Next Generation Archive

  • Cisco takes their certification courses mobile, launches M-Learning iPhone app

    Cisco takes their certification courses mobile, launches M-Learning iPhone app

    Becoming a Cisco-Certified Network engineer can add that extra little somethin-somethin’ to your resume — and hopefully your paycheck. Alas, studying for the tests on-the-go is generally a pretty sure fire way to wreck your back, given that the books tend to be about as heavy as a box of bricks. Looking to save the next [...]

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  • Video demo: IE9 with NVIDIA Ion hardware acceleration

    Video demo: IE9 with NVIDIA Ion hardware acceleration

    We'll soon live in an age when netbooks have both CPUs and GPUs and it will be grand. Unicorns and rainbows will dance off of our screens in harmony -- and Internet Explorer might become relevant again. The video after the jump shows what IE9 is capable of when a next-generation Nvidia Ion GPU is paired with an Intel Atom CPU verses a standard netbook with an Atom all by itself. The differences are obvious and makes a solid case for Internet Explorer. But most of us will probably visit the International Space Station before setting IE as our default browser even if it renders graphics faster.

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  • Hard drive design leaving XP behind

    Hard drive design leaving XP behind

    Bad news for the XP diehards out there, hard drive manufacturers are tired of supporting you, and the next generation of controller technology is not going to work properly with DOS and Windows XP users. Of course it won't be a major issue until 2011, and maybe not even then.

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  • COOL LEAF: Mirror-like, button-less, flat input devices

    COOL LEAF: Mirror-like, button-less, flat input devices

    A Japanese company called Minebea has announced [press release in English] a series of input devices, namely a keyboard, remote control and calculator, that have three things in common: They are stylish (with a mirror look), offer no physical buttons and are really flat. Based on a "next generation" input system Minebea has dubbed COOL LEAF, the designers did away with all key tops.

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  • Cellphones will be able play intense 3D games and 1080p video.. at the same time.

    Cellphones will be able play intense 3D games and 1080p video.. at the same time.

    Much of what is coming out of the MWC is still in the concept stage and not available yet, but that doesn't make it any less fun. Take for example the latest Armada chipset from Marvell; it's an ARM based graphic processing package that has enough power to handle hi-res 3D gaming, and 1080p video at the same time.

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  • Final Fantasy XIII bundle coming to America

    Final Fantasy XIII bundle coming to America

    Get ready to spend some Gil - it looks like Square isn't going to ignore the US this time. Square Enix and Microsoft just announced that they are putting together a special Final Fantasy XIII Xbox 360. And while these are normally restricted to Japan, this time you'll actually be able to buy one without have to pay to import it!

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  • Apple job posting hints at video option for iPads

    Apple job posting hints at video option for iPads

    It's crazy how the slightest little hint of something starts all the rampant speculation about Apple's product development. This is the third clue that the next generation of iPad will have a camera, if not video capability. It certainly explains the stuff that was found in the SDK.

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  • Aliph launches Jawbone ICON bluetooth headset

    Aliph launches Jawbone ICON bluetooth headset

    Bluetooth headsets usually don't look very exciting, but the Jawbone series is generally a bit more tasteful then a lump of plastic you stick in your ear. Aliph just launched their new ICON line, which adds some extra features to make their headset stand out.

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  • Can the Skiff save the magazine industry?

    Can the Skiff save the magazine industry?

    There has been quite a bit of talk about Hearst’s Skiff ereader and we got a hands-on last night before the show closed. The device is about as big as a Kindle DX (11.5-inch display and a very thin bezel) but quite thin (.25-inches). They use a metal board spun-coated with e-ink instead of a [...]

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  • RIM’s BlackBerry Tour2 9650 gets the hands-on treatment

    RIM’s BlackBerry Tour2 9650 gets the hands-on treatment

    There's practically zero doubt remaining that RIM has a next-generation Tour in the works, but if you're one of those tin foil hat wearers, you'll be glad to know that at least one of these things really, truly exists. Boy Genius just got his paws around the Tour2 9650 (shown left), and aside from the optical trackpad replacing the trackball (and the addition of a WiFi module), there's not much new here. Oh, except that presumably quicker CPU -- we're guessing to-be owners will dig that. We're told that the physical size is practically identical to the original Tour, and the keyboard is still phenomenal. Care to take a look? Sure you do -- hit the source link for a full hands-on gallery.

    RIM's BlackBerry Tour2 9650 gets the hands-on treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • PS3 Slim was supposed to have network storage (that is, no local hard drive)

    PS3 Slim was supposed to have network storage (that is, no local hard drive)

    Did you know that, at one point, Sony considered constructing the PS3 Slim around the concept of network storage? That is, instead of there being local storage (hard drive, memory cards, etc.) you'd store all of your data on Sony's servers then retrieve said data over the Internet. Now that would have been radically different.

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  • Surprise! There will be another iPhone next year

    Surprise! There will be another iPhone next year

    After 3 years of back-to-back new iPhones, it probably doesn’t take a whole lot of guts (or brains, for that matter) to predict that Apple will be announcing a new iPhone in 2010. But when this guy comes along and says that the orders been placed, pretty much all doubt goes out the door. Early today, [...]

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  • Eldar Murtazin: “Foxconn received order for next generation iPhone”

    Eldar Murtazin: “Foxconn received order for next generation iPhone”

    You've heard of Twitter, right? What about Eldar Murtazin, heard of him? He's editor in chief of Mobile Review and the ultimate insider when it come to all things mobile. So when we see a Tweet like this:
    "Foxconn received order for next generation iphone"
    We're inclined to believe it's true and certainly give Eldar's statement more weight than a random analyst note. Besides, if Apple's going to keep up the mid-year iPhone refresh cycle then the timing's just about right, eh?

    Eldar Murtazin: "Foxconn received order for next generation iPhone" originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Microsoft already looking at Windows 8

    Microsoft already looking at Windows 8

    Well Windows 7 is out, the reviews are in, the service packs are starting to be worked on - that's the end of it right? Wrong. Microsoft is already looking forward to the next generation of its OS, Windows 8.

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  • Japan gets LTE next-generation mobile services next year

    Japan gets LTE next-generation mobile services next year

    Faster data access with virtually no latency: LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile broadband networks are coming, at least in the world's most advanced mobile market, the nation of Japan. The country's biggest cell phone carrier, NTT Docomo, said yesterday at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong it will go fourth generation as early as December 2010.

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