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Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards

Jul 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform ...


UC San Diego Unveils Highest Resolution Scientific Display System in the World

Jul 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

As the size of complex scientific data sets grows exponentially, so does the need for scientists to explore the data visually and collaboratively in ultra-high resolution environments. To that end, the California ...


New computer does Windows 3,000 times faster

Jun 18, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

The most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe is being installed in Sweden's Umeå University. Nicknamed "Akka", the supercomputer incorporates IBM Power microprocessors, Cell Broadband Engines and Intel processors and ...


Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale

Jun 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s) | pda version

Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to ...


SanDisk Releases Solid-State Drives Aimed at Ultra Low-Cost PCs

Jun 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

SanDisk Corporation today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) ...


Taiwan's Asustek, Acer launch low-priced mini laptops

Jun 03, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Two major Taiwan computer sellers launched low-priced mini laptops at Asia's biggest computer show on Tuesday, both forecasting the shipment of millions of units this year.


IBM Debuts New Category of Server for Web 2.0 Computing

Apr 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

IBM introduced today an entirely new category of server uniquely designed to address the technology needs of companies that use Web 2.0-style computing to operate massive data centers with tens of thousands of servers.


Asus Releases 8.9 Inch Eee PC 900

Apr 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

Amid the buzz of reaching a new milestone of 1 million Eee PCs sold in just 5 months after its launch, ASUS has provided yet another round of excitement with its release of the new Eee PC 900.


IBM Turns on the Water for Energy-Efficient Supercomputer

Apr 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

IBM today introduced a new supercomputer powered by one of the world’s fastest microprocessors and cooled by an innovative water system.


Researchers link 11 genetic variations to type 2 diabetes

Apr 01, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Mathematicians at Michigan Technological University have developed powerful new tools for winnowing out the genes behind some of humanity’s most intractable diseases.


Hook Your Car Up to the Internet

Mar 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | pda version

If the thought of a long road trip without full Internet access makes you jittery, a new in-car Internet connection could fulfill your high-speed needs.


Software developed by Boston College lab delivers speed and accuracy to genome research

Mar 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

It took a global corps of scientists approximately $500 million and 13 years to identify the more than 35,000 genes of the human genome. Five years later, Boston College Biologist Gabor Marth and his research team have developed ...


Robot fetches objects with just a point and a click

Mar 19, 2008 | pda version

Robots are fluent in their native language of 1 and 0 absolutes but struggle to grasp the nuances and imprecise nature of human language. While scientists are making slow, incremental progress in their quest ...


Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child

Mar 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 36 vote(s) | pda version

Troy, N.Y. – Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your ...


IBM Rolls Out New Mainframe

Feb 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s) | pda version

IBM today announced the System z10 mainframe to help clients create a new enterprise data center. The system z10 is designed from the ground up to help dramatically increase data center efficiency by significantly improving ...


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