New Posts to ExtremeTech on Nov 8, 2013:
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1) Android ART: Google finally moves to replace Dalvik, to boost performance and battery life
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/170677-android-art-google-finally-moves-to-replace-dalvik-to-boost-performance-and-battery-life
Dalvik, the virtual machine that runs almost every Android app, has remained virtually the same since day one -- and Dalvik is slow. Now, with Android 4.4, Google has revealed that a Dalvik replacement is in the works -- a replacement, called Android Runtime (ART), that should improve the performance of Android apps by a huge margin. The early version of ART in Android 4.4 already speeds up apps by around 100%, and the final version should be even better.
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2) Microsoft confirms that PS4, Wii U will work with Xbox One HDMI passthrough
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170667-microsoft-confirms-that-ps4-wii-u-will-work-with-xbox-one-hdmi-passthrough
When Microsoft first announced that the Xbox One will feature HDMI input and output, one question jumped to mind: Can you run a PS4 through the Xbox One? Microsoft mostly kept its responses to that question vague, but now it seems like it's willing to open up. Not only will the Xbox One work with cable boxes and Xbox 360 signals over HDMI, but any HDMI-compliant device should work just fine out of the box.
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3) New super-accurate atomic clock could be ultra-portable thanks to chilly atoms
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170508-new-super-accurate-atomic-clock-could-be-ultra-portable-thanks-to-chilly-atoms
The smallest atomic clocks are lacking in long-term accuracy, and larger clocks are incredibly expensive. The National Institute of Standards and Technology hopes to make a small atomic clock that never needs calibration using cooled rubidium atoms.
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4) Sono, a noise cancelation and isolation device that sticks on your window
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170649-sono-a-noise-cancelation-and-isolation-device-that-sticks-on-your-window
If you're the sort that needs peace and quiet to get anything done, escaping the noise pollution of every day life -- regardless of where you're located -- is no easy task. A white noise machine can help, but in the end it's still electronic noise, and unless you can afford a fancy sound system, the noise often sounds unnatural. A new device that sticks onto your window, Sono, will not only cancel real-world noise, but isolate the noises you'd prefer to hear, if any.
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5) Alien spotting: By 2020, we?ll finally have the ability to locate life-harboring, alien planets
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170628-alien-spotting-by-2020-well-finally-have-the-ability-to-locate-habitable-alien-planets
The universe, as you probably know, is almost impossibly large. It is almost 100 billion light years across and consists of of billions of galaxies and trillions of stars. The latest estimate is that there are up to 50 sextillion potentially habitable planets in the universe. Now it's time to go one step further, though: The scientific community is preparing to launch a bevy of new space telescopes that can peer across the universe and tell us how many of those planets actually harbor life.
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6) Xbox One cloud servers will ?frequently? reboot, potentially losing your in-game progress
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170610-xbox-one-cloud-servers-will-frequently-reboot-potentially-losing-your-in-game-progress
Since the Xbox One was announced, Microsoft has consistently boasted about the power of the Azure-based Xbox Live Compute service launching alongside its new console. With these resources, developers can host multiplayer matches, offload tasks from the Xbox One's CPU, and even crunch data while the console itself is turned off. There are clearly benefits to Microsoft's push for cloud-assisted gaming, but there is a huge downside that has recently surfaced. As it turns out, the servers will need to be rebooted "rather frequently," and this could potentially cause major issues for online-only games.
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7) Well, that was quick: AMD solves R9 290 throttling problem with a new driver
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/170636-well-that-was-quick-amd-solves-r9-290-throttling-problem-with-a-new-driver
AMD's lighting-swift driver update appears to have ended any problems that were brewing with the company's R9 290 cards -- with a driver update, the GPUs no longer exhibit the throttling behavior they initially showed.
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