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Comment you'd need to get one anyway (Score 1) 240

It seems that the motherboard manufacturers are holding out when it comes to incorporating much-needed I/O features. Consider the following:

- USB 3.1 Gen2 Type A and C
- Thunderbolt 3
- M.2 Gen 3 x4
- U.2

Unless you are willing to shell out top dollars for the top-of-the line Z170 series boards by Gigabyte or Asus, you can't get those features. It seems that they think that only gamers need these features, and Z170 chipset is all about overclocking.

Intel 200 series boards will start appearing in CES 2017. Hopefully lower-priced / non-OC boards would have these features and new system builders will pair them with a kaby lake cpu anyway. What's the alternative?

In a bizarre turn of events, old USB 3.0 has been renamed USB 3.1 gen 1, and the newfangled USB C can be plain old USB 3.0, 3.1 or Thunderbolt. So now you have cables that look the same, but perform very differently.

Comment laptops with accurate colors (Score 3, Informative) 504

by fbhua (#26649059) Attached to: Photog Rob Galbraith Rates MacBook Pro Display "Not Acceptable"

If any of you are looking for laptops for serious color accurate work then you might be interested in this article:

http://www.markzware.com/blogs/top-5-laptops-for-displaying-color-gamut/2008/10/14/

As someone said before, it's a niche market. Color accurate work is usually done in a S-IPS / S-PVA panel based display which has been professionally calibrated using a hardware colormeter. If money is no concern, check it the top of the line products by Eizo or the HP Dreamcolor series. At the bottom end (but still quite decent) is the HP LP2475w. However, you'll have to add a hardware colormeter to your budget.
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Slashdot's Disagree Mail 135

Posted by samzenpus from the they-keep-coming dept.
This installment of Disagree Mail highlights a man's concern about illegal cloning in the Hollywood community, a guy who is sick of US imperialism and his low karma, and an example of the kind of people you don't want as roommates in college. Read below to find out just how crazy, angry and irresponsible it gets.
Robotics

The World's Heaviest Robot 142

Posted by timothy from the or-at-least-r/c-truck dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "This distinction goes to a future autonomous version of the 700-tons Caterpillar mining truck. In this article, Discovery News reports that Caterpillar engineers and computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to develop this autonomous truck. Japan-based Komatsu has already delivered autonomous mining trucks to its customers, but these are smaller than the Caterpillar ones. Both companies are transforming their trucks into 'robots' for three reasons. Improvements in safety, efficiency and productivity will reduce costs and increase availability."
Music

Your Computer As Your Singing Coach 127

Posted by timothy from the but-my-computer-already-is-my-singing-coach dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Israeli researchers have developed an electronic ear to coach vibrato technique. Until now, the quality of a vibrato — the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice — could only be judged by voice experts. Now, a Tel Aviv University research team 'has successfully managed to train a computer to rate vibrato quality, and has created an application based on biofeedback to help singers improve their technique.' Interestingly, this research could be used for other applications, such as improving automated help centers, where computers could be trained 'to recognize a range of different emotions, such as anger and nervousness.'"
Wireless Networking

Google a "Happy Loser" In Spectrum Auction 162

Posted by kdawson from the status-quo-pretty-much-ante dept.
Large cell service providers won almost all of the licenses in the recently concluded FCC spectrum auction. Google didn't get any and won't be entering the wireless business. Verizon Wireless was the big winner, laying out $9.4 billion for enough regional licenses in the "C" block to stitch together nationwide coverage, except for Alaska. On this spectrum Verizon will have to allow subscribers to use any compatible wireless device and run any software application they want. AT&T paid $6.6 billion, Qualcomm picked up a few licenses, and Paul Allen's Vulcan Spectrum LLC won a pair of licenses in the "A" block. One analyst called Google a "happy loser" because it got the openness it had pushed for. The AP's coverage does some more of the numbers.

Solar Boat To Cross the Atlantic 190

Posted by kdawson from the sun-and-sea dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes, "A group from Switzerland will soon attempt the first Atlantic crossing in a solar-powered boat. This ship, named SUN21, is a 14-meter-long catamaran able to sleep 5 or 6 persons. The goal is to leave Seville, Spain, in December 2006 and to reach ports in Florida and New York in the spring of 2007. This boat will achieve its 7,000-mile trip at a speed of 5-6 knots, about the speed of a sailing yacht, by using photovoltaic cells and without burning a single gallon of fuel. The consortium behind this project wants to demonstrate that the time has come for solar boats." The boat will cost about $556,000 to build and it will be for sale at some point after its crossing.

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