrand in a joint statement with Hatch. “If we’re going to protect our networks, our infrastructure, our economy and our families, we have to go after cyber criminals wherever they may be — and it must be an international effort." Numerous American employers, including Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Symantec, PayPal, eBay, McAfee, American Express, Mastercard and Visa, as well as Facebook, are supporting the Senators’ legislation. “Microsoft strongly supports the International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act and applauds Senators Gillibrand and Hatch for their leadership in this area,” said Fred Humphries, Microsoft's Managing Director of US Government Affairs. “This legislation is a great step forward toward accessing the technology capabilities and judicial remedies of foreign countries to combat cybercrime and provide a safer, more trusted and secure Internet.”"
Iphone

Submission + - Opera Mini for iPhone submitted to App store today

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Opera Mini for iPhone was officially submitted to the Apple iPhone App store today. A select few first saw it at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February. Now, the “fast like a rocket” browser is taking its first big step towards giving users a new way to browse on the iPhone.

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