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Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics
Researchers are closer to using tiny devices called semiconducting nanowires to create a new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips.
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Windows? Laptops? Theya ll Never Catch On
What's the most wrongheaded conclusion anyone ever came to concerning computers? I covered three of the most legendary ones-"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home," "640K should be enough for anybody," and "I think there is a worldwide market for maybe five computers" in The 25 Most Notable Quotes in Tech History .
Europe Jumps Into HPC Fray ...
A company known for wearable PCs comes out with its own supercomputer design. What does it have that IBM and HP doesn't? November 25, 2009 By : The recent Top500 supercomputer list showed that high-performance computing is pretty much an IBM and HP world.
Sun M9000 Fastest Sap 2-tier SD Benchmark on current Sap EP4 for Sap Erp 6.0
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server set a World Record on the SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 Standard Sales and Distribution Benchmark.
IBM smartphone software translates 11 languages
Researchers at IBM say they have created smart software that that translates text between English and 11 other languages including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Arabic.
Installing Windows 7 on your Intel Mac
WHEN APPLE ANNOUNCED in 2005 that all of its future desktop and laptop computers would soon make the transition to sporting Intel CPUs, the Macolyte community was split.
'Cloud computing' allows access to supercomputers
For decades, the world's supercomputers have been the tightly guarded property of universities and governments.
Free Wondreshare spyware removal - protect PC agianst spyware, trojan virus and slow performance
November 20th, 2009 -Wondershare Software Co., Ltd, the world leading consuming software provider, announces a new product release----Wondershare Spyware Removal on its system utility official website .
HP's profit up 14 pct despite sales drop
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter, helped by cost-cutting and better results from its technology services division.
SJVN: Linux powers world's fastest computers
November 17, 2009 - 12:20 P.M. Linux powers the fastest computers on the planet 136 comments Once upon a time, supercomputers used special vector model processors to achieve their remarkable speeds.
Lenovo Readies World's First AMD-Based ThinkPad Computer
Lenovo ThinkPad X100e: AMD Athlon Neo, DirectX 10, 11.6" HD Display [11/19/2009 09:18 AM] by Anton Shilov Lenovo Group, the manufacturer of the legendary ThinkPad-branded notebooks, is getting ready to unveil the first ever ThinkPad computer with a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices.
Cat's Thinking Simulated With Supercomputer
Share + Nov 22, 2009 5:38 pm US/Eastern SAN FRANCISCO Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.
Supercomputers Are Still Fast, but Less Super
This story was updated to correct a previous assertion that Jaguar was the first x86-based system to be the world's fastest supercomputer.
AMD Scores Supercomputing Points
AMD Scores Supercomputing Points Even while going through some tough times, AMD holds its own in the supercomputing world.
Upping the ante in the supercomputer stakes
This week's Supercomputing 2009 in Portland, Ore., puts the spotlight on the highest of high-end computing systems.
IBM Researchers Go Way Beyond AI With Cat-Like Cognitive Computing
IBM researchers have developed a cognitive computer simulation that mimics the way a cat brain processes thought, and they expect to be able to mimic human thought processes within a decade.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research
The program, dubbed Magellan, is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the U.S. Department of Energy .
AMD-based Supercomputer Named Fastest In the World
Nov. 16, 2009 More of the top supercomputers in the world are running AMD processor or graphics technology than ever before, but Intel continues to dominate the space.
More than powerful! German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world
At the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon , the high-performance computer QPACE was recognized today as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.
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