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Mobile

The Galaxy Nexus Outperforms The iPhone 4S

2:00PM November 21, 2011 | Brent Rose

Like we weren’t excited about the Galaxy Nexus enough already. The crew at AnandTech has been busily benchmarking Android’s new flagship against Apple’s top performer. The results? The Galaxy Nexus is the new king of the hill in some key areas. More »

Gaming

Carmack On AMD Vs Intel, iOS Vs Android

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11:27AM August 24, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Tom’s Guide has an excellent (and very lengthy) interview with John Carmack that avoids simply spruiking the upcoming Rage running on iD’s new iD Tech 5 game engine and instead discusses more general computing topics. Carmack’s not pulling too many punches, either. More »

Science

The Map Of Human Impact On Planet Earth

6:20AM July 1, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This visualisation of Earth – made by anthropologist Félix Pharand – shows urban areas, shipping routes, global roads and air networks. It gives a very good idea on how big our species’ physical impact on the planet really is. More »

Geek Out

Can You Fall In Love With This Beautiful Girl?

12:34AM June 24, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is Eguchi Aimi. She’s the latest of the Japanese pop group AKB48 and a very lovely girl. But Eguchi Aimi is not what she seems. This Sunday, she shocked all her fans revealing her dark secret. You’ve to watch this. More »

Entertainment

12,500 CPU Cores Were Required To Render Cars 2

1:00AM June 21, 2011 | Adrian Covert

As usual, Pixar is pushing boundaries when it comes to the CGI in Cars 2. Making the film required a render farm containing 12,500 CPU cores. And on average, it took 11.5 hours to render a single frame. [CNET]

Online

In So Many Words, Microsoft Calls WebGL The Devil

2:36AM June 18, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Microsoft officially hates WebGL. They say the HTML5-supported graphics technology, which allows for 3D graphics in browsers without the need for special plugins, overexposes computer hardware to potential attacks on the internet. More »

Computing

How Fast Is The New iMac’s Graphics Card?

3:24AM May 6, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

The stock graphics card in the new Thunderbolt-y iMacs is AMD’s Radeon HD 6970M, in 1GB or 2GB flavours. How powerful is it? More »

Computing

New AMD Video Cards Plays Call Of Duty: BlackOps For Under $US100

10:04AM April 20, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

A hundred bucks isn’t what it used to be. It won’t get you a new pair of Jordans or take you halfway to buying your way out of a Union army conscription. But it’ll buy you a half-decent video card. More »

Gaming

33 Pitstops Towards The Uncanny Valley

2:20AM March 18, 2011 | Brian Barrett

MaximumPC takes a close look at how virtual representations of ourselves – or more specifically, of the video game bad guy versions of ourselves – have evolved since the days of Wolfenstein 3D’s clunky Nazis. It’s part “walk down memory lane”, part “we did all that in 20 years?”, and entirely worth your time. [MaximumPC]

Computing

Hellbeast: AMD Radeon HD 6990 Performance Preview

12:56AM March 9, 2011 | Loyd Case - MaximumPC

AMD’s dual GPU cards have come a long way in the past several years. The original Radeon HD 3870 was noisy, ran hot and didn’t always perform up to snuff. Since then, AMD’s Catalyst Driver suite has substantially improved the performance and breadth of CrossFire-supported games. More »