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So, AppleInsider has some new info on Apple’s successor to the A4, which we were talking up last week, and our sources say it’s spot on. Specifically, AI claims that Apple is moving to dual-core SGX543 graphics, up from the A4’s single SGX535 GPU (also known as the PowerVR 535). What’s particularly great about this move is that the graphical power improvement is rated at around 4X the current generation — which makes a true 4X resolution iPad “Retina Display” upgrade seem much more of a possibility. We’re also starting to see 1080p HDMI video output as a “default” spec in this year’s generation of devices, so there’s no reason Apple will want to be left out — particularly in the Apple TV — and these dual graphics cores could handle that easily. The same cast of A4 characters are to credit for this new A5 generation, including the Apple-owned Intrinsity and PA Semi, while Samsung will again do the production duties. But details aside, we’re just excited to play around with all this new horsepower when it hits — apparently the PSP 2 is rumored to use the same graphics architecture with even more cores. Isn’t Moore’s law a grand thing?

More details emerge on Apple’s A5 chip for upcoming iPad 2 and iPhone 5 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s hard to believe nowadays, but in a simpler time, cellphones really were called “cell phones,” not dumbphones, smartphones, feature phones, or superphones. They bulged in your pocket — if they fit in your pocket at all, that is — and they made calls. That’s it. None of this social networking, messaging, browsing, Instagramming, Flash 10.1 nonsense. They didn’t upload 5 megapixel photos to Flickr, and they most certainly didn’t turn into wireless hotspots.

Of course, those bleak days are mercifully behind us now — but as carriers around the world start to light up a promising new generation of high-speed wireless networks, things are beginning to get a little confusing. Just what is “4G,” anyway? It’s one higher than 3G, sure, but does that necessarily mean it’s better? Why are all four national carriers in the US suddenly calling their networks 4G? Is it all the same thing? Answering those questions requires that we take a take a little walk through wireless past, present, and future… but we think it’s a walk you’ll enjoy.

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2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between: an Engadget wireless primer originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s crazy to think we’ve been writing about and waiting for AMD’s Fusion platform for close to five years now. Believe it or not, it was back in 2006 that the chipmaker first started talking about its “new class of x86 processors” and the idea of an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) — a chip that would combine a CPU and a fairly powerful ATI GPU onto the same die. The company promised to have the silicon ready in two years’ time, but when 2008 rolled around, it was clear that all it was prepared to release was a series of roadmap slides. Now, don’t get us wrong, those charts and graphs made us pretty giddy about the superior graphics and improved battery life that AMD was promising to bring to affordable ultraportables, but then a year later, when AMD still had only PowerPoint slides to show for itself, we started to think “Fusion” was no more than a drunken fantasy.

And it only got worse — from 2009 to mid-2010 the company continued to talk up its never-before-seen and highly-delayed chips. (Just a read through the Engadget archives from that period pretty much illustrates that we had lost hope and started to think the chips would never see the light of day.) But then in June of 2010 the unthinkable happened — AMD finally demoed its first Fusion Bobcat cores, and proved, at least from afar, that the soon-to-arrive ultrathin laptop solution would chew through Aliens vs. Predator, support DirectX 11, and use a lot less power than its previous platforms. It seemed almost too good to be true — AMD looked ready to stick to its timing and deliver the first Fusion Brazos platform by early 2011.

So, what the heck does Fusion and AMD’s history of promises about the platform have to do with HP’s new Pavilion dm1z? Almost everything. HP’s newest 11.6-inch not-quite-a-netbook (or a notbook as we like to call it) is the first Fusion system to hit the market, and with a dual-core 1.6GHz E350 Zacate processor and AMD Radeon HD 6310 GPU on the same chip it promises… well, everything AMD has promised for so long. According to HP and AMD, the system should last for over nine hours on a charge, play full 1080p content, and perhaps more importantly, not fry our laps as some previous AMD Neo-powered systems have done. For $450, it sounds like a true no-sacrifice system, but is it? Has AMD finally delivered an Intel Atom- / ULV-killer and has HP put it in a no-fuss chassis? We’ve spent the last week putting this system through the paces — hit the break to find out if it has been worth the wait!

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HP Pavilion dm1z (with AMD Fusion) review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s hard to know how to feel about this one, whether it’s a case of a patent troll getting a delicious kickback or the little guy slaying the evil, giant, patent-infringing corporation. Whichever interpretation you choose, know that Wi-LAN has apparently been victorious in its long-running dispute with Intel, not actually winning but, according to Chief Executive Jim Skippen, receiving a “significant” settlement due to apparent infringements of the company’s various wireless-related patents. There are apparently 16 other defenders left since Wi-LAN sued the world, but Intel throwing up its hands is not a good sign for the others. Or, maybe Intel just decided its legal fees are too high and is settling everything it can.

Wi-LAN reaches settlement with Intel over patent dispute, set to receive a ‘significant amount’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on April 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

With all of the services that Google has sometimes they are hard to remember. They have a ton of search operators that can be used as well as helpful services like converting between units.

That is where the Google Cheat Sheets come into play. They offer all kinds of details about Google and the services they provide. The sheet also tells you the different URLs for their most popular (and some unknown) sites. It is definitely something that will be nice to keep on your desk for a quick reference, even if you don’t use anything on there except the search operators.

Some things are also thrown on there just for amusement, like Google’s enormous list of domains or some of the sites they have created for pranks (like Google Romance). Something that I had not seen before is a list of the few sites that actually have a PageRank of 10!

The file is available as a PDF but you can preview the two pages as an image if you just want to see the content.

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