And the technology wars begin. Just when you thought NVIDIA had the last say in the verbal bout of "who's processing power gargles nuts now?" Intel decided that it was time to take the graphics game to a higher level. Today, we're introduced to Intel's "Larrabee" - a much rumored CPU concept prototype designed to carry some form of graphics processing as well. Suddenly itching for more? Full story now, pardner.

Interested in learning the Japanese language? Here's a good Japanese Kanji study aid, PspKanji, and the latest release now includes support for M33 CFW and a port for the Mac platform. There's also a whole lot of changes and new features added to this release since our last coverage, so check out the changelog in the full article.

Download: PspKanji v2.3

The work in progress Nintendo DS emulator for the PC known as Neon DS is back and this time it gets revisions for its 3D rendering. The latest version, NeonDS v0.2.0 has been released and is yours for the taking via the download link below. Just make sure to check out the changelog after the jump to see what's been improved.

Download: Neon DS v0.2.0

Here's some good news to those who are looking for PSP emulators: Actaron's PSP emulator for the PC, Sam, can finally run homebrew games and applications (previous update here). It's quite a great feat, considering that the last release of Sam was only a few days ago. More details in the full article.


Download: Sam v1.0.0.1

Beta 4 or 5A258f - call it as the coder inside you would, but Apple's fourth build for the iPhone SDK Beta rolled out today. It's reportedly coming out with a plethora of tools, samples, frameworks - some that were present in the previous builds. But most importantly, SDK Beta 4 updates the simulator formerly known as Aspen with Open GL ES support. Find out more on this update at the full story.

They say a picture paints a thousand words. What more will you do if a picture makes you feel you're actually part of it? Marco Giorgini's homebrew application CubeWorld for the Apple iPhone allows you to scroll and zoom around a 360-degree panoramic image. And it's for free! More details after the jump.

Wondering just when you'll be playing retail games on your Apple iPhone? Then wonder no more, as this update straight from Gameloft, we get a confirmation that yes, they'll be developing games for the iPhone and they have no less than 15 planned games for 2008. That's fifteen titles right out of the gates, and knowing Gameloft, each one will definitely be awesome. Check out the full article for all the info.

Apple's ticket into the handheld gaming scene successfully impressed crowds when the company unveiled three new games running on the iPhone. With OpenGL and OpenAL support together with the accelerometer, high quality motion-based games were proven to be possible on the platform. Make your to the full article to see what games Apple has in store.

After Apple held it in for long enough, everyone finally had the chance to see the newly-unveiled iPhone SDK in action. The demonstration of the new development package was held at the company's Cupertino campus and showed off how far the SDK could push the iPhone's capabilities. For more details, check out the full article.

Quite a number of announcements were made by Sony in this year's Game Developers Conference. While most are probably talking about the fact that there are 2.8 million PSN gamers, developers have been going crazy at the new PhyreEngine from Sony Computer Entertainment. For more on this, be sure to check out the full article.