Vista was (and will be for a few time) a forward step about security, but we’ve to say it was a back step about speed related to Windows Xp.

Microsoft with the new 7 will search for a new desktop experience providing better speeds for the main ui increasing productivity in every task.

Gaming first of all! :)…

Visit the link below to know more about new 7’s features..

Link:

• Microsoft Blog Source

Link:

• NVIDIA Becomes A Nintendo WorldWide Third Party Tools Provider With PhysX SDK For Wii

Reading NVIDIA Provides Physics Technology For PLAYSTATION®3 I’ve just thinked about ported PC Games from PS3… And ATI Users… like me (for now :) )…

Is it just the begin of the end for Workstation Ati Graphic Cards?

Link:

• http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1237287245570.html

One of the most important magazine about technology and everything around is arrived in Italy… and it comes with an associated site.

Links:

• Wired.it
• Wired.it News

America is another thing.

Link:

• http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/san-francisco-city-hall-gets-its-own-electric-vehicle-charging-s/  

In this movie are described things can really happen in the future… the aims of the machines vs the emotions of the humans

Link

• Official Site (Italiano)
• Official Site (English)

Native Command Queuing

If you’ve an Intel chipset based motherboard you’ve noticed installing Vista or Xp with BIOS IDE mode activated on your SATA(I or II) hard disk and then for some reason you want to set it to AHCI mode, your Windows answers you with a BSOD…

However the 2 reason to switch to AHCI mode are:

1. Hot Plugging
2. Native Command Queuing

I’ll not write something about them cause on wikipedia there is all to know about…

To get AHCI mode working even if you’ve not installed your OS installing SATA AHCI driver on boot there are few steps to follow:

You’ve surely installed SATA driver and in your hardware devices there is nothing about AHCI. Don’t worry.

1. Download Inf for your chipset from here (taking the zip file)
2. Unzip it in a folder
3. IMPORTANT  
   
   Then point your windows driver folder to it selecting “Include subfolder” too. To do it permanently for example just reinstall your Sata driver. Now when you want to update a driver it points to the last folder you’ve used to get the last driver installed (you’ve to install a driver or simply reinstall one, if you don’t do it, the folder will not be saved to the next reboot). DON’T JUMP THIS POINT!!
4. Reboot and set AHCI mode in your BIOS
5. Save your settings and reboot
6. Now your windows has no more BSOD when you start it.

Let me know if there are  problems. Just comment it! :)

Link:

• http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090123-falling-satellites.html
  

Link:

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/23jan_darkside.htm

Ok… it’s the begin of the end… We just know how Steve Jobs was the only person who carried on this Apple Thing…

Six Months… A lot of time where Apple could really go down…

Here’s the letter:

Team,

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my
health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.

I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve

We know even last Keynote (without Jobs) was not surely a success… few news… iLife Updated… a joke?… a new 17 macbook with an internal battery… where Apple’s users must pay other $ (like it was not yet excessive the price of their macbook (and all their product)). A Keynote is a thing… to be CEO is another… Jobs was an icon… We’ve seen what happened when he went away for the first time from Apple.

I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought

Yes… At the beginning was only an issue of a week… now six months…

I think the things are worse than what he wrote in his letter. Just look at him.

Tags: apple.steve.jobs.news,linux,Uncategorized

Link:

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15jan_marsmethane.htm

I’m using it for an exam… and i’ve to say it’s very powerful… with a few commands you can do very complex calculations… And when there is hard work to do here Nvidia comes… with his CUDA… Mathematica will never be the same :D (it seems a spot for NVIDIA!)

Source:

• http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1227010734073.html

“The planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the 200-million-year-old star every 872 years.”

Not a planet for humans for sure (hoping a smaller and hotter planet near the central sun will be a life source!)… but it’s a great discover…

Source:

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13nov_fomalhaut.htm

Source:

• http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/

"We are now on the correct trajectory for eventual insertion into orbit around Mercury, and all of our instruments returned data as planned."

by MESSENGER Principal Investigator Sean Solomon

Link:

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/07oct_firstresults.htm

Link:

• http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_081002.html

From bad to worst…

Now Apple’s Pcs (oh i’m sorry… they’re not Pcs… :D) produces toxic gas…

Great! :)

Link:

• http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/mac-pros-accused-of-emitting-toxic-gas-placing-blame-on-someone/

Link:

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01oct_mercuryflyby2.htm

Basic rules to follow to do a great work with Physx API by Monier Maher during NVISION08

High Performance Computing by David B. Kirk

Interesting Screenshots

CUDA large applications!!

Folding@Home Power!!

A simple C parallel Code

More Power… Less consumes!!

Innovation by NVIDIA!!

This would be the first important thing a developer must follow! :) 

Link:

• The Art of Physx
• High Performance Computing by David B. Kirk

177.98 has a know issue related to digital vibrance at 100% when you start Windows Xp.

A workaround to fix this one is to Use Rivatuner..

Selecting your monitor… Click on the second Customize button…

Now select Desktop and overlay color scheme…

And now adjust your settings and click on “Apply this color schemes at Windows Startup”

Done. :)

While Ginevra is full of protons shootings (without results since now… )… In another part of the Universe a Scream of Black Hole’s Birth has been Detected and “A spectacular nearby star explosion observed in 1843 is now thought to be a previously unknown type of explosion that leaves stars intact.”

A great idea to use sea water to get more cold to Google’s Units… Protecting our World

Link:

• US patents & trademark office link
• Source: (Italian) 

News:

• Installing the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) — A new and more powerful main camera that bests its predecessors by seeing in both ultraviolet and near infrared as well as visible light. Hubble would be able to see 90 times more objects than it did at launch in April 1990.
• Replacing six Rate Sensor Units (RSU) — The gyroscopes help keep Hubble pointed precisely at distant stars and galaxies for hours at a time. Hubble can technically limp by on two or even one gyroscope, but the fresh exchange ensures that the science keeps flowing.
• Replacing six Nickel Hydrogen Batteries — The suitcase -sized batteries get swapped out for the first time in 16 years, giving Hubble an extra lease on life for the next 5 to 10 years. The batteries keep Hubble humming during the night portion of its orbit.
• Adding the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) — This instrument uses the ultraviolet range to find out the temperature, density, chemical composition and velocity of intergalactic gas and galaxies, with ten times the sensitivity of current Hubble instruments.
• Repairing the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer (STIS) — A two-sided instrument that uniquely scans across all light wavelengths of objects such as planets, comets, stars and galaxies. Spacewalkers will replace a failed power converter to restore one side of the damaged device.
• Replacing the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) — One of three optical sensors that help Hubble lock onto targets with a system of mirrors and lenses. The old FGS returns home after being removed from Hubble during an earlier servicing mission.
• Fixing the Advance Camera for Surveys (ACS) — A highly efficient survey tool with a wide field of view that became damaged. Astronauts hope to repair some of its capabilities since it failed last year.
• Adding new Thermal Insulation — The multilayer insulation on Hubble has become torn and broken by the harsh environment of space. The new thermal blankets protect the damaged insulation and helps maintain a steady temperature for Hubble.

Links:

• Source (space.com)

“People are watching and uploading videos, chatting with each other, playing web-based games… All these things that didn’t exist when the first browsers were created”

Chrome Comix

There are nothing to say… just read this comix :)

• http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/#

And download it here:

• http://www.google.com/chrome

Screenshots:

“Intel’s demo of a wireless power system that can broadcast 60 watts of power up to three feet at IDF with 75 percent efficiency has us giddy with excitement”

Link:

• http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/intel-demos-a-wireless-power-broadcasting-system-villagers-terr/

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“provide support for up to six graphics cards, 24GB of DDR3-1333 RAM (or 6GB of DDR3-1900/2000 using overclocked 2GB DIMMs)”

Link:

• http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/gigabyte-shows-off-robust-core-i7-prototype-motherboard/

“To explore the violent and unpredictable gamma ray universe”

Link:

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26aug_firstlight.htm

• Do you had (and i think have now… if you hadn’t fix that) problems with nvidia drivers?
• Do you have a new graphic card (from nvidia (8,9,GT200 series))?
• 2d performance are so poor?
• Especially, gtk performance are poor?

Try to modify your xorg options like this:

Textually:

Option “NvAGP” “0″
Option “NoLogo” “True”
Option “AllowGLXWithComposite” “1″
Option “AddARGBVisuals” “True”
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “True”
Option “Coolbits” “1″
Option “TripleBuffer” “1″
Option “AllowIndirectPixmaps” “1″
Option “AccelMethod” “XAA”
Option “XAANoOffscreenPixmaps” “true”
Option “DRI” “true”
Option “PixmapCacheSize” “2500000″
Option “AllowSHMPixmaps” “0″
Option “OnDemandVBlankInterrupts” “true”
Option “RenderAccel” “True”

and these are results i had from a previous post:

I hope this will help you to solve some performance problems…

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“Next we can say dark matter doesn’t exist, it’s just that the total solar output of the stars is not sufficient to light up all the matter in the universe. :)”

(Comment) invisible_ghost wrote:

Links:

• Space ‘Ropes’ Hang Together by Threads

• Middleweight Black Holes Nearly Ruled Out

Static page (I’ve not updated benchmarks):

• http://gianvito.wordpress.com/gtk-engines-benchmarks/

Link:

• http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/how-participate-linux-community

Source: http://www.hwupgrade.it/news/software/una-guida-per-contribuire-allo-sviluppo-del-kernel-linux_26208.html

Links:

• Science@Nasa —->  http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/19aug_lws.htm

Finally I’ve downloaded Warmonger and i’ve tried it.

Screenshots:

Benchmarks:

• Athlon64 @ 2.4 Ghz
• 2 gb Ram
• Nvidia Geforce 9600 gt
• 177.83 Nvidia Driver
• Physx 8.08.01 Driver

Physx Disabled (using Fraps)

Physx Enabled (Using Fraps)

More than 4 times faster! :)

Visit the link to download new software for your NVIDIA Geforce 8/9/GT200 Series

Links:

• Force Within —–>  http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcewithin/us/download.asp

Links:

• Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12
• Study: All Planets Are Born in Killer Environments
• Milky Way’s Dark Matter Clumpier Than Thought
• Dark Energy Signs Seen in Giant Clusters and Voids

Update: On August 12 NVIDIA will release official physx and graphic drivers

Links:

• Nvidia website —–> www.nvidia.com
• Physx Drivers —–> http://en.expreview.com/img/software/0808/PhysX_8.07.18_SystemSoftware.exe
• Supported games —-> http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_physxgames_home.html
• Folding@Home project —–> http://folding.stanford.edu/
• guru3d forum post —–> http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=269514

We’ve to say Nvidia IS the leader in graphic hardware. Especially for innovations.

After Nvidia bought Ageia Physx… Engineers wanted to use this technology on their graphic cards.

In fact a GPU is faster than a CPU in some kind of calculation… cause CPU was born to be a general purpouse calculator and it has to manage different aspects to respect compatibility on every system and with every program (but it’s not the only reason).

So when we use GPU to calculate the physic we give out from main processor that work (making it better)… and we can concentrate to give more realism to a project (like a game).

GPU (as processor) is used also in Folding@Home software… Where we process very complex calculation through Graphic Units to give an hand to the medicine.

All is faster… In the latest time where we’ve only support for GTX cards and 9800 gtx… and statistics says Folding@Home begins to be a real weapon against diseases as consequence of a greater success related to the use of graphics cards (and PS3 CPU) to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related misfunction (Folding@Home goal).

Directly from Folding@Home website:

” ABSTRACT. Commercial graphics processors (GPUs) have high compute capacity at very low cost, which makes them attractive for general purpose scientic computing. In this poster we show how graphics processors can be used for N-body simulations to obtain large improvements in performance over current generation CPUs. We have developed a highly optimized algorithm for performing the O(N^2) force calculations that constitute the major part of stellar and molecular dynamics simulations. In the calculations, we achieve sustained performance of nearly 100 GFlops on an ATI X1900XTX. The performance on GPUs 25x an Intel Pentium4, and 2x specialized hardware such as GRAPE-6A, but at a fraction of the cost. Furthermore, the wide availability of GPUs has signicant implications for cluster computing and distributed computing efforts like Folding@Home. “

So i downloaded them from the link above… and i’ve tried to get it working (on a 9600 gt) (nothing more simple).

Here is a list (taken from the link above) of physx supported games:

I’ve to download 3d mark to see real differences (nophysx – physx) but my actual dialup connection doesn’t allow me to do it.

If you’ve some interesting links where we can find benchmarks and other… just comment it :)

I’ve missed writing something on this blog cause my 56K connection (it’s really annoying to get wordpress writing section loaded with this connection)…

However here some interesting links i read in these days (all from space.com):

Water Ice on Mars confirmed

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080731-phoenix-update.html

How the First Stars Were Born

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080731-first-stars.html

European Team Discovers New Alien World

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080724-new-exoplanet.html

Explosive Star Doesn’t Fit the Mold

http://www.space.com/080724-supernova-abnormal.html

Secret of Colorful Auroras Revealed

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080724-themis-aurora-mystery.html

Links:

• Ati HomePage
• Ati Linux Driver (x86) Page
• Ati 8.5 drivers release notes

WorkAround to (A little watermark on the right lower corner —> “Ati – Testing use only”)

Open a terminal and:

• sudo nano /eti/ati/signature
• delete UNSIGNED
• copy and paste this string into /etc/ati/signature
• Reboot

“You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. Mars, with its bitter-cold, rusty red sands; Venus, a fiery world shrouded in thick clouds of sulfuric acid; sideways Uranus and its strange vertical rings. The variety is breathtaking.“

scienze.nasa.gov

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/08may_marvels.htm

Stranglehold – Official Site for The Only Authentic John Woo Video Game Experience.

“A cached pacman implementatioin”

Pacman Description

Tupac (rapper) R.I.P.

(click on the numbers on the right to change pages)

New Compiz-Fusion Plugins

I’ve just updated compiz fusion (git) in the repo… You can install it from there adding this and then:

sudo pacman -S compiz-fusion-git

“Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. Hundreds of scripts, for a wide variety of popular sites, are already available at http://userscripts.org. You can write your own scripts, too. Check out http://wiki.greasespot.net/ to get started.”

by “https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/748″

(click on the numbers on the right to change pages)

“When scientists peer at distant galaxies, it’s like looking back in time because their light has taken so long to reach us.“

by “http://www.space.com”

Update 8/04/2008

• Added some links

Links:

• Naked-eye Gamma Ray Burst
• Smallest Black Hole found
• Galaxy Evolution seen in action
• Space Radiation too deadly for mars missions
• Venus and Mars: Surprising Similarities Found
• Io Creates Spots on Jupiter
• Five Volcanic Episodes On Mars Identified by Scientists
• First Solar-Powered Satellite Still Flying at 50
• The Vanishing Rings of Saturn
• Evidence for Ocean Found at Saturn’s Moon Titan
• Oldest-Known Asteroids in Solar System Identified
• Seeds of Life Found Near Saturn
• The Mother of All Meteor Storms
• Star Theory Gets New Spin
• Massive Star Mystery: Do They Explode?

“Non ho mai visto tanta vecchiaia in un solo uomo!!”

“Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers’ understanding of the nature of the universe by demonstrating the existence of other galaxies besides the Milky Way. He also discovered that the degree of redshift observed in light coming from a galaxy increased in proportion to the distance of that galaxy from the Milky Way. This became known as Hubble’s law, and would help establish that the universe is expanding.”

From WikiPedia

Thanks to the Telescope which has his name… we can give a look to things which will never be seen without it.

Links:

• Edwin Hubble
• Hubble Telescope
• Hubble Main Page
• Hubble Pictures (Wallpapers)
• Hubble Multimedia

Let’s see how to install it on ArchLinux…

Update 10/04/2008

• Gnome 2.22 in [extra]
• Gnome 2.22.1 released

(click on the numbers on the right to change pages)

The Space… An infinite universe where I think we aren’t lonely… but we have to do great steps to know if there is intelligent life in the other galaxies.

Today we’ll talking about a great software written by Chris Laurel.

CELESTIA

(click on the numbers on the right to change pages)

” There are many things that are broken, non existent or flat out ugly, and we are well aware of that. Some things also work rather well. The purpose of this release is to inspire folks to stand up and help us finish Amarok 2.0.”

From Amarok Main Site (21/01/2008)

Waiting for the next great release of this wonderful music player. We’re going to see how to install version 1.4.8 and configure postgresql to manage collections.

(See how to install it and configure it clicking on the right “pages”)

Here is the link of the article (from www.tomshw.it):

Tomshw