Flooded Thais Seek Refuge in Prefab Concrete Infrastructure
Architizer is a blog dedicated to the past, present and future of architectural design. They scour the internet finding the best/coolest/weirdest structures people crawl around in. Today they look at the makeshift homes of Thailand flood victims. Last week, Japanese earthquake victims began settling into a neighborhood of new temporary housing complexes in Miyagi. The…
Sandy Bridge-E Benchmarked: Intel Retains the Performance Crown
Intel’s new Sandy Bridge-E chip reigns supreme—and we have the charts to prove it. True performance enthusiasts have had a very difficult choice this past year. Go for maximum core and thread count using an older core microarchitecture, or cheap out and get almost the same (or better) performance in most apps and games using…
Improve Internet TV, Win a $2,500 Sony Prize Package
Calling all developers, free thinkers and lovers of money. Have you ever tried apps on an internet-accessible TV-like the Sony® Internet TV powered by Google TV™-and just wanted more? While built-in Twitter, Pandora and Netflix apps keep us busy for hours, there’s always room for greater innovation and more functionality-and that’s where you come in.…
