| TV show, based on Robert Kirkman's zombie series, premieres Halloween night. By Rick Marshall Oct 29 2010 This weekend, hordes of flesh-hungry zombies will finally shamble their way from printed page to television screen as AMC premieres its new post-apocalyptic horror series "The Walking Dead" on Halloween night.Based on writer Robert Kirkman's long-running comic book series that debuted in 2003, "The Walking Dead" chronicles |
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| the trials and tribulations of former Kentucky police officer Rick Grimes as he struggles to first find then protect his family in a nightmarish landscape where corpses walk and living humans are an endangered species. The premiere of "The Walking Dead" culminates just over a year of casting, filming and near-constant conversation about the project among comic book and horror fans, and puts Oscar-winning filmmaker Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption," "The Mist") in the director's chair for the pilot episode, "Days Gone Bye." No stranger to horror fare, Darabont also serves as executive producer of the series, and wrote or co-wrote each episode in the initial six-episode arc.
Read more here –> mtv.com |
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Archive for October, 2010
J. TECH - Oct - 30th
J. TECH - Oct - 30th
| Game Release Date: March 8, 2011 Developer: Publisher: Synopsis: |
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| Check out Official website here –>dragonage.bioware.com | |
J. TECH - Oct - 29th
By Pete Mason Oct.29 2010
The majority of the work done by a CPU is integer-based, but for certain applications, floating-point calculations are very important. 
This week, AMD has revealed some information on how it plans to balance the two workloads in its upcoming Bulldozer CPUs, and why it feels that the new cores will be more capable and more efficient than anything from the competition. The approach that AMD is taking has been called Flex FP. Whereas each integer unit has traditionally had its own 128-bit floating-point unit (FPU), two Bulldozer cores will share a single 256-bit FPU. Since there are no 256-bit commands – only 32- or 64-bit – developers will be able to use the new AVX instruction to process eight 32-bit or four 64-bit commands per clock. Obviously AVX isn't expected to see very wide adoption right off the bat – a fact that the chip-maker knows – and this is where the flexibility really comes into play. As mentioned, the majority of the hard-work in a CPU is carried out by the integer units, meaning that one very large, power hungry FPU would be likely to sit idle for a lot of the time. On the other hand, lots of smaller FPUs would create a bottleneck whenever there were a lot of floating-point operations. Flex FP can dynamically share its resources between the two cores as the workload dictates on a per-clock basis. This means that one core might be performing a 256-bit AVX operation in one cycle while the next cycle could see both cores carrying out simultaneous 128-bit FMUL operations. According to AMD's John Fruehe, this will provide better performance and greater efficiency, meaning that the CPUs will use less power than competing solutions.
Read more here –>hexus.net
J. TECH - Oct - 29th
By Pete Mason Oct.29 2010
ASUS may have more planned, but it looks like Viewsonic will be here sooner. The manufacturer – known more for its displays – has announced that it will be launching a pair of Viewpad tablet PCs in the next few weeks.
The Viewpad 10 is by far the most interesting of the two. The 10in 1,024x600px display will be powered by a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 with 1GB DDR3 with a 16GB SSD taking care of storage. There's also onboard Wi-Fi – though no 3D – room for expansion via a microSD slot and a 1.3MP front-facing webcam. You could probably guess that this thing is going to be running Windows 7, but the twist is that it'll dual-boot into Android. Unfortunately it'll be the antiquated version 1.6 at launch, though hopefully an upgrade will be forthcoming. Also arriving next month is the 7in Viewpad 7, which looks to be more of what we expect from a large phone/small tablet. The device will be equipped with an 800x480px display and a 600MHz Qualcomm CPU running Android 2.2. Unlike its big brother, this model will get a full range of mobile connectivity options, including 3G, 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1.
Read more here –>hexus.net
J. TECH - Oct - 29th
by Ina Fried and Josh Lowensohn October 29, 2010
Until now, applications that wanted to run when the screen was locked had to get the user's explicit permission. Under new rules announced on Friday, programs can do so without permission–provided they first demonstrate to Microsoft that they only use a reasonable amount of battery life (allowing more than six hours of use for an app playing audio and more than 120 hours for a program that does not play audio). The move comes as the first Windows Phone 7 devices have gone on sale in Europe and Asia, with the first phones hitting the U.S. market on November 8. The policy change is a matter of both convenience–audio apps, for example, make sense to play when the screen is off–as well as fairness. Many of Microsoft's own apps, including application downloading, e-mail syncing, and Zune playback and downloads are all allowed to happen in the background.
Read more here –>cnet.com
J. TECH - Oct - 27th
By EMMA WOOLLACOTT Oct 27, 2010
A new 'Right now on Myspace' feature shows trending content in real time, helps fans find recently added music and videos, and lets them listen or watch directly from the interactive chart. 
The Discovery Tab combines videos that friends are watching with what’s trending in real time on Myspace, and a My Stuff Tab gives easy access to a user's profile, photos, videos and uploaded content. "The new Myspace is cleaner, with a new design that puts content center stage. It’s also smarter, providing you with a personalized experience by recommending content based on your interests," says CEO Mike Jones. "And new tools like the Discovery Tab, My Stuff Tab, and ‘Right Now on Myspace’ show you what’s trending on the site and make it easier for you to save and share it." Myspace is also 'going Wiki', introducing a set of user curators. While Myspace has withered away somewhat since the massive success of Facebook, it's still the 40th most popular site in the world, according to figures from Alexa. And Forrester's Augie Ray believes the redesign could help it claw its way back up.
Read more here –>tgdaily.com
J. TECH - Oct - 27th
Analysis GPUs now, APUs soon, CPUs later
By Nebojsa Novakovic Oct 26 2010
LAST WEEK'S AMD Technical Forum & Exhibition (TFE) in Taipei, now a regular annual event, was an interesting chance to get together with the key company product and marketing personnel, hear more about upcoming products and check the pulse of the all important local Taiwan partners. 
Aside from the well covered Radeon HD6800 series – the first 'AMD, not ATI' branded Radeons – and the associated fuzzy numbering issues – yes, as you'll see in our review, the HD6870 is slower, but cheaper, than the HD5870 – there were many other things to take note of and put into the bigger picture about AMD and its position now and into next year. First of all, the level of energy and confidence among the AMD team was higher than in the past five years at least, as far as memory serves. It wasn't just about the new CPU cores coming out finally after a long hiatus. In the end, that costly and at times painful ATI acquisition did bear fruit. Not only did the GPUs save AMD as a going concern at the time when its CPUs were all but lost, but the first results of the Fusion strategy were out for all to see. Not only do low-end Ontario and Zacate CPU-GPU – sorry, APU – combinations run well, but so does the higher end quad core Llano desktop part, which is essentially a Fusion part using an improved Quad core 32nm process Phenom with an HD5500-class GPU on-chip. According to unnamed AMD staff there, the latter can overclock quite well too.
Read more here –>theinquirer.net
J. TECH - Oct - 27th
By Naveen Kar Oct 27, 2010
Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones Research in Motion (RIM) has presented its tablet PC, called PlayBook, reports BusinessWeek. 
Demonstration of “tablets” was held during a presentation by Co CEO of RIM Mike Lazaridis at the Adobe MAX conference. In his speech, the top manager of the company said that the tablet is capable of playing videos from video sharing website YouTube, as well as working with the medium Adobe AIR. However, Lazaridis kept silent regarding the date of launch of device. RIM had announced PlayBook in the end of September during the developer conference BlackBerry DEVCON 2010. BlackBerry Tablet OS is used as a software platform in the tablet, and is based on the QNX Neutrino microkernel with the support of POSIX specification and OpenGL. It supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR and Java. Web browser of the “tablet”, built on the WebKit, is compatible with markup language HTML5.
Read more here –>seerpress.com
J. TECH - Oct - 25th
| Theatrical Release Date: January 28, 2011 Cast: Directed by: Synopsis: |
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| Check out official website here –>theritemovie.com | |
J. TECH - Oct - 25th
Oct. 25, 2010
Voyageur Press has has just released "AC/DC High-Voltage Rock 'N' Roll – The Ultimate Illustrated History", 
which follows the band from its roots in Sydney, Australia, to its most recent releases and sold-out world tours. No stone is left unturned, from the band's formation and early gigs on the club circuit Down Under, to the 1980 death of singer Bon Scott and ultimately astounding worldwide success. Jam-packed with more than 400 illustrations — from handbills, posters, backstage passes, and vinyl from around the globe, as well as rare candid and performance photography — this massive contribution to the AC/DC library gives fans a all-access visual tour through almost four decades of unadulterated rock mastery. Additionally, sidebars and essays from top rock scribes examine all studio releases, document the band's numerous personnel changes, and delve into the guitar gear of the Young brothers, while musicians past and present comment and reflect on the band's lasting influence.
Read more here –>blabbermouth.net
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