Gabriel Ikram
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Nvidia to buy Ageia, improve gaming physics
NVIDIA recently announced that it intends to acquire AGEIA Technologies. The acquisition was announced after the signing of a definitive agreement. The deal might finally push hardware accelerated physics into the mainstream, and also yield a hybrid GPU-PPU add-in board.
AGEIA’s flagship product is the PhysX Physics Processing Unit (PPU). Sold as a new discrete add-in board, the PhysX PPU is a specialized physics processor.
There are a number of advantages of using a PPU. First off,… Continue Reading
Mozilla’s Weave, lets you save bookmarks, passwords across Web
Mozilla recently launched a new online service called Weave. Weave allows you to store settings and other data so that it can be used across multiple devices. For example, you can save your personal bookmarks in Weave (it is saved on a Mozilla server), and then recall them when working on a different PC or even a cellphone.
Weave serves as a buffer between the Internet and a user’s desktop, and is Mozilla’s first step into… Continue Reading
The music sites keep coming: MeeMix, SpiralFrog, Jango
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MeeMix today went live with a public testing version of its Internet radio website. MeeMix faces plenty of competitors, such as Last.FM, Pandora and Slacker.
Meanwhile, another competitor, New York’s Spiralfrog, has just raised $2 million in debt. And yet another, Jango, is worth a mention. More on those in a sec.
First, MeeMix. This company hopes to change things by streaming music it thinks matches your taste. You’re only required to enter one song or an… Continue Reading