As a result of this leap taken in the Game Developers Conference taking place in San Francisco, PhysX technology has gained even more strength with two parallel platform game engines it has incorporated.

The first of the engines’ name is BigWorld Technology 2.0. The engine, specifically used for MMOG type games and virtual world applications, will be used with many new games including Stargate Worlds. It is also said that another popular game is in the works by Sierra Online which uses the same engine.

Another engine which is incorporated by PhysX technology is Trinigy Vision Engine 7. Known game developers such as Ubisoft, Firefly, Take 2, Neowiz, Dreamcatcher and Spellbound are known to be using Trinigy.

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• Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1 GHz)
• Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.4 GHz)
• Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz)
• Core 2 Duo T9500 (2.6 GHz)
• Core 2 Extreme X9000 (2.8 GHz)

Although Intel will take orders for these models until June 24th, the distribution of both boxed and tray versions of the products will end respectively on October 23th, 2009 and September 24th, 2010.

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AMD/ATI will release the Radeon HD 4890, which has its parallel processing performance and clock speed improved, on April 6th. Right after that nVidia will provide its competitor and rival, the nVidia Geforce GTX 275, precisely to be released three days after Radeon HD 4890. We expect to see these changes in the presentation on April 9th:

• 633 MHz core speed
• 1404 MHz parallel processor speed
• 2328 MHz GDDR3 memory
• 240 parallel shader processors
• 896 MB memory
• 80 texture units

The card is based on G200b GPU core. It is expected substitute the GeForce GTX 260 (revision two) in $230-280 price range.

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The processor that iPhone will prefer in a situation like this is, with its power management capabilities better than Intel’s Atom, a derivative of ARM Cortex A9 processor.

Like we said before, we don’t have any other solid data other than those said on Macworld 2009, but looking at it as the reasonable rumor it is, we can presume that where there is smoke, there is fire. Let us see what the upcoming days will show us.

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The extensile LCD screen consists of 3 pieces. While the system is 13″ when the additional screens are collapsed, it becomes a gigantic 26″ screen when they are open. The screen is very suitable for gaming with its 32:10 format. The main OLED screen is 10″ and is in 16:10 format, while the others are in 8:10 format.

The desing, named “Prime Gaming Laptop”, belongs to Kyle Cherry. You can find other interesting desings at his website.

The system with its aluminum case (for cooling purpose) will no doubt cost a fortune, but it will be craved by every gamer. We hope that this design will attract the attention of manufacturers and be produced.

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Thanks to a new font designed by an agency in Holland, Spranq, it is now possible to conserve about 20% more ink when printing. What makes conservation possible with this font Ecofont, is that it has holes in it. So, the ink that was used to fill those holes are now conserved, it is now possible to conserve about one to five proportion of ink.

You can download this free font by clicking here.

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Other than these, Google has also pointed out that touchscreen-friendly buttons have been placed in the search options, and these optimized search results were only available in Androids with American English and iPhones and iPod Touchs with 2.x update installed.

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1- Everybody’s gene map will be charted: In 5 years for a really insignificant sum, people’s genetic maps will be charted and their risks of getting diseases and which ones, their body weaknesses, and potential threats to their healths will be identified. This way, personal diets, medication and therapies will be possible.

Will our lives change in 5 years?

2- Voice command system will be used on computers: Thereby allowing for voice searching over Google for what we are typing for as an example.

3- Everybody will have a digital assistant: Everybody will have a personal assistant in their cellphones and they will provide us help with any topic like a real assistant.

4- Forgetting will be a thing of the past: Our house will live with us too. Who we have talked to, where we have put what will be analyzed second by second and will answer any question that will cross our minds instantly.

5- Electricity will be generated from pavements: Asphalt that is used in pavements, paints and other insulating materials that are used at home will capture the sunlight, producing from it electricity. Street lights will be powered using this energy.

Other than these, there are some innovations that are existant in IBM’s 5 year plan that are absolutely mind-blowing:

1- Software for smart automotives: In this context sensor, GPS and satellite receiver technologies will be completely renewed. This way, the autos will recognize each other and drivers will get a new system that will enable them to enjoy their ride. Also, the new system will have the ability for cars to communicate in traffic, preventing circumstances that lead to accidents before they even start to form, like icing and exceeding the speed limit. It will also lessen the traffic jams and solve problems like speed control and lane infractions.

2- Passport for food: IBM will design a passport software for food in its 5 year roadplan. This way the consumer will get information about where the food has come from, how they were cultivated, when they were harvested, how much calories they are and so forth, and will be able to arrange their diets consciously. By the use of second generation barcodes, RFID technology and software that will be used with specialized sensors, the information that will be coded in the barcodes will show what steps the food has gone through from the branch of the tree it was procured from to the grocery stand.

3- Smart electricity counters: Other than the projects above, IBM is also developing a software in its 5 year plan in order for smart electricity counters to be produced. With IBM’s new internet accessible smart electricity counter software produced with Houston CenterPoint Energy, along with energy savings made from household appliances, current subjects like global warming will help be prevented. Consumers will be able to control their household appliances with remote access thanks to the mails and messages sent to their email addresses and cellphones by the smart counter, like the air-conditioner saying “Nobody is at home, I am wasting energy. Would you shut me down?” or the water heater warning “I am using too much energy!”.

Although these may seem like scenes and machinery out of a science fiction movie right now, if we compare now and 10 years earlier, doesn’t it seem to everyone that these should be reckoned as the illusions of a daydreaming mind? Share your ideas in the comments.

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Chrome is being updated constantly without any distinctive version numbers. You can still see the build number and the browser’s permanent system component regularly checks Google for updates. This update check is automatic if you do not have any firewalls running, but if you do have one and you have gone through for some restrictions to Chrome’s Internet access then you can become aware of these regular checks.

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Based on Intel’s former announcements on the subject, the 4 cored Lynnfield will be available through the end of 2009 as well as Havendale will be available in the start of 2010.

This architecture, that will be 1160 pins, is pointed out to be able to be easily sufficient for this processor family that has 2 instead of 3 channel DDR3 memory controller like Core i7s.

After all the main mission of the 4-cored Lynnfield is to be at a fairly low price to make it more purchasable. Likewise the main mission of P55 that will replace the P45, is to help make Nehalem the dominant in product segmentation  near the end of 2009.

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