A Tribute to Steve Jobs
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Technology: Computer Hardware
Mystery Google Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa
• http://www.wired.com, By Cade MetzPhotos of the mystery computing device appeared on the web in late February. Taken with a smartphone, they were a bit washed out and a little blurry in places, but you could easily read the name printed on the long, thin piece of hardware. “Pluto Swi
Microsoft Will Begin Selling Massive 82-Inch Tablets Running Windows 8
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve KovachAs part of its purchase of Perceptive Pixel today, Microsoft will start selling giant tablets running Windows 8.
Diamonds may leads to rise of quantum computer
• The Bunsen Burner StaffOne of the main obstacles in the way of a practical quantum computer has been cracked. Researchers were able to create quantum bits (qubits) and store information on them for nearly two seconds, at room temperature.
Microsoft’s New Tablets Have Keyboards and Kickstands
• http://www.truthdig.comMicrosoft unveiled two new tablets, called Surface, in Los Angeles on Monday.
Build a Gaming PC for Any Budget
• http://www.pcmag.com, By Matthew MurrayNo matter how much money you have to spend, you can put together your own PC that will play games well now—and leave you lots of room to grow.
Tracking Your Every Step,Indoor Positioning Service
• http://govtslaves.info, GadgetboxMany of us rely on GPS to get around unfamiliar cities and neighborhoods, but a new type of location service could be giving you directions from the dairy section to the frozen foods aisle at the grocery store, and tracking every step you take.
Holey Optochip! The One-Trillion-Bits-Per-Second Chip is Here
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comThe high data loads of the future--and even the present--require that optical communications platforms continue to get faster, leaner, and cheaper.
Intel launches high-end server chip for the cloud
• By Noel RandewichIntel Corp took the wraps off its newest "Xeon" server chip on Tuesday, seeking to capitalize on an explosion of Internet traffic sparked by Web-based cloud computing, social networking and growing smartphone and tablet computer use.
All New Windows 8 Computers to Have Remote Kill Switch
• Jordan RobertsonWith the rollout of the Windows 8 operating system expected later this year, millions of desktop and laptop PCs will get kill switches for the first time.
WiFi 802.22 Technology Promises Wireless Data Over 60 Miles: Say Goodbye to Data Plans
• www.slashgear.com"This technology takes advantage of VHF and UHF TV bands and transmits broadband wireless internet over 60 miles in diameter." "The news release is plain and simple, but something tells me this tech might never see the light of day."
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IBM creates amazing atomic-level hard drive
• .If you think a 1TB flash drive is impressive, IBM is about to do you one better. The computing giant announced yesterday that it was able to store one bit of data on the world's smallest storage drive — one 6 atoms long by 2 atoms wide. Current ha
Microsoft to bring Kinect to Windows PCs
• AFPMicrosoft plans to bring its Kinect technology to bear on personal computers following its phenomenal success with the gesture and voice-recognition sensor in the Xbox 360 game console. “I’m thrilled to announce that Kinect is coming to Windows on
Tiny wires could usher new computer era
• The RawStory.comScientists said Thursday they have designed tiny wires, 10,000 times thinner than a human hair but with the same electrical capacity as copper, in a major step toward building smaller, more potent computers.
The revolutionary pocket-sized gizmo that turns any television into a PC for just £16
• www.dailymail.co.ukRaspberry Pi will offer office programmes and video for £16 - Just need to add keyboard, television and mouse - Connects to internet via cable - and can connect to other gadgets via USB - First 10 'collectors' samples on eBay this week
Amazon Builds World’s Fastest Nonexistent Supercomputer
• Cade Metz via WIRED.comThis fall, Amazon built a virtual supercomputer atop its Elastic Compute Cloud — a web service that spins up virtual servers whenever you want them — and this nonexistent mega-machine outraced all but 41 of the world’s real supercomputers.
Quantum Computing With Holograms
• TechnologyReview.comThe US Air Force is developing simple but reliable quantum computers that can be built with off-the-shelf components
Anonymous Declares War on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
• MSNBCFresh off confrontations with Mexican drug gangs and Israeli security forces, the Anonymous hacktivist collective seems to have found a new target: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
Steve Jobs’s secret legacy: Dying Apple boss left plans for four years of new products
• www.dailymail.co.ukDespite knowing he was dying, Steve Jobs worked for more than a year on the products that he believed would safeguard the company's future.
India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor
• APIndia introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. The computer, called Aakash, or "sky" in Hindi, is the latest in a series of "world's cheapest"
Apple Unveils New iPhone
• slatest.slate.com/The company announced that the new phone will run from $199 to $399 when it goes on sale in the U.S. on October 14. The original iPhone 4 (8GB), meanwhile, will be knocked down to $99, and the the 3GS will be free with a two-year contract.
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire tablet, priced at $199
• www.reuters.comAmazon.com Inc introduced its eagerly awaited tablet computer on Wednesday with a price tag that could make it the first strong competitor in a tablet market that has been dominated by Apple Inc's iPad. The new device is priced at $199
Hands-On With the IBM 5150, Thirty Years Later
• http://www.wired.com/California — A white cursor blinks in the monitor’s top left corner. From beneath, a slab of machinery whirs, shudders and falls expectantly quiet.
Threat analyst says medical devices can be hacked remotely
• AFPThe list of medical gadgets vulnerable to being hacked wirelessly includes pace makers, intravenous pumps, and blood pressure cuffs. To find out whether an insulin pump trusted to keep his blood sugar levels safe could be hacked he found he could rem
MacBook Pros, Hit the Bench: The Air Is Gaining Muscle
• Christina Bonnington via WIRED.comIf you bought a MacBook Pro last year, tough beans: It just got outflanked by its slimmer, smaller cousin, the MacBook Air.
New Spinning Heat Sink Design Could Trim Energy Use and Unleash Processing Power
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comHeat exchanger technology--the cooling machinery that ferries internal heat away from your PC, your computer, your air conditioner, and other appliances--hasn’t changed too terribly much for decades.
IBM Demos Phase Change Memory That Reliably Packs Multiple Data Bits Into Single Cells
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comIBM researchers in Zurich--working alongside their stateside colleagues--have demonstrated for the first time that phase change memory (PCM) can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over long periods of time.
Japanese Supercomputer Unseats Chinese Supercomputer, Is Now the World's Fastest
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comA Japanese supercomputer is now the world’s fastest, unseating the previous record-holder by nearly a factor of four. The K Computercan perform 8 petaflops — that’s 8 quadrillion calculations per second.
First Graphene-Based Integrated Circuit Is a Major Step Toward Graphene Computer Chips
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comIBM researchers have built the first integrated circuit based on graphene, a breakthrough they say could herald future based on graphene wafers instead of silicon. The circuit, a 10 gigahertz frequency mixer, could give wireless devices greater range
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