some tech news

[dub]

Google clocked from the backlash Apple got from Maps availability, how much Apple's popularity and stock fell, that they hold real power.

Google maps is the most useful app you can have on a smartphone and YouTube is the number one source of entertainment on the Internet.

[Kurtis]

lack of google windows RT apps is painful though, have to use some boog youtube app, the maps app that omes on here is sheg too, for abut 2 weeks it thought i was in Wolverhampton, no turn by turn  etc

 

as a tablet platform its sheg, good thing i have the full computer thingy and can run proper programs

 

gonna cop the nexus 10 or suttum

[Kurtis]

oh yeah

 

and from the end of the month gmail and all that aint gonna work on windows phones unless MS come up with a fix

[Lot To Learn]

Google maps>>>>>

Wasnt going to update my iPhone because I didn't want to lose maps but I used google maps to drive somewhere and it was brilliant was basically a sat nav.

Was well impressed!!

[dub]

oh yeah

and from the end of the month gmail and all that aint gonna work on windows phones unless MS come up with a fix

Nah I don't believe this.

Surely there is some sort of laws that ban this sort of bullying.

Plus how can you block IMAP access? I didn't even know you sent device info when checking email.

[Supermalt]

bullying?

 

microsoft perfected such fuckery, too many to mention

[Kurtis]

trust me

[Mic Man]

CES starts today, let's see what comes out of it

[Kurtis]

NHK (Japanese Broadcaster) practically wrote the 4K broadcast specification (UHD TV, ultra high definition television), there isnt the bandwidth for it yet though, no TV station in the world can even broadcast in 1080p let alone 4K

 

the olympics where shot with like 15 4K cameras in places though, and them big screens in certain cities were 4K, so the BBC is capable of doing it, when they get the bandwidth to do it nationally though... prob another 10 years.

 

this is mainly a film ting, i think i read somewhere that celluloid film, converted digitally goes to 4K before you start seeing artifacts and shit, so i think thats the perfect resolution, so all they need to do is digitally convert them like they did with bluray and HD TV broadcasts etc

 

plus alot of digital films shot in the last few years have been shot and screened in 4K, alot has been 2K though

 

but its prety exciting IMO

 

alright, seems like ive been in a fuckin coma or something

 

 

First Ultra HD channel goes live in Europe

Eutelsat Communications launched the first dedicated demonstration Ultra HDchannel in Europe on January 8th. Delivered via satellite with the resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 (4K) at 50 frames per second -- the European equivalent to 60p -- the stream is encoded in MPEG-4 with help from video compression solution provider, ATEME, and transmitted at 40 Mbps. This is over twice the bandwidth used by most 1080i broadcasts, but not necessarily an indication of future Ultra HD broadcasts utilization, as they're expected to use the more efficient HEVCcodec -- depending on color space and other factors, Ultra HD broadcasts might use less throughput than 1080i does now. With only three very expensive Ultra HD TVs on the market, there aren't many who can take advantage of this. Hopefully if you are one of the lucky few, you're in a position to take advantage of this native content on your latest prized possession.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/14/first-ultra-hd-channel-goes-live-in-europe/

[Kurtis]

 

 

Intel will discontinue desktop motherboards following Haswell release

 

The decline in desktop PC sales is beginning to ripple throughout the industry, asIntel has revealed plans to wind down its desktop motherboard division over the next three years. According to AnandTech, the company will release boards that are based on the Haswell architecture before completely suspending development. Moving forward, Intel will instead focus its efforts on creating form factor reference designs for the Ultrabook, tablet and desktop markets. Curiously, one product that's currently immune from the announcement is the Next Unit of Computing (NUC), a miniature barebones system that will see continual development from Intel. While custom PC builders will likely take a moment to reflect upon the news, it's said that the transition is unlikely to affect the company's workforce. Instead, current employees will be absorbed into other divisions within Intel. After all, there's no point in showing talented engineers to the door, even in an age of market shifts.

 

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/23/intel-will-discontinue-desktop-motherboards/

 

Ive never in my life used an Intel board, but i can see a few smaller companies following in a few years

[Gambino]

Anyone see that new technology they shown at CES for tablets? Some Liquid pops up out of the glass screen to form a key buttons when you want them too then disappear again when your done. 

[Kurtis]

yeah its in the CES thread

[Gambino]

Going blind didn't even clock the thread.

[dub]

"H.265 will enable publishers to stream 1080p video with about half as many bits as required today."

"With H.265, 4K streaming could be possible with as little as 20-30 Mbps of bandwidth. Still a lot by today’s standards, but not completely unheard of."

 

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/h265-is-approved/

 

The impression that the article gives is that you'd need hardware acceleration to be able to play it straight off but that's impressive same way - just  being able to compress video to half of its current standard is mad.

[Kurtis]

HEVC >>>>>>>>>

 

im just imagining in about 4-5 years, jamming  with an 84" TV watching a 4K film

 

i swear im looking forward to that 10009009800808436% more than being in a relationship at the time or getting married or having kids

 

technology >>>>>>

[mp*]

h.264 has been a godsend for me and my shit internet, glad its still improving

[Kurtis]

Switched On: PixelSense without the premium

 

Amid all the origami variations of the PC at CES this year -- things that swiveled, folded, docked and rotated around their hinges -- one of the more intriguing form factor variations came not from a twist on the classic clamshell, insurgent slate or a hybrid of the two. Rather, it was a variation of the desktop via the all-in-one, one of the few of that embryonic breed known as table PCs courtesy of the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon.

Table PCs entered a broader collective consciousness in 2007 when Microsoft introduced Surface (a name it would later repurpose for its tablet line). A chunky, waist-high device that married a Windows PC with a 30-inch projection display and five embedded cameras, the original Surface offered an integrated multi-touch experience without a touchscreen.

Surface was capable of interaction with other devices that seemed magical, especially without using NFC. Place a marked glass on top of it and it could tell you the ingredients in the cocktail it contained. Place a WiFi-enabled camera on it and the photos would appear to spill out onto the screen, ready to be freely flipped, rotated, stretched and easily converted into emails via a simple postcard creation feature.

Alas, at about $10,000 and with most consumers already having a coffee table, Surface was too pricey for consumers. Mocked as a "big-ass table" in a parody video, it was relegated to a few hotels, casinos, AT&T stores and other public places. Prior to the release of the Surface tablet, Microsoft recreated the table-based incarnation using flat-panel technology. Samsung offers that product as the 40-inch SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense. With a street price of about $8,000, it retains the ability to handle more than 50 touch points and interact with real-world objects.

 

 

Starting at around $1,699, though, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon promises to deliver much of the Surface experience at a consumer price. Unlike the original Surface, it is practical to use as a regular Windows 8 all-in-one desktop. Snap in the stand and lay it flat, though, and you can take advantage of a Lenovo app store that includes optimized games and other media-centric apps for the device. They are very much in the spirit of those early Surface apps.

 

 

A good example of how this works is with the classic board game Monopoly, an engaging version of which has been created for the iPad. But putting that same experience on the Horizon really opens it up to multiplayer interaction in a way that the tablet-driven experience cannot. You can see the whole board during everyone's turns. Air hockey comes closer to approximating the actual experience (although there was some controller lag in the version shown at CES).

Just as the iPad's larger palette enabled experiences that were either inferior or impossible on the iPhone, the same can be said for Horizon versus the iPad. This is especially true for multiuser experiences, a novelty in the realm of personal touch devices. That said, moving to a device the size of the Horizon forces one to give up the kind of orientation features one takes for granted in today's smartphones and tablets. With Horizon you don't rotate the tablet; you rotate around it.

Horizon is not the first time Lenovo has been led down the sometimes challenging path of creating its own app store; it rolled its own for TV apps when it introduced its Android-based smart TV (not available in the US) at last year's CES. Indeed, yet another challenge that 2007's Surface faced was competing for developer mindshare with Apple's iPhone. But just as modern Windows 8 dockable tablets or convertibles reduce risk for the PC manufacturer by serving as a PC as well as a tablet, Lenovo can fall back on the Horizon's use as a large all-in-one with normal viewing angles and keyboard input if optimized apps don't take off. It's low table stakes for a table PC.

 

 

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/27/pixelsense-without-the-premium/

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5c_9LFbFo

 

 

you DO NOT understand how badly I want this

 

i have absolutely no use for it, but imagine the fun Id have when my lil cousins come round

[Gambino]

Didn't even know Gaming was banned in China but apparently they are thinking about lifting the ban on consoles. 

[Mic Man]

What? Is that why They have arcades which have 10 storys and shit

[Gambino]

Should of rephrased that right. Gaming wasn't banned but dedicated "Gaming Consoles" were. For the past 12 years nobody has been able to buy a PS3 or XBox there.

[Skola]

thats nuts

[FinalBawse]

Thats why all them man are the sickest at starcraft, warcraft and other such MMOs

[gattsu]

they aint though

that is Korea

[Kurtis]

[FinalBawse]

Basically