At the Microsoft Management Summit today in Las Vegas, Microsoft officially announced that the next version of Windows Server, previously code-named Windows Server “8,” will officially be named Windows Server 2012—and will be released this calendar year.
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It’s only a matter of time now before we each have our own Holographic Tupac projected in 3D out of our iPhones. Right? Okay, it might be a while before the late rapper becomes my own 3D virtual assistant, but Apple has indirectly revealed that it is working on something related to 3D technology.
In a job posting for an iOS Software Engineer (hat tip 9to5 Mac), the company wrote that it is looking for a “Computer Vision specialist to strengthen its multi-view stereo research group.” The person must have experience dealing with 3D geometry, multiview stereo and 3D construction, mesh texturing techniques, and cameras and surfaces in a 3D environment, among other things.
It has been years since we last wrote about Apple job listings, mostly because they are relatively benign and tend to involve technologies that we won’t have in our hands for years to come. This one, however, piqued our interest because of the obvious interest in 3D technology; Apple doesn’t currently offer any products that make clear use of 3D, especially involving iOS. Several Android products have begun to dabble in 3D, however, such as the G-Slate with 3D, HTC Evo 3D, and the LG Optimus 3D. As such, it’s not a reach that Apple is working on its own 3D implementation, but what the end result will be is anyone’s guess at this point.
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Hip-hop fans are dropping their collective jaws as word of the Tupac “hologram” is ricocheting around the Internet. As seen in the five-minute video, a three-dimensional Shakur is seen, shirtless, moving across the stage, and even greeting the crowd at the beginning with a stunning voice that sounds an awful lot like Tupac himself: “What the [f] is up, Coachella?”
The virtual rendition of the late rapper then proceeds to do renditions of two classic ‘Pac tracks, “Hail Mary” and “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted,” while gesturing and walking back and forth across the stage in an extremely lifelike manner, replete with Thug Life tattoos and his characteristic necklace. Twitter, unsurprisingly, has been abuzz with chatter—spawning an admittedly hilarious new account: @HologramTupac: “Anybody got a spare 54 AA sized batteries? I think Snoop done smoked my charger. #PlugLife”
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A month ago to the day, SpaceX informed us all that it was aiming to launch its Dragon spacecraft skyward on April 30th, and rendezvous with the ISS a few days later. Now NASA’s finally finished its flight readiness review and has given Elon Musk’s capsule the green light to hit that launch window. The capsule will hitch a ride on one of the firm’s Falcon 9 rockets and will launch from Cape Canaveral just after noon ET — from there it’ll perform a flyby of the station to check its sensors and flight systems before its inaugural docking with the ISS. Wanna watch the magic happen? Live video of the launch starts at 11AM on NASA TV, and night owls can watch the docking itself occur May 3rd at 2AM.
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We’ve known for what feels like ages that Windows 8 would come in at least two flavors: one supporting x86 devices and one for ARM machines. Now Microsoft’s ready to put a naming scheme on its much-anticipated menu for the operating system. According to a post on the Windows blog, ARM devices will get Windows RT, while x86 / 64 devices will run Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro (also for x86 devices) will offer the suit-and-tie set added features for “encryption, virtualization, PC management and domain connectivity.” Windows Media Center will be packaged as an add-on for the folks who go Pro. For a full break down of what each version will hold hit the source link below and check out our hands-on impressions of the OS preview here.
Microsoft outs three flavors of Windows 8: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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