Archivi giornalieri: 11/04/2012
Google+ gets a major update, simpler UI and heavier focus on Hangouts (video)
Google isn’t quite calling it version 2.0, but today’s update to its flagship social product is just that. As with most Mountain View projects, the new Google+ will rollout gradually, but as it does it may just lure back some of those who jumped ship early on. The UI has been greatly streamlined with a customizable ribbon of shortcuts on the left and your buddy list moved to the right. The main interface has been tidied up quite a bit and a new focus has been placed on one of the universally beloved features of the beleaguered social network — Hangouts. The video chat party lines will be getting their own dedicated home page too, allowing you to quickly peruse any Hangouts that are available to you. Even profiles are getting a dramatic facelift with larger photos and Sparks have officially been retired in favor of an Explore tab. Perhaps most welcome though is the enhanced multimedia sharing. To see all the fancy new features in action check out the videos after the break. And, of course, let us know if you’re seeing the shiny new layout on your end — we’re still waiting on Google to flip the switch for us.
New Steel Battalion : Heavy Armour Gameplay Trailer (video)
Capcom has released a new video showing a little more of the destruction and violence you can expect to play out in their new Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor game that will be launching in June.
The new Capcom Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor game takes place in 2082 after the world has been devastated by a silicon-eating microbe. That’s has left the world lacking in computer technology.
Your mission in the game is to control Vertical Tanks, which are now the United States military primary attack force. The Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor game has been specifically designed by Capcom to be played with Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller, and will be arriving on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 on June 22nd.
You can check out the control aspects for the new Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor game in the earlier video released by Capcom in out previous post.
Source: Destructoid
Zotac Unveils New Intel 7-Series Mini-ITX Boards
Zotac has unveiled a pair of new Intel 7 Series Mini-ITX boards this week in the form of the Zotac Z77-ITX WiFi and H77-ITX WiFi. Both boards have been designed to support LGA1155 3rd-generation and 2nd-generation Intel chips and are also Intel HD 2500/4000-ready. Which can be supported by 2 x DDR3-1600 DIMM slots (up to 16GB).
Both boards are equipped with dual Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity, with PCI Express x16, capable of PCI Express 3.0 speeds with 3rd generation Intel processors.
Together with dedicated mSATA slot for lightning-fast SSDs, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, SATA 6.0 Gb/s and SATA 3.0 Gb/s. 2 x HDMI & 1 x mini-DisplayPort outputs Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International explains:
“ZOTAC is the global innovator when it comes to mini-ITX mainboards. We continue to push the performance envelope with mini-ITX to rival much larger systems,” “The latest Intel Ivy Bridge processors paired with our ZOTAC Intel® 7-series mini-ITX mainboards make an unbeatable performance combination without sacrificing energy-efficiency.”
Unfortunately no information on pricing or worldwide availability has been released as yet. For full specifications jump over to the Zotac website.
Source: Hot Hardware
Eizo Showcasing Its $35,000 4k LCD Monitor At NAB 2012
At NAB 2012 later this month from April 14th – 19th Eizo will be showcasing their latest high resolution monitor, that features a 4k display, sporting a resolution of 4,096 x 2,160 pixels.
The massive 36.4 inch Eizo FDH3601 monitor will deliver 10-bit colours, together with a 100 percent sRGB coverage in colour gamut as well as a “perfect smooth tone reproduction across the screen” say Eizo.
Other features of the Eizo FDH3601 monitor include a 16-bit lookup table supporting up to 278 trillion colours. Together with a maximum brightness of 700 cd/m2, and contrast ratio of 1,000:1 with a response time of 8 ms.
But as you might expect all this cutting edge technology and massive screen resolution come at a price, and in this case thats around $35,700.
Source: Toms Hardware
Stranezze “sessuali” di un portiere a FIFA 12
L’istinto può prendere il sopravvento sulla ragione in certi momenti, e questo può succedere anche durante una partita di calcio a Fifa 12.
Dopo essere stato lasciato dalla propria fidanzata, si è trovato ad affrontare una brutta crisi esistenziale che lo ha portato a un lungo periodo di “astinenza”. Durante la partita in questione però ha deciso di dare libero sfogo alle proprie emozioni con l’attaccante della squadra avversaria, il tutto sotto lo sguardo attoniti di tutti i giocatori in campo…..
Ovviamente stiamo scherzando, godetevi il video.
Final Cut Pro X si aggiorna alla versione 10.0.0.4
Completamente riprogettato, Final Cut Pro X è la nuova versione del noto software professionale di editing video made in Apple. Unisce velocità, qualità e flessibilità ad una serie di comandi e funzioni veramente intuitive ed adatte anche a coloro che per la prima volta si avvicinano ad un programma di editing. Dopo i primi malcontenti dei vari professionisti l’applicazione ha ricevuto non pochi aggiornamenti che l’hanno resa sempre più stabile e completa.
Refreshed Roku HD spotted in stores, drops the 2 but adds some purple flair
That purple-striped Roku HD seen skulking about the FCC last month has now been observed in the wild by our friend Dave Zatz. It’s apparently on shelves now, with all the features of the box recently introduced as the Roku 2 HD, but without the 2. As he muses, Roku may be taking a “new iPad” style naming approach to its hardware going forward, a theory supported by the support site listing where it’s already elbowed out the old Roku 2 HD. As far as differences, it’s mostly the same with the exception of full size composite outputs around that should make it more friendly to HD-less environments, while the Bluetooth (for the optional gaming remote) and microSD slot options have been eliminated. We’ve heard from Roku that this refreshed model has a slightly larger footprint due to those composite jacks, but will stay at the same price of $59.99.
Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix
After the Flashback / Flashfake Mac trojan was exposed by Russian site Dr. Web, Apple has finally responded by publishing a support page about the issue and promising a fix. If you haven’t heard by now, the malware exploits a flaw in the Java Virtual Machine, which Oracle pushed a fix for back in February, but Apple didn’t patch until a botnet consisting of as many as 650,000 Macs was identified on March 4th. Antivirus maker Kaspersky has confirmed the earlier findings, and released a free tool affected users can run to remove the trojan from their computers. Other than the update already delivered for computers running OS 10.6 and 10.7 Apple recommends users on 10.5 and earlier disable Java in their browser preferences. What isn’t mentioned however, is when its fix is incoming or any timetable on its efforts with international ISPs to cut off the IP addresses used by the network. This is not the first timeMacs have fallen prey to malware and as their market share grows will likely not be the last, so don’t think just opting for OS X is automatically keeping you a step ahead security-wise. Check the links below for more information about what the malware does, and how to get rid of it.
YouTube gives live video streamers better production tools, ways to make money
It’s been about a year since YouTube took the betatag off of its live video streams and to celebrate it’s flipping the switch on a few new features. One major way to pull in better content is to allow its publishers to profit from it, and now they can either by charging viewers pay-per-view-style or through instream ads. On the backend they have improvements like a guided flow to follow before events go live and real time data breaking down their viewership by geography and format. Finally, Google is also provided Wirecast for YouTube Live free of charge, a bit of software that it says allows partners to do all the production (capture, switching between sources, live effects and overlays and more) necessary for “professional looking” live events. There’s more information available after the break, but as long as this means we never have to see another jump cut vlog then we’re all for it.
iTunes 11 With Improved iCloud And iOS 6 In The Works
According to the guys over at 9 to 5 Mac, Apple are working on a new version of iTunes, iTunes 11, which will come with support for iOS 6 and also improved iCloud integration.
iTunes 11 is reported to feature much improved iCloud integration with a centralized place for users to control all iCloud features within iTunes, which will include iTunes Match, iTunes in the Cloud, iCloud iOS devices backup and more.
Also discovered was the support for iOS 6, which will be the next major release of Apple’s mobile software for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, there are no details as yet on when we may see iTunes 11 and iOS 6 released.
Source 9 To 5 Mac
Resident Evil 6 Leaked Trailer Reveals October 2nd Launch Date (video)
A new trailer has been leaked for the upcoming Resident Evil 6 game which now reveals that the launch date may be October 2nd 2012. The leaked Capcom trailer via NeoGAF shows that the launch date has now been moved forward from the proposed 20th November 2012 to the new October 2nd 2012 date.
The new Resident Evil 6 game currently in development will feature a newly designed control system allowing players to shoot whilst moving; slide; roll in any direction and to take cover along with an enhanced melee attack at their disposal.
Back in February Capcom revealed a few more details about their new game together with a trailer which you can view here Resident Evil 6 if you missed it. Enjoy!
Source: Eurogamer
LG D1L Android Smartphone With 4.7 Inch Display Coming In May?
It looks like LG is preparing to launch a new Android smartphone which the company is hoping will take on Samsung’s new Galaxy S III smartphone which is also expected to be announced in May.
The device is called the LG D1L and it is expected to feature a 4.7 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and processing will be provided by a dual core 1.5GHz Krait processor plus an Adreno 225 GPU.
The LG D1L will also come with 3G and LTE connectivity and it is expected to be launched in May and will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.
Source New Launches, GSM Arena
Mass Effect 3 : Resurgence Pack Trailer (video)
Mass Effect 3 gamers looking forward to the launch of the Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack arriving today. Might be interested in this latest video trailer released by BioWare showing a glimpse of what you can expect from the Mass Effect 3: Resurgence Pack today. Gamers in Europe will be able download the content on April 11th.
From today Mass Effect 3 owners can now download the first multiplayer expansion Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack for free.
Which adds new unlockable content: deadly weapons, new consumables, and powerful characters for each class in multiplayer, including the Asari Justicar, Batarian, Geth, and Krogan Battlemaster. As well as adding to new maps, called Firebase Condor and Firebase Hydra to the mix.
- Firebase Condor – A warzone outpost located on one of Palaven’s moons, Firebase Condor represents a crucial asset in the defense of the Turian homeworld, providing the beleaguered turian fleet with a place to refuel and repair. Its loss could grant the Reapers unparalleled access to the Inner Council Theatre.
- Firebase Hydra – Firebase Hydra is located in an old abandoned Quarian colony which humans took over when they originally settled the world of Ontarom. It has since been converted into a massive dam facility which powers the communications hub located at Firebase Dagger and the kinetic barrier which protects it. Without this critical power source, Systems Alliance communications within the entire theatre would go dark.
For more details on the new Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack jump over to the BioWare website.
Source: Bioware
