Archive for the 'Gadget Corner' Category
Darkworks SDK transforms 2D games into 3D games, no 3D TV required
Well, wouldn’t you know it? 3D seems to be the topic of conversation here at GDC , and Paris-based Darkworks is making a splash by announcing the availability of its TriOviz for Games SDK. In short, that magical software concoction is a post-process effect that allows standard 2D games to be transfo…
JooJoo hits the FCC, reveals NVIDIA Ion, 3G card
Well well. We’d always suspected that the JooJoo tablet was hiding something additional to run HD video and Flash, and it’s just hit the FCC with full documentation and a teardown confirming that there’s an NVIDIA Ion GPU paired with an Atom N270 packed inside. We’re plus seeing a 3G card in there,…
PlayStation Move: everything you ever wanted to know
Sony dropped a lot of knowledge on us yesterday, at faraway last replacing rampant speculation with some cold hard facts — and even a name! — for its new PlayStation motion controller. The PlayStation Move is being described as a “platform” and a “virtual console launch” by folks at Sony, and we …
DARPA looking to develop iPhone and Android apps, App Store
Sure, in the past we’ve got a hearty chuckle out of initiatives that involved Redfly terminals and Clippy variants, but the question remains: how can we get cutting-edge tech into the hands of soldiers faster? We’ve recently come across some RFIs for DARPA projects aimed at developing apps and an A…
HTC Incredible out in the wild once more, Verizon color scheme alive and well
Android Forums is alight today with fresh HTC Incredible chatter — a phone every Android fan on Verizon is desperately waiting for — and we’ve managed to glean a few more pictures and possible specs out of the mess. It looks like we can expect a half gig of RAM with about 320MB available (roughly…
Novothink rolls out Solar Surge iPhone / iPod touch charging case
It’s not November ‘09 as originally promised, but Novothink has now announced that its Solar Surge charging cases for the iPhone and iPod touch are finally available. Those will run $79.95 for the iPhone 3G/3GS version and $69.95 for the iPod touch version (second gen only, it seems), which are eac…
Barnes & Noble promises B&N eReader app for iPad near launch
Need a bit more evidence that the e-book download business is a whole lot different than the music download business? thereupon look no further than Barnes & Noble, which has just announced that it plans to build its B&N eReader app available for the Apple iPad “around the time” of the devi…
