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Welcome to BillVolhein.com
Posted on April 11th, 2009 No commentsHello, and welcome to Bill Volhein‘s social media hub. I have created this site to be in full control of what shows up first in the search enigines when doing a search for “Bill Volhein”. Please feel free to contact me via any of my social links.
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AMD Launches 3D Media Browser
Posted on April 11th, 2009 No commentsWashington Post – For whatever reason this week’s launch of the beta version of AMD’s Fusion Media Explorer, the company’s first forray in the social media hub/browser space, isn’t being met with a mountain of buzz. For a 40-year old giant of a tech company that’s mostly known for its micro-processors and related technologies, that’s quite surprising, especially because the product actually appears to be quite cool, if not very innovative these days.
AMD Creates new browser, but for whom?
I say appears, because the installation failed on my computer for lack of an AMD processor (I should have known), and I should probably note the application has only been tested for use on Windows and Linux machines. From what I can gather, it most certainly makes me want to test it asap though.
Here’s how AMD pitches the browser (buzzword alert):
The AMD Fusion Media Explorer (FME) is a new 3D Immersive Social Media and Digital Media Browser, built and distributed by AMD. In addition to enabling unique multimedia and social media experiences, FME does a great job of showcasing the power of AMD CPUs and GPUs. This application demonstrates what our platforms are capable of when the software is designed to take full advantage.AMD Fusion Media Explorer combines a user?s local media items, plus related online content from providers such as, Flickr, YouTube, and Microsoft Live. In addition, FME has Facebook integration which gives our users even more options for posting or interacting with their favorite photos or friends? photos. All of this is managed by an integrated search engine, that makes it very easy to quickly locate what you are looking for.
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