VW Scirocco transformed into virtual simulator

A couple of gaming nerds managed to take a standard VW Scirocco and weaved some engineering magic into it, transforming it into a virtual simulator. All major controls in the car such as the steering wheel, gas and brake pedals, and gear stick have been attached to the in-game controls for that added touch of [...]

iPhone OS 4 Beta 2 Offers A Nice Multitasking Animation

Apple has released the iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 2 to developers yesterday, and while it does offer API improvements, increased performance and bug fixes, one of the more notable changes will be the faster and smoother animation when switching among apps using multitasking. The transition itself is smooth and pretty, which should be quite pleasant [...]

LintAlert could prevent potential fires

According to the US Fire Administration, by 40 clothes dryers catch fire in the U.S. each day, where the combined fires from clothes dryers among 2002 and 2004 resulted in around 15,600 structure fires, fifteen deaths, 400 injuries, and US$99 million in direct property damage. One the of the main reasons? Lint. that seemingly harmless [...]

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac screenshot spotted

BGR has gotten a handful of screenshots of the upcoming Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, and one can clearly notice the progress made in the transition to native Cocoa applications. Outlook for Mac as seen above does look delectable, and we are certain many of you are impatient for the real deal to hit the [...]

RIM Scheduled Maintenance For North American BlackBerry Users

RIM has been busy sending out scheduled maintenance notifications to admins and carriers as the folks behind the ever popular BlackBerry are preparing to roll out BIS 3.0 to North American users. While you can expect there to be a bit of turbulence, hopefully it won’t affect too many humans, as most folks should be [...]

NVIDIA Optimus achieves goal of seamless GPU transition

After the NVIDIA Optimus teaser was posted in early January, there was some speculation about what it was, but we now have first-hand knowledge: NVIDIA Optimus is an architecture for multi-GPU computers (typically integrated + discrete) that allows the operating system to seamlessly switch amidst integrated and discrete graphics. The goal is to use the [...]

Nokia drops S60 for Maemo (updated: not happening)

Could the Symbian S60 operating system be dying a slow but certain death? That is what most folks would think with word going around, stating that Nokia will include Maemo on all of its flagship N Series smartphones down the road instead of the old faithful, Symbian S60. It won’t be instant though, but gradual [...]

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