The nerdiest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 details yet

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/the-nerdiest-superspeed-usb-3-0-details-yet/

We've been hearing about SuperSpeed USB 3.0 since CES last year, and now that the spec's been officially released, we're getting way more details at this year's show -- like new power features, which include the elimination of device polling to enable an energy-saving "virtual sleep" mode, more juice for bus-powered devices, and the ability to charge a completely dead device, which USB 2.0 can't do. According to Intel's Jeff Ravencraft, the spec is designed to last for the next five years, with room to pump 25 gigabits per second over a hypothetical optical connection. Sounds sexy -- we'll see how well this stuff demos when the doors open.

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The nerdiest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 details yet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The next generation of HDMI actually adds some welcomed features

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/the-next-generation-of-hdmi-actually-adds-some-welcomed-features/

Every year we stop by and talk to HDMI and every year there's not much new. But finally we are happy to say there are some cool new things coming to the HDMI spec in 2009. Of course it will carry more pixels than the old version and then there is a new smaller connection -- no not that one -- but neither of those really get us excited. The real interesting additions once again fit into the "why wasn't that there before" category. This includes an actual real high speed data Ethernet connection, and we're happy to report that unlike the current data HDMI supports, this isn't in the blanking interval. But that isn't the most interesting feature -- although it might end up being the most, depending on how it's implemented -- the most welcome addition is the audio return channel. Any who's attempted to use their TV's internal tuner knows all too well that currently although you have an HDMI cable running from your AVR to your TV, you still need another Toslink cable running back from your TV to get the surround sound out of your TV. Thankfully this will be the thing of the past, well, that is after the spec is implemented in upcoming products and you replace all your HDMI cables.

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The next generation of HDMI actually adds some welcomed features originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Seagate Unveils Single-Platter 500GB Hard Drive, Slightly Implies 2TB HDDs

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20090105142438_Seagate_Unveils_Single_Platter_500GB_Hard_Drive_Slightly_Implies_2TB_HDDs.html

Seagate Technology May Be One Step Away from 2TB Hard Drives

Dolby anuncia entrada no mercado de tecnologia 3D doméstica

URL: http://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online/folha/informatica/rss091/*http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/informatica/ult124u486239.shtml

A companhia norte-americana Dolby, mais conhecida por suas tecnologias de áudio, vai investir em uma das áreas mais promissoras do mercado de vídeo, o de imagens tridimensionais. A empresa anunciou que está negociando com fornecedores de conteúdo para inserir sua tecnologia 3D em filmes no formato Blu-ray. A empresa, que não quis identificar possíveis parceiros, também está trabalhando pelo uso de sua tecnologia 3D em videogames. Em esforço para promover o uso doméstico do 3D, a companhia enfrentará competição cerrada em um mercado incipiente. Muitas empresas participantes da feira de tecnologia CES (Consumer Electronics Show), que começa nesta quinta-feira (8), em Las Vegas, demonstrarão diversas maneiras de levar imagens em três dimensões às residências. Leia mais (05/01/2009 - 10h29)

Adobe Teams With Intel to Push Flash Onto Next-Gen Blu-Ray Players

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13848

Adobe's Flash may provide next generation of interactive TV content...

Android installed and running on an Eee PC in a matter of hours

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/bGiHqoLCUD0/

While Windows may be more popular than Linux when it comes to netbooks for a variety of reasons, price certainly isn't one of them. We don't know whether it's peoples' fear of the unknown or just the awful UI facades typically used to hide the open-source alternative, but a lot of people are hoping that Android could sweep in and offer a third choice -- someday. Not content to wait, a couple of freelancers at VentureBeat (who also run a startup called Mobile-facts) spent a few hours tweaking Google's (Linux-based) OS to run on ASUS hardware and, thanks to the availability of open-source drivers for all the wee thing's wee devices, were up and running in no time. Mind you, the giant buttons and simplistic UI seem more suited to a G1 than an S10, but it surely wouldn't take long to fix that. So, the only question now is when will a manufacturer step up and announce Android out of the box? There's a little electronics show coming up soon, so maybe we'll hear more there.

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Android installed and running on an Eee PC in a matter of hours originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Shouting at disk drive causes high latency, low morale

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Here's a tip for everyone who hasn't made the jump to solid state: try to be nice to your disk drive. Brendan Gregg from Sun's Fishworks team wanted to see the effects of vibrations on his disk array, so he proceeded to shout at it. On video. Yeah, we bet that's pretty embarrassing for the drive in question, and what results is a sharp spike the number of I/O operations that take over 5ms to complete. Moral of the story? Yelling at your computer isn't going to make it run any faster. How about next time we see how it reacts to Ozzy, Mozart and warm, gentle nuzzles? We've placed video of Gregg's sadistic hardware taunts after the break.

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Video: Shouting at disk drive causes high latency, low morale originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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