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4 hrs ago | PhysOrg Weblog

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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18 hrs ago | BBC

What happened to Second Life?

Not long ago Second Life was everywhere, with businesses opening branches and bands playing gigs in this virtual world.

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Related Topix: Virtual Worlds, Video Games, Startups, Linden Lab, Apparel

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Technologizer

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 .

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Bill Gates, PC

Internet News

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.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Hewlett Packard, CPU, Science, Computer Science, Computers

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Sun Bloggers

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.

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Related Topix: SAP, CPU, Science / Technology, Computers

NetworkWorld

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.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science

The INQUIRER

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.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Apple, Startups, Computers, Apple Computer, Steve Jobs

Post-Bulletin

'Cloud computing' allows access to supercomputers

For decades, the world's supercomputers have been the tightly guarded property of universities and governments.

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Related Topix: Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Hewlett Packard, Computers

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Earth Times

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 .

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Related Topix: Spyware, Science / Technology, PC, Computers, Biotech, Medicine, Cell Therapeutics, Healthcare Industry

The Press-Enterprise

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.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Hewlett Packard, HP, Computers, Printers

Computerworld

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.

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Related Topix: Open Source Software, Science / Technology, Linux, Computers, High Performance Computing, CPU

X-bit labs

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.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices, Wireless, Emerging Technology

Sun Nov 22, 2009

CBS4

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.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers, CPU

NY Times

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.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices, Computers, CPU, Science, Computer Science

InternetNews

AMD Scores Supercomputing Points

AMD Scores Supercomputing Points Even while going through some tough times, AMD holds its own in the supercomputing world.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, CPU, Computers, University of Tennessee, Marketing

Sat Nov 21, 2009

CNET News.com

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.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Laptops/Notebooks, CPU, Microsoft, Computers

TechNewsWorld

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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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Computers, CPU, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing

Workplace Collaboration Services

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 .

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, IBM, Berkeley, CA, Department of Energy

Fri Nov 20, 2009

CRN

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.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers, Marketing

EurekAlert!

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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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers, Science, Computer Science, Physics

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