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XFX intros GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics cards (CIOL)
MUMBAI, INDIA: XFX has released the GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card for the gaming world. It comes with PhysX technology that transforms the overall gaming experience with realistic facial movements, weather effects and explosions.

Recent Original Stories (New Mobile Computing)
Reuters reports that Nvidia shares climbed more than 8 percent on Wednesday amid speculation the graphics chipmaker could be acquired by Intel. "Investors have been speculating that Nvidia might be acquired since July, when AMD agreed to buy Nvidia rival ATI Technologies Inc. for USD 5.4 billion.

Silicon Graphics Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . The press release sugarcoats: (New Mobile Computing)
"Silicon Graphics today announced that it has reached an agreement with all of its Senior Secured bank lenders and with holders of a significant amount of its Senior Secured debt on the terms of a reorganization plan that will reduce its debt by approximately $250 million, greatly simplifying its capital structure."

Intel introduces laptop chips to challenge AMD (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Intel rolled out a new batch of chips for laptops that promise longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against feisty smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices.

Harper artistry soars in calendar, books (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
"The Art of Charley Harper" 2009 wall calendar is the latest in an array of items featuring Harper's breezy graphics.

Review: (The Capital)
SEATTLE - A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design.

Apple?s (New York Times)
press conference on Wednesday. Lots of rumors about updating the top of the iPod line, which hasn?t been refreshed in quite a while, mixing in some brew of fancy graphics, Wi-Fi and interactivity. Apple wants something sexy to sell at Christmas at a lower price than an iPhone.

by (Staff) on Fri 16th Dec 2005 19:23 UTC in reply to " RE: It's about time " (New Mobile Computing)
For clarification, graphics *drivers* have always run in the kernel in Win32 systems: the question is how much of GDI/other GUI stuff has run in kernel space, and what percentage of what's currently being done by a graphics driver in kernel space was done in user space.

Email Reveals Nvidia and ATI Colluded to Inflate Graphics Card Prices [Hosed] (Gizmodo)
A graphics card card can cost you almost as much as a bona fide Batman gadget, especially when you get up to ridiculous amounts of power and performance, but that ludicrous price is actually less...

Recent Original Stories (OS News)
The founder of the Open Graphics Project writes: "Good design and usability are very important. I haven't paid enough attention to the discussions between Linus and GNOME developers, so I can't address it directly. But what I can say is that a learning curve is not a bad thing.

 

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