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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... Fermi-based Tesla GPUs and ATI's Radeon 5970 graphics card. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch This second generation SoC works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics ...

2. Intel throws millions of Euro into Exascale center

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... with 1,000 times the performance of today's fastest supercomputers. Exascale means computers that can process a trillion instructions per second. The three year Intel investment will be matched by similar ...

3. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... failed to find any maladministration in relation to Intel's second allegation, that the Commission encouraged Dell to enter into an information exchange agreement with AMD. Intel claimed that this agreement ...

4. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   Redefining multi-GPU gaming In September, TG Daily reported that LucidLogix had redefined multi-GPU gaming with the introduction of its Hydra 200 parallel processor. Indeed, the second generation SoC ...

5. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ... deeds. Of course, we all know about its questionable role in the Chinese government's suppression of free thought, but that seems more the exception that proves the rule. Sadly, the second story this ...

6. Qualcomm intros first 3G/LTE chipsets

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... of network operators, infrastructure vendors and handset manufacturers. Commercial launches of these devices using Qualcomm chipsets will begin during the second half of 2010. Potential customers include ...

7. Mozilla refreshes Firefox 3.6 Beta

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   Fixes 190 bugs Mozilla has introduced a second revision of its Firefox 3.6 Beta. The long-awaited browser update reportedly fixes close to 200 bugs submitted by web developers, add-on coders and end ...

8. Microsoft locks out thousands of gamers

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... losing all online capabilities permanently - which means gamers looking to buy second-hand consoles should be careful. "All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 ...

9. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... areas that don’t touch me and is dead quiet.  Granted I kind of missed the drunken gerbil on a treadmill sound that many notebooks put out in my hotel room but I got over it in like 10 seconds.  ...

10. Messenger probe reveals new areas of Mercury

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... observations from the spacecraft's first flyby in January with data from the probe's second pass has provided key new insights into Mercury's magnetic field. "The previous flybys by Messenger and Mariner ...

11. Midnight shoppers queue for Droid

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... at seven am this morning. Analyst outfit Gartner reckons at least 40 new Android-based phones are set to appear on the market in 2010 and that they will be in overall second place in the market to the ...

12. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... won’t keep you twiddling your thumbs while your boss waits for the results she or he wants. The second is that PCs aren’t like washing machines at all. They’re sophisticated devices and their performance ...

13. Weather scrubs Ares I-X test flight

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... meeting with his senior staff to decide if a second attempt will be made tomorrow or Thursday. The maiden test flight of NASAs next-generation launch vehicle, Ares I-X has been scrubbed for today (Tuesday) ...

14. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    ... signal processing performance with a 4 MAC/cycle multiplier unit delivering up to 600 billion MACs per second, more than 12x the fastest commercial DSP. Integrated high-performance DDR3 memory controllers: ...

15. Fuel cells fail to fulfil their promise

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... equipment from AC adapters, and runs on a mix of ambient oxygen and methanol. The Dynario delivers juice to charge two mobile phones - the methanol mix once injected takes 20 seconds to start charging. ...

16. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... takes about an hour. So you might gain a few seconds in paging data into memory, but you'll lose it all and more keeping your SSD in peak condition. Sexy or not, SSDs will remain a niche storage technology ...

17. Phoenix ties knot with Samsung for "instantly on" notebooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ...  That's done by using Phoenix Hyperspace, which lets notebooks start and shut down within seconds - admittedly that's not instant. The operating environment lets you switch to Windows for specific tasks ...

18. YouTube offers chance to quiz Nobel winners

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... 30 seconds and they hold the camera steady.  ...

19. NASA does kick up moon plume after all

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... (MIR) thermal cameras over two seconds, providing valuable information about the composition of the material at the impact site. It also also recorded emissions and absorption spectra across the flash ...

20. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    Depending on how you count, January begins the second decade of the 21st century. While a painful 10 years in many ways, the information technology industry saw some phenomenal changes during that time. ...

21. Rumor: Nintendo selects Tegra processor for new DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... Tegra, leaving graphics subsystem to do 'something smarter.'" Valich explained that the second generation of Tegra chips could make an "excellent base" for the next-generation DS. "With Gen2 Tegra offering ...

22. Windows, users, guns and stupidity

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... 4GB of RAM to disk in 20 seconds. Waking it up takes 22. We repeat our earlier point. If 20 seconds puts too big a dent in your crowded schedule, there’s probably no help for you. If you genuinely lose ...

23. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... – or even know – how long your machine takes to boot? According to iolo, Windows 7 starts up to the point where the machine is usable 42 percent slower than Vista - one minute, 34 seconds compared ...

24. FCC pledges to "unleash" 4G mobile broadband spectrum

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... networks - data rates measured in megabits per second instead of kilobits, latencies in mere milliseconds." The Chairman noted that Clearwire has already launched WiMAX in 14 markets, while Verizon, ...

25. Scientists demonstrate telepathy, well, sort of

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... and transmitted a series of binary digits, imagining moving their left arm for zero and their right arm for one. The second person's PC picked up the stream of binary digits and flashed an LED lamp ...

26. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... impacted Intel? Undoubtedly. Yet, the chip firm actually managed to expand its lead in the struggling global microprocessor sector by capturing 80.6 percent of the segment's revenue during the second quarter ...

27. GPU-based array processes 20TFLOP with just 20kW of power

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... the MWA requires an incredible amount of on-site compute power to process enormous amounts of data. "The MWA has [hundreds of gigabytes] a second feeding into an Nvidia GPU cluster in real-time. It computes ...

28. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    LucidLogix has redefined multi-GPU gaming with the introduction of its Hydra 200 parallel processor. The second generation SoC works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics performance ...

29. Astrophysicists simulate a star's final hours

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... intractable. We needed to simulate the conditions for hours, not just a few seconds. We are now doing calculations that weren't possible before." Almgren's team developed a simulation code, Maestro, ...

30. Humans will be immortal in 20 years

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time. Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time. The 61 year old ...

31. ATI introduces Radeon HD 5800 GPU for DirectX 11 gaming

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... and an updated version of Lord of the Rings Online.  Bergman explained that the 5800 series features sixth generation tessellation technology, second generation 40nm process technology and third ...

32. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... - is capable of achieving a blazingly fast transfer rate of 270MB per second. Intel Developer Forum - MCCI and Symwave are showcasing the world's "highest performing" USB 3.0 system at IDF 2009. The next-generation ...

33. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... production in the second half of 2011. Sandy Bridge is the next generation of CPUs that will be out by this time next year. Intel is confident it can get to 15 nanometers after 22 nanometers on a predictable ...

34. Apple Snow Leopard sales hit record numbers

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... - while the second week of sales for both Leopard and Tiger decreased more than 60 percent below opening week volumes. "With pricing reduced by more than $100 for both the single-user and five-user ...

35. Apple snaps up top Intel lawyer

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    The second high profile casualty of yesterday's Intel management reshuffle, ex-General Counsel Bruce Sewell, is moving down the road to Cupertino to take on the same role at Apple. The second high profile ...

36. Microprocessor diversity threatens X86 hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    Intel has managed to expand its lead in the struggling global microprocessor sector by capturing 80.6 percent of the segment's revenue during the second quarter of 2009. However, the company's traditional ...

37. Sony marketing campaign plumbs new depths

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... this was a good idea, let alone why they still have a job, remains a mystery. The campaign breaks with two 30-second commercials, Ping Pong (two versions) airing nationwide, along with a new campaign web ...

38. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    Opinion This week was the big Apple iPod refresh and the interest was almost as focused on what Apple didn’t announce as it was on what they did.   I think the overarching news was that despite ...

39. AMD launches Tigris and Congo notebook platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... and integrated chipset to allow new UVD power states, IGP frequency and voltage scaling, as well as dynamic pixel and display clock reduction." It should be noted that AMD has also unveiled a second generation, ...

40. World's quietest room opens for business

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    ... air movements. The demands, therefore, for quality in construction and delivery were second-to-none. "We anticipate that this state-of-the-art facility will attract very considerable interest, not only ...

41. EMC keeps lead in falling storage market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... falling, says IDC, thanks to a decline in server system sales. The figure fell 18.3 percent year over year in the second quarter to $4.1 billion, with total disk storage systems factory revenues dropping ...

42. Stanford team develops open source 'Frankencamera'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... talking about is: tell it what to do on the next microsecond in a metering algorithm or an autofocusing algorithm, or fire the flash, focus a little differently and then fire the flash again — things you ...

43. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... any new facts in the story itself and by looking for instances of today's secret words. If you can second guess what the key words for today are, you can get your story right up there with no bother. 'Skank' ...

44. Blizzard showcases Cataclysm at BlizzCon '09

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    ... Archaeology - Master a secondary profession to unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.  ...

45. Diagnostic tool could save traders a packet

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    A diagnostic tool for data center networks is claimed to be able to detect delays short as tens of millionths of seconds. San Diego, CA - A diagnostic tool for data center networks is claimed to be able ...

46. Microsoft Fable promises tyranny, poverty and injustice

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    ... players won't second-guess what we have planned for Fable III," said Lionhead Studios'  creative director Peter Molyneux, who is also creative director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Microsoft ...

47. Electric bikes impress English folk

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    ... electric motor attached. These are for fun and/or kids and are priced accordingly.The second category is the 'fold-up' electric bike where portability is all-important. Although the original intention ...

48. European monitor market shrinks again

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    ... five brands for volume in the second quarter were Samsung, with 22.9 percent market share, followed by LG at 16.5 percent and Acer, a close third with 15.5 percent. The final two were HP with 12.2 percent ...

49. Inflatable spacecraft test success for NASA

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... less than 90 seconds. "Our inflation system, which is essentially a glorified scuba tank, worked flawlessly and so did the flexible aeroshell," said Neil Cheatwood, IRVE principal investigator and ...

50. NASA to launch inflatable re-entry vehicle

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... said Mary Beth Wusk, IRVE project manager. "We separate from the rocket 90 seconds after launch and we begin inflation about three-and-a-half-minutes after that. Our critical data period after it inflates ...