Posted on 10 November 2009 by Pyro
Imagine a PCI-e card that can output gaming goodness on 6 displays! Kapow!

After moving into a new office and watching interference slowly wave up and down the two LCD monitors (wasn’t there before), the first thing that came to mind was, “man there needs to be a new graphics card in this rig.” As if reading those very thoughts, Softpedia prints up an article featuring an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and… get this… 6 DisplayPort ports!
Yep, that’s right. Consumers can hook up six DisplayPort displays, making one heck of a desktop that could fill an entire wall thanks to the company’s ATI Eyefinity technology. Apparently, the card uses the same dual-slot cooling solution as the reference HD 5870 model too, with the six display ports mounted just under the card’s cooler exhaust.

Softpedia also reports that the new model has acquired an 8-pin and 6-pin PCI-e power connector setup. It also sports 1,600 Stream processors as seen with the HD 5870, however the GPU and memory clock speeds have been altered to 850 MHz and 4,8000 MHz, respectively.
Unfortunately, as of this writing, the new model isn’t exactly official, nor is there any mention of availability or pricing. We’re crossing our fingers that it ships soon, just in time for the long hours of PC gaming during the holidays. Like Gollum says in the LOTR trilogy, we’s wants its, my precious.
Posted on 10 November 2009 by Pyro

Nvidia and Intel have been at times partners and at other times opponents. Things have been a little tense when it comes to the chipset arena, and it could get even hotter when Intel graphics are more commonly integrated with its CPUs.
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang already has some choice words against Intel. From the sounds of it, he must have been doing victory fist pumps when Apple decided to go with Nvidia chipsets for the current generation of MacBooks.
In fact, during a visit to the AmericanUniversity of Dubai, Huang told participants of his current computing preference.
Posted on 09 November 2009 by Pyro

As part of the German Goethe Institute culture project “European Literature Goes to Turkey/Turkish Literature Goes to Europe,” an event kicks off today at Ankara University’s faculty of language, history and geography.
Set to run through Nov. 14, the event will feature literature readings and talks by such internationally acclaimed authors as Jutta Richter, Mircea Cartarescu and Christoph Ransmayr. Admission for the events is free of charge.
Posted on 09 November 2009 by Pyro

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, will be commemorated on Nov. 10 with a concert featuring 200 artists in İzmir on the 71st anniversary of his death.
The concert, which took three months to prepare, will feature such internationally renowned Turkish artists as Sertab Erener, Fahir Atakoğlu and İdil Biret. The event will begin at 9 p.m. at Halkapınar Sports Hall.
Posted on 09 November 2009 by Pyro

A collection of sculptures and digital prints by İstanbul-based Norwegian artist Marius Dahl went on view last week at the Maçka Art Gallery in the artist’s first-ever solo exhibition in İstanbul, which will run through Nov. 28.
Titled “Receptor,” the collection is made up of works inspired by a trip to the Svalbard Islands, an important center for scientific research on the North Atlantic and the North Pole.
Posted on 09 November 2009 by Pyro
While the first customized SUV presented at SEMA Show was black, the second one features a baby blue exterior by Lux Motorwerks. The Antenna Soul features a matte brown painted roof, grill trim, side vents and custom exhaust and 20-inch wheels paired with Nitto Tires and a lowered suspension.

The Antenna Soul includes a pop-up “shop” of the latest trends in clothing and accessories from Original Penguin, Huff and etnies. Custom seats feature Cone Denim, bespoke stitching and Rufus shirt material, and a G-shock clock is mounted on the dash. Perforated leather and denim adorn the interior along with a RICTA skateboard wheel gear shift knob, leather-wrapped mounting holsters for personal electronics, a custom display case in the glove box for fashionable watches and stylish sunglasses, a refrigerator in the back seat and a skate board in the roof liner. Arrive in style – or even fashionably late – for any occasion in the Antenna Soul with clothing packed neatly in a motorized organizer in the trunk featuring exclusive apparel and accessories.
Posted on 09 November 2009 by Pyro
The British tuner Autodelta will reveal this week at the MPH09 Prestige & Performance Car Show the limited edition Brera S 3.2 Compressore.
Thanks to a supercharging package with intercooler, the 3.2 V6 engine delivers a total output of 352 bhp (by comparison the Brera S delivers 260 bhp) and a peak torque of 435 Nm. The car is equipped with a bespoke mechanical limited slip differential (LSD), which operates in combination with the car’s standard electronic Q2 system.
At the customers request Autodelta is also offering a height-adjustable Autodelta Sportline coilover suspension that features specific new spring rates and 40 different firmness adjustment settings that can be quickly and conveniently adjusted by the driver.
Posted on 09 November 2009 by Pyro
In 1991 Ferrari replaced the Testarossa with the 512 TR. In the title 5 represented the number of liters and the 12 for the number of cylinders, whilst the “TR” was an abbreviation of Testarossa (Testa Rossa). The model was produced between 1991 and 1994, when the F512M model replaced it, during which time 2261 examples were produced.
The 512 TR came with subtle exterior changes to improve aerodynamics. The alterations included a one-piece nose with rounded front grille, flush mounted lights and ducts, and a new undertray. At the rear a small kamm tail smoothed airflow.
Internally there were changes to the seats, steering wheel design and trim details. Mechanically there were numerous changes to the engine and gearbox, which boosted power, and provided a more satisfying and positive to use gearbox. Not visually apparent was that the engine and transmission assembly location in the chassis had been dropped by 30mm, to lower the center of gravity, and thus improve the already high standard of roadholding.