Apr 06
A student from the U.K.’s University of Surrey takes home an award for developing “Predator,” a video motion tracking system that learns with experience.
Apr 06
MSI spits out four more Sandy Bridge laptops, including tasteful-looking F Series gaming rigs
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If it seems like MSI is dropping a lot of laptops this week, you’re not imagining things. The company just announced the FX620DX and FX420 gaming rigs and two mainstream notebooks, the FR720 and FX720, some of which join the 16 laptops it unveiled at CES. The FR720 and FX720 are both beastly 17-inch desktop replacements, with prices ranging from $710 to $900 depending on whether you opt for an Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 CPU, and whether you stick with integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics or spring for one with a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT520M card.
As for the gaming machines, we have to say they’re pretty conservative-looking, with black lids made from a non-peeling, scratch- and smudge-resistant material, and a handful of chrome accents and blue LEDs thrown in for good measure. The 15.6-inch FX620DX packs either a quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M with 1GB of video memory, and a 720p webcam. The 14-inch FX420, meanwhile, comes with that same quad-core Core i5 CPU and AMD Radeon HD 6470M graphics, also with 1GB of memory. The FX620DX also comes with either a 1920 x 1080 or 1366 x 768 display, while the more diminutive FX420 just offers the latter. Other than that, though, these machines share the same DNA, including an six shortcut buttons, HDMI and VGA port, 4 USB ports (two of ’em USB 3.0), six-cell batteries, and hard drives ranging from 500GB to 750GB with speeds of either 5,400 RPM or 7,200 RPM. MSI hasn’t announced pricing or availability for the F Series, but hit the source link to peep these laptops’ very discreet designs.
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This article was written on August 01, 2008 by CyberNet.
July 2008 has come to a close, and as always we enjoy taking a look at how the browser and operating system market share changed from the previous month. July was actually a big month for monitoring web browser usage because it’s the first full month that the browsers have had to bake onto the machines of millions and millions of users. Were the new releases a success?
Judging by the stats from Net Applications I would say that they’re not doing quite as well as I expected. In fact the differences from June to July are minimal. What about the operating systems? The OS realm is as slow at changing as it has ever been. Here’s a quick overview of the browser and operating system standings for July 2008:
–Web Browsers–
Firefox was able to gain some ground this month, but it wasn’t at the expense Internet Explorer. It looks like most of the users were making the switch over from Safari, which might mean that dedicated Safari users are finding Firefox 3 to be a more acceptable browser. At this point almost 1/3 of all Firefox users are running Firefox 3, which isn’t bad considering it’s only been out for 6-weeks.
You might have also seen TG Daily’s claim that Firefox has surpassed a 20% market share, and that IE has dipped under 70%. Their stats are from one day only, and don’t represent an entire month’s average. We’ll have to wait until next month before we see whether there’s any substance to those stats.
| June 2008 | July 2008 | Change | |
| Internet Explorer | 73.01% | 73.02% | +0.01% |
| Firefox | 19.03% | 19.22% | +0.19% |
| Safari | 6.31% | 6.14% | -0.17% |
| Opera | 0.73% | 0.69% | -0.04% |
| Netscape | 0.67% | 0.69% | +0.02% |
| Mozilla | 0.09% | 0.08% | -0.01% |
| Opera Mini | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.00% |
| Playstation | 0.03% | 0.04% | +0.01% |
| Konqueror | 0.03% | 0.02% | -0.01% |
–Operating Systems–
Surprisingly Windows made a slight jump for July, up 0.13% over the previous month. Windows is currently sitting at a 91.02% market share, but despite its dominance it is still on a slow decline. A year ago it sat at 93.28%, and that 2% difference has been slowly but surely transferring over to the Mac and Linux side.
Another interesting note is that the iPhone has hit its all-time high at 0.19% market share, and the iPod (Touch) is at 0.04%. Pretty soon they’ll be more people on the web using an iPhone/iPod than those running Windows ME. 
| June 2008 | July 2008 | Change | |
| Windows XP | 71.20% | 70.64% | -0.56% |
| Windows Vista | 16.14% | 16.93% | +0.79% |
| Mac – Intel | 5.25% | 5.23% | -0.02% |
| Mac OS | 2.69% | 2.52% | -0.17% |
| Windows 2000 | 2.11% | 2.02% | -0.09% |
| Linux | 0.80% | 0.82% | +0.02% |
| Windows NT | 0.69% | 0.71% | +0.02% |
| Windows 98 | 0.43% | 0.41% | -0.02% |
| Windows ME | 0.25% | 0.24% | -0.01% |
| iPhone | 0.16% | 0.19% | +0.03% |
So there’s not much to see here this month, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed that next month’s stats will be a bit more exciting.
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Apr 06
Subaru releases a photo of the Impreza it will unveil at the 2011 New York auto show.
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Apr 06
Disney World’s Haunted Mansion gets interactive upgrade, digital spooks (video)
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It may not be as scary as Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents, but the Florida theme park’s Haunted Mansion just got a ghostly upgrade. The ride’s grand finale, which previously positioned hitchhiking ghosts — by way of half-silvered mirrors — alongside unsuspecting visitors, is now reportedly using a series of digital mirrors and sensors to make things more interactive. As opposed to just popping up next to passengers, Disney’s Ezra, Gus, and Phineas are now equipped to rip your head off, blow it up balloon-style, and send it flying. Sure it sounds scary, but this is Disney, the same company that didn’t see the nightmare-inducing capabilities of a robotic Obama. For a peek at the new creepers, peep the video after break.
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Apr 06
The Samsung Factor is one simple cell phone that nevertheless takes its telephonic duties seriously.
Originally posted at Dialed In
Apr 06
Apr 06
Software development firm Nude House in the U.K. is looking for totally naked female Web coders–or a totally gullible public.
Apr 06
Chevy and Ford racked up awards for their latest technology innovations at the Edison Awards last night. The awards show highlights breakthrough products and services, and recognizes innovative industry leaders. Basically, it’s like the Oscars for emerging technology companies, but with much, much longer speeches and videos.
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Apr 06
Geminoids meet their human doppelgangers for a photo op you’ll never forget (video)
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Three of the well-dressed individuals above are humans (at least they say they are). The other three are Geminoids — lifelike robots created by professors Hiroshi Ishiguro and Henrik Scharfe in their image and that of one other willing assistant, all of whom got together for a little photo op last month. Creepy? You should see what else has come out of their lab. Video after the break.
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