Apple last week released a new Video Decode Acceleration Framework Reference for GPU acceleration of H.264 video files. A week later, Plex has a hotfix for NVidia 9400M and newer chipsets which will allow the media player to decode 720P and 1080P videos with much less CPU utliization. The code will be incorperated into newer builds soon.
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No sooner do we hear reports Samsung may enter an Android on TV alliance with Google than this wonderful video clip emerges showing us just what you can do with a 42-inch TV, an iPad and an iPhone acting as a remote control.
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What’s the saying? “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”…even if that new friend is also the enemy?
Microsoft, this evening, issued a press release saying that it and HTC had agreed to a broad patent-sharing agreement which would help HTC fight its patent battles (with Apple). But it isn’t just HTC’s Windows Mobile phones that the agreement covers. Microsoft is also specifically covering Google’s Android phones as well.
As we reported earlier, iPad 3G’s were preparing to ship. A few hours later they are shipping. Let us know in the comments your luck OK?. Us? Nada. Update: We just got prepped!
All Things Digital reports that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, will appear on stage at this years D8 Conference. This conference is hosted by the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital and typically interviews well-known executives from major technology and media companies. Steve Jobs will be around a high profile crowd, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft’s very own great speaker, Steve Ballmer.
All Things D will surely be asking Steve about all things iPad, what’s next in the company, and maybe we’ll even speak about that 4th Gen iPhone. Below is a video of Steve at the 2007 D5.
For those wondering, Steve will be speaking June 1st.
Update: People have started to receive their shipment notifications.
We’ve received word that iPad 3G’s are starting the shipment process. As Apple has promised, iPad Pre-Orders will arrive this Friday, April 30. Those who ordered after the deadline will have to wait until May 7. We haven’t heard about any iPad 3G’s shipping out the door as of yet, but being prepared for shipment is a start. We will be sure to update as soon as we hear anything new.
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