Friday, November 13, 2009
Win 7 remote kernel crasher code released
Copycat: Mac OS inspired Windows 7
Microsoft exec: "What we've tried to do with Windows 7 whether it's traditional format or in a touch format--is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics."
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Gordon, Flash based supercomputer
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego has been awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build and operate a powerful supercomputer dedicated to solving critical science and societal problems now overwhelmed by the avalanche of data generated by the digital devices of our era.A key feature of Gordon will be 32 “supernodes” based on an Intel system utilizing the newest processors available in 2011, and combining several state-of-the-art technological innovations through novel virtual shared-memory software provided by Scale MP, Inc. Each supernode consists of 32 compute nodes, capable of 240 gigaflops/node ( one gigaflop or GF equals a billion calculations per second ) and 64 gigabytes ( GB ) of DRAM. A supernode also incorporates 2 I/O nodes, each with 4 TB of flash memory. When tied together by virtual shared memory, each of the system’s 32 supernodes has the potential of 7.7 TF of compute power and 10 TB of memory ( 2 TB of DRAM and 8 TB of flash memory ).
Intel and AMD will settle out of court soon !
HyperTransport leaps into server clusters
Now Intel Corp. is taking a page from the AMD playbook by licensing the high performance, low latency interconnect on Nehalem, its latest server chips.
Google ordered to pay $ 500,000 to F1 racer Barrichello
Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.
Fake profiles at Orkut are seems common. In fact, orkut's top 50 communities, with more than 37 million total members and nearly 1.3 million daily visitors, have no illegal content whatsoever.
Free Wifi airport troubles
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Creates and Makes Bootable DVD Disc or USB Flash/Hard Drive from ISO Image
Here.
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and supports localized language versions of Windows 7.
This tool is important especially on computers (e.g. netbooks) that does not have a DVD drive. Furthermore, install operating system from USB hard drive or flash stick is also faster comparing to old-fashioned DVD.
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and supports localized language versions of Windows 7.
This tool is important especially on computers (e.g. netbooks) that does not have a DVD drive. Furthermore, install operating system from USB hard drive or flash stick is also faster comparing to old-fashioned DVD.
Road to Exascale Computers
Because a 10x increase in performance means the machine will consume double the power, to make future supercomputers feasible to build and to operate optics will need to be more widely used he said. In 2008 a 1-petaflop computer cost $150 million to build and consumes 2.5 MW of power. Using the same technology, by 2020 a 1 exaflop machine would cost $500 million to build and consume 20 MW of power.
The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Man accused of infecting 4000 Government Fannie Mae's servers hired by tech company
Finally, a truth on bad intentions.
Fannie Mae is formed by US Government during Great Depression. The current one?
No, this one.
Together with The FHLMC created in 1970, they owned or guaranteed about half of the U.S.'s $12 trillion mortgage market. On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Government took control of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It is estimated that the liabilities of both companies could cost U.S. taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.
Bad Hardware: $12 trillion market is controlled entirely by US Government? Add recent Health Insurance Bill, and you will get more state control than in Commie China ! What a comedy with a healhty sense of reason.
Fannie Mae is formed by US Government during Great Depression. The current one?
No, this one.
Together with The FHLMC created in 1970, they owned or guaranteed about half of the U.S.'s $12 trillion mortgage market. On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Government took control of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It is estimated that the liabilities of both companies could cost U.S. taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.
Bad Hardware: $12 trillion market is controlled entirely by US Government? Add recent Health Insurance Bill, and you will get more state control than in Commie China ! What a comedy with a healhty sense of reason.
Wahington: Be ready to contact Marsians !
Significant 3Q growth: Finally good news for semiconductors
Ten new nuclear power stations given go-ahead for UK, no one is acceptable for Iran still ?
Ten new nuclear power stations given go-ahead
They will be built on the sites of old nuclear power stations or those soon to be decommissioned and should mean that by 2025, nuclear will generate a quarter of the country's energy.
BAD HARDWARE: Iran has no right for nuclear power supply, thus no to any other power there by 2025, except donkey power after veined oil supply? Well, that is called democracy in practice.
They will be built on the sites of old nuclear power stations or those soon to be decommissioned and should mean that by 2025, nuclear will generate a quarter of the country's energy.
BAD HARDWARE: Iran has no right for nuclear power supply, thus no to any other power there by 2025, except donkey power after veined oil supply? Well, that is called democracy in practice.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Abu Dhabi semiconductor fab in 4 years
The Gulf state of Abu Dhabi intends to have semiconductor production inside its borders within four years. The desert state is planning to to take on TSMC and Intel, according to one executive.
Windows 7 created an initial 49 per cent surge in computer sales
NPD's figures suggested that the operating system's launch has created an initial 49 per cent surge in computer sales compared to the same point last year.
BAD HARDWARE: Interface sells hardware, like face the girls
BAD HARDWARE: Interface sells hardware, like face the girls
Friday, November 06, 2009
JFK assassin photo is genuine
A digital forensics expert has concluded that the iconic image of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other was not, as Oswald claimed, a fake.
BAD HARDWARE: Who cares? But, why Hany Farid didn't analyze Moon landing photos?
BAD HARDWARE: Who cares? But, why Hany Farid didn't analyze Moon landing photos?
Global Foundries will bash up Intel's process lead
The chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has claimed that the spun-off division that makes its microprocessors will outpace Intel in the foreseeable future.
"We [AMD] think that Global Foundries may surpass Intel's technology in the future because of the partnerships."
ARM helps Globalfoundries outline ecosystem plans
"We [AMD] think that Global Foundries may surpass Intel's technology in the future because of the partnerships."
ARM helps Globalfoundries outline ecosystem plans
Broken dream video: What a man can do when NOT satisfied with a shopping in the computer store
Spain and United States Top Global Ranking of Bot-Infected Computers
Spain and United States Top Global Ranking of Bot-Infected Computers,
According to PandaLabs.
Productivity rises in mid of our economy collapse?
Let me get this straight. We have a collapse of the housing and construction sector, massive layoffs in almost every part of the economy, a sharp downturn in consumer spending, and bank failures on an astonishing scale—-and the numbers show an increase in productivity?
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Dell Got $6B Via Secret Intel Pact
Dell Inc. allegedly received billions of dollars in payments over a four-year period to use chips made by Intel Corp
New York sues Intel for antitrust law breaking
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Great depression: More than 35.8 million Americans used food stamps in July !
More than 35.8 million Americans used food stamps in July — nearly 6.8 million more than a year earlier, Weill's group says.
Cheap 256 GB DRAM multichip server
A 3Leaf server configured with 1Terabyte shared memory, 2.8 GHz AMD Istanbul processors and 8 Terabytes of storage connected via an Infiniband switch lists for $250,000. A lower end model with 256 Gigabytes of shared memory, 2.4 GHz processors and 4 Terabytes of storage costs $99,000.
100 functional laptops are floating through the space !
We have a significantly large network on board the Station, comprising 68 IBM ThinkPad A31 laptops and 32 Lenovo ThinkPad T61p devices
BAD HARDWARE: As the ISS average crue is 6 people, one is working on 16 laptops on average ?
BAD HARDWARE: As the ISS average crue is 6 people, one is working on 16 laptops on average ?
Fed: Long-term inflation expectations are rising
The TIPS spread is a sign that long-term inflation expectations are rising, challenging Fed efforts to keep policy accommodative.
IT industry graveyard 2009
80 percent of the latest viruses are undefended by Windows 7 ! %##?
According to one leading security research lab, Windows 7 is vulnerable to an astonishing 8 out of 10 viruses it was exposed to during testing.
Unsurprisingly, Windows 7 didn’t do too well in fighting off these new threats. Indeed, it only managed to prevent 2 out of those 10 from operating correctly.
New Research Shows How To Block Stealthy Malware Attacks
Unsurprisingly, Windows 7 didn’t do too well in fighting off these new threats. Indeed, it only managed to prevent 2 out of those 10 from operating correctly.
New Research Shows How To Block Stealthy Malware Attacks
Killer runaway cars
Accidents have been caused by some kind of glitch in the electronic computer system used in Toyotas
that controls the throttle. Many Toyota owners remain convinced that an electronic problem is to blame.
AMD Fusion in 32 nm in 2011
