Friday 2011-01-14
In the world of online video, there is a battle brewing over the next dominant standard for online video, especially on HTML5 Web pages. Today, Google took the gloves off and declared that it will soon stop supporting the H.264 video codec in its Chrome browser. Instead, it will only support open-source technologies such as its own WebM initiative (with its VP8 codec) and the open-source Theora video codec, which is used by Firefox. You could see this a mile away .
The Gloves Are Off: Google Chrome Browser Will Drop Support For H.264 Video Codec
Den främsta nyheten i andra generationens Intel Core-processorer är att dessa fått inbyggda grafikfunktioner vilket ska innebära en rad förbättringar för video, 3d och multimedia. Som exempel på detta nämner Intel att man kan konvertera ett fyraminuters videoklipp i hd-kvalitet till en Ipod på endast 16 sekunder. Totalt kommer Intel med 20 nya processorer i serierna Core i7, i5 och i3. Bland de första leverantörer som står klara med bärbara och stationära datorer med nya Intelprocessorer märks Fujitsu. Företagets produktchef Bo Lennström uppger att samtliga tolv nya datorer får mer prestanda samtidigt som de blir mer energieffektiva.
20 nya processorer i 500 datorer
Ning Fang, Wei Sun and Gufeng Wang, researchers at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, recently made advancements in understanding rotational motion in living cells that may help researchers shed light on the causes of deadly diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Credit: US Dept. of Energy's Ames Laboratory Advancements in understanding rotational motion in living cells may help researchers shed light on the causes of deadly diseases, such as Alzheimer's, according to Ning Fang, an associate scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and faculty member at Iowa State University.
New tool for cell research may help unravel secrets of disease
January 13, 2011, 2:58 PM PST Takeaway: The Consumer Electronics Show is about the future and General Motors gave us an interesting peek at an electronic vehicle that could be the future of crowded urban areas. One of the things that I look for every year at the Consumer Electronics Show is the company that’s not afraid to look ahead a few years and show us a product that — even though it may be little more than a concept or demo — gives us a peek at the future.
Most futuristic product of CES 2011: GM en-v scooter/car | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com
An official introduction to The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s new iPad newspaper, is expected on Jan. 19, possibly at an event with Apple’s Steve Jobs . [Update: The launch date has now been pushed back .] But peeking inside the source code of its recently-launched companion website, TheDaily.com , I came across the image below, which appears to be a house ad for the new app.
A first look at The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper
This post is part of our special coverage of Tunisia Revolution 2011 . 'Long live Ben Ali' Tunisian president depicted on wall in Karouine, Tunisia (2009). Photo by Niqie on Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)
Tunisia: Tweeting Ben Ali’s Speech–Change 2.0 or Just a Show?
Pakistan: Salmaan Taseer- We Buried A Man Not His Courage
Activists of Civil Society protests against the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, in Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan. Image by Yasir Rajpot. Copyright Demotix. Much has been said in the wake of the assassination of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer.
Being the first affordable all-electric car on the market, the Leaf was kind of guaranteed to be a big seller. But their way of going about selling the thing seems to have given their customers unrealistic expectations of when their cars would actually arrive. People have been given extremely vague promises of when their car will arrive (“4-7 months”?), and theories have arisen in the community to the effect that Nissan is attempting to manufacture scarcity.
Nissan Apologizes For Slow Leaf Rollout
