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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Greatest tech things of 2006

Digg! Slashdot Slashdot It! Best Video game console: Xbox 360 Cnet's Rating :8.4 /10 Features

Processing Powerhouse

The custom-designed Xbox 360 central processing unit (CPU) runs at a breakneck speed, thanks to its three separate core processors that clock in at 3.2 GHz each.

Xbox 360 boasts a custom ATI graphics processor that clocks in at a blistering 500 MHz. If you want to get even more technical (and who doesn't?) Xbox 360 can take advantage of more than four times as many polygons as the original Xbox® console, and more than four times (seeing a pattern here?) the number of pixels per second.

"Xbox 360 is the best. So we should wait with a great anticipation." —Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonuba Itagaki

The 512 MB of RAM in Xbox 360 is eight times more powerful than the original Xbox, in terms of simple arithmetic. The system RAM gives developers a unified memory architecture. Game creators decide how to partition it, and all of the hardware components (like the CPU and GPU) can access the memory.

The HD Era

High definition is upon us, and Xbox 360 is ready. Games are required to be authored for 720p and 1080i, and all games are optimized for the 16:9 widescreen viewing ratio. That doesn't mean you have to have an HDTV to play Xbox 360 games. Xbox 360 games always look good, but they look spectacular on your high-definition display.

Hard Drive

The elegantly styled hard drive is physically very small and detachable, but it still boasts a whopping 20 GB of space. The sheer amount of downloadable content that fits on such a hard drive is staggering, and now you can rip more music onto your hard drive and play your own tunes as a soundtrack in any Xbox 360 game.

Smart Power

Xbox 360 utilizes 48 parallel shader pipelines in the GPU that developers can optimize to get the performance they want.. A huge battlefield in Kameo™: Elements of Power™ and a shadow-laden firefight in Perfect Dark Zero™ look completely different and show the diverse ways just one developer, Rare®, took advantage of the GPU's flexibility.

"You know if you have a 360 it will look as good as it can possibly look." —Pete Hines from developer Bethesda

Developers tell the smart Xbox 360 which graphics engines to use to make visuals as sharp as they can be. The console depicts the vastness of a space fleet engaged in a battle hundreds of miles across or a single human face with equal aplomb.

More than Games

Xbox 360 is first and foremost a gaming machine, and the number of amazing launch games and the intense focus on the gamer's experience cannot be denied. But Xbox 360 is also the center of your digital entertainment world. Not only will it play DVDs, but the system supports CDs, DVD-ROMs, DVD-R/RW, MP3s, JPEGs, and more.

Xbox 360 Online

Xbox Live®, the premier console online gaming service with more than two million members, is getting even better, with a huge new center of online commerce called Xbox Live Marketplace, and best of all, Xbox 360 is always online with your high-speed Internet connection.

Best newcomer : Intel Quad Core "Kentsfield"
Intel® Core™2 quad-core processors
Processor Code Name Kentsfield Kentsfield XE
Processor Brand Logo Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
Processor Brand Name Intel® Core™2 Quad Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-core
Formerly known by the codename Kentsfield, the Intel Core 2 Quad processor is based on the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, Intel's industry-leading foundation for energy efficient performance, and when launched early next year will be the world's first mainstream desktop processor to feature four processing cores. The '2' signifies that this new product is a member of the Intel Core 2 processor family. Just as 'Duo' means dual-core, 'Quad' will indicate the number of processing cores in each product.
Extreme goes quad-core too Intel also announced that, in addition to a dual-core version launched in July, the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor brand will now include a quad-core version to be launched later this year. Buyers will be able to identify each version through both the full product name and unique processor number. Both of these new processors will feature industry-leading Intel® quad-core technology and will extend the performance and technology leadership of the Intel® Core™2 processor brand. Best Browser : Mozilla Firefox Screen shots of Mozilla Firefox Firefox Screenshot Firefox Screenshot Firefox Screenshot This web browser is fast, light weight and is definitely much better then Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and best of all it is free to even Windows that does not pass the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) test With Firefox 2.0 protecting your privacy by deleting cookies and surf history after each session is a total breezy. You can also open several websites with tabs instead of opening several windows. Finally, you can customise your browser with handy add-ons and themes. Such free things have never been such a breeze.

Firefox Awards

Best PDA : Dopod 900

IMTV

Chat with online buddies anytime

Enjoy the ability to communicate at anytime

Built-in Voice Control Dialing

Voice recognition, convenient dialing

Voice commands, listening to music is COOL

MSN

Chat with online buddies anytime

Enjoy the ability to communicate at anytime

PIM (Personal Information Management)

Synchronization with Outlook contacts/calendar/tasks/inbox

Powerful personal information manager, keep personal data on hand

Mobile Internet

Boundary-less information

Anytime anywhere

 Mobile Office

Never miss another important business opportunity

Access E-mail anytime, anywhere

World’s Smallest 3G Notebook

Titanium black with stylish body

Compact and portable

Instant power on/off for greater work efficiency

Zhuyin / English input keypad

WCDMA (UMTS)+GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900)

3G technology, mobilized applications for your convenience Telecommunications creating zero distance between people

3.6 inch 640x480 Rotating Screen

65,000 colors, 640x480 high resolution

Vertical/horizontal display automatic switching

Built-in WiFi Wireless Connection

Built-in WiFi/Bluetooth/IR

Convenient wireless manager

Wireless connection for unlimited imagination

Dual Cameras

Main 1.3 Megapixels camera with unlimited video/voice recording

Secondary 0.3 Megapixels camera for telecommunication applications

Dopod 900 Specifications

Basics

l Frequency: WCDMA+GSM(900/1800/1900)

l Size: 81x127x25 mm

l Weight: 285g

l Standby time: - GSM:220~260 Hours - WCDMA:190~250 Hours

l Talk time: - GSM:5~8 Hours - WCDMA:2~4 Hours

l Color: Titanium black

l Smart model: Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0

l Style: mini notebook

Interface/messages

l Messages: SMS; MMS

l Voice/video recording: Unlimited (up to memory capacity)

l Voice control: Yes

l Hands free: Yes

Communications

l Data transfer: WCDMA(3G)+GPRS (2.5G)

l IR: Yes

l Bluetooth: Yes

l WiFi wireless LAN: Yes

l USB: Yes

Screen

l Colors: 65536 colors TFT screen

l Size: 3.6 inch

l Resolution:640x480 pixels

Multimedia

l Original ring tones: MP3/WMA

l JAVA: Yes

l Multimedia player: Windows Media Player 10

Camera

l CMOS resolution: 1.3 megapixels

l Focus: Yes

l Recording: Yes

l Assist lamp: Yes

l Memory slot: SD interface, up to 1G

Others

l Handwritten functions: Yes

l Browsing Office documents: Yes

l 3G telecommunications: Yes

 Best Game: Battlefield 2 (PC)
Battlefield 2 is, obviously, the sequel to the highly successful Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield: Vietnam. Whereas the Vietnam game was developed by DICE Canada, Battlefield 2 is the home-brewed product of the original Swedish team. It features a brand-new game engine with graphics and sound that are obviously far superior to the original, but the core gameplay ideas are still there. In fact, one's initial impressions could be that this is a Desert Combat-like mod with pretty graphics, but there are some key differences that make it a new gameplay experience, though they require player co-operation. In the main, however, this is still your friendly neighborhood Battlefield game and DICE has certainly not messed with the formula. For those few of you who haven't played a Battlefield title, we'll briefly recap that. The Battlefield series is a relaxed realism combined arms shooter that takes place on servers that range anywhere from 16 to 64 players, typically striking a good balance in the middle at 32. Players spawn as infantry of several kinds of classes, and can continue as infantry or find a vehicle to use. Usable craft include buggies, hummvees, armored personnel carriers, tanks, helicopters, jet aircraft and light overboard motor boats.

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