Cray Unveils Personal Supercomputer

Ray Kurzweil, in The Singularity is Near, predicts that by 2020 personal computers will have the same processing power as human brains. For now, Cray, the supercomputer manufacturer, has just come out with a $25,000 supercomputer that runs on 110 volt current and is small...

Big step in tiny technology [Breakthrough opening doors to molecular computing]

Another breakthrough in lithography is happening as physical limits are being reached in conventional processes for creating computer processors. Molecular computing will be here soon.Also see this recent article:Self-assembling polymer arrays improve data storage...

Quantum Leap: Researchers have controlled the position of a single electron ...

"An international team of researchers has shown that it can control the quantum state of a single electron in a silicon transistor--even putting the electron in two places at once. Their discovery could help pave the way toward a practical quantum computer. Quantum computers...

i-Bar - bad pickup lines in text - patrons connect via touch screens

"OMG U R SoooooSoOoOoO HOT"Vegas, Texting & Booze = recipe for a morning full of regretGood thing what happens in Vegas STAYS in Vegas...that is unless there are fertalized eggs or std's involved....but i...

I can haz lolcode?

This site cracked me up when I first saw it. Someone has decided to make a real, working computer language from lolcat-ese. Hundreds of would-be programmers have embraced the idea and are in the process of creating a...

Google Goes Black- Raising Awareness of Energy Conservation

"Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why...

HCL Infosystems launches a next generation ultra portable Linux based "Mileap...

  " 7” (17.74 cms) screen size Weighing less than a kg Offering a true mobile internet experience with full PC functionality New Delhi, January 15, 2008: Keeping its promise & heritage of...

USB Plasma Ball

"Plasma balls are cool. There’s no denying that. The God-like harnessing of the power of electricity is something everyone at Paramountzone attempted at a child, only to get a burst of 240V DC straight through our fingertips, which send us packing in no uncertain terms. USB...

OQO announces model e2 with embedded HSDPA mobile broadband

"The OQO model e2 with embedded HSDPA is designed specifically to meet international demand for anytime/anywhere computing with access to the Internet and networked PC applications in a pocketable and ergonomic form factor. "Savvy individuals and enterprise users around the...

CIBER wins contract with New Zealand`s EziBuy

"EziBuy's IT Manager Hamish Grant says, "We chose novaRetail for four main reasons:1. It is based on SAP for Retail which is gaining good market share and credibility in APAC.2. We were, and are impressed by the professionalism and track record of CIBER ANZ.3. This is a...

Drive advance fuels terabyte era

"A single hard drive with four terabytes of storage (4TB) could be a reality by 2011, thanks to a nanotechnology breakthrough by Japanese firm Hitachi. The company has successfully managed to shrink the read-write head of a hard drive to two thousands times smaller than the...

Google, IBM sponsor parallel computing courses at universities

"IT companies are becoming more active in making sure that there will be enough engineers that will be able to handle emerging technologies such as parallel computing. Following examples such as the one set by...

Bhutan Deploys Linux

"The government has refreshed the Debian-based operating system that it launched last year.The Bhutan government liked its first taste of Linux so much that it has come back for seconds, releasing an updated version of its Debian-based operating system that it launched last...

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