Posted 04/30/2009 at 08:47:43pm

You do realize that the chips Apple are looking to design are likely for the future iPhone revisions, right?  I mean, the article doesn't mention that much (it only mentions they are looking for engineers of multi-use chips for cell phones), but that's what people on tech sites have been talking about for a couple of months now.  They're looking to use their own chips so they can have more control over their device and specifically to improve battery life. 

Also, for those who don't know, Apple has always used its own hardware (except when they authorized some clones under John Sculley).  What they have never used is their own chips.  They started with Motorola, moved to IBM's PowerPC platform, and finally abandoned it for Intel.  Oddly enough, the PowerPC architecture is still good enough Sony's PS3, and ironically, Xbox360.  

Posted 04/17/2009 at 11:49:20am

Holy crap!  The microwave power plant from SimCity 2 & 3 approaches reality!  And they were close about when it would become available too (2020)!  I guess fusion power is on track for 2050 then.  Let's just hope the satellite can't misfire like it could in SimCity and fry some parts of California. 

Posted 12/03/2007 at 10:15:08pm

It's Activision that publishes Guitar Hero and Crash Bandicoot and Vivendi that owns Blizzard and World of Warcraft.

Posted 05/31/2007 at 01:48:19am

That looks like World of Warcraft to me. I'm afraid I can STILL recognize it anywhere now, even in Linux.

Posted 05/18/2007 at 03:55:14pm

I think most high quality Cat 5e runs can run gigabit speeds without an issue. Since this installation is brand new and looks pretty professional in staying away from power sources and other inteference, I don't think he would have a problem running gigabit if he wanted. Also, even multimedia streaming works pretty well at 100mbps.