Show Notes

Team

Mike Boldischar

Sean Godinez

Brian Morgan

Around the Room

Introduction

Announcements

The Disgruntled Rats will be presenting at the Twin Cities Java User Group (TCJUG) this summer on Android OpenGL.  We hope to have a large turnout.  If you are in the area and love computer graphics, please join us!
http://www.intertech.com/UserGroups/JavaUserGroup.aspx

Computer Graphics

1. NVIDIA Apex SDK Beta Released

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrtwESnTOwY

http://www.geeks3d.com/20110325/nvidia-apex-sdk-1-0-beta-available/

http://developer.nvidia.com/apex

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-590-dual-gf110-radeon-hd-6990,2898.html

2. Intel chips are coming to Android tablets

http://phandroid.com/2011/04/11/intel-ships-first-atom-chips-for-tablets-first-honeycomb-devices-not-far-off/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/anti-aliasing-nvidia-geforce-amd-radeon,2868.html

Android News

1. Amazon Android Simulator

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/27/amazon-com-lets-you-play-with-an-android-virtual-machine-try-ap/

2. Android Becoming Not So Open Source?

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_15/b4223041200216.htm

3. Sony Got the Boot From the Google Market.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/02/230212/Google-Pulls-PSX4Droid-For-Sonys-Xperia-Play

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/android-playstation-emulator-psx4droid-pulled-from-market-finge/

3D Modeling

1. AutoDesk (AutoCAD) On Android

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/12/autodesk-to-bring-autocad-to-android-by-the-end-of-the-month/

Gaming

1. Portal 2 Might be released early.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/portal-2-releasing-early-indie-games-drop-hints.ars

2. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (May 17, 2011)

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/thewitcher2/index.html

3. Gaming is the most popular use for tablets.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/08/2157238/Gaming-Is-the-Most-Popular-Use-For-Tablets

Other News

1. Fraking Cylons!  The Redhat team is developing a new language.

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/04/13/0136229/Red-Hat-Uncloaks-Java-Killer-the-Ceylon-Project?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://blog.talawah.net/2011/04/gavin-king-unviels-red-hats-top-secret.html

2. Microsoft Releasing Kinect SDK for Windows

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34102/Kinect_PC_SDK_To_Include_Full_Skeleton_Tracking_Directional_Microphone_Support.php

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/

Conclusion

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Podcast for April 14, 2011