“NVIDIA has released to its partners plans to announce a 320MB GeForce 8800 GTS product. NVIDIA’s embargo date for the 8800 GTS 320MB is slated for mid-February…” (Read full article here)
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“The founders of Skype, who have been busy preparing to launch the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet TV service, moved one step closer to official debut by giving the nascent service a name: Joost. The service, until now known only by the codename “The Venice Project,” is designed to enable broadcasters to push their programming out to a worldwide audience over the Internet…” (Read full article here)
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“It seems like only yesterday we were dealing with AGP 8x cards, doesn’t it? Well, actually, it’s more like a couple years ago - AGP’s replacement, PCIe, has already been with us for more than two years. Now, the PCI Express design is getting an overhaul - the new PCIe 2.0 standards have been ratified by PCI-SIG, the group that handles PCI bus standards…” (Read full article here)
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“The awards season officially kicked off Monday night at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Here’s a look at the list of winners. In Motion Pictures, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded “Babel” for Best Picture, Drama. Helen Mirren won for Best Actress, Drama for her role in the movie “The Queen”. For Best Actor, Drama Forest Whitaker won the Golden Globe for “The Last King of Scotland”…” (Read the full list of winners here)
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Netflix will begin IP rental of films and television this week. lthough limited in selection to about 1,000 titles and available initially to a few subscribers, this is the beginning of Netflix’s main business plan to net rent video straight over IP that just wasn’t technically feasible back when they started. It’s limited to the PC right now, on XP and IE only. Over time, they plan to expand the service to the livingroom, and beyond…” (Read full article here)
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“The big news is the PC game Crysis is coming to the 360. However, that PC game won’t be the same game as what we will see on the home console. Because Crysis will be running at DirectX10, the game would look inferior since the 360 can only do DirectX9 (as mentioned before). So, the developers are using the same universe that the PC game is set in, with some similar story elements, but the gameplay will be entirely different…” (Read full article here)
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“There’s been a strong reaction this morning to the latest executions in Iraq with video footage showing Saddam Hussein’s half brother decapitated in a bungled hanging. Officials showed journalists the footage to prove the beheading was accidental, declaring it a rare event, and vowing that the video will never become public. But the United Sates has already expressed dismay that more dignity wasn’t given to the two allies of the former Iraqi leader, Barzan Ibrahim - Saddam Hussein’s half brother - and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, who was chief judge of the Revolutionary Court…” (Read full article here)
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