Microsoft Working to Quadruple Kinect Resolution

From DailyTech: Microsoft rolled out the Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 back in November to rather lukewarm reviews. However, sales for the accessory have shot through the roof. The billions the company spent in ads for the console have wooed many gamers to try the device and the...

IBM to Build 3PetaFLOPS Supercomputer on Next-Generation Intel Xeon

From X-bit Labs: The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Garching, Germany has signed a contract with IBM to develop and build a new general purpose supercomputer with next generation Intel Xeon processors to support advanced scientific research. The system will use innovative hot...

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 & Premiere Elements 9 | Reports

It has been a while since our last software report here at APH Networks, with the most recent being the Photoshop and Premiere Elements 8 article back in January of this year. With Christmas just around the corner, students are finishing up their exams for their respective courses, and of course, people in the workforce getting a well deserved break from our daily routine. From Christmas shopping to family dinners, this is going...

Dropbox Updated to 1.0, Brings Selective Sync to Masses

From PC World: Dropbox has been one of the easiest ways to sync files across multiple computers since its initial release in 2008. On Thursday evening, the company officially rolled out version 1.0 of the program, bringing with it a whole host of improvements, including--to the joy...

Microsoft releases free Security Essentials 2.0

From CNET News.com: Microsoft yesterday quietly released the latest version of its Security Essentials anti-malware software.

Security Essentials 2.0 is available as a free download with several changes over its predecessor. A Microsoft representative today confirmed the release...

Photos Emerge of Super-bright, Super-slim LG Android Phone

From DailyTech: LG appears to be really upping its ante in the high-end smartphone market in 2011. First, we have the announcement of the world's first dual-core smartphone, the Optimus 2X. Now, Phandroid has gotten their hands on some shots of an ultra-bright, ultra-slim Android...

RIM Still Going Strong, Beats Wall Street Predictions in Q3

From DailyTech: The trials and tribulations of Blackberry-makers Research in Motion (RIM) have been well-publicized, here on DailyTech and elsewhere. The Canadian company has failed to truly innovate with its latest products, a misstep that could prove fatal in the face of increasing...

Intel Sandy Bridge: Quad-Core Comes First

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. wants to show its next-generation Core i "Sandy Bridge" processors in the best possible light from performance point of view, which is why the company plans to release quad-core versions of the chips first and only then there will be dual-core and single...

AMD Rolls-Out New-Generation Radeon HD 6900 Graphics Processors

From X-bit Labs: Graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices this week unveiled its new graphics processing unit (GPU) code-named Cayman, which significantly changes the architecture of ATI Radeon graphics processors, but brings relatively small performance improvement compared...

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