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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ...  Wuthering Heights I'll give you an example. We buy new workstations to replace old ones, and naturally they're high-end, custom-specced monsters that can hopefully cope with the demands of the work.  ...

2. Nvidia showcases Fermi-based Tesla GPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... last 50 years," the spokesperson explained. He added that Tesla 20 GPUs offer support for double precision floating points (IEEE 754-2008), standard error correcting codes (ECC) and a multi-level cache ...

3. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... ECC module for RAM, and my motherboard doesn't support ECC. So it keeps annoying me at the taskbar, that there is a crash." "I have not done any thing since boot yet the crash icon appears. I have reported ...

4. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 25 October 2009

   ... Two or four 72-bit controllers running up to 2133 MHz speeds with ECC support. Up to 1TB total capacity and supporting memory striping modes for maximum utilization. Hardware acceleration engines: On-chip ...

5. 'World's biggest crater' discovered

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 16 October 2009

   ... Earth's crust at the point of collision, leaving nothing but ultra-hot mantle material to well up in its place. The impact could have ramped up the nearby Deccan Traps volcanic eruptions that covered much ...

6. Super Talent and Toshiba encrypt SATA SSDs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... both the encrypted password protection and data randomization were "standard" features that did not affect performance. Indeed, the DX - which utilizes sophisticated ECC and wear leveling algorithms - ...

7. Nvidia showcases next-generation Fermi GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 30 September 2009

   ... and DirectCompute. ECC, a critical requirement for datacenters and supercomputing centers deploying GPUs on a large scale. 512 CUDA Cores featuring the new IEEE 754-2008 floating-point standard, surpassing ...

8. Sony promises motion controller next spring as Nintendo cuts price of Wii

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   ... The company's promising a wide range of new titles to exploit the device - provisionally named the Motion Controller - next year. Working titles for these include Ape Escape, Eccentric Slider, Sing and ...

9. SanDisk gets speedy with faster flash cards

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 14 September 2009

   ... firmware algorithms and a 42-bit ECC engine. There are also fewer components on the cards, said SanDisk. The Extreme Pro cards are priced at between $300 and $800, depending on capacity and on what retailers ...

10. O2 offers Blackberry for just $14,566

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... model comes in at just €129, but the full-specced one at fourteen and a half thousand bucks must be pretty special, probably coming with a dilithium crystal power pack and an app that causes any iPhones ...

11. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... on chip speeds and the technology associated with them overmuch. The proliferation of netbooks has in general brought down the price of high specced notebooks too. She said research shows that Apple owns ...

12. Report forecasts one billion mobile cloud users by 2014

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... Mark Beccue. "A total of 60 percent of the mobile Cloud application subscribers worldwide will use an application enabled by location during these years. By 2014, mobile cloud computing will become the ...

13. Japanese first lady abducted by aliens

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... set to take office later this month. Hatoyama is himself eccentric by Japanese standards, choosing to wear green suits instead of the standard-issue dark blue ones worn by most men and for not combing ...

14. Islamic search engine hits the web

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 31 August 2009

    ... product as well." Naturally, we tried ImHalal ourselves and it passed the 'Scunthorpe' Test, returning results for the British holiday mecca. But we feel some more work may be needed on the filtering ...

15. Bill Gates puts Feynman physics lectures online

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... and experience his lectures." According to Microsoft Research, Feynman was known for a quirky sense of humor and had eccentric and wide ranging interests. He died in 1988. One of his quotations reads: ...

16. Sony first major vendor to follow China’s censorware rules

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

    ... of Green Dam being preinstalled comes courtesy of a Chinese blogger and a translation of Rebecca MacKinnon, an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre. ...

17. Acer to produce Android based netbook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... attractive because they're cheap. Fully specced notebooks still will set you back an arm - no not an ARM - and a leg. The story is here (sub required).  ...

18. Glu announces uncensored Family Guy for mobile phones

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... publishing, Glu. "The Glu team has worked meticulously to create a game that not only entertains but also accurately represents Family Guy's trademark humor, from sadistic baby Stewie and his eccentric ...

19. Gold nanoparticles can find and destroy tumors

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... tumors in mice that received an intravenous injection of nanorods plus near-infrared laser treatment disappeared within 15 days. Those mice survived for three months with no evidence of reccurrence, while ...

20. Dinosaurs didn't die from asteroid strike

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 27 April 2009

    ... the Deccan Traps in India may be responsible for the extinction, releasing massive amounts of dust and gases that could have blocked out sunlight and brought about a significant greenhouse effect.  ...

21. WWDC 2009: June 12-18 with possible Jobs keynote

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    It's official! WWDC is the new mecca for all things Apple, and it's scheduled to run June 12 - 18 in San Francisco. Expect exciting hardware and software updates and maybe even an entirely new product ...

22. Transcend announces 192 GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

    ... and includes features such as integrated ECC (Error Correction Code) to ensure accurate data transfer, as well as a built-in wear leveling technology that promises “ultra-long storage lifespan”. The reliability ...

23. Google Maps and New York City create ingenious local resource

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... of a newly renovated New York City Information Center, which is located just a few blocks north of the tourist Mecca - Times Square. New York (NY) - The newly launched NYCGo website, created by the New ...

24. A peek inside Apple's top-secret design facility

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... helped design the first PowerBook. When Jobs returned, Ive almost fell victim of the layoffs and budgets cuts which ensued. But then, the 29-years old Britton could hardly escape Jobs' impeccable eye ...

25. UPDATE2: Teen commits suicide on live streaming Justin.TV

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 21 November 2008

    ... down.#2 - A reader of this article, who is also a suicide survivor, emailed me with the AFSP website. They reccomend it for anyone looking for help, or to help.  It is the American Foundation for Suicide ...

26. Tech mergers ahead?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 09 October 2008

    ... position to acquire a rival or expand their product portfolio (note: market caps do not equal likely purchase prices). You may even have a few eccentric billionaires out there who would be able to scoop ...

27. High-end coprocessors: An overview

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

    ...  IEEE 754R No Yes Yes No No ECC No No No Full Full ISA VLIW VLIW VLIW VLIW ...

28. 10 things you didn’t know about … Geoff Lyon

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 08 June 2008

    ... guessed my blackberry... the balance I get from my wife, Rebecca and my two girls (now 5 and 7 years old) keeps my world together and in perspective. The best advice I ever got was ... to think differently. ...

29. Public stature shielding Steve Jobs from SEC lawsuit?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 June 2008

    ... impeccable resume and Apple's public image. The director of the Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware Charles Elson has summed the case it up by saying that "it isn't over until ...

30. YouTube videos connect with iTunes

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 08 May 2008

      Apple and Google are getting more cozy in a deal that promotes the purchase of iTunes videos: Links to iTunes videos have begun appearing next to certain YouTube videos. Apple has played with ...

31. UPDATE: License clash between Sony and Formula 1 Boss means no F1 games

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 06 May 2008

    ... Formula 1 game titles for no: Apparently, the gap between what Sony is willing to pay for a license and what Bernie Ecclestone’s company is demanding is too wide.   Zagreb (Croatia) – Formula ...

32. Nokia and T-Mobile conjoined in mobile venture

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 05 May 2008

    Mobile phone giant Nokia has teamed up with service provider T-Mobile to unveil a new slate of advanced mobile features.  The move will accelerate the development and expansion of Ovi, Nokia's proprietary ...

33. Mario to swing his way to Wii baseball game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 11 April 2008

    ... for the console's motion sensing technology. That same kind of control scheme will appear in Mario Super Sluggers.  The game will feature "interactive baseball action with eccentric characters and ...

34. Asustek launches compact server based on Intel 45 nm technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 24 March 2008

    ... uni-processor server, the RS100-E5/PI2 provides 4-DIMM slots to support up to 8 GB DDR2 800/667 ECC memory, while offering RAID 0, 1 functions for cost-effective data protection. More here at Digitimes. ...

35. Discrepancies plague battery life reports for iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 03 July 2007

    ... video player as well as making calls. For most users (such as commuters), we'd reccomend that you charge it every day. More here at Wireless Info  ...

36. Second Mario Bros game makes its way to Wii Virtual Console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 02 July 2007

    ... sequel to a famous video game mascot, Ecco: The Tides of Time.  Additionally, the TurboGrafx 16 expands its vertical-scrolling shooter collection on the Virtual Console with the release of Dragon ...

37. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 01 July 2007

    ... for me. Consider dealing with a machine like Abe and its almost 10,000 cores. The fact is that even with error checking and correction (ECC) there will still be hardware errors every so often. Right now, ...

38. Intel’s new P35/G33 chipsets sport 1333 MHz FSB

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 May 2007

    ... applications that currently take advantage of DDR3 memory’s higher bandwidth, but Intel is hoping software makers step up to the plate.  Intel says that DDR3 is specced for 1600 MHz speeds on ...

39. Iomega adds rackmount Terabyte RAID NAS

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 12 April 2007

    ... hardware features include dual gigabit Ethernet connections, ECC memory, and an Ultra 320 SCSI (VHDC1) connection for high-speed archival backup. 250 and 500 GB drives are supported for a total of 1 or ...

40. Shuttle launches quad-core SFF workstations

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 February 2007

    ... quad-core technology. The new workstation comes standard with Intel's quad-core Xeon X3210 processor and can be built to include as much as 8 GB of DDR2 ECC memory and up to 2.2 TB of storage space. ...

41. CES 2007: Want wireless Internet access at CES? Then pay $400.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 06 January 2007

    ... (SECC), advanced IP networking technology Before you get online with the high-speed Internet connection, you must choose one of two methods to gain access. You can use the access code that was provided ...

42. Linksys launches Skype iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 18 December 2006

    ... few details available about Apple's phone at this time. However, Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle recently cited industry sources claiming that the phone will be a flash-memory based product that ...

43. 62 titles announced for Wii by year end

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 01 November 2006

    ... has announced the original Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong, as well as F-Zero and Super Mario 64. Sega will be coming out with Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, and Toe Jam & Earl, ...

44. Sega jumps on Nintendo's Wii virtual console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 01 November 2006

    ... Hedgehog, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Gunstar Heroes, Columns, Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier II, Ristar, and Toe Jam & Earl. With no platform for Sega to call its ...

45. Opinion: Zune in, Zune out

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Monday, 18 September 2006

    ... product colors, the Zune integrates unneccessary design elements. The more simplistic design of the Ipod feels much more upscale. The Zune's advantage at this time clearly is an integrated FM tuner and ...

46. Judge blocks order to shut down 4 million Echostar DVRs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 August 2006

    ... to our new DVRs, and to our DVRs in the field, intended to avoid future alleged infringement." Tivo sued Echostar in Federal District Court on 5 January 2004, alleging that ECC and certain subsidiaries ...

47. Gateway intros $1200 Core 2 Duo desktop PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 August 2006

    ... 4 GB of memory and a 1 TB RAID storage system, the system can easily break the $3500 barrier - without monitor. Workstation configurations include ECC memory, SCSI hard drives and an Nvidia Quadro graphics ...

48. Windows Live Messenger now even more live, as Microsoft grows an audience

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 June 2006

    Though the company had plans to unveil its first in a series of so-called "Windows Live Services" last Tuesday at TechEd 2006, today, Microsoft proceeded with the rollout of Windows Live Messenger, the ...

49. Tyan launches Intel Xeon 5000-series based server lineup

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 24 May 2006

    ... targets the high-end sector and the entry-level and mid-range series, the Tempest i5000VS (S5372) and Tempest i5000VF (S5370). The Tempest i5000VS (S5372) supports up to six DIMMS of DDR2 667/533 ECC FBDIMM ...

50. Apple maintains iTunes price at 99 cents per song

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 02 May 2006

      From Financial Times Apple Computer on Monday revealed it had renewed contracts with the four largest record companies to sell songs through its iTunes digital store at 99 cents each. The agreements ...