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Cyanogen squeezes Android 2.2 Froyo into G1, MyTouch 3G

Earlier this evening, we took the plunge -- now, we're rocking Froyo on our old-and-busted T-Mobile G1. That's because Cyanogen's team of ROM hackers has come through once again for the little handset that could, serving early adopters with HTC Dream and Magic phones (as well as the Nexus One) with the first fully-functioning, stable build of CyanogenMod 6. Based on Google's famous frozen yogurt , the release candidate's got more fabulous tweaks than you can shake a stick at, but sadly doesn't seem to include Flash 10.1 , and though WiFi and the camera are working great (as well as SurfaceFlinger and Chrome to Phone ) many would-be shoppers in the Android Market are finding themselves faced with the dreaded force close. As usual, you'll find instructions at the source link if you understand the risks -- if you're not careful, you can easily brick your phone. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Cyanogen squeezes Android 2.2 Froyo into G1, MyTouch 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Single Sapphire Graphics Card Powers Multi-Monitor 3D Gaming [3D]

Gaming with goggles? Haven't tried it just yet, though I hear it's coming in our uncomfortable, slightly expensive futures. 3D PC gaming ? Even more obscure to me, although Sapphire's single card setup sounds multi-monitor cool. More
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Sapphire makes multi-monitor 3D gaming a reality with a single video card

Multi-monitor gaming is hardly uncommon these days, but 3D gaming on the PC is, well, decidedly less common. Perhaps it will be the merging of the two immersive approaches that finally gets 3D going on the PC, and Sapphire is showing that it's possible. A single ATI-based Sapphire graphics card with Eyefinity support powered these three Zalman Trimon 3D displays , which use simple (and cheap) polarized glasses to make those boomers in Left4Dead really pop . No word on the overall cost of the system, but we'd hazard a guess it wouldn't be significantly higher than a triple-monitor setup woefully stuck in just two dimensions. Sapphire makes multi-monitor 3D gaming a reality with a single video card originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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ATI Radeon HD 5570 fills the last remaining gap in DirectX 11 empire

ATI seems to be so enamored with its 40nm DirectX 11 Evergreen chips that at this point it's bringing out new graphics cards just to remind us of how awesome its technology is. Slotting in between the $100 HD 5670 and $50 HD 5450 , the new Radeon HD 5570 will predictably retail at around $75 to $80, with up to 1GB of onboard GDDR3, a 650MHz core clock speed, and a thrifty 43W power budget under full load. Reviewers were big fans of its performance relative to the HD 5450 -- nearly doubling it in some cases -- but still struggled to recommend this as a better value for gamers than the only marginally more expensive HD 5670. Then again, the low profile card, single-slot cooler, and minimal power requirements make the 5570 an absolute gem for HTPC or SFF setups, so whether you're in that particular market or just curious, we recommend you check out the full reviews below. Read - HotHardware Read - AnandTech Read - HardOCP Read - Legit Reviews ATI Radeon HD 5570 fills the last remaining gap in DirectX 11 empire originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Acer Aspire One Ao751h 11.6" Led Netbook 2gb/250gb new

Brand New Acer Aspire One AO751h 11.6inch High Definition LED Backlit Display Netbook PC Diamond Black, Ruby Red, Seashell White, Sapphire Blue (1.3GHz Intel Atom Z520, Mobile Intel US15W Express Chipset, 11.6" HD WXGA Acer CrystalBrite LED backlit Display, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 2048MB DDR2, SDRAM Single Channel Memory, 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), Multi in 1 Digital Media Card Reader, Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi Fi CERTIFIED, Integrated Acer Crystal Eye Webcam, Dol
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XFX Radeon HD 5870 Seen in All Its Might

The site Videokonsolu has posted some pictures and benchmarks of XFX Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards - let’s check it out. Just like Sapphire HD 5870, XFX HD 5870 is based on reference design, and packs the following specs: 40nm RV870 GPU 1600 stream processors 1GB/2GB GDDR5 memory 256-bit memory interface Core/Memory clock of 850/1200MHz (4800MHz DDR) 2.72 TeraFLOP 27W when idel and
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