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GTC 2012 Nvidia kicked off its GPU Technical Conference today by launching an updated version of its Nsight development platform that wraps around the CUDA compiler set and now interfaces with Eclipse-based integrated development environments. Nvidia also unwrapped updated versions of the Nsight tools that plug into Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE, at the shindig in Read more

If you’ve been jonesing for faster Wi-Fi performance – not that you have any client devices that can yet take advantage of next-generation wireless networking technology – your wait is over: Buffalo has begun shipping the industry’s first 802.11ac router and bridge. Not only do Buffalo’s new Wi-Fi devices promise impressive gains in wireless performance, Read more

Just hours before the expiration of a deal designed to keep it from defaulting on its debt, 4G wannabe LightSquared announced on Monday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. “The filing was necessary to preserve the value of our business and to ensure continued operations,” said the company’s interim co-COO and CFO Read more

A team of Russian developers is touting a technology it says can kill off BitTorrent-based P2P file sharing – and says it has attracted investment from Microsoft. According to a story in Russia Beyond the Headlines, the technology developed by Andrei Klimenko, his brother Alexei, and Dmitry Shuvaev has attracted $US100,000 from Microsoft’s seed investment Read more

Adobe backed down on Friday and promised to release a fix for earlier versions of its Photoshop software after previously insisting users who wanted to safeguard themselves from a critical security vulnerability had to pay for an upgrade. A security flaw in Adobe Photoshop version CS5 and earlier means users could be exposed to malware Read more

The flight of the Falcon 9 has once more been rescheduled, with a new launch date of 19 May, as Elon Musk’s SpaceX decided to tweak the software one more time. The first commercial craft to restock the International Space Station, a Dragon capsule strapped to a Falcon 9 rocket, has seen more than its Read more

A group of Russian developers is touting a technology they say can kill off BitTorrent-based P2P file sharing – and says they have attracted investment from Microsoft. According to a story in Russia Beyond the Headlines, the technology developed by Andrei Klimenko, his brother Alexei, and Dmitry Shuvaev has attracted $US100,000 from Microsoft’s seed investment Read more

The 7.85in iPad will sport a “retina” display after all, it has been claimed, but will still come in at $200-250 retail. We’ve heard rumours before that the so-called ‘iPad Mini’ will be cheaper than the current, 9.7in model, but thus far all such suggestions have come with the caveat that a low price will Read more

Far from being a mere staple of science fiction, plenty of flying cars really do exist, we’re told. But there’s one problem: hardly anyone knows how to fly them. That’s according to Professor Michael Decker of MyCopter, the personal helicopter project at German university KIT. Speaking at the Hitachi EU Science Technology conference in London Read more

Facebook’s IPO is already oversubscribed with too many investors eyeing up more shares than those available, according to a well-placed source. The rumour emerged as the Nasdaq said it expects a jump in the number of companies going public on the coattails of the social network’s market buzz. A mole whispered to Reuters that there Read more