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Samsung, LG join forces with Korean cable companies to push UHDTV content
Author: Antonio Pierce
No matter how many 4K TVs hit shelves, without native content their appeal will likely remain limited. Samsung and LG are working to change that, at least in their home country, by announcing a memorandum of understanding with five Korean cable operators (Hyundai HCN, CJ HelloVision, C&M, CMB, and T-Broad) to boost 4K TV broadcasts. We could see both live and on-demand 4K programming by the end of this year or early next year, made available via apps on smart TVs and streamed through South Korea’s abundant high speed internet connections. Still not enough resolution for you? Just last week, Japan’s NHK showed off the first 8K Super Hi-Vision narrative film at the Cannes Film Festival. We’ll let you know when all of these developments add up to Ultra HDTV content viewable in your neck of the woods, but for now early adopters will have to make do with mostly upscaled content like Sony’s Mastered in 4K 1080p Blu-ray discs.
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Microsoft forces fragmentation by making newest DirectX graphics software exclusive to Windows 8
Author: Dave Adams
Microsoft has confirmed that graphics software DirectX 11.1 is a Windows 8 exclusive, and “at this point there is no plan” to make it available for Windows 7. This is a departure from Microsoft’s past stance — DirectX 11 was built for Windows 7 and retrofitted for Vista, but DirectX 11.1 will only work on Windows 8. The newest and most graphically demanding games are traditionally built using the latest version of DirectX, and as a result, PC gamers may get stuck between a rock and a hard place. While Microsoft has decided not to support the latest graphics software for older operating systems, game developers like Valve have expressed resistance to Windows 8. Microsoft employee Daniel Moth says he is “still crossing [his] fingers”…
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US Air Force’s flying saucer plans declassified
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Just recently declassified documents disclose that the US Air Force was tackling a flying saucer-like craft in 1956. “Project 1794″ was in study and development at the USAF’s Aeronautical Equipments Division, and was contracted out to Canadian business Avro Airplane Limited. The craft was designed to be a vertical take-off and landing plane that utilized propulsion jets to guide, and could possibly reach a top rate between Mach 3 and Mach 4, with a ceiling of over 100,000 feet and an assortment of about 1,000 nautical miles. The Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report reveals that the project was working out, and would certainly “offer a much premium performance to that approximated at the start of contract arrangements.”
The report additionally estimated the cost of …
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Nokia, AT&T and Green Day join forces for Nokia Music launch event in NYC
Author: Mark Jeffries
Nicki Minaj was there to introduce us to the Lumia 900 earlier in the year, and now Green Day has been drafted in to celebrate the launch of Nokia Music. Lumia-toting Americans were granted access to the free of cost music streaming service a few days ago without much hassle, but the formal party starts on September 15th at NYC’s
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MPAA may let Megaupload users retrieve non-copyrighted files, does it for the Armed Forces
Author: Gabe Hall
Megaupload’s still immersed in hot water, but there are signs the legal temperature could be cooling… slightly. Don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet though, as a significant portion of that confiscated cache of cloud-stored files remains somewhat indefinitely under lock and key. A minor reprieve may be on the way, however, owing to a much more “sympathetic” MPAA which has asked the court to consider releasing non-illegally obtained content to previous users. And lest your evil eye be trained too heavily upon the Hollywood group behind the shutdown, the association’s made it quite clear that, under the site’s TOS, users were never guaranteed continued access to uploaded content anyway.
The change of heart comes in response to a motion filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, on behalf of a member of the U.S. military, petitioning the return of personal, non-IP infringing files. According to the now-defunct site’s founder Kim Dotcom, that group of “legitimate” users comprised nearly 16,000 accounts utilized primarily to share photos and video with far away family and friends. Of course, should this retrieval request be granted, a requisite procedure will need to be put in place to filter out copyrighted media — a system that’s sure to pose countless headaches for those involved. Nothing’s yet been decided so, for now, the fate of your lost files rests firmly in the court’s hands. Such are the perils of the cloud.
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Visa exclusivity agreement forces the closure of 27 ATMs at the London Olympics
Author: Ang Nguyen
If you’re heading to the London Olympics this summer, you might want to make sure you have cash ahead of time — thanks to Visa’s exclusive sponsor status, 27 ATMs at the nine various Olympics venues around London will be shut down. In their place will be eight Visa ATMs that won’t work with Mastercard or other card providers. Of course, almost 97 percent of debit cards in use in the UK are Visa cards, but the reduction in available machines is an inconvenience no matter how you slice it. That’s without mentioning the many foreign tourists who might not be as Visa-heavy as the UK populace. At least the machines won’t charge a fee to users, like many of the machines being replaced. London’s Payment Council (in charge of UK payment…
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Foxconn Profit Down As Scrutiny Forces Corporate Changes
Author: Brian McKinnell
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn saw its profits fall to $ 509 million from $ 1.19 billion last quarter. Chairman Terry Gou said this quarter was particularly affected by Foxconn’s recent image problem. Improvements in wages, worker benefits, and education accounted for some of the loss, although new iPad and iPhone 4S manufacturing bolstered income last quarter.
As a reaction to recent popular criticism on various fronts, the company increased wages by 25 percent this year and is planning to open a hospital and language schools for its employees.
Reuters reports that despite the fall in profit, top-rated Foxconn employees cheered vociferously at a party in Gou’s honor.
Arguably, they may have been a bit biased.
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Class-Action Lawsuit Forces Apple To Replace Frayed MagSafe Power Cords
Author: Tech Blogger
Any long-time Apple devotee has struggled through the charger situation. Those Mag-Safe T-shaped chargers fray pretty easily, at which point you have to twist and turn the cord to pull in a charge. It’s a huge pain, to say the least. But it appears those struggles are coming to a close, as Apple has lost a lawsuit which will now require the company to either replace MagSafe power cords or hand over a chunk of change.
In 2006, Apple made a smart move by introducing magnetic power cords. The idea was that people would stop damaging the charging port and/or their MacBooks if they happened to trip over the cord. The only problem was that the T-shaped adapters ended up fraying at the end, probably since everyone felt free to trip over them and yank them out of the computer.
Still, they should’ve been more durable, and now Apple has to clean up the mess. After now realizing that the 60W and 85W MagSafe MPM-1 power adapters are defective, users will have until March 21, 2012 to file a cash claim, or until December 31, 2012 to go get a replacement, reports the Register. Simply take your damaged charger into an Apple Store or an official Apple partner and ask for a replacement. But know that any signs of accidental damage (which to me would look a lot like “stress relief” damage, so who knows how they’ll determine that) will invalidate your claim.
Here’s Apple’s official wording on claims:
Strain Relief Damage means fraying, melting, straining, sparking, weakening, discoloration, bubbling, overheating and/or separation of the Adapter’s strain reliefs.
If you’re a more recent Mac convertee and own the L-shaped MagSafe charger, no worries. You shouldn’t have the same fraying issues. No word yet on whether non-U.S. MacBook owners will get the same deal.
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IBM and 3M join forces to fab 3D microchips, create mini-silicon skyscraper valley
Author: Christen Arquette
3D hype is fast wearing out its welcome, but there’s at least one area of industry where the buzzed about term could usher in true innovation. Announced today as a joint research project, IBM and 3M will work towards the creation of a new breed of microprocessors. Unlike similar three-dimensional semiconductor efforts by Intel, the two newly partnered outfits plan to stack up to 100 layers of chips atop one another resulting in a microchip “brick.” Under the agreement, IBM will contribute its expertise on packaging the new processors, while 3M will get to work developing an adhesive that can not only be applied in batches, but’ll also allow for heat transfer without crippling logic circuitry. If the companies’ boasts are to be believed, these powerhouse computing towers would cram memory and networking into a “computer chip 1,000 times faster than today’s fastest microprocessor enabling more powerful smartphones, tablets, computers and gaming devices.” That’s a heady claim for a tech that doesn’t yet exist, but is already taking swings at current faux 3D transistors. Official presser and video await you after the break.
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IBM and 3M join forces to fab 3D microchips, create mini-silicon skyscraper valley
Author: Tech Blogger
3D hype is fast wearing out its welcome, but there’s at least one area of industry where the buzzed about term could usher in true innovation. Announced today as a joint research project, IBM and 3M will work towards the creation of a new breed of microprocessors. Unlike similar three-dimensional semiconductor efforts by Intel, the two newly partnered outfits plan to stack up to 100 layers of chips atop one another resulting in a microchip “brick.” Under the agreement, IBM will contribute its expertise on packaging the new processors, while 3M will get to work developing an adhesive that can not only be applied in batches, but’ll also allow for heat transfer without crippling logic circuitry. If the companies’ boasts are to be believed, these powerhouse computing towers would cram memory and networking into a “computer chip 1,000 times faster than today’s fastest microprocessor enabling more powerful smartphones, tablets, computers and gaming devices.” That’s a heady claim for a tech that doesn’t yet exist, but is already taking swings at current faux 3D transistors. Official presser and video await you after the break.
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