Apple to Introduce New High-speed Connection with Next Macbooks, Possibly Light Peak [Apple]

CNET is reporting that Apple will introduce a new high-speed connection technology with either their upcoming MacBook Pro or another product altogether. Supposedly, the technology is actually Intel's Light Peak technology, which is expected to replace the various cables that connect multiple devices (your display, usb etc). Light Peak is originally fiber optic-esque but Apple will actually be using a copper based system. Interestinly, Apple is expected to re-name Light Peak. [CNET] More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/EMFbAPH07w8/apple-to-introduce-new-high+speed-connection

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Blackberry Shows Off The Sillier Side of the Playbook Tablet [Video]

After acquiring the design firm The Astonish Tribe last year, RIM finally has something to show for it in the form of these scrapbooking and weather apps for the Playbook tablet. They're simple, but also extremely polished and intuitive, taking full advantage of the tablet hardware. Hopefully this is a good sign for the future of the Blackberry platform. [Blackberry via Engadget] More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/DOnO4g0_VpU/blackberry-shows-off-the-sillier-side-of-the-playbook-tablet

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The Too-Many Faces of 'Cyberwar'

Late last year, an online battle erupted when Wikileaks supporters attacked the websites of businesses that had attempted to sever ties with the online leak depository following Wikileaks' release of thousands of secret U.S. State Department cables. Is it fair to call the dust-up to first cyberwar?

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71885.html

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Effing Meteors is a cataclysmic world-destroying physics Time Waster

Remember Effing Hail? Well, Effing Meteors belongs to the same genre, but with a couple of interesting twists.

You're looking at a side-view of a planet, complete with its layers of atmosphere. Above the planet, in space, there are meteors. These are hurtling towards the planet, but they're often not large enough to survive entering through the atmosphere, so they burn along the way.

Your job is to destroy the planet; or more specifically, destroy all living organisms on a given planet. You can do this because your cursor generates a gravity field. So you click one meteorite and hold; soon, that single meteorite starts attracting other meteorites in its vicinity and grows into something larger - a planetoid. Now when you smash that into the planet's surface, it does survive the atmosphere and generates quite a shock - perhaps even enough to destroy the population of that planet.

Once you destroy a planet, it simply "revolves", revealing a new planet. Each planet is different: Some planets shoot back; and there's a planet with dinosaurs that run away from you, and then flying saucers enter the picture and it all gets a bit hard to explain.

Bottom line: This is a really fun game, with innovative graphics. And sometimes you can win a level by simply doing nothing!

Effing Meteors is a cataclysmic world-destroying physics Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung Galaxy S 4G will actually cost $200, unfortunately

Here's a quick heads-up, if you had your heart set on Samsung's Galaxy S 4G: T-Mobile says it'll actually cost $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate. That means you're paying $250 out the door for an HSPA+ capable Vibrant, not counting taxes and related fees. T-Mobile says the original $150 price was a mistake on its part, and while you're welcome to bring as many false advertising lawsuits as you'd like, we doubt you'll get very far.

Samsung Galaxy S 4G will actually cost $200, unfortunately originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows 7 SP1 download links go live for TechNet, MSDN users

Windows 7 SP1 download links are now live for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, so head to your downloads page and grab the updated ISOs. Public availability will follow on February 22nd, and end users will be able to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 via Windows Update or download an installer.

As we've said before, SP1 won't bring many (if any) visible changes to the average user. In addition to rolling up previously available updates, Windows 7 SP1 introduces some key virtualization and remote desktop improvements.

Subscribers may want to wait until the initial rush subsides -- Microsoft's servers typically get slammed hard when top-tier downloads become available. Otherwise, we recommend downloading with the Akamai downloader. It's working well for us at the moment.

Windows 7 SP1 download links go live for TechNet, MSDN users originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Watson Graduates From Game Contestant to Physician Assistant

Fresh from a super-sized "Jeopardy" victory where it looked suspiciously like President Obama's ubiquitous teleprompter, IBM supercomputer Watson is about to become Dr. Watson, M.D. assistant.
A joint venture will combine IBM's question-answering, language-processing, and machine-learning capabilities with Nuance Healthcare's speech-recognition and clinical-language understanding solutions to assist physicians in patient diagnosis and treatment.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71888.html

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