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Ion – a tiny Media PC from Nvidia

First of all, the new thing about it isn’t its size, but its ability to work together with on Atom CPU from Intel. That’s not usual, since there’s been only one chip-set available so far, which is design to work with on Atom CPU, and that’s Intel’s 945GM. Now the GeForce 9400M chip-set will be [...]

NVIDIA’s VDPAU Driver, Version 180.16 – Hardware Acceleration for HD content (H.264) with major improvements.

I’ve just downloaded the latest NVIDIA 180.16 driver from 12th December, 2008 and tested it. x86: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.16-pkg1.run x86_64: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.16-pkg2.run mplayer:mplayer-vdpau-3219724.tar.bz2 Follow the intructions here if you like to install NVIDIA’s Beta driver on a Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). NVIDIA writes in the mplayer’s README.txt:

We’re not there yet: xine-lib-1.2, VDPAU, and VDR 1.7.x (H.264/HDTV)

[UPDATE]Read here, how to install VDR on Karmic Koala with Binary Packages.[/UPDATE] I’m running a patched VDR 1.7.0 with a SkyStar HD (with the Technotrend DVB S2 3200 driver), a svn xine-lib-1.2 and the H264 capable vdr-xine plugin fron Mr. Nissl. (See here the whole thread). Actually there are two ways to run VDR 1.7 [...]

KOGAN AGORA MOBILE PHONE FEATURING ANDROID ™ – The iPhone killer?

Saw yesterday pictures of an upcoming mobile phone with Android. And read and saw amazed the specs and pictures of this device. Especially the prize took me by surprise. $299 Australian Dollar. The new KOGAN AGORA offers: 2.5-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen. Integrated QWERTY keyboard. High-speed 3G network connection. One-Touch Google Search ™. Easy Web [...]

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