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In fact, under the right conditions, theoretical physicists say that deleting data can actually produce negative heat--that is, it can have a cooling effect. That’s right, this is a quantum mechanics post.
A test-tube circuit made of DNA-based logic gates can calculate the square root of numbers up to 15, using DNA replication and sequence binding to conduct computations. It’s excruciatingly slow — a calculation can take up to 10 hours
Lockheed Martin communications manager Thad Madden said that the company spent a year reviewing the computer, called the D-Wave One, before purchasing it.
Aaron's Inc. is being sued for allegedly installing hardware- and software-based spyware on the laptops it rented, and using them to log keystrokes, take covert webcam photos and screenshots, and transmit them to the company's offices.
Falun Gong members claim that Golden Shield was used to identify members to China's police, who arrested, detained, and tortured and executed them.
“DNA is the future of computing,” Jian-Jun Shu tells PhysOrg. And why not? Silicon is slow by comparison, computes in a binary system, creates waste heat, and is not particularly easy on the environment.
In a move that could remake the microchip industry, Intel announced Wednesday it will start mass-producing the first three-dimensional silicon transistors.
Intel announced on Wednesday that it had again found a way to make computer chips that could process information more quickly and with less power in less space.
Come Monday, AT&T will begin restricting more than 16 million broadband users based on the amount of data they use in a month.
Two separate research teams using different methods have topped the 100 terabits per second mark through a single optical fiber. That’s enough data flow to download three seamless months worth of HD video in a single second.
TISSA — short for Taming Information-Stealing Smartphone Applications — essentially helps users control personal information accessible to the apps that run on their Android smartphones.
University of Pittsburgh researchers have assembled a key piece of tech that will help enable a future generation of extremely powerful quantum computers.
Changing chip design on demand could allow TVs and other devices to upgrade their own hardware.
A British company called Peratech has announced a new technology for touch screens that registers pressure as well as the position of a finger. This could provide new ways of interacting with apps for touch screen mobile phones and tablets.
In a real-life use of Schrödinger's theoretical paradoxical cat, researchers report that they were able to quickly transfer a complex set of quantum information while preserving its integrity.
Changing chip design on demand could allow TVs and other devices to upgrade their own hardware.
For photographers who are attached to their analog equipment but can no longer resist the pull of the digital age, RE35 proposes a solution: a digital cartridge that fits into any 35mm camera and connects to your computer via USB.
Computers may soon understand people better than their spouses do, courtesy of innovations from startup Affectiva that expand on groundbreaking sensing research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Affectiva co-founder and MIT profe
Two recent developments—a plastic processor and printed memory—show that computing doesn't have to rely on inflexible silicon.
A rival to flash memory that requires one percent as much power could improve battery life in mobile devices.
One afternoon about 12 years ago, Larry Page and Sergey Brin gave John Doerr a call. A few months earlier, the Google cofounders had accepted $12.5 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
It might not be long before airport security will let you keep your shoes on, even if they do grope you.
(Forget about CPU's and GPU's the future of computing is APU (advance processing units) combining the best of CPU and GPU all into one 32 nanometer die. AMD seems to be better at multitasking, HD video, gaming, and multi-threaded aplications.) edito
The electronic future is buried under the ground in Missouri
The next generation of full-color displays has arrived. The researchers at Samsung Electronics have managed to create quantum dots for a breakthrough display that pushes the envelope of the technology and promises less energy usage while providing a
Lenovo and Swedish eye-control company Tobii have teamed up for a laptop prototype that uses eye-tracking tech to trigger certain actions on the computer.
Today’s big Apple rumor concerns Intel’s super-fast Light Peak connection, an optical (or copper) cable which can transmit just about anything along its skinny length.
Watson finished the first game of a two-game match with $35,734 in winnings, far ahead of runner-up Brad Rutter, who earned $10,000. Ken Jennings trailed with $4,800.
A new nanolithography technique works rapidly over large areas.
"What on earth is an exabyte?"
