Dirt 3, which is set to be released in North America on 24 May, has received positive reviews around the web. Reports are saying words like "Excellent", "Outstanding" were given to Dirt 3 in all of the early reviews. The game will have more cars, routes and events. It will be available in PC, XBox 360 and Playstation 3.
Source: Fudzilla
Check out the official Dirt 3 Website.
Check out some of the Dirt 3 reviews: GameTrailers, Bit-Tech, IGN.
Electronic Arts recently had a campaign where answering a survey about their company led to a discount code for $20 worth of content from their online store. Over the weekend though, this promotional campaign backfired, as the code was released in a post on Reddit.
Unfortunately for EA, the code wasnt unique; it could be used multiple times, and by multiple users. As a result, over the next 18 hours, hundreds of users downloaded games with a big discount, or in some cases, for free. In total, 44 games, including Mass Effect 1 and FIFA Soccer 12, were available for free by using the code.
EAs button logo
The code was only meant for use within the US and Canada, though a fake US address in the billing section, though breaching the terms of service for EAs store, allowed users worldwide to make use of the code. It is unknown how much money EA lost as a result of the discount code, but one can assume it was enough to cause a bit of frustration.
After the coupon code was disabled, the Reddit post which had originally spread it, instead began showcasing the spoils of what its users had acquired. It is a shame though, that the people who originally took the survey in order to get the code legitimately, will no longer be able to use it.
• RD580 + SB450 chipsets
• HT 2000 MHz
• Dual channel DDR-400
• Dual Gigabit and 10/100 network connections
• 8-channel audio
• 2 PCIe x16 + 2 PCIe x1 + 2 PCI slots
• 8 USB 2.0 + 2 IEEEa ports
• 2 SATA II + 4 SATA ports supporting RAID 0, 1 and eSATA
ELSA has officially announced their workstation barebone series at Computexwhich are equipped with NVIDIA Quadro series graphics cards. Marco Chen, thegeneral manager of ELSA revealed that they are upbeat about their workstationbarebone series and are currently working closely with NVIDIA on providing theQuadro solutions as well as Gigabyte on providing the motherboards. Pricing ofthe Epee series is expected to be very attractive and ELSA aims to tackle theChina market initially.
SINGAPORE, 8 June 2009 — Today, Epsonlaunches theirlatest Full High Definition (HD) 1080p flagship projector, EH-TW5000, which is engineered to offer the best possible home cinema experience.
Equipped with Epson's new D7 panel technology with C²Fine, the EH-TW5000 provides stunning 3LCD picture quality with a ground breaking dynamic contrast ratio of 75,000:1.
The EH-TW5000 reproduces outstanding pictures, whatever the content, with full HD resolution at 1080p. Whether viewing movies, sporting events, digital pictures or playing video games, this projector’s range of features and stylish design will ensure this high quality product is the centrepiece of your big screen home cinema experience.
Incorporating Epson’s innovative 3LCD technology, the EH-TW5000 provides brighter images, more accurate colour reproduction and finer grey scaling. For the first time ever, an amazing dynamic contrast ratio of 75,000:1 has been reached, thanks to the new D7 C²Fine panels, advanced DeepBlack technology and an improved E-TORL lamp to minimise light leakage and ensure jet blacks. Furthermore, Epson’s improved Cinema Filter allows a viewing experience second to none in any lighting environment.
Built with the advanced HQV processor, the EH-TW5000 features a true HD 12-bit video processing and 4-4 pull-down, resulting in stunning picture quality and motion flow. The frame interpolation feature also ensures perfectly smooth video playback; blurring is suppressed and motion pictures are much sharper to offer film-like images. The ISF certification means that the EH-TW5000 can be calibrated by an Epson dealer to ensure the performance of the projector is professionally fine-tuned to suit its environment. Colour isolation calibration is also possible without the need for optical colour filters.
Priced at SGD6,688 (including GST), the Epson EH-TW5000 is now available.
Key Features:
- Home cinema projector ideal for those who desire a premium home cinema experience - Sophisticated and stylish black design
- Full HD 1080p with true high-definition 1920 x 1080p resolution
- Superior image quality with Epson’s 3LCD technology and C²Fine inorganic D7 panel
- Amazing dynamic contrast ratio of 75,000:1 with Epson DeepBlack technology for jet blacks
- High brightness of 1600 ANSI Lumens - Convenient viewing in any light condition with perfect rendering, thanks to the improved Cinema Filter
- HQV video processor to realise clear and sharp motion pictures
- 12-bit video processing, frame interpolation on and 4-4 pull-down for film-like images
- Flexible placement with horizontal/vertical lens shift and 2.1x optical zoom
- Anamorphic wide mode (to use with third party anamorphic lens)
- Connect to a range of input sources including 2 x HDMI version 1.3, YUV and VGA
- x.v. Colour mode for vivid colour reproduction
- ISF calibration menus for professional calibration
- Included cable cover for stylish and neat ceiling mount installation
- Quiet projection of 22db
- Five year warranty (including Saturday visits) on lamp and projector
Seoul, July 31, 2009-- DIOTEK (www.diotek.com), Korea’s leading mobile software company, has released the DioPen™ Cursivehandwriting recognition software for Windows Mobile 5/6-based touch screen devices.
DioPen™ Cursive is a very convenient software product that recognizes cursive handwritings of users and converts them into characters to input into devices. This product boasts high recognition rate for various cursive handwritings of Americans and Europeans. In addition, DioPen™ Cursive can recognize print handwriting as well as a mixed use of cursive and print handwritings.
Multiple lines written sequentially on the screen can also be recognized with the software. To improve the accuracy of recognition, letters not recognized correctly are corrected automatically with dictionary embedded in the program.
In particular, DioPen™ Cursive’s optimized user interface allows users to input characters correctly only with fingers without additional stylus pen. The entire touchscreen area can be used for handwriting without limitations on space and direction.
Currently, DioPen™ Cursive supports English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian. Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Dutch will also be supported soon.
DioPen™ Cursive can be purchased at DIOTEK’s global app store (English site: www.diotek.com, German site: www.diotek.com.de), and its free trial version can also be downloaded with no functional limitation for 15 days.
Source: Korea Newswire
The series starts off with the most common PC form-factor, the ATX mid-tower. The ATX Ice is larger than most mid-towers, treading very close to being categorized a full-tower. It measures 230 x 508.5 x 513 mm (WxHxD), weighing in at 7.1 kg (net.). As mentioned earlier, Cubitek designed these cases with aluminum sheets as thick as 3 mm to give them the sturdiness of 1 mm thick SECC steel.
Pictured above is the main facade. You can find four exposed 5.25-inch drive bays, and a dust-protected inlet for the 200 mm intake fan. You can also get an idea of the outer texture of the aluminum body, dark brushed aluminum.
The internals dont used anodized aluminum, rather exposed. This helps with radiating heat. Although some cable management holes are rubber-valved, there are some wide open holes, such as the one next to the PSU bay, a cutout over the CPU socket area (to help with handling coolers with backplates), and one on the top-left corner of the motherboard tray (for CPU power capbles. You can immediately tell that Cubiteks Ice cases are not tool-free.
Theres nothing "loud" about the rear panel. You find the usual PSU bay at the bottom, a 120 mm grilled fan exhaust, two rubber-valved holes for water cooling tubing, and the expansion slot bays. Beating the ATX specification, there are eight bays instead of seven. This should help with multi-graphics card setups in which one of the graphics cards occupies the bottom-most expansion slot of an ATX motherboard.
