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Rumor: Toys R Us Black Friday deals leaked {Joystiq}
Nov 16th 2009 9:40AM Anyone else a bit underwhelmed by these "leaked" black friday specials?
Ask Engadget HD: How do I get the best audio from my PS3, without HDMI? {Engadget HD}
Nov 13th 2009 10:43AM @Will
Most 7.1 amps have analog inputs. Some blu-ray players decode the 7.1 formats and output them via analog.
Unfortunately, the PS3 only outputs digital audio for surround, so HDMI is the only way you'll get 7.1 out of a PS3.
Intel shells out $1.25 billion to settle all AMD litigation {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 11:43AM Grammar, you're reading more into his statement than what he said. And your post is all over the place.
Did you even know what the allegations against intel were?
Product manufacturers can certainly have monopolies. And they can certainly violate anti-competitive laws that were set up to protect the consumers. Companies with majority marketshare can easily choke supply channels so that their vendors have no choice but to agree to exclusivity agreements, but this practice is illegal in America.
There are certain legal IP restrictions preventing other companies from entering the x86 arena. Thus, in order to manufacture an CPU that uses the x86 ISA requires a license from intel. AMD is the only one exempt mostly due to previous licenses and an intel-AMD court settlement in the 90s. That, and the fact that any level of R&D to make a competing product can cost billions, is a barrier for smaller companies to enter that market. Ever heard of Transmeta? Cyrix? Those companies made cheap and capable alternatives to intel chips, yet were easily crushed in the marketplace not due to simple free-market competition, but rather litigation and channel-stuffing.
I would agree that true capitalism is not possible, given that we live in an society where even simple ideas can be patented and given special exclusivity rights. But that's irrelevant to the topic.
Intel shells out $1.25 billion to settle all AMD litigation {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 10:57AM Either you're an idiot, or simply trolling.
It's okay if a company uses its monopoly status so that it can crush competition rather than try to innovate and compete with them? Guess what companies do when they no longer have any competition...
Intel shells out $1.25 billion to settle all AMD litigation {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 10:44AM "Bobcat" is an internal codename for a future AMD chip. It won't be publicly marketed under that name.
Lucid's GPU-mixing HYDRA Engine gets previewed, shows real promise {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 3:37PM @TylerDurden
You have to hack nvidia's drivers to support hardware PhysX if there is an ATI card in the system.
Lucid's GPU-mixing HYDRA Engine gets previewed, shows real promise {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 3:35PM At this point, AMD/ATI will not block it since they have lower marketshare. Nvidia likely will block it, as they have majority marketshare (for discrete graphics cards at least), and have done stuff like this in the past (hardware PhysX is blocked if an ATI card is detected).
Also, keep in mind for those who buy motherboards usually have to choose between CrossFire and SLI (few motherboards support both, but it's usually one or the other). These chipset makers have to pay ATI or nvidia license fees for xfire/sli support. HYDRA may cut into that as well.
Joyswag: Call of Booty: Modern Wardrobe {Joystiq}
Nov 11th 2009 12:57PM Boxers, wife-beater and a fedora.
T-Mobile 7.2Mbps HSPA rolling out now? {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 3:01PM T-Mobile in Orlando is pretty crappy. My friend has a G1 and couldn't get 3G east of 417... sadly that's where I live and work (near the UCF area), so I can't justify switching. I don't know if the recent upgrades help any, but the general consensus is that best provider in Orlando is Verizon.
Unfortunately, I'm stuck on AT&T, which isn't very great down here either.
VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 sure doesn't sound like a boxer {Autoblog}
Nov 6th 2009 9:21AM It is as simple as that. The Toyobaru FT-86 is naturally aspirated, so there really should be no surprise at the lack of rumble. IIRC, the NA subarus have had equal-length headers (and thus no boxer rumble) for a few years now.
If you want to hear the boxer rumble, get a turbo'd version (wrx/sti, LGT, or XT).
Hopefully, the Subaru version of this coupe will have the turbo and rumble. :)
