Published on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by admin While Nvidia developers see a 100x speed increase, Intel only sees 14x with some kernels using CUDA. ZoomA recent paper written by Intel and presented to the International Symposium on Computer Architecture in France claims that Nvidia's GeForce GTX 280 GPU is only 14x faster than its Core i7 960 processor. The paper attempts to debunk claims made by Nvidia dev...

Published on Thursday, May 27, 2010 by admin Apple fan-boys and -girls, rejoice. The iCorporation is now worth more than the dreaded Microsoft. But don’t get too excited: Bill Gates’ gang has a few ideas to get back in the game, and some bloggers claim that Google, whose Android is outselling the iPhone, “has leapfrogged” Apple in terms of innovation. (Steve Jobs responds to that accusation w...

Published on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by admin A couple of times a year, Japan's Triumph International unveils a themed undergarment based on a current trend or issue. Bringing women closer to agriculture is the company's latest inspiration for crazy conceptual underwear, which takes form in the shape of the Rice Bra. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Last year Triumph highlighted the plight of lonely women hunting f...

Published on Sunday, May 16, 2010 by admin Ask any attendee of CTIA 2010 who made the biggest announcement during the event and they’d be hard pressed to choose between Samsung and Sprint’s presence during the show. Both made some huge announcements and showed off industry standard setting devices. The entire show seemed to focus on mobile broadband and Sprint did well in announcing their HTC EVO 4G, but...

Published on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by admin Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload). Cobian Backup supports several methods of compression and strong encryption...

Published on Friday, May 14, 2010 by admin London to Timbuktu- In Sky Car British adventurer and pilot Neil Laughton poses in his Parajet Skycar in London on Tuesday. Laughton and his Parajet Skycar Expedition team on Wednesday are kicking off a 3,600-mile journey from London to Timbuktu in the vehicle, which is essentially a dune buggy with a fan motor and paragliding wing attached. Creators call it the "w...

Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by admin This is just a quick tip for all Twitter addicts out there (myself included) to save you some time when writing updates (tweets). There are so many online and desktop applications, tools and services that help you send tweets from almost everywhere. So why is this one so different? I like this one because it is pretty simple and yet it saves you plenty of time w...

Published on Sunday, May 2, 2010 by admin Marketers who want iAds on Apple's iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad may pay about $1 million, compared with up to $200,000 for typical mobile ads. But unlike typical ads, Apple's iAd keeps the ad viewer in a mobile app rather than having to navigate back. For $1 million, Apple plans high-quality interesting ads that may qualify as entertainment. Apple is looking to cha...

Published on Saturday, May 1, 2010 by admin DPF (Digital Photo Frame) is getting good traction among consumer market with more and more feature sets being integrated into it. You may have heard or seen WiFi connected, VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) convergence with media oriented Digital Photo Frame but 3G capable one could be something new and may able to attract certain users especially those that don’...

Published on Thursday, January 7, 2010 by admin Skyfire is a free, downloadable mobile browser that gives you a web browsing experience exactly like PC browsing. For the first time ever, on your phone, you can watch any video, connect with friends, listen to music, shop, and browse the web using the full-featured PC versions of your favorite websites. With Skyfire, mobile browsing just works — speedy page loads...