Borrowing a marketing idea from Nintendo, the Zii platform – pronounced like zee – is system-on-a-chip processor technology that essentially hands the intelligence of the CPU over to software. Creative calls this concept “stemcell computing” which is a name that’s sure to remind people of the debate over stemcell research. Yet, the idea is sound and makes sense for a company that has struggled to keep up with Apple in terms of entertainment devices. In fact, ZiiLabs is a new company created with 3DLabs to promote scalability in hardware design. A new processor could be smaller than your fingernail, run at 10 gigaflops, yet uses less power than modern processors. At the Creative booth, we witnessed several demostrations including a cool 3D virtualization environment that looked like something that would run on a PlayStation 3.
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Trusted Site To Help Stop Hijacks
It’s fairly easy for hackers to intercept data flowing between a computer and a website. It’s a great way for them to steal personal data such as passwords and account numbers, especially in places like Wi-Fi hotspots – and those who’ve been hacked don’t even know it’s happening.
But that might become a thing of the past, thanks to a trio of US researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. They’ve developed the idea of sites designated as trusted “notaries,” the BBC reports.
Special software compares responses from the trusted sites and tells users if it appears that their data is being intercepted.
MIT Developing $100 Laptops for Children
“It’s a grand idea and a daunting challenge: to create rugged, Internet- and multimedia-capable laptop computers at a cost of $100 apiece.
The laptops would be mass-produced in orders of no smaller than 1 million units and bought by governments, which would distribute them.”
The affordable laptops would use a freely distributed version of Linux, a 12-inch LCD display and would be charged via a hand-crank. They will also have built in WiFi and even USB ports.
Read more at CNN
Syntax Launches 26-Inch Olevia LCD TV
Syntax will showcase its new “iDEA” technology at DisplaySearch’s US FPD 2005 conference.
Syntax’s iDEA (Innovative Digitally Enhanced Architecture), a highly integrated System-On-a-Chip, delivers an exceptional solution to digital display complexities commonly associated with color, contrast, sharpness, motion and noise. Through a suite of iDEA’s built-in and user-selectable features, the new 26-inch Olevia LCD TV, as well as Syntax’s future models, achieves crisp, clear pictures with precise colors and sharp resolution.
Syntax’s iDEA technology includes four pre-configured image quality features for a premium HDTV cinematic video experience:
DVD, CD Labels To Carry FBI Warnings
FBI officials said the idea was conceived jointly by the agency’s cyber crime division and representatives of the entertainment and software industries, who claim they’ve lost billions of dollars due to digital piracy.
Read more at CNN.com.
