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Hi Guyz
In this post u will see the new discoveries in the world,some cool gadgets and interesting technology news!
hope u enjoy!
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Twitter to give bushfire alerts
By Phil Mercer
BBC News, Sydney
Ruins of a fire-hit home in Mudgeegonga, Victoria, Australia, 10 February 2009
February's bushfires struck some towns with little warning
Australia is to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to give people early warning of bushfires.
Residents of towns in Victoria state have said they had little or no warning of the devastating blazes that killed 173 people in February.
The usual advice for homeowners to stay and defend their properties or to seek refuge elsewhere will be revised to put far more emphasis on leaving early.
To help people decide, officials want to speed the flow of information.
Victorian state premier John Brumby says social networking sites on the internet will help to improve advice to households.
"We'll be providing more information to the community, like Twitter and Facebook - alternative means of communication to get the information out to the public," Mr Brumby said.
"So that they've got better information from a variety of sources and if they need to make a judgement to go early, they will go and they will go early," he added.
Deadly speed
Many victims of February's bushfires were killed trying to defend their homes against some of the most ferocious blazes Australia has ever seen.
Others were engulfed as they tried to flee, tragically ambushed by the sheer speed of the fires' advance.
A judicial inquiry into the causes of the disaster and the responses of the emergency services is due to hand down its interim findings next month.
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the social networks r proving too useful!
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Cybercriminals Steal $415,000 From County in Kentucky
Monday, July 06, 2009
Sophisticated international cybercriminals stole $415,000 from a bank account belonging to Bullitt County, Ky. last month — and got two dozen regular citizens to help them.
"It's stolen just the same way as if someone had come and took a .45 [caliber] pistol and held up a teller," county attorney Walt Sholar told TV station WLKY.
A gang based in the former Soviet Union used viruses to secretly take control of computers used by county officials, including the country treasurer and a local judge, according to the Washington Post.
Then they secretly re-routed e-mails containing one-time passwords that both the treasurer and the judge would have to use to authorize wire transfers from the account, which belonged to Bullitt County Fiscal Court in Shepherdsville and was used to make payroll.
Beginning on June 22, the hackers began sending transfers, each under $10,000 so as not to alert federal watchdogs, to the bank accounts of 25 different Americans who'd been unwittingly recruited as "mules" by the Eastern European criminals.
The mules, who'd responded to ads for temporary at-home editing work on the job-placement Web site CareerBuilder.com, were instructed to keep 5 percent of the transfers as "commissions" and wire the rest of the money to accounts in Ukraine and Russia.
One mule found herself out thousands of dollars once Bullitt County got wise to what was happening and its bank started recalling the transfers.
County officials stressed that police, fire department and EMS workers would still be paid on time, and that the bank itself, First Federal Savings Bank, was never hacked into or compromised.
But the entire episode unsettled county residents.
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they have gone wild!
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Wow great ur posting and ur replying to ur posts as well, awesome, keep it up
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haha yaa i noticed it tooo
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Wow great ur posting and ur replying to ur posts as well, awesome, keep it up
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lol no one is replying. i thought i should reply so someone see it!
why dont ppl come to technology section ::)
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i am updated with latest equipment!!
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i am updated with latest equipment!!
ahaan??
so den go on!
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hey guyz update yourself with this latest pc magazine!
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2743418 (http://www.mininova.org/tor/2743418)
its a torrent so u need a torrent client to download this!
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As Unbreakable as ... Glass?
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CLEAR VIEW A project lets visitors see all angles from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Builders are experimenting with new materials and methods to expand the use of glass in construction
CHICAGO — To truly appreciate how glass can be used structurally, make your way to 233 South Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago. More precisely, make your way 1,353 feet above South Wacker, to the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower.
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i am updated with latest equipment!!
hey mr.updated ven r u gonna post ova hea??
lol :D :D ;D
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Nice idea. Will contribute here when i get back.
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Google Takes Aim at Microsoft, Introduces OS
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience.
The new operating system, announced late Tuesday night on Google's Web site, will be based on the company's nine-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010.
source:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530580,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530580,00.html)
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Happy at this. Google good microsoft bad. There are already a lot of open source operating systems out there though. Why foot they just fund one of those
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For The Ladies: Twilight, The Board Game
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I can't say I'm surprised there's a Twilight board game, but I can say that I'm a little disappointed nobody's bought it for me yet. DON'T YOU LOVE ME? Ooh, a review:
This game is terrible. There are trivia cards to do with the movie but the other questions are all depending on what you roll with the die or they ask us to write down what the other player's favorite animal, movie,band etc. They have absolutely nothing to do with the movie and they are pointless. I thought it would be like trivial pursuit and different categories about the movie scenes, etc. To accomplish a task you have to roll a die and depending on what number you get you accomplish the task. These are pointless tasks and are not challenging at all. A 2 year old could do that. This is coming from a person that has loved the books, movie and anything else to do with twilight. The game is not worth what you pay for it. The pieces aren't the best quality and the cards are flimsy. What a rip off. Buyer beware.
Oh man, that was way too many words for me. Somebody summarize it for me. I ordered two.
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Wireless Cybercriminals Target Clueless Vacationers
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he newest trend in Internet fraud is "vacation hacking," a sinister sort of tourist trap.
Cybercriminals are targeting travelers by creating phony Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, in hotels, and even aboard airliners.
Vacationers on their way to fun in the sun, or already there, think they're using designated Wi-Fi access points. But instead, they're signing on to fraudulent networks and hand-delivering everything on their laptops to the crooks.
"More and more people are traveling with Wi-Fi devices like smartphones and laptops," says Marian Merritt, Internet safety advocate at the computer-security giant Symantec. "Airports and airlines and hotels are responding. They're setting up free Wi-Fi networks to lure in customers. Now they're luring in hackers as well."
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so better take care during holidays
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Software Watches Ball Games, Calls Plays
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July 10, 2009 -- Researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania reported last week that they've developed a computer program capable of learning to understand video footage and describe it in words.
A sort of video-to-text system, the software reports the action rather than the dialogue. So an analysis of a video showing Hank Aaron hitting his 715th career home run to surpass the mark set by Babe Ruth wouldn't include the play-by-play announcer saying, "It's 715! There's a new home run champion of all time!"
What the software offers to differentiate the moment from Aaron's previous 714 homers is the description of two fans running alongside the new home run king as he trots around the bases.
What makes the system, which the researchers described at the IEEE Computer Society's Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, in Miami Beach, unique is its ability to draw links among human actions and to understand causal relationships.
To illustrate how the system works, the researchers showed how it analyzed footage of Major League Baseball games. During a learning period, the system watched games that had already been tagged with human-generated captions describing who the players were and what they were doing (pitcher: pitch; batter: no swing; batter: swing-miss; batter: swing-hit-run; fielder: run-catch-throw).
source:http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/10/baseball-software.html (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/10/baseball-software.html)
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You can already tag videos with descriptions in html. Soon though i am sure google will tag videos with user generated comments.
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Twilight time for Yahoo search
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Uncertainty is in the air in the wake of Yahoo's deal with Microsoft, as everyone wonders: What will Redmond keep, and what will it discard?
more information: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10308539-2.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1 (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10308539-2.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1)
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Facebook launching Twitter-like 'Lite' site?
Alerts for a beta test popped up and then disappeared on Tuesday night. From the looks of it, a new stripped-down Facebook profile feature hit the Web prematurely.
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Facebook, it appears, was not about to let Google get this week's award for shadowy new projects. On Tuesday night, a number of users--including Mashable blogger Ben Parr--received notifications that they were beta testers for something called "Facebook Lite."
The notifications, as well as the site hosted on the subdomain lite.facebook.com, disappeared within minutes. It seems to have been rolled out prematurely by mistake.
"Last night, the test was temporarily exposed to a larger set of users by mistake," an e-mailed statement from Facebook representative Brandee Barker read. "We have not opened up access to lite.facebook.com to all users at this time. People who are not part of the test and are trying to access 'Lite' will be directed to Facebook.com as usual.
From what it looks like, Facebook Lite is a simpler version of the site and pares down profiles to basic information and a stream of status updates. The easy conclusion is that this would make Facebook's service look a whole lot like Twitter. And given the fact that Facebook had attempted to acquire Twitter, got snubbed, and then acquired the significantly smaller real-time streaming site FriendFeed this week, a Twitter-like service would be rife with implications.
Here's Facebook's official explanation: "We are currently testing a simplified alternative to Facebook.com that loads a specific set of features quickly and efficiently. Similar to the Facebook experience you get on your mobile phones, Facebook 'Lite' is a fast-loading, simplified version of Facebook that enables people to make comments, accept friend requests, write on people's walls, and look at photos and status updates."
Blogger Jason Baptiste managed to get screenshots.
The obvious guess is that this is yet another attempt on Facebook's part to stay abreast of Twitter in the race to own the "real-time streaming Web." There are, potentially, other reasons for launching a simplified site:
• For use on slower connections.
• For stripped-down computers in developing markets, where the 250,000,000-member Facebook wants to make inroads.
• As a more "portable" profile that could potentially tie into Facebook's aim of being all over the Web rather than a destination site.
Facebook hinted that the "developing markets" answer could be an accurate one. "We are currently testing Facebook Lite in countries where we are seeing lots of new users coming to Facebook for the first time and are looking to start off with a more simple experience," the statement from Facebook explained.
Got any guesses, speculation, or conspiracy theories? Comments are welcome.
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As Unbreakable as ... Glass?
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CLEAR VIEW A project lets visitors see all angles from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Builders are experimenting with new materials and methods to expand the use of glass in construction
CHICAGO — To truly appreciate how glass can be used structurally, make your way to 233 South Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago. More precisely, make your way 1,353 feet above South Wacker, to the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower.
DAMN! That picture looks scary xD
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DAMN! That picture looks scary xD
yeaaa it doeess whooa haha
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daily, when was the last time anything was posted in hea? ::)
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i think the name of the thread shud be changed to Monthly Technology Digest... :P :P
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Sony Reader Digital Book
Sony has released a new reader digital book. This reader is ultraportal, has a 6" touchscreen display, E-ink pape-like touchscreen display, built in LED reading light, search-annotation-highlighting capabilities, adjustable text sizes, longbattery
life, thousands of ebooks available from the eBook Sony store or other sites that have DRM free ebooks, and multiple formats are supported. Just like the Kindle, the Sony Reader Digital Book gives bookworms the opportunity to take thousands of the books they love to read with them where ever they go.
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Stanford develops safer lithium-sulfur batteries with four times the charge of lithium-ion cells
Longer battery life is high atop our list of gadget prayers, and the brainiacs at Stanford are one step closer to making our dreams come true with a new lithium-sulfur technology. Half of this trick lies in the silicon nanowire anode that the same team developed back in 2007, whereas the new cathode consists of a similarly commodious lithium sulfide nanostructure. Compared to present lithium-ion batteries, Stanford's design is "significantly safer" and currently achieves 80 percent more capacity, but it's nowhere near commercial launch with just 40 to 50 charge cycles (Li-ion does "300 to 500") due to the compound's rapid degradation. That said, we're promised a theoretical quadruple boost in capacity as the technology matures, so until then we'll keep that hamster running in our backpack.
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Waiting for an ereader mobile phone
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Waiting for an ereader mobile phone
buy an iPad (although it can't be used a mobile phone except for sending msgs)...i really like its feature of reading books...its really cool... 8) 8) do chck it out on YouTUBE...
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yeah ipad would be good choice for book reading...i think it is releasing on 3 April this year!
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Tiny, robotic space shuttle to be launched into orbit in April
A long-delayed project initiated by NASA and carried out by Boeing may finally get to see the light of cold, beautiful day according to reports from the US Air Force. The X-37, a small, robotic space plane is set to make its first unmanned trip into orbit in April. Conceived by NASA as an unmanned re-entry lifeboat for crew of the International Space Station, the X-37 reportedly has a cargo bay of just 7 x 4 feet, and it has apparently been shipped to Florida for its maiden voyage, where it will be mounted to an Atlas V rocket for its launch into space. There aren't any other details -- the people running the project are keeping everything pretty quiet, but the shuttle itself is reported to have said that it's putting itself "to the fullest possible use," adding that that "is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."
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Is space still exciting
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well it is called the final frontier
but then agains its the yanks who call it that
not many others.
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Cabestan's Nostromo watch is geared for success!
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You might think, given our recent bout of attentiveness toward wristwear, that we're starting to develop an Enwatchet subsection, but that's not entirely accurate. It's just that when we come across such wild and quirky designs, there's nothing to be done but share them with the world. Case in point: the Cabestan Nostromo watch, inspired by the ship from the Alien movie. In the words of its own designers, the Nostromo combines traditional watchmaking with "retro-futuristic audacity," and when we gaze upon its exposed vertical mechanics, we can't exactly argue otherwise. With a titanium case, Superluminova phosphorescent coating for dusky situations, and side windows (see them after the break), this is as appealing a watch as any geek can dare to imagine. Sure, you could probably buy a sports car for less than the 150,000 Swiss Francs ($141,400 in American currency) asking price, but it's not like you can strap a Porsche to your wrist, now is it?
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Apple said to be preparing 12-core Mac Pros and 27-inch LED Cinema Displays
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AppleInsider has rounded up its stable of "people familiar with the matter" and squeezed them for info on Cupertino's plans for the near term. Firstly, they've heard that a 27-inch version of the currently available 24-inch LED Cinema Display is on its way, sporting a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution and targeted for release "by June." The more exciting tip from those in the know, however, relates to the well aged Mac Pro and its future upgrade path. Apple has apparently firmed up plans to offer 6- and 12-core options (to replace the current 4- and 8-core variants), though the star of the show internally is said to be Intel's Xeon 5600, rather than the similarly specced Core i7-980X that had been rumored. This seems to be motivated by the fact the i7 beast can't do dual-CPU configurations, which are necessary to offer a dozen cores. Pricing for the single Xeon CPU model is expected to be close to the current $2,499 starting sticker, but release dates still elude us.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and 470 specs and pricing emerge
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Only a week away from their grand unveiling, but already we've got word of the specs for NVIDIA's high end GTX 480 and GTX 470 cards. Priced at $499, the 480 will offer 480 shader processors, a 384-bit interface to 1.5GB of onboard GDDR5 RAM, and clock speeds of 700MHz, 1,401MHz, and 1,848MHz for the core, shaders and memory, respectively. The 470 makes do with 446 SPs, slower clocks, and a 320-bit memory interface, but it's also priced at a more sensible $349. The TDPs of these cards are pretty spectacular too, with 225W for the junior model and 295W for the full-fat card. Sourced by VR Zone, these numbers are still unofficial, but they do look to mesh well with what we already know of the hardware, including a purported 5-10 percent benchmarking advantage for the GTX 480 over ATI's HD 5870. Whether the price and power premium is worth it will be up to you and the inevitable slew of reviews to decide.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and 470 specs and pricing emerge
(http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_8800_gtx/images/geforce_8800_gts.jpg)
Only a week away from their grand unveiling, but already we've got word of the specs for NVIDIA's high end GTX 480 and GTX 470 cards. Priced at $499, the 480 will offer 480 shader processors, a 384-bit interface to 1.5GB of onboard GDDR5 RAM, and clock speeds of 700MHz, 1,401MHz, and 1,848MHz for the core, shaders and memory, respectively. The 470 makes do with 446 SPs, slower clocks, and a 320-bit memory interface, but it's also priced at a more sensible $349. The TDPs of these cards are pretty spectacular too, with 225W for the junior model and 295W for the full-fat card. Sourced by VR Zone, these numbers are still unofficial, but they do look to mesh well with what we already know of the hardware, including a purported 5-10 percent benchmarking advantage for the GTX 480 over ATI's HD 5870. Whether the price and power premium is worth it will be up to you and the inevitable slew of reviews to decide.
certainly after a long time....Ati already got there 5000 series on shelf...lets see what the new 400series got!
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Neofonie announces WePad 11.6-inch Android slate
Another day, another Android tablet render. This one, the imaginatively titled WePad, is as ambitious as its name might suggest. (You know, because "we" is plural of "I"? Yeah, it's a stretch.) Dwarfing the iPad with its 11.6-inch (1366 x 768) display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, GMA 3150 graphics, webcam, two USB ports, flash card reader, UMTS modem, and a mooted six hours of battery life, we could see ourselves picking one up -- provided the price point is decent. But that's just the beginning! The manufacturer, Neofonie, also has designs on a WePad app store and, if all goes according to plan, this thing'll sport genuine Google Android and the Android Market. The company also mentions something called the "WeMagazine publishing ecosystem," the basis of a turn-key operation for getting your own branded device out on the e-reader market, so if you're looking to get into the biz just hit the source link to begin your adventure. As for us, we'll wait to see a final product before we jump to any conclusions.
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JVC ships Bluetooth-packin', geotagging Everio GZ-HM550 camcorder
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Ah, springtime. Ain't it beautiful? So beautiful, in fact, that you're apt to want to capture the flowers blooming and the kids playing around you, which is probably why JVC finally decided to ship the Everio GZ-HM550 that it announced back at CES. As far as handheld camcorders go, it's one of the better specced models on the market, touting a 10.6 megapixel CMOS sensor, 32GB of inbuilt storage, an SD / SDHC expansion slot, an integrated Bluetooth module (for controlling the camera's play, zoom and record functions via cellphone) and geotagging support when used with a compatible BT phone. Oh, and users can even sync up a Bluetooth headset in order to monitor the recorded sound or input voice recordings. You'll also get 1080p recording, a 16x zoom and the ability to snag 9 megapixel stills, all for the low, low price of $799.95. Go ahead -- step your YouTube game way up.
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iBuyPower crams Core i7-980X Extreme Edition into Paladin desktop line
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If you somehow held off on buying a Core i7 rig as soon as they popped out last year, you're in luck -- and your poor Pentium II system is flat out of it. Just about everyone has updated their gaming desktop lines this week with an option to splurge on Intel's 3.33GHz (or more) Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, and iBuyPower is no different. Said PC builder is now offering the chip within four of its Paladin desktops, and given that the stock clock speed is far too sluggish for your own greedy self, the Paladin XLC V3 ships in an overclocked configuration that promises a 30 percent boost in performance over the stock silicon. The rigs also ship with 6GB or 12GB of DDR3 memory, the latest and greatest ATI / NVIDIA graphics cards, an optional Blu-ray burner and a fresh copy of Windows 7. The lowest-end rig gets going at $2,159, while the aforesaid XLC V3 will set you back $4,409; the whole gang is available to customize as we speak.
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Intel's Core i7-980X Extreme Edition hits a slew of new gaming desktops
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Intel's six-core, twelve-threaded Core i7-980X Extreme Edition has turned the hardcore gaming community on its head, and just about everyone is scrounging around in a (mostly futile) attempt to locate $999. For those in dire need of an entire system replacement, it seems that today's the day to start looking. Shortly after we heard that this 32nm Gulftown chip would be landing with Alienware and Origin PC rigs, a veritable plethora of other outfits have shown up to make similar announcements. Digital Storm has popped an overclocked (4.4GHz) version into its Black|OPS machine (which conveniently starts at $5,642, while CyberPower is now offering the silicon in its Black Mamba, Black Pearl and Gamer Xtreme 3D machines. Maingear's also sliding said CPU into its world-beating Shift "supercomputer," and anyone shopping a high-end Velocity Micro system will also see the option. We suspect most every other PC maker in existence will be following suit soon, so if your prefab PC builder hasn't yet jumped on the bandwagon, just hold tight. Real tight.
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si the above PC casing Haf 922 or 932 but that casing is so awesome!
damn i didnt switched from my core 2 duo till now! ;D
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damn i didnt switched from my core 2 duo till now! ;D
i myself haven't switched my core 2 duo yet but plan do it this summer finally... ;D
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EcoloCap claims nanotube-infused Lithium-X battery has 99 percent efficiency, fuels our long-range EV dreams
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The more we hear about the next generation of rechargeable batteries, the more nanotechnology seems integral to the case, as scientists work to improve the capacity of electrodes in the popular Lithium-ion chemical battery structure. Silicon nanowires are an exciting future possibility, and one current solution uses nano-structures made of iron phosphate. But the firm we're highlighting today, EcoloCap, has decided to revisit our versatile friend: the carbon nanotube. The company has just spread the word that its Nano Lithium X battery can generate a minimum of 200 amp-hours with a single cell (a Tesla requires 6,831) at half the cost of a traditional Li-ion and with greater than 99 percent efficiency. Truth be told, we don't know if the tech actually exists, and we'd never even heard of the company before today -- but if this solution does materialize with the voltage to match its longevity, it'll bring a badly needed eco-boost of competition to a market with far too few players.
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Enso's zenPad is the cheap Android tablet you've always wanted, available now
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With so many concept Android tablets floating around lately we were inclined to just ignore this one -- until we learned two particularly interesting aspects: it starts at $155, and it's actually shipping now. It's the zenPad from Enso, a five-inch, 800 x 480 Android 1.6 tablet with 8GB of storage (on a replaceable microSD) that, for an additional $25, comes with GPS. It's powered by a 667MHz Samsung 6410 processor, pledges six hours of battery life, and has WiFi built-in while an external 3G adapter is just another $35. That means a fully max'd out unit with GPS and 3G would set you back $210 -- plus $25 for shipping. And yes, they are shipping now, as evidenced by a number of the things popping up on eBay. Sure, it doesn't look as fancy as the Dell Mini 5, but you won't have to fly to Shenzhen to get one. Video demonstration embedded after the break, but the footage was apparently encoded using some demo software, so beware nagging audio intrusions.We were guessing this was a rebrand of something, and thanks to commenter Raikus it looks like this is a Smit MID-650, which eviGroup's Wallet was also said to be based on -- at more than twice the price. Also, we (well, you really) seem to have taken down Enso's site thanks to traffic. Oops! Hit that eBay link if you're desperate to Buy It Now®.
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Google's 1Gbps broadband offer brings out the crazy in municipal officers around the States
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You'll be aware by now that Google's cooking up an experimental high speed broadband network, which is currently in the process of collecting applications and nominations from interested communities. Given the limited coverage planned -- anywhere between 50,000 and 500,000 people -- there's understandably a lot of competition to get your small town on Google's radar, and city officials all around the USA have been doing their utmost to grab some publicity for their locale. Duluth mayor Don Ness can be seen above taking a dip in Minnesota's icy Lake Superior (with his unfortunate underling Richard Brown taking a fish to the face), while others have held parades, danced, invented a "Google Fiber" flavor of ice cream, and even swam with sharks for the sake of that precious fiber. Duluth, however, is the only place officially endorsed by a senator, and you can see Al Franken promote the city's virtues on video after the break.
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Digital Storm's Davinci workstation gets down with Core i7-980X, Quadro graphics
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Creative professional. Hear that much? If that's how this all-too-structured world views you, you just might be due a new rig -- particularly if you're thinking of stepping into 4K territory. Digital Storm is offering up a rather unique solution in its Davinci, which opts for a 3.33GHz Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (yeah, that new Intel chip) instead of a more traditional Xeon. You'll still get an NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 (768MB) GPU, 12GB of DDR3 memory, Windows 7 Processional and one of the nicer liquid cooling systems that we've seen, which may or may not be enough to sneak a little Crysis in between edits. Too bad the base price base rings up at $4,995, but look, that next indie film you're producing is totally hitting it big.
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Google's 1Gbps broadband offer brings out the crazy in municipal officers around the States
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You'll be aware by now that Google's cooking up an experimental high speed broadband network, which is currently in the process of collecting applications and nominations from interested communities. Given the limited coverage planned -- anywhere between 50,000 and 500,000 people -- there's understandably a lot of competition to get your small town on Google's radar, and city officials all around the USA have been doing their utmost to grab some publicity for their locale. Duluth mayor Don Ness can be seen above taking a dip in Minnesota's icy Lake Superior (with his unfortunate underling Richard Brown taking a fish to the face), while others have held parades, danced, invented a "Google Fiber" flavor of ice cream, and even swam with sharks for the sake of that precious fiber. Duluth, however, is the only place officially endorsed by a senator, and you can see Al Franken promote the city's virtues on video after the break.
hey there r some ppl on less than 1MB also! ;D
i just switched to 4MBPS....just cant imagine how fast will be 1 GBPS! :P
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yeah...what a coincidence...i also shifted to 4Mbps yesterday...are u in Pakistan and using WATEEN??
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yeah...what a coincidence...i also shifted to 4Mbps yesterday...are u in Pakistan and using WATEEN??
no man here in KSA although i am a pakistani! ;D
but i am not gettin full 4mbps some problem with phone line in my area ! :-\
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HTC EVO 4G is Sprint's Android-powered knight in superphone armor
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We've been rumoring a WiMAX "HTC Supersonic" for a while now, and Sprint just dropped the hard news: the phone will be dubbed the HTC EVO 4G, will be released this Summer and it's easily the best specced phone we've ever witnessed. The hardware is of quite obvious HD2 descent, but with Android onboard and some nice aesthetic tweaks, the EVO 4G takes on a life of its own. The handset is centered around a 480 x 800 4.3-inch TFT LCD, with a Snapdragon QSD8650 1GHz processor under the hood (the CDMA version of the QSD8250 in the HD2 and Nexus One), and even a helpful 1GB of built-in memory and 512MB of RAM -- hello app storage! Even the battery is bigger than the HD2, and the camera is an 8 megapixel monstrosity with flash, that's capable of 720p video, and is augmented by a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for good measure. The phone features HDMI out (though you'll need an adapter for turning it into a TV-familiar HDMI plug), 802.11b/g WiFi, and an 8GB microSD card. There's that still-rare Android 2.1 underneath an updated version of HTC's Sense UI. But... despite all these wild features, what actually sets the EVO 4G apart is the fact that it's Sprint's first 4G phone. The handset runs a combo of EV-DO Rev. A and WiMAX, with calls still being made over CDMA and the EV-DO / WiMAX options for data. Interestingly, it sounds like concurrent data and voice use might be possible for the first time on CDMA carrier in this way (killing AT&T's well-advertised differentiator), though Sprint says that's still in the testing phase. One other new feature is the Sprint hotspot app, another MiFi-style connection sharing number, which is obviously aided greatly by the WiMAX on board and can support up to eight concurrent users. Follow after the break for our hands-on impressions and videos of the phone in action, including an up-close-and-personal test of the touchscreen keyboard. Below you'll find galleries of the phone by its lonesome and up against the Nexus One and iPhone 3G.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/04/02/ipad.preview/index.html?hpt=C2
If u plan to buy an ipad
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Toe Mouse!
You know what, the more we look at this thing, the less crazy we think it is. While the concept of mousing around your desktop on foot may appear foreign at first, we imagine we can get used to it after a while. Not that it's designed for lazybones like us anyway, as the wireless Toe Mouse concept is primarily intended to help out people with upper limb disabilities, who aren't able to navigate in the usual manner. Just to score some extra flair points, designer Liu Yi also points out it has a "streamline model that symbolizes the motorboat surfing the internet." So it's not just practical, it's also poetic.
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Firefox 3.7 Alpha 4 out NOW!
What's new in Firefox 3.7 Alpha 4:
Privacy:
· Web sites can no longer use :visited styling to determine the browsing history of a user.
User Interface:
· Currently loaded web pages are shown in the location bar autocomplete list, allowing switching to existing tabs.
Stability:
· The beta version of Adobe Flash is now run in a separate process on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6).
SVG :
· SVG attributes which are mapped to CSS properties can now be animated using SMIL. .
Video:
· Full-screen video on Windows is now rendered using hardware acceleration when available.
Plug-Ins:
· Mozilla has implemented the Core Animation rendering model for plugins on Mac OS X. Plugins which also support this rendering model can now draw faster and more efficiently.
HTML :
· HTML form controls can be resized by the user.
Performance:
· Linux builds are now built with -fomit-frame-pointer, improving page load times on average by 4%.
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Apple iPad: Is international shortage the result of success?
I strongly doubt Apple gave itself too aggressive targets. What this appears to me is that the company is having supply chain issues and can’t meet existing demand — which may very well be below internal targets for the device.
Second, what defines success for the iPad? Three hundred thousand units? Five hundred thousand? A million? There is no historical comparison for this device to base estimates — nothing that even comes close. It’s an anomaly.
Apple, then, is shooting in the dark as much as we are when it comes to statistically determining what can be defined as a “success.” It’s whatever Apple says it is. Which means the spin machine keeps on churning.
(Were you expecting Apple to say the iPad didn’t meet expectations? It has no good business reason to say such a thing.)
I think the iPad is a fine device and will do well for Apple in the long-term. But my gut’s telling me that it’s taking people a lot more time to warm up to it (and the new market niche it has created) than we, and perhaps Apple, could have hoped.
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Linux Foundation rallies MeeGo support
The Linux Foundation has announced that twenty seven companies or organisations are pledging their support for the MeeGo mobile Linux platform. Among the companies are distribution creators such as Novell, Linpus, Mandriva, Xandros and Turbo Linux and hardware companies such as Acer, ASUS, ST-Ericsson and Cisco. Game developers EA Mobile and GameLoft are planning to release games for the MeeGo platform and automotive systems developers and embedded Linux companies such as BMW Group, PixArt, MontaVista and Wind River will also support MeeGo.
Tomorrow sees the start of the Linux Foundation's Collaboration Summit in San Francisco, which will be hosting MeeGo project meetings. It is expected that the Foundation will announce new members at the opening of the summit. The first release of MeeGo code was made at the end of March, although the release does not include the "MeeGo User Experiences" but boots into terminal mode to allow developers to test the MeeGo infrastructure.
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Google CEO says company tends to create enemies
(Reuters) - Google Inc's chief executive Eric Schmidt said the company's "disruptive" business created enemies for world's No.1 search engine, and he said that governments were keeping a close watch on the firm.
"Every government sort of has some group that's busy trying to figure out what we're up to. Because information is power," Google CEO Schmidt said at an event at the company's headquarters on Tuesday in response to a question about Google's weakness and challenges.
"We're quite disruptive, and in the course of that disruption we tend to create enemies, which are hopefully not intended on our part," Schmidt said.
Google has increasingly clashed with regulators and other technology companies.
Last month, the Internet search giant relocated its search site from mainland China to Hong Kong, in response to censorship in China and a cyberattack that it said originated in China.
Google has also come under the scrutiny of the United States Federal Trade Commission which is looking into the competitive impact of the company's plan to acquire mobile advertising company AdMob for $750 million.
And Apple Inc, once a Google ally, recently announced its own plan to compete with Google in the mobile advertising market.
Schmidt's comments were made at the end of an all-day event at Google's Mountain View, California headquarters on Monday at which the company hosted about 400 information technology managers and pushed for the adoption of Internet-based software at their organizations.
He said Google has a couple of million enterprise customers for the Google Apps software suite and was adding about 3,000 business per day.
At the event, Google also unveiled new versions of its Docs package of online productivity software, adding improvements such as the ability to view changes that other users make to a document in real time.
The event comes as Microsoft Corp, which dominates the market for productivity software, is expected to roll-out a new version of its Office products with web-based features by June.
Google sells companies an enterprise-grade version of its online applications, including Gmail and word processing, for $50 a year per user.
Google's Apps business -- which the company has said is profitable and generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue a year -- is a tiny portion of Google's overall business, which yielded almost $24 billion in revenue last year.
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Conspiracy : Adobe & Microsoft sabotaged the iPad ?
Apple iPad jailbreak released Microsoft iPhone OS 3.2 version of Safari: The exploit reportedly takes advantage of a gaping security flaw found in iPhone OS 3.2’s version of Safari that was originally coded for Flash playback but was left unfinished after disagreements between Apple and Adobe reached a boiling point.
Last month, Adobe secretly reached out to Microsoft as tension between Apple and the Flash creator began to grow. In these secret meetings, Adobe revealed the security flaw to Microsoft and began working together towards a sabotage of Apple’s upcoming tablet device. As iPad preorders have already been released for shipment, Apple is reportedly unable to patch the exploit before the devices reach consumers’ doorsteps. The latest Windows 7 security update released earlier this week will allow iPad owners to simply connect the devices via USB to their PC and the jailbreak will begin automatically.
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Verizon's HTC Droid Incredible Priced at $200
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The only remaining unknown for Verizon's Droid Incredible, a Snapdragon-powered Android 2.1 handset from HTC, was the price, which was today pegged at $200. Oh, and pre-orders start Monday.
In case you're not in the mood to reassemble months worth of leaks, here's the finalized spec sheet for Verizon's newest piece:
Android 2.1 with HTC Sense experience
1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ processor for maximum responsiveness
Friend Stream for unified Flickr, Facebook and Twitter updates
"Leap" view for quick access to all seven home screen panels
8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash for crisp, detailed images
Razor-sharp 3.7 inch WVGA (480x800) AMOLED capacitive touch display
Optical joystick for smooth navigation
Dedicated, touch-sensitive Home, Menu, Back and Search keys
Proximity sensor, light sensor and digital compass
Integrated GPS
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
3.5 mm headset jack
Throw in the muscular-bordering-on-tacky rear styling, the general goodness of HTC's latest Sense interface, and what it's safe to assume is a significantly better camera than the crap Motorola's been shoveling into their Android handsets lately, and Verizon customers have a serious alternative to the Droid here—assuming they're OK with losing the keyboard.
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features quite reasonable for the price....but i'd like a sleeker phone
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iPad 3G coming by May 7th
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Apple has just updated its online store with a shipping date for the 3G-equipped variants of its iPad. As you can see, all varieties of the hallowed Apple tablet should be out and about by May 7th -- meaning that some deliveries could sneak out even earlier -- and you can expect AT&T will be ready and waiting for you to activate that $30 a month unlimited data plan. Just for the European record, that means the iPad will be out in full force for American consumers three days ahead of the announcement of specific international availability. Ah well, at least that gives the UK and others hope that they might see the 3G and WiFi-only slates coming out at the same time, which should be somewhere around the end of May.
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wth?!?! thn y on earth did they release the ipad just months ago! i hate such moves >:( >:( >:( >:(
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wth?!?! thn y on earth did they release the ipad just months ago! i hate such moves >:( >:( >:( >:(
this one is WiFi with 3G...
see the thread below:
https://studentforums.biz/index.php/topic,6555.0.html
all the models are listed there.
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this one is WiFi with 3G...
see the thread below:
https://studentforums.biz/index.php/topic,6555.0.html
all the models are listed there.
I know..i mean they did that on PURPOSE! they released the ipad few months ago..with weak specs..so they can earn more money in May >:( >:(
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I know..i mean they did that on PURPOSE! they released the ipad few months ago..with weak specs..so they can earn more money in May >:( >:(
thats because it is a policy of every brand and company to launch their low specs models first so that they can see the interest of the ppl and the sales of the product so that they might earn more money when launching the high specs models...
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thats because it is a policy of every brand and company to launch their low specs models first so that they can see the interest of the ppl and the sales of the product so that they might earn more money when launching the high specs models...
Yes that is very true, companies could go bankrupt and out of ideas if they put high specs right away
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Apple 'sells 1m iPads in a month'
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Just four weeks after release Apple has announced it has sold one million iPads.
Helped by a massive amount of hype ahead of launch day on 3 April this latest set of figures mean it's selling faster than the iPhone did when it was released.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said: "One million iPads in 28 days - that's less than half the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with the iPhone".
Users have also downloaded around 12 million applications, or apps, to use on the device as well as 1.5 million digital books to read on its 9.7 inch colour touchscreen.
This figure was helped by the second stage of a two part roll out of the tablet computer on Friday (30 April) when Apple released the more expensive 3G version.
But this success has come at a commercial cost.
Tablet PC market
The worldwide release of the iPad has had to be delayed until the end of May because of demand in America.
Also, its success has helped develop the tablet PC market - which will lead to greater competition from other areas.
In a statement computer manufacturer HP told Newsbeat: "We believe you will see a number of [tablet] devices in 2010. "With that in mind, we believe there is still a gap to be filled between smartphones with screens around 10cm and notebooks.
"The challenge will be to create the right size type of device and overcome some of the traditional PC barriers."
Pressed on when that means consumers can expect a big release from HP, its spokesperson would only confirm "sometime this year".
Other manufacturers are also looking to capitalise on Apple's success.
There are reports Dell, Nokia and Toshiba are expected to launch their own tablet PCs later this year.
A Toshiba spokesperson said it's "studying the slate PC market as a possible business domain".
Pushed on whether or not that meant consumers should expect something from Toshiba to compete with the iPad, the spokesperson would only say "we can't provide any further details for now".
Then there are the smaller companies hoping to take a slice of the tablet PC market.
German company Neofonie has unveiled an early version of its WePad which has a bigger screen at 11.6 inches and is expected to go on sale this summer.
Source: BBC News
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I did want android, but my company dont do HTC
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I did want android, but my company dont do HTC
what is ur company offering?
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Android 2.2 Froyo is finally unveiled, 2-5x faster than Eclair
Just as expected Google announced the latest version of the Android OS at their I/O event today. Android 2.2 Froyo has hardly been the industry best-kept secret so you probably already had an idea of what was coming but it is a very worthy update nonetheless.
Bringing a significant improvement in performance and a host of new user features Froyo certainly looks like one of the most mature and advanced smartphone platforms out there.
The official Android 2.2. video will explain some of the new stuff.
Here's a recap of the most major changes in the latest Android 2.2 edition:
Flash 10.1 support
* One of the most awaited addons - full Flash 10.1 support is on board the Andrid 2.2 Froyo. For now it's beta, but the final version is slated for June release.
Performance
* New web browser V8 Javascript engine allows faster loading of JavaScript-heavy pages.
* 2x-5x performance improvement for CPU-heavy apps thanks to the Dalvik JIT Compiler.
* Improved memory management allowing faster app switching and smoother performance on memory-constrained devices.
Extended Exchange support
* Password unlocking, remote wipe, exchange calendars, auto-discovery
Enhanced camera capabilities
* Onscreen camera keys allows controlling zooming, flash, white balance, geo-tagging, focus and exposure.
* Camcorder can now make use of LED flash as video light.
* Camera now supports portrait orientation.
Apps management
* You can install applications on the shared external storage (SD card, for instance).
* The Cloud-based Backup and Restore service can now backup some of the thrid-party app data for future restores.
* New bug reporting feature for Android Market apps send developers crash and freeze reports
* New "car mode" and "night mode" controls and configurations allow applications to adjust their UI for these situations.
Misc enhancements
* You can use the smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to 8 devices.
* You can tether the smartphone to a computer as a 3G modem over a USB cable.
* 3D Gallery allows you to peek into picture stacks using a zoom gesture.
* The Phone, Applications Launcher, and Browser now have dedicated shortcuts on the Home screen that are always visible.
* Supportr for multi-lingual keyboards - toggling Latin-based keyboards is a flick away.
* Voice dialing over Bluetooth.
* Contact sharing over Bluetooth.
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Scientists create a 7-atom transistor
Scientists have created a transistor in a computer chip that is 10 times smaller than those commonly in use now, marking the start of a new age of super-fast, super-powerful computing.
At the heart of the electronic device is a "quantum dot" (pictured above), which measures just four-billionths of a metre — so small that it contains just seven atoms, compared to the millions that make up a typical laptop chip.
The technical breakthrough is reported today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
The paper's co-author, Michelle Simmons, said the achievement marked the first time scientists had been able to dictate the placement and behavior of single atoms within a transistor.
"We're basically controlling nature at the atomic scale," she said. "This is one of the key milestones in building a quantum computer."
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wow
this will be a big change
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wow
this will be a big change
Yes, it is going to bring about a lot of changes. But most people aren't aware of this.
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Yes, it is going to bring about a lot of changes. But most people aren't aware of this.
yea true... maybe if manufactureers start using it ..it will be known..
but its probably gona be expensive too :(
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yea true... maybe if manufactureers start using it ..it will be known..
but its probably gona be expensive too :(
I don't think transistors are that expensive... :-\
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Yes, it is going to bring about a lot of changes. But most people aren't aware of this.
Wow nice!! Anybody saw smallest computers in real?
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dna computers are coming. Heard about those yet?
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dna computers are coming. Heard about those yet?
Yes, I have heard of those. But that is just a concept. Implementation of that idea will take about 10 years or even more, I guess.
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I don't think transistors are that expensive... :-\
owh.... ...i think im out of this world :-X
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features quite reasonable for the price....but i'd like a sleeker phone
BLEH !! I dont even have a phone !
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BLEH !! I dont even have a phone !
I didn't have one until a year back too. Got one after my igz.
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HP ePrint really works: eMails and attachments printed from the cloud
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We don't blame you if you missed this the first time round, but HP's ePrint service is probably best seen in action anyway. Fortunately, our brethren over at Engadget Chinese had the opportunity to play with these new web-connected printers recently. The idea is that each ePrint printer gets a unique email address, meaning you can send in a document from any email-enabled device to get it printed, thus eliminating the hassle of finding a computer and drivers or installing an app on certain smartphones and tablets. So how does one go about setting up this bad boy? According to our sister site, you must first register your printer on HP's ePrintCenter website to obtain a randomly-generated email address (don't worry, you can always get a new one if necessary), and then you're good to go, literally. Read on to find out if ePrint's as straightforward as it sounds.
Once registered, any email sent to the printer will first be screened by HP's ePrintCenter for viruses and spam (white and black lists supported) before the email body and supported attachments (PDFs, JPEGs, and Microsoft Office documents; no more than 5MB in total) are printed. As you'd expect, all of this scanning and downloading over the web does incur additional delay.
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not a bad idea :)
will be better than traditional faxes :D
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From clouds huh. ::)
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HP ePrint really works: eMails and attachments printed from the cloud
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We don't blame you if you missed this the first time round, but HP's ePrint service is probably best seen in action anyway. Fortunately, our brethren over at Engadget Chinese had the opportunity to play with these new web-connected printers recently. The idea is that each ePrint printer gets a unique email address, meaning you can send in a document from any email-enabled device to get it printed, thus eliminating the hassle of finding a computer and drivers or installing an app on certain smartphones and tablets. So how does one go about setting up this bad boy? According to our sister site, you must first register your printer on HP's ePrintCenter website to obtain a randomly-generated email address (don't worry, you can always get a new one if necessary), and then you're good to go, literally. Read on to find out if ePrint's as straightforward as it sounds.
Once registered, any email sent to the printer will first be screened by HP's ePrintCenter for viruses and spam (white and black lists supported) before the email body and supported attachments (PDFs, JPEGs, and Microsoft Office documents; no more than 5MB in total) are printed. As you'd expect, all of this scanning and downloading over the web does incur additional delay.
Very interesting! :)
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I'm dragging this thread from the DEAD =P
Revive this thread Homies ;D
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Try the new google cloud printing services avaiable in the Google Chrome 9 beta.
It is really outstanding.