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  • Pixar's Hardware Boost for Cars

    “[Pixar’s BVP of technology, Greg] Brandeau explained that Cars […] has put more strain on his internal systems than any other movie […]

    “We realized that our rendering time was taking too long. Frames were taking 10 hours [to render] that should have taken one hour. […] A gigabyte of memory on our file server heads was nowhere near good enough,” he said, adding that Pixar needed something in the region of 32 Gbytes.

    Light Reading via Juha
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  • How Apple applied the thermal grease on MacBook

    MacNN via Killinki

  • HP Recalls Digital Cameras Due to Fire Hazard

    “Hazard: A HP R707 digital camera The digital camera can cause certain non-rechargeable batteries, such as the Duracell CP-1, to overheat when the camera is connected to an AC adapter or docking station, posing a fire hazard.

    Incidents/Injuries: HP has received one report of a camera catching fire, damaging the camera and its docking station, and causing minor smoke damage to the room. No injuries have been reported.

    Description: This recall involves the HP Photosmart R707 digital camera. The HP logo and the model name and number are printed on the front of the camera.”

    CPSC via Juha

  • Inside a PS3 is a PS2

    You’re one… ugly… motherfucker! (Via Just Sopivasti.)

  • The Anti-Gravity Laptop: It flies when you drop it

    Geek 24 via Juha

  • There is a bug in my Cinema Display

    M. Thomas via Juha

  • Touchscreen Computer Display Floats in Mid-Air

    ” IO2 Technology has the coolest sounding display I have ever seen called the M2i. The device projects a 30″ diagonal 4:3 aspect ratio display into the air. That’s right, into the air like a hologram. The entire projection unit is designed to be hidden out of site so that only the display image shows.”

    Everything USB via Juha

  • UPS!

    “Taideteollisen korkeakoulun it-järjestelmiä kohtasi viime viikon torstaina katastrofi, joka johtui varavirtajärjestelmästä, jonka olisi pitänyt lisätä järjestelmän toimintavarmuutta. Varavirtalaitteistossa kirjaimellisesti räjähti, minkä seuraukset ovat olleet varsin erikoiset, ja saattavat johtaa jopa viikkojen katkoon. […] “Onni on se, ettei ihmishenkiä menetetty, ja että kaikilla on sormet tallella”, kerrotaan it-puolelta.”

    Tietokone via Juha

  • iTTUSB – Turntable with USB Record

    ION USB turntable “ION has created the world’s first USB turntable allowing you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software. […]

    The ION USB turntable includes Audacity software for Mac/PC for recording as well as a trial of Bias Soundsoap 2 for cleaning and restoring vinyl.”

    ION via Juha

  • Space Cube

    “The Space Cube is the world’s smallest personal computer. The unbelievably minuscule cube (2 x 2 x 2.2 inch case) packs 300 MHz CPU and 64 MB of SDRAM.”

    Epic Empire via Hemmy.net via Juha