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Monday, 21-November-2011 23:11:09 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Arstechnica wonder if a smartphone, in particular the iPhone 4S or Galaxy S II, can replace a real camera. We took a series of subjects in a couple different lighting scenarios: flowers in outdoor lighting, a building at sunset, and some shots in very low indoor lighting at home and at a bar. We'll show you our comparison shots, noting the performance in each case as well as considering what each device was like to carry, pull out, set up, and take each shot.
Samsung meanwhile have unveiled a touch-screen table. The ‘surface’ table is 40 inches and can also feel 50 touches at once. It can also feel pens and pointers where as iPhones currently can only react to finger touch. The full HD screen has a windows PC built into the table and the table is just 4 inches thick. The table screen can also detect objects on the table.
iiNet have aquired TransACT. The acquisition, expected for completion by the end of the month, would provide iiNet with at least 40,000 additional subscribers and major infrastructure components including a hybrid-fibre coaxial network in regional Victoria and a growing fibre-to-the-premises business in Canberra housing estates. There's some suggestion this is part of an "NBN land-grab", but their CEO says it wasn't a factor.
TechSpot have a Skyrim performance test. Based on early estimates, Skyrim has shipped seven million copies worldwide across all platforms, including digital stores such as Steam. During a peak hour last Monday, Valve's platform alone recorded some 287,000 Skyrim players -- greater than the combined peak activity of MW3, Counter-Strike, Football Manger 2012 and Team Fortress 2.
Meanwhile PCPerspective wonder about BF3 performance on laptops. If we’re honest, a lot of our hearts have been stirred simply by the way the game looks. There aren’t many titles that really let a modern mid-range graphics card stretch its legs, even at 1080p resolution. Battlefield 3, however, can be demanding - and it looks beautiful. Even with the presets at medium, it’s one of the most attractive games ever.
Oracle say that HP have been keeping Itanium alive, in "a remake of Weekend at Bernie's". Intel would have ended the product had HP not paid it to do so, according to Oracle, which is facing a lawsuit because its decision to end support "undermined the rationale for paying Intel". HP wants Itanium to continue because its success rate at winning service contracts on non-HP UX systems, like Linux on x86 microprocessors, is much lower than with customers running HP UX systems, Oracle argues.
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