Press Release: New NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 GPU Leads the Industry with the Fastest Frame Rates and Super-Smooth Animation for Next Generation Gaming

Blackberry OS 10.2 update is coming soon ... offering many bug fixes and improvements. I can't wait.

"You might still be getting your thumbs around that Q10, or the waiting for that BlackBerry 10.1 update, but already some future tidbits for the platform have come to light. Michael Clewley, product manager at the firm, let slip that version 10.2 of the OS brings with it support for standard unicode emojis, multiple alarms and level 1 notifications (for email).

With the 10.2 SDK said to be coming in June, you can expect the update to follow later in the year. Weren't sure what to do with BlackBerry Channels, yet? If you had added Clewley's (PIN C00014277) you'd have got the reveal straight from the man himself."

Source: Engadget via Crackberry

Foxconn could be one of the first companies to use nanotube technology to produce touch screens. Sounds very interesting.

"Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has successfully acquired the technology for carbon nanotube (CNT) touch panel production through cooperation between its subsidiary in Tianjin, China and an industrial R&D team of Tsinghua University in China. Mass producible panel sizes have also been expanded from only around 3.2-inch originally to a range between 1.52- to 10-inch, according to some market watchers.

Commenting on its success, Foxconn stayed low profile and only pointed out that the technology will provide an irreplaceable value to the company.

Through the cooperation, the R&D team currently has about 107 patents for the technology, and Foxconn is currently able to manufacture 1.5 million CNT touch panel per month, the market watchers said."

Source: Digitimes

Serious ... it's a flying car, and I'm not kidding! The future is here - Flying cars are a reality.

"An ambitious firm has revealed their plans for a new type of personal air transport vehicle that takes off and lands like a helicopter. Will the idea fly?

... Many of us have wished for a personal flying machine to lift us out of infuriating traffic jams and deposit us on our driveways. With recent advances in materials, power sources, and automation, those dreams may become reality more quickly than many of us realise, as I’ve discussed before. Earlier this month, US aerospace start-up Terrafugia unveiled the TF-X, a concept design for a radical new type of personal air transport vehicle. So I talked to Carl Dietrich, co-founder of the company, to find out how it might work."

Source: BBC

We've just published a review on the Blackberry Z10 Smartphone. It features a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 dual-core processor running at 1.5 GHz, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, 4.2" inch touchscreen screen offering 1280 x 768 resolution at 356 PPI.

With so many smartphones on the market, can Blackberry survive? Aimed at the business user, the Z10 offers everything you need from a touchscreen smartphone with the added bonus of their BB Messenger and E-mail system.

"As it turns out, the Z10 was way better than I expected. With a good user interface, social media integration and easy-to-navigate menus, the Z10 is not just for business users but a serious alternative to the iPhone or Android phones."

Read the rest of the review here ... http://www.funkykit.com/component/content/article/59-phones-a-tablets/10428-review-blackberry-z10-smartphone.html

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Here is the Mid-Week Hardware Round Up from around the net...

Motherboards & CPUs:
MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Motherboard Review by PC Perspective
MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Series Motherboard Review by LegitReviews

Graphics Cards:
MSI Radeon HD 7790 1GB OC Overclocked Video Card Review by TweakTown
ZOTAC GeForce GTX TITAN AMP! Edition 6144 MB Review by TechPowerUp
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost OC WindForce 2X Review by Guru3d

Cases & Cooling:
IN WIN G7 Mid-Tower ATX Case Review by HardOCP
SilverStone AR01 CPU Cooler Review by Hardware Secrets
SilverStone AR01 CPU Cooler Review by Pure Overclock

Peripherals:
TteSports Knucker Plunger Gaming Keyboard Review by eTeknix

Press Release: MSI Unveils World's First AMD Richland A10 Powered Mobile Gaming Powerhouses

The comfy 2nd place seat, which is normally occupied by AMD is now vacant. They've been pushed to 4th place by Qualcomm and Samsung. Oh dear ...

"AMD plummets in microprocessor market ranking.When it comes to processors for smartphones and tablet computers, companies like Qualcomm and Samsung have come a long way over the last several years. Processors from both manufacturers have turned up in a wide range of devices, with Samsung powering its own smartphones and those from Apple.

Two of the biggest companies in the microprocessor world are Intel and AMD. While Intel has continued to have success in the mobile processor market, even though its processors aren't as power efficient as offerings from other companies in the smartphone and tablet world, AMD has seen its market share continue to decline.
 
A new report his week from IC Insights takes a look at the overall microprocessor market for 2012. A significant downturn in the notebook and desktop computer market combined with a significant increase in sales for tablet and smartphone devices saw AMD plummet from second place to fourth place in 2012. Intel still held the top spot with 65.3% of the overall microprocessor market."

Source: Dailytech