Native Instruments has announced a new version of its Traktor DJ software, Traktor Duo. The title is based on the high-level Traktor Pro suite, but scales down from four decks to two. Duo also provides two effects sections with only six effects each, such as filter, delay, flanger and reverb. Likewise missing are some streaming, recording, MIDI and sync options....
Wolfenstein 3D appears on App Store, Cydia
In tandem with the release of a free developer version, id Software has also released a publicly-accessible App Store edition of Wolfenstein 3D. Players control B.J. Blazkowicz in first-person combat against the Nazis, fighting through a number of indoor environments. The game has over 60 levels divided into six episodes, and sports the original six weapons, including the chaingun....
PhysX Physical Engine-based Games Arrived on the iPhone
In February 2008, NVidia acquired a company known as Aegia and put its hand on the PhysX technology allowing applying physical engine to 3D rendering bringing a detail level never achieved so far. NVidia is now offering PhysX licensing to game and applications developers. If Apple does not hold officially such license for the iPhone, some developers started to include this rendering engine in games.
We can mention Big Fun Racing, SpaceRace or Debris.
In theory, NVidia could sue those developers and Apple for using PhysX without license. In practice, Apple is such a good client for NVidia, and the iPhone a successful device, that having one of its technology used with it is a great advertising campaign for NVidia.
T-Mobile unveils its first 3G modem
T-Mobile on Wednesday unveiled the webConnect USB Laptop Stick, the company's first-ever 3G networking adapter. The peripheral supports the faster downloads of HSDPA on the carrier's 1,700MHz networks and also includes its own 802.11g Wi-Fi connection for those few notebooks that don't support the standard. It can likewise connect to EDGE and GPRS both within the US and on international networks...
Apple close to unveiling guarded Snow Leopard UI overhaul
While developers have been privy to pre-releases of Apple's Snow Leopard operating system for quite some time, those distributions have been stripped of several features including a major UI overhaul that the company is now preparing for broader consumption, AppleInsider has been told.
Blockbuster Seeking to Bring Movie Downloads to Apple Devices?
Reuters reports today on a deal between TiVo and Blockbuster that will allow TiVo subscribers to download to their set-top boxes films offered through Blockbuster's OnDemand service. Looking beyond the TiVo agreement, a senior executive at Blockbust...
Intel pushing steep discounts on CULV chips?
Intel is determined enough to launch its CULV processors that the company is cutting prices by more than half to encourage PC vendors to buy it, notebook builders have reportedly said today. Pricing for a low-end version of the ultraportable chip is officially set at $152 in bulk but has been cut as low as $65 for companies with the very largest PC shipments, such as Acer, Dell and HP. Smaller f...
Traktor Duo scales down Traktor Pro features, cost
Native Instruments has announced a new version of its Traktor DJ software, Traktor Duo. The title is based on the high-level Traktor Pro suite, but scales down from four decks to two. Duo also provides two effects sections with only six effects each, such as filter, delay, flanger and reverb. Likewise missing are some streaming, recording, MIDI and sync options....
Wolfenstein 3D appears on App Store, Cydia
In tandem with the release of a free developer version, id Software has also released a publicly-accessible App Store edition of Wolfenstein 3D. Players control B.J. Blazkowicz in first-person combat against the Nazis, fighting through a number of indoor environments. The game has over 60 levels divided into six episodes, and sports the original six weapons, including the chaingun....
PhysX Physical Engine-based Games Arrived on the iPhone
In February 2008, NVidia acquired a company known as Aegia and put its hand on the PhysX technology allowing applying physical engine to 3D rendering bringing a detail level never achieved so far. NVidia is now offering PhysX licensing to game and applications developers. If Apple does not hold officially such license for the iPhone, some developers started to include this rendering engine in games.
We can mention Big Fun Racing, SpaceRace or Debris.
In theory, NVidia could sue those developers and Apple for using PhysX without license. In practice, Apple is such a good client for NVidia, and the iPhone a successful device, that having one of its technology used with it is a great advertising campaign for NVidia.
T-Mobile unveils its first 3G modem
T-Mobile on Wednesday unveiled the webConnect USB Laptop Stick, the company's first-ever 3G networking adapter. The peripheral supports the faster downloads of HSDPA on the carrier's 1,700MHz networks and also includes its own 802.11g Wi-Fi connection for those few notebooks that don't support the standard. It can likewise connect to EDGE and GPRS both within the US and on international networks...
Apple close to unveiling guarded Snow Leopard UI overhaul
While developers have been privy to pre-releases of Apple's Snow Leopard operating system for quite some time, those distributions have been stripped of several features including a major UI overhaul that the company is now preparing for broader consumption, AppleInsider has been told.
Blockbuster Seeking to Bring Movie Downloads to Apple Devices?
Reuters reports today on a deal between TiVo and Blockbuster that will allow TiVo subscribers to download to their set-top boxes films offered through Blockbuster's OnDemand service. Looking beyond the TiVo agreement, a senior executive at Blockbust...
Intel pushing steep discounts on CULV chips?
Intel is determined enough to launch its CULV processors that the company is cutting prices by more than half to encourage PC vendors to buy it, notebook builders have reportedly said today. Pricing for a low-end version of the ultraportable chip is officially set at $152 in bulk but has been cut as low as $65 for companies with the very largest PC shipments, such as Acer, Dell and HP. Smaller f...
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