Seagate Dishes Out Momentus XT HDD, World’s Fastest 2.5-Inch HDD
Offering 250GB, 320GB and 500GB options, Seagate's hybrid Momentus XT HDD is allegedly the world's fastest 2.5-inch drive for laptops (breaking their previous record), and comes in at a shade over 100 bucks. The hybrid drive is 80 per cent faster than the usual 7,200rpm drive, and up to 100 p
K-Lite Codec Pack Full 4.7.0
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. Full contains everything you need to play all the com
University Claims to Have Developed World’s First Flexible Touchscreen Display
ASU's Flexibile Display Center and military partners have developed the very first display with a flexible touchscreen. Mainly designed for military applications, the screen is made out of glass strong enough to withstand the battlefield. Instead of using solid glass for the touchscreen, the
Ferrari Gets a Limited Edition Motorola Milestone
As if owning a Ferrari wasn’t enough of a status symbol, the company has tasked Motorola with a custom deco of the original Milestone to slide into pockets lined with one hundred dollar bills. The phone looks pretty delicious in Ferrari red, but if you are hoping to get your hands on it you migh
Windows Live Messenger 2009 v14.0.8064.0206 & A-Patch 143b2
The Windows Live Suite has been updated to 14.0.8064.0206 from v14.0.8050.1202. Currently there isn’t any information on changes. As usual you can get it through the Windows Live Installer “web edition” or “full edition” with sizes of 1.09MB and 133.57MB. And if you want to get the st
Russia Wants Nuclear-Powered Rocket to Go to Mars
The space race is on again: The Russians are planning a nuclear-powered spacecraft that will get them to Mars faster than Duck Dodgers in the 24 and a half century. Space Agency chief Anatoly Perminov promises a design by 2012: The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration prog
E-MU Pipeline Wireless Audio Transmitter/Receiver Lightning Review
The Gear: E-Mu's Pipeline low-latency wireless music system, which lets you cut the cord on your guitar-and-amp rig for about $200, or add portable wireless connections to your home sound system. The Price: Each module costs $100, and you need at least two to make things happen, so you're looking a
The Magic of Watson, IBM’s Question-Answering Supercomputer
Posted by AceNik on Jul 13, 2010•
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A computer that can have a conversation with you in real, human language is a hallmark of science fiction films, but has always seemed ludicrously unrealistic. Here’s the thing: IBM just built one.
With the goal of creating a computer that can win(…)
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Research aims to harness solar energy to purify water
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IBM hits graphene transistor breakthrough
Posted by AceNik on Feb 5, 2010• Email This Post | |
IBM Research on Friday will announce that it has demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest frequency (100 GigaHertz) so far.
Graphene is a special form of graphite, consisting of a layer of carbon atoms packed in honeycomb lattice. In a nutshell,(…)
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Gadgets of Our Future Will Continue To Get Smaller and Faster Thanks To Nanowires
Posted by AceNik on Sep 9, 2009• Email This Post | |
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Computers have been getting smaller for years, yet they cram the same amount of power if not more. Essentially that is Moore’s Law, or the theory that every year the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles.
Now that is (or was) expected to(…)
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Krang Rejoices: Artificial Brain Ten Years Away From Reality
Posted by AceNik on Jul 30, 2009• Email This Post | |
Scientists are claiming that a functional, artificial brain is only a decade away. This prediction correlates with the above chart, according to which our current computing capabilities limit us to…simulated lizard brains.
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Using an IBM Blue Gene machine with 10,000 processors, the folks at the Blue Brain Project are creating simulations to figure out exactly how our brains work.(…)
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