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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Hardware

New MacBooks Use GPU-Accelerated h.264 Video Decoding?

12:45AM Matt Buchanan | The new Nvidia graphics in Apple’s latest notebooks will heavily come into play with Snow Leopard, which will leverage GPUs for parallel processing. But Apple might have already uncorked some of that GPU power: A bunch of MacRumors readers are reporting that the new MacBooks might use GPU acceleration to tear through h.264 video decoding, greatly reducing the strain on the CPU. More »
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Hardware

Apple to Add QuickTime Decoding Hardware to Product LIne?

11:58PM Mark Wilson | Pure rumour and speculation, but Silicon Alley Insider is reporting a tip they’ve received stating that Apple will be adding “QuickTime encoding/decoding chips built into their products.” Just like MPEG2 decoders that specifically deal with DVD playback, these chips would presumably handle MPEG4 only, the H.264 codec behind Apple’s core video technologies. Does it make sense? Well, yes and no. More »
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Gadgets

Instant Hot Tub? Just Add Water and Quicklime

11:40PM Addy Dugdale | This is how you make a hot tub, hillbilly style. Three guys from the prairies of Illinois turned an old stock tank sitting in the open air into a jacuzzi, and heated it up using quicklime, that scary caustic stuff that burns your skin off if you’re not too careful. A video of how they did it, using gas masks, tin baths and a lot of ingenuity, is after the jump. More »
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