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IBM said Smart Work will "help businesses in Africa bridge the digital divide"

IBM offers low-cost computing solution for Africa

Technology / Software

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US computer giant IBM and South Africa's Canonical on Wednesday announced the launch of a Web-based service aimed at helping African businesses that cannot afford traditional personal computers.


Steve Wozniak joins search startup advisory board (AP)

Steve Wozniak joins search startup advisory board

Technology / Internet

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak - currently strutting his stuff as a competitor on the ABC show "Dancing With the Stars" - is joining the advisory board of search startup DeepDyve.


Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web

www@20: How the techies tamed the cyber zoo

Technology / Internet

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Huddled around a vintage computer, four of the creators of the world wide web were blissfully unaware of the audience as they demonstrated how, some 20 years ago, they spawned the exponential growth of the ...





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Mathematica Users Get 100x Performance Boost From NVIDIA CUDA

Technology / Software

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 8

At SC08, Wolfram Research will demonstrate a new version of Mathematica, the world’s most powerful general computational software, that integrates CUDA, NVIDIA’s parallel GPU computing architecture. This new version is expected ...


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Sidekick's lost data gone for good

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sidekick users have been without some of their services for days, and have just been told by the company, T-Mobile, that for some users their data may be lost forever due to a server error ...


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'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.


Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...


Name new computing technology, win $500

Technology / Other

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A $500 prize is being offered for the winning name submitted for the prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers.


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Some Sidekick users may recover data: Microsoft

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft said Tuesday that some Sidekick mobile phone users may recover personal data such as contacts, calendar items and digital photos believed to have been permanently lost in a server failure.


Cloud computing gathers steam with mobile devices

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The outlook for the wireless industry is getting cloudier. Consumers have tapped into cloud computing technology for years: sending messages via Hotmail, uploading photos to Facebook or editing a spreadsheet on Google Docs ...


NVIDIA Ushers In the Era of Personal Supercomputing

NVIDIA Ushers In the Era of Personal Supercomputing

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 21, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

High-performance computing in fields like the geosciences, molecular biology, and medical diagnostics enable discoveries that transform billions of lives every day. Universities, research institutions, and ...


'Virtual' computers span the digital divide

Technology / Software

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

NComputing is out to span the digital divide with a version of cloud computing called "virtualization," which essentially turns one machine into many.


Intel, Dreamworks Animation Form Alliance to Revolutionize 3-D Filmmaking Technology

Technology / Other

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release ...



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