Raspberry Pi Update: What can and can’t the GPU decode?
As the Raspberry Pi boards are being manufactured in China, a Raspberry Pi website article provides an insight as to what the GPU will assist decoding with. So, if you want a $25/$35 (depending on model) Media Box, this should interest you.
At the R-Pi’s launch, two major licensed codecs called MPEG4 and H264 will be made available, due to the cost of codec licensing. There are other codecs that aren’t licensed, such as Video Codec 1, MPEG2, etc but the R-Pi team have decided not to GPU accelerate them (in a setup like DXVA on Windows) at this moment in time.
Look out Apple iPhone 4S, the Raspberry Pi will kick it out of the hot seat
Let’s face it – Apple sometimes likes to boast about it’s products hardware being the fastest in the class. While it might seem true to some extent depending on what you use the iDevices for, the founding member of Raspberry Pi, Eben Upton, has stated that the Raspberry Pi should provide at least twice the performance of an iPhone 4S in a wide range of activities. Eben also throws nVidia’s Tegra mobile chip out the window.
Raspberry Pi Update: Almost ready for launch; Kernel sources posted
As the Raspberry Pi nears it’s final stages before becoming available for sale to the public, we thought we’d give you a quick update on their progress. As stated in this post on the Raspberry Pi blog, the linux kernel that the Raspberry Pi team is deploying version 3.1.9 with Raspberry Pi-specific patches applied. Linux developers may be interested to check out the Raspberry Pi kernel github, however if you don’t know what a kernel is or know how to compile a kernel, then it’s not for the faint-hearted.
Down Down, MegaUpload is down… and Anon strikes back!
MegaUpload has just fallen off the digital landscape, with 4 people arrested and 7 charged with conspiracy by the FBI. The people include Dotcom, Ortmann, chief marketing officer Finn Batao and developer Bram van der Kolk who are currently in New Zealand under custody. The FBI also worked with various country authorities such as New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, the UK and the Phillipines.
January 18th: Coburn’s Domain Blackout Edition
Simply put: On January 18th, from 8am to 8pm EST (US Time), Coburn’s Domain will be blacked out. Or censored, if you like. This will only last for the specified time frame, and we’ll be back after the time frame has passed.
Even though I (Coburn) am a Australian, when the Stop Online Piracy Act was announced, I knew that if that act was introduced into the online world, that the internet would be doomed.
Mario Adventure: a SMB3 ROM Hack that you won’t forget
Excuse the retroness, but while talking on IRC, I stumbled across a ROM hack that, in short terms, makes Super Mario Bros 3 ten times more challenging and fun.
With new powers like Fire Fire Mario, Invisible Mario, Magic Mario and Kuribo Mario, weather effects that effect game play (snow makes things slippery, for example) and brand new levels, this is the ROM hack that any hardcore Mario player should sink their teeth into.
Telstra backfires in the new year, a privacy slip-up kicks the company back to the curb…
In December last year, a massive privacy breach that occurred to over 60,000 Telstra customers left the company red-faced. Now, they’ve slipped up again with leaking even more customer info to the public, this time on a spreedsheet hosted on a cloud-based spreadsheet service called “Editgrid.com”, according the The Register’s article (click to read the full scoop).
Merry Xmas from the Coburn’s Domain crew!
As I write this, I’m half-perked on Pepsi and feeling a little blue after eating too much chicken, on behalf of all the Coburn’s Domain staff team, I wish you a Merry Christmas.
Also, we’ve turned two! That’s right, Coburn’s Domain is 2 years old. It was 2009 when it entered the battlefield on the internet from it’s protected beta form, and I didn’t know what it would be up against. 2 years on and we’re not dead. Sure, we might have a small userbase, but that’s one of the things that makes us unique.
Move over Raspberry Pi: CuBox enters the fray with 1GB DDR3 RAM, dualcore CPU, HDMI, GBit LAN… all inside a cubed box
Previously, we’ve talked about the Raspberry Pi and it’s glory. Sure, for a $25/$35 device, it’s not a bad gadget. However, if you’re craving some extra power, then the CuBox will satisfy.
The CuBox is from a Israel startup company called SolidRun Ltd. The device provides a cube form factor miniture PC, which provides the following features:
- 800Mhz DualCore Marvell ARMADA CPU with VFPv3, wMMX SIMD and 512KB L2 Cache
- 1GB DDR3 RAM clocked at 800Mhz
iMessage comes with iLeakTexts – It keeps sending Texts Stolen iPhones Even After Wipeout
Did your iPhone recently get stolen or lost? Well, beware. The latest security issue on iOS devices is that iMessage, one of the core iOS features will still send you messages to stolen iPhones, even after you’ve decided to nuke your data using “Remote Wipe”.
As quoted from Gizmodo:
Beware: if your iPhone gets stolen, it will keep receiving messages sent via iMessage even after a remote wipe out and deactivation. The thief—or whoever buys the stolen terminal—would be able to read whatever is written to you.