Windows Phone 7, Skype over Verizon plus more on the Weekly Wrapup
Comin' up on this week's Weekly Wrapup, we're talking the hottest tech stories of the week, including Windows Phone 7, Skype calls over the Verizon Wireless network, a new BlackBerry web browser, plus many more cool technology stories from the week.
Google and Apple still close?: TechVi Now Afternoon Edition
A Google executive says that Apple and Google are still close partners. Did anyone tell Apple that? Nokia and Intel just became partners with a new mobile operating system. Find out more on TechVi Now.
NVIDIA Optimus preview, affordable GPUs and six-core processors: HotHardware
Marco and Dave are back to talk about some HotHardware including a new player in the SSD market, affordable GPUs from ATI, NVIDIA Optimus technology that allows you to switch between integrated and discrete graphics on the fly and more.
Guests:
- Dave Altavilla , HotHardware
- Marco Chiappetta , HotHardware
Alienware’s tiny M11x, iPad’s identity crisis, and more: HotHardware
Dave Altavilla and Marco Chiapetta return to talk about the latest HotHardware. This week, we're talking about NAND Flash, Alienware's new M11x, the iPad, and the NVIDIA GF100.
Guests:
- Marco Chiapetta , HotHardware
- Dave Altavilla , HotHardware
CES 2010: Intel Infoscape
Our crew checks out Intel's booth and encounters the Infoscape, a system that compiles, sorts, and filters web content and displays it in 3D arrangements of clickable cubes all on a massive touchscreen. Intended mostly as a demo for the new i7 processors, the Infoscape seems to have attracted plenty of attention. Practical utility? Of course not. Impressive hardware and eye-candy? Oh yeah.
Nettops, gaming PCs, Intel GPUs and more on HotHardware
As we do every week, we're sitting down with Marco Chiapetta and Dave Altavilla from HotHardware. This week we're talking about the Zotac HD-ND01 nettop, six high performance PCs that are perfect for gaming, plus Intel are cancelling their first discreet GPU and we're going to look at the New York Times "video games to avoid".
Guests:
- Marco Chiapetta , HotHardware
- Dave Altavilla , HotHardware
Holiday geek gifts, new cams, and ChromiumOS: HotHardware
This week we peek at the computer enthusiast's wish list with the chaps from HotHardware. On the list? We talk processors, video cards and notebooks / netbooks. Also, a peek at the D5000, Nikon's latest sexy-cam, and ChromiumOS, the pre-release version of ChromeOS from Google.
Guests:
- Marco Chiappetta , HotHardware
- Dave Altavilla , HotHardware
GPUs, Intel and AMD get friendly, and Apple slips on HotHardware
The HotHardware guys are back online here at TechVi. Marco explains mixing brands of graphics cards, Dave breaks down how Apple seems to be losing its software edge. The guys also talk about the big Intel and AMD settlement with its consequences and gaming notebooks.
Guests:
- Dave Altavilla , HotHardware
- Marco Chiappetta , HotHardware
Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion in legal settlement
AMD and Intel announced they have made an agreement to end all legal disputes between them and also have agreed to share patents as part of this settlement.
Intel Reader reads to the visually impaired
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The $1500 device uses a camera to capture text and then uses text-to-speech to read aloud.