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<title><![CDATA[Commodore unveils images of the all-new C64]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A look at the prototype of an all-new Commodore 64. Click on the above image for more shots.(Credit:Commodore USA)It may be 29 years later, but I can still remember looking at what was about to be my Commodore 64, up on a shelf at a Long's Drugs near my father's house.This wasn't my first computer--that had been a Commodore Vic-20, a machine with the same body as the C64 but with just 2 kilobytes of memory. I can recall using that little machine with my old friend to write the most elementary little BASIC programs:10 print &quot;hello&quot;20 goto 10But then it was time to upgrade. I'd inherited a tiny bit of money, and off to the drugstore I went. I knew what I wanted. Commodore's all-new C64 was on every geek's wish list, and I was no different. What would I do with it I wasn't sure. But I had to have it.And have it I did. Bringing the beige machine home--along with its fantastic innovation, the stand-alone floppy disc drive--was one of the best days of my childhood, and over the years, I used that computer for everything: homework, playing games, joining my first bulletin board systems and, yes, downloading pirated games at what I think must have been 300-baud speeds.Now, a new version of Commodore, the company, seems ready to re-introduce the Commodore 64. At least, it's putting out a modern computer built inside the familiar-looking plastic case. It has an all-new operating system, yet the company promises that the OS is backward-compatible, meaning that if you still have a copy of &quot;Pooyan&quot; or &quot;Kilowatt,&quot; you might be able to run it.Related links&amp;149' Commodore 64 rises from the ashes (sort of)&amp;149' C64 emulator returns to Apple Store sans BASIC&amp;149' Dinosaur sighting: Commodore 64 This isn't a total surprise, of course. The all-new Commodore has been selling an updated version of the C64, called the Phoenix, since last year. But despite its innards, it didn't have that oh-so-iconic beige case.The C64 is one of the most important machines in the history of the home computer. It sold more than 30 million units, and more than 10,000 pieces of software were created for it. Along with its contemporary devices, the Atari 800, the Apple II and IIe, and later, Commodore's own Amiga, these were the products that got so many of my peers into computers in the first place. If you're in your late thirties or early forties, there's almost no way you could have avoided those machines back then. And when Commodore faded away, years later, that didn't dilute in any way the fondness so many of us had for our simple little machines. Fast forward to today.&quot;Unleash your creative potential with our new Commodore operating system, a distinctive, attractive, advanced, and stable operating system experience that will come preloaded with dozens of the latest and greatest productivity, creativity, and education software the open-source world has to offer,&quot; Commodore says on its Web site about its all-new OS. &quot;Featuring dozens of exciting 3D games, the latest Web browsing technology, a Microsoft Word-compatible Office suite, advanced graphical manipulation programs, 3D ray-tracing software, advanced software development tools and languages, photo and movie editing and sound and music composition programs, there is no task too big or too small for a Commodore or Amiga to accomplish. &quot;Feeling nostalgic Commodore OS will also be classic Commodore compatible, able to run classic 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit era software via emulation. A beautiful user interface allows you to easily peruse games for the Commodore PET, Vic-20, C16, C64, C128, and Amiga. No need to bother with floppy disks, as many games can be legally purchased and downloaded from the Internet directly on to your computer.All our machines will also provide optimum software flexibility with the optional extra to run Windows software either from a dual boot menu at start-up, or seamlessly integrated within Commodore OS itself.&quot;The new C64, the company said, will have &quot;genuine Cherry brand key switches, which provide a feel much better than the original, with a lovely IBM classic mechanism and click sound.&quot;Of course, in keeping with the traditional look of the new C64, the keys will be in the same shape and color as the original C64. &quot;No expense has been spared. This is the ultimate hackers' keyboard on which to wield your key-fu.&quot;A modern version of a classic computerAlthough the new C64 looks like the original machine, it actually has many of the trappings of a fully modern computer. Commodore says it will have a slot or tray load read/write DVD, and optional Blu-ray functionality, and comes with 2 gigabytes of DDR3 memory, expandable to 4GB.A look at the all-new Commodore 64 (images) Also, it will feature a multiformat card reader and five USB slots. But in a nod to modern day, its famous power light has been turned into the computer's power button.And, says the company: &quot;The new Commodore 64 can be connected to the latest televisions and monitors, and can deliver 1080p HD quality video playback and six-channel high-definition audio for an excellent home theater experience. It also incorporates wireless-N Wi-Fi for exceptional Internet video streaming quality.&quot;Yet, the company knows its audience will want to run old C64 software. As such, the company says, owners can play their &quot;favorite 8-bit-era games within seconds of turning the Commodore 64 on, by either selecting the C64 icon from the boot menu to run a C64 emulator directly, or from a media center program within our own Commodore operating system, which includes screenshots, descriptions, and ratings.&quot;Unfortunately, Commodore doesn't seem to have given any clues as to when it will release the new computer. What it's offered so far is a set of images, and a series of specifications. But this is exciting stuff.  One has to wonder if we'll be seeing an updated Atari 800 any time soon. Or if Apple will decide to go nostalgic and put out a MacBook Pro hidden inside the body of an Apple IIe. But back in the day, I was a Commodore kid. And so, faced with the prospect of an all-new C64, I'm feeling the same emotions I felt when I first looked up at that shelf at Long's, back in 1982: I want one. Again.        Daniel Terdiman     Full Profile E-mail Daniel Terdiman   E-mail Daniel Terdiman If you have a question or comment for Daniel Terdiman, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Road Trip Pic of the Week, 2/17: What is this]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you know what this is and where this photograph was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)This is a pretty normal-looking scene, isn't it Except for one unusual thing. What is it, and where is it locatedIf you know, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge.If you have the answer, please e-mail it to me no later than 6 p.m. PT Friday (to daniel--dot--terdiman--at--cnet--dot--com, and PLEASE include &quot;Picture of the Week&quot; in the subject line). I'll choose a winner at random from among everyone who sends in the correct answer by the deadline. Please forgive me if you don't hear from me if you're not a winner. I get dozens of responses for each challenge. Also, I've turned off comments because some people would post the correct answers there. I hate to shut down discussion, but I want you to figure out the answer on your own.Please note: After this week, I'm putting the Picture of the Week challenge on hiatus for a few weeks while I begin to get it ready for Road Trip 2011. Thank you to everyone who has been playing all these last weeks. I really appreciate it. In the meantime, please keep an eye out for the return of the challenge, coming soon. For most of last summer, Geek Gestalt was on Road Trip 2010. After driving more than 18,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, and the Southeast over the last four years, I drove 5,266 miles this summer looking for the best in technology, science, military, nature, aviation, and more throughout the American Northeast. You can follow me on Twitter at @GreeterDan and @RoadTrip and find the project on Facebook. Please look for Road Trip 2011, which will be heading to Europe, coming this June.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM&'s Watson AI takes on Jeopardy&'s best contestants]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Today, for the first time ever, IBM demonstrated its Watson artificial intelligence supercomputer at a press conference at IBM Research&amp;'s Worldwide Headquarters in Yorktown Heights, New York.IBM brought in top Jeopardy contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter for a short demonstration match with Watson, in which it trounced both of the humans (we&amp;'ll have video of the match soon). Watson will make its television debut on Jeopardy in two matches across three nights, from February 14 to 16, competing against Jennings and Rutter for a $1 million prize. It&amp;'s the first time a machine has competed on Jeopardy, and I get the feeling it won&amp;'t be the last.25 IBM Research scientists across the world toiled for four years on Watson, which is IBM&amp;'s spiritual successor to Deep Blue, the supercomputer that defeated chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov in 1997. IBM describes Watson as &amp;''an analytical computing system that specializes in natural human language and provides specific answers to complex questions at rapid speeds.&amp;''Unlike Deep Blue, Watson needs to do more than just decide the next chess move, something that relies heavily on mathematical calculations. Watson instead has to interpret human language. When it comes to Jeopardy, the system has to understand the question being asked and then search its database of 200 million pages of content to determine the answer. It needs to decide when to take risks, which questions to bet on and how much to bet. IBM says the toughest part for the computer is finding and justifying the correct answer, or in other words computing a confidence that it&amp;'s right &amp;8212' something that comes naturally to the top Jeopardy players.IBM says that the real world applications of Watson are far-reaching: Such a powerful and fast analytical system could save lives when it comes to health diagnosis, IBM&amp;'s primary focus at the moment, and it could also help with things like tech support and enterprise knowledge management.When asked if the US government has shown any interest in the system, IBM would only say it&amp;'s been speaking with many interested parties. But it&amp;'s not that difficult to see how Watson could be used to help analysts at agencies like the CIA sift through vast amounts of data.Watson is powered by 10 racks of IBM Power 750 Linux servers with 2,880 processor cores running at 80 teraflops and 15 terabytes of RAM. Deep Blue, on the other hand, ran at around 1 teraflop.Watson is still dealing with some issues. Jeopardy host Alex Trebek pointed out that Watson confused actor Jamie Foxx with Beethoven in a question regarding his film The Soloist. IBM also remains coy about how Watson bets funds for Jeopardy&amp;'s Daily Double question &amp;8212' Trebek remarked that Watson made a peculiar Daily Double wager earlier in the day.We&amp;'re waiting for IBM to put video of the test match online, which will give you the best sense of Watson&amp;'s capabilities. Watch for a post on that later today.Next Story: Kabbage raises $6.65M to kick-start online sellers with a cash advance Previous Story: GE begins move into green data centers with $520 million dealPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: ai, Jeopardy, WatsonCompanies: IBMPeople: Alex Trebek, Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings          Tags: ai, Jeopardy, WatsonCompanies: IBMPeople: Alex Trebek, Brad Rutter, Ken JenningsDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dave McClurea4a4s super angel fund backs digital comics startup Graphicly]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Movies based on Green Lantern, Thor, Captain America, and the X-Men are all due out this year, but it looks like Hollywood executives arena4a4t the only investors taking a close look at comic books. Graphicly, a startup behind an application for buying and reading digital comics, just announced that it has raised $3 million in its first round of institutional funding.2010 was a big year for digital comics launches, with startup ComiXology probably attracting the most attention for its Marvel and DC Comics iPad apps. But chief executive Micah Baldwin said in July that Graphicly was aiming beyond the iPad &amp;8212' it now has applications for Windows 7, Adobe Air, iPhone, iPad, Windows 7 Phone, Android, and the Google Chrome Web Store. And it has signed deals with publishers including Marvel, Archie Comics, IDW Publishing, and Boom Studios.Users have downloaded the Graphicly app 600,000 times and spend an average of 20 minutes per visit, Baldwin told me yesterday. With the new funding, he plans to expand the application beyond just being a store and a reader:  a4AImagine clicking on a spot within a comic and launching a casual game or video that truly extends the story.a4The round was led by DFJ Mercury, with participation from 500 Startups (the a4Asuper angela4 fund from well-known investor Dave McClure), Dundee VC, Ludlow Ventures, and individual angel investors. The Boulder, Colo. startup was incubated by TechStars and previously raised $1.2 million from DFJ Mercury and others.Next Story: Hollywood and tech leaders invest in GeekChicDaily Previous Story: 5 reasons you should care about the flexible workforcePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: 500 Startups, DFJ Mercury, Graphicly, Ludlow VenturesPeople: Dave McClure, Micah Baldin          Companies: 500 Startups, DFJ Mercury, Graphicly, Ludlow VenturesPeople: Dave McClure, Micah BaldinAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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