Club3D is proud to announce their newest graphics card, the Radeon HD 7870 jokerCard. As part of the Poker Series, the card is packed with 1536 Stream Processors, a 256-bit memory interface, a GPU clock of 925MHz (975MHz Boost Clock) and a 2GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 6000MHz, and features 1x dual-link DVI-I, 1x HDMI and 2x mini DisplayPort outputs. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [Club3D]
Anonymous, who has been trying to go after Israel, has swallowed a big fish: Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom. Anon has hacked his Facebook account and replaced the cover photo with a Free Palestine picture. Pretty embarrassing for a high ranking official! More »
If you feel like you’re being watched when you’re shopping, you might be right. Some stores, like the ones owned by Benetton Group SpA, have set up EyeSee mannequins that have a camera embedded into one eye. It then feeds data into facial-recognition software, and would log age, gender and race of the people it sees. The original rationale of such technology was to identify criminals in places like the airport, but retailers are apparently now using it to personalize store offerings. For example, one store found that a lot of shoppers after 4 pm were Asian, so it placed Chinese-speaking staff by the entrance at that time. Made by Italian mannequin maker Almax SpA, the EyeSee went on sale last December and is currently in use in three European countries as well as the US, though major chains like Nordstrom and Burberry have publicly stated they have not implemented them. Future mannequins might even have the ability to “eavesdrop” on passers-by, allowing store owners to hear what they have to say about the mannequin’s outfit. It’s not quite as unnerving as see-through security cams and that Japanese android mannequin, but it’ll still make us avoid a mannequin’s stare the next time we head to the shops.
[Image Credit: Elvert Barnes, Flickr]
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Source: Bloomberg
Rural dwellers waiting for those promised DirecTV and ViaSat bundles can at last swing into action. The two have launched Exede satellite broadband bundles that slash the monthly internet access rates by $10 during the first year, and waive the $50 setup, in return for signing a 2-year satellite TV contract at a same time: the 10GB, 15GB and 25GB data tiers now cost a (slightly) more reasonable $40, $70 and $120 per month, respectively. The partnership doesn’t represent a dramatic bargain, then, although it will let subscribers buy in through either DirecTV or ViaSat if they’re already comfortable with either provider. Just be sure to act before the bundles’ January 31st expiry date if one-stop satellite service is tempting.
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Source: Exede
Sea tornados off the coast of Australia are not new. But this one is particularly striking and huge. It was filmed this Sunday at Batemans Bay, in New South Wales. More »
TORRANCE, Calif. — Southern California authorities say three people have died in what appears to be a double murder-suicide at a senior citizens’ high-rise in Torrance.
Police Sgt. Robert Watt says an elderly man is believed to have fatally shot two women before turning the gun on himself in the lobby of the Golden West Tower apartments.
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — One person was killed and nine others were injured Tuesday after a pickup truck going the wrong way on a rural Arizona freeway struck a charter bus head-on, authorities said.
The pickup truck burst into flames and the driver was declared dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 2:15 p.m. on Interstate 10 in Casa Grande, about 50 miles south of Phoenix.
Today was the official grand opening of the MakerBot Store in New York. Head over to 298 Mulberry Street and you can buy MakerBot printers, filament, and pre-made items, such as bracelets, watches and toys. And that’s not all.
MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis unveiled a new 3D photo booth powered by ShapeShot. The photo takes a couple of minutes and costs $5 for three reusable shots. Then you can order prints of your head. In 3D. Depending on the size, they run $20, $40 or $60. The most important part remains the fact that there is now a physical address to experience 3D printing.
“Ever since we started, people kept saying that this is science fiction — it’s not real. So we had to make a MakerBot Store,” Pettis said. Understanding 3D printing takes time, and a store is a good way to reach a new audience. But MakerBot also hopes to sell Replicator printers, filament and little printed objects manufactured in New York.
Most of the objects in the store have been designed within the previous week and printed over the previous two days. Such a short product cycle is something new in manufacturing. With the store, it’s all about making 3D printing mainstream.
“My hope is that the next lemonade stand for kids will be a MakerBot stand,” Pettis said. For now, NASA and GE are the two most important clients, and four of the top ten architectural companies use a Replicator. MakerBot has sold 15,000 printers so far.
When asked whether it’s possible to select a 3D design at home, print it in the store and pick it up later, Pettis answered “not yet.”
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RIM has quite a few big months ahead of it. We now know that BlackBerry 10 will be launching at the end of January (provided it isn’t delayed again), and even though we’re not sure how well it’s going to fare, it’s clear that RIM needs BlackBerry 10 to succeed. According to The New York Times, today Jeffries analyst Peter Misek gave BlackBerry 10 a 20 to 30% chance of success, and though that sounds pretty grim, that analysis actually sent RIM’s stock price up.
RIM’s stock closed for the day up 1.2%, or $0.11, ending at $9.70. That may not seem like much, but earlier in the day, RIM’s stock was up as much as 4%, threatening to break the $10 mark. Again, that doesn’t seem like anything to write home about at first glance, but when you’ve lost as much ground as RIM has in recent years, any gain is significant.
It would also seem that any report which mentions the possibility of success for BlackBerry 10 is something investors will respond well to. A 30% chance of success isn’t something most companies would be excited about, so perhaps RIM’s investors were just hoping for anything but a projection that claims no chance of success? In any case, RIM’s stock enjoyed a boost today, and it seems that Misek’s prediction had something to do with it.
Even though RIM has a lot of work ahead of it if it wants BlackBerry to rise from the ashes to challenge iOS and Android, we have to say that we like what we’ve seen and heard of it so far. We aren’t alone either, as there are plenty of people out there who think that BlackBerry 10 will be worthy of consumer attention. We’ll find out if it is soon enough, as BlackBerry 10 is set to launch on January 30.
RIM stock closes up after analyst predictions for BlackBerry 10 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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