Friday, April 27, 2012
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity - Dorothy Parker
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Jim Rogers: U.S. to plunge into grave deep recession in 2013
Who are Other Countries Debt owners? Arbaic Countries?
The legendary investor says the country's hefty debt load will make the coming recession worse than the 2008 downturn. The Fed is only making the situation worse.
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Majorana modes quantum supercomputer !
Newly discovered Majorana particles are scientists' best chance to
create subatomic supercomputers that could store as many pieces of
information as there are particles in the universe. The discovery was
made by researchers in the Netherlands who say it could be applied to
make today's computer technology obsolete.
Majorana - a previously elusive subatomic
particle whose existence has never been confirmed - until now.
Dutch nano-scientists at the technological universities of
Delft and Eindhoven, say they have found evidence of the particle.
To find it, they devised miniscule circuitry around a
microscopic wire in contact with a semiconductor and a superconductor.
Lead researcher Leo Kouwenhoven.
SOUNDBITE (English), NANOSCIENTIST OF DELFT UNIVERSITY,
LEO KOUWENHOVEN, SAYING:
"The samples that we use for measuring the Majorana
fermions are really very small, you can see the holder of the sample,
the sample is actually inside here and if you zoom in, you can actually
see little wires and if you zoom in more, you see a very small
nano-meter scale sample, where we detected one pair of Majoranas."
When a magnetic field was applied along the the
'nanowire', electrons gathered together in synchrony as a Majorana
particle.
These subatomic particles could be used to encode
information, turning them into data to be used inside a tiny, quantum
computer.
SOUNDBITE (English), NANOSCIENTIST OF DELFT UNIVERSITY,
LEO KOUWENHOVEN, SAYING:
"The goal is actually to develop those nano-scale devices
into little circuits and actually make something like a quantum computer
out of it, so they have special properties that could be very useful
for computation, a particural kind of computation which we call quantum
computation, which would replace actually our current computers by
computers that are much more efficient than what we have now."
The Majorana fermion's existence was first predicted 75
years ago by Italian Ettore Majorana.
Probing the Majorana's particles could allow scientists to
understand better the mysterious realm of quantum mechanics.
Other groups working in solid state physics are thought to
be close to making similar announcements....heralding a new era in
super-powerful computer technology.
Were he alive today Majorana may well be amazed at the
sophisticated computer technology available to ordinary people in every
day life. But compared to the revolution his particle may be about to
spark, it will seem old fashioned in the not too distant future.
Jim Drury, Reuters
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: The terminology "Majorana fermion" is not a good nomenclature for these solid state Majorana modes. Thus , please be terminology aware.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: The terminology "Majorana fermion" is not a good nomenclature for these solid state Majorana modes. Thus , please be terminology aware.
Why Bingo wasn't a bingo
Microsoft two years ago struck a deal with Facebook to use data from
the social network in Microsoft’s Bing search engine to create more
relevant search results. But the arrangement has not helped dislodge Google from its position of supremacy in Internet search.Years before that, Microsoft tried to acquire Facebook, but the social network’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, rebuffed the offer.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Lenovo recalls Sthinkcentre
CHINESE PC MAKER Lenovo has expanded its recall of Thinkcentre M70z and M90z desktops due to fire risk.
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Apple is coasting on fumes and will begin its inevitable decline within the next two to four years
Apple will decline in the post Steve Jobs era. Here's why.
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Rugged Operating System with Backdoor default
A Canadian company that makes equipment and software for critical
industrial control systems planted a backdoor login account in its flagship operating system, according to a security
researcher, potentially allowing attackers to access the devices online.
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Cray sells interconnect hardware unit to Intel
Cray sells interconnect hardware unit to Intel
Intel has set itself a target of hitting ExaFLOP/s performance by 2018, which would require a scalable system fabric. “The technology and team from Cray provides important intellectual property and resources for this development,” said the spokesman.
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Intel has set itself a target of hitting ExaFLOP/s performance by 2018, which would require a scalable system fabric. “The technology and team from Cray provides important intellectual property and resources for this development,” said the spokesman.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
How to Put Windows 8 on a Flash Drive
10 Commandments of Windows Security
Windows allows you to share resources that are on your computer, like
file-sharing (Shared Folders) and print sharing. Your computer's
Internet connection management utility (Windows includes one, but many
systems have their own) lets you define each network as either Public,
Home or Work. If you mis-set a connection, your Shared Folders will be visible to other computers on the network.
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Mac Malware: 20% under WIndows, 2,7% under MAcOS
Top Windows malware found on Mac computers (7-day snapshot of 100,000 Macs):
1. Mal/Bredo 12.2%
2. Mal/Phish 7.4%
3. Mal/FakeAV 3.8%
4. Troj/ObfJS 3.6%
5. Mal/ASFDldr 3.3%
6. Troj/Invo 3.0%
7. Troj/Wimad 2.6%
8. Mal/Iframe 1.5%
9. Mal/JavaGen 1.4%
10. Other 61.2%
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1. Mal/Bredo 12.2%
2. Mal/Phish 7.4%
3. Mal/FakeAV 3.8%
4. Troj/ObfJS 3.6%
5. Mal/ASFDldr 3.3%
6. Troj/Invo 3.0%
7. Troj/Wimad 2.6%
8. Mal/Iframe 1.5%
9. Mal/JavaGen 1.4%
10. Other 61.2%
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Speaking of F/A-XX, the Navy’s planned 6th generation fighter that will replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Speaking of F/A-XX, the Navy’s planned 6th generation fighter that will replace the F/A-18E/F Super Horne
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DO not install ! : Adobe Reader latest patch destroys Windows 7 Search engine
Adobe Reader latest patch destroys Windows 7 search engine.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Remedy? Uninstall patch, switch to another user account (hopefully you have one) than log in back again. Voila, search engine is back.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Remedy? Uninstall patch, switch to another user account (hopefully you have one) than log in back again. Voila, search engine is back.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Google will launch 5GB remote Drive next week
There are also rumours that in a bid to compete with rival services Google will offer customers 5GB of free cloud storage when they sign up as a new Google Drive user.
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Research consortium claims solution for multi-core scaling
On Computers: This is the end, and PCs lose the battle
Apple is selling more iPads and smartphones than computers. HP is thinking of dumping its PC business. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 is all about phones and tabs –– It still supports PCs, but only as an afterthought. Tablet sales this month were to eclipse PC sales. And so it goes. Thanks for the memories, PCs. Here’s a tissue, and get the heck out of here.
You’d think PC processor makers Intel and AMD would be sweating in their jeans, but no. A lot of PC parts are going into the new tech. In a way, our PCs are not going away; they’re just morphing into new, handheld formats.
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You’d think PC processor makers Intel and AMD would be sweating in their jeans, but no. A lot of PC parts are going into the new tech. In a way, our PCs are not going away; they’re just morphing into new, handheld formats.
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All-Optical Networks: the Last Piece of the Puzzle
'For years, the dream of an all-optical network has lain somewhere between Star Wars and a paper cup and a string.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Russia's Luna-Glob moon mission will see its first moon landing in 2015
Russia's Luna-Glob moon mission will see its first moon landing in 2015
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The Internet of Things
Abu Dhabi, Saxony invest in 'twin labs' 3-D IC project
Abu Dhabi, Saxony invest in 'twin labs' 3-D IC project
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Friday, April 13, 2012
SV150 see most profitable year in history
Roaring back from the Great Recession, the 150 biggest public companies in Silicon Valley had their most profitable year in history in 2010, as their combined stock value climbed to the highest level since the Internet boom of 2000.
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Sony introduces Android 'smartwatch'
The watch has a 1.3-inch OLED display. It will go on sale later this year; exact launch details have been announced, though Sony did confirm that when it is released, the retail price will be $150.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: USB chargign is the only weak point ! We expect magnetic field induction !
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
How Computers Are Creating a Second Economy Without Workers
How Computers Are Creating a Second Economy Without Workers
Here's the challenge: In the past, every million-dollar increase in economic output generated on the order of ten jobs. In the future, in the productive Second Economy, it may generate only one or two.
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Here's the challenge: In the past, every million-dollar increase in economic output generated on the order of ten jobs. In the future, in the productive Second Economy, it may generate only one or two.
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Ivy Bridge manufacturing details !
UBM TechInsights has an Ivy Bridge processor marked as a 3.3GHz Core i5-3550 chip packaged in Malaysia. It has a die size of 170 mm2, down from 208 mm2 for the current Sandy Bridge i7 2600K CPU.
In its initial tests, UBM TechInsights found gate pitches of 90nm in the embedded SRAM array in the processor. It also found logic regions with gate lengths of 22 nm.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: ONLY SOME LOGIC REGIONS IN 22nm ! That is why Intel's processors chip area remains the same, from generation to generation.
In its initial tests, UBM TechInsights found gate pitches of 90nm in the embedded SRAM array in the processor. It also found logic regions with gate lengths of 22 nm.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: ONLY SOME LOGIC REGIONS IN 22nm ! That is why Intel's processors chip area remains the same, from generation to generation.
Computing's next milestone is (s)thinking
Thinking is something uniquely human. Frankly, computer scientists don't really understand how we do it. That isn't stopping them from trying.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Turing's inverse NP intelligence Test : Prove you are not a robot !
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Apple vs Intel chips
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The data-routing techniques that undergird the Internet could increase the efficiency of multicore chips while lowering their power requirements.
If we compare it against a bus, we get orders-of-magnitude savings.”
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Pixel 4K king
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IBM on Cloud Expert Integrated Systems
IBM’s sprawling Research Triangle Park campus was the hub for the technology giant’s four-year, $2 billion effort to simplify corporate information technology systems.
Corporate IT systems have become so complicated, according to IBM, that many companies spend 70 percent or more of their IT operations on operating and maintaining what they have in place. Consequently, they are limited in how much they can invest on innovation. IBM is one of the Triangle’s largest employers with an estimated 10,000 workers. The company itself doesn’t disclose employee numbers at individual sites.
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Corporate IT systems have become so complicated, according to IBM, that many companies spend 70 percent or more of their IT operations on operating and maintaining what they have in place. Consequently, they are limited in how much they can invest on innovation. IBM is one of the Triangle’s largest employers with an estimated 10,000 workers. The company itself doesn’t disclose employee numbers at individual sites.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Doom years: Global temeperature rise has been underestimated by 30% since 1981!
2040. Earth will enter interglacial age. Even by year 2030 if non fossil replacement fuels are found.
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Monday, April 09, 2012
Space Odyssey February 2010
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RAmbus: Terabyte Bandwidth Initiative
DEEP: Dynamical Exascale Entry Platform
DEEP proposes to develop a novel, Exascale-enabling supercomputing platform along with the optimisation of a set of grand-challenge codes simulating applications highly relevant for Europe's science, industry and society. The DEEP System will realise a Cluster Booster Architecture that can cope with the limitations purported by Amdahl's Law. It will serve as proof-of-concept for a next-generation 100 Petaflop/s PRACE production system, striving for independent provision of HPC technology, in particular general purpose Exascale performance supercomputers in Europe.
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Bye-Bye Batteries: Radio Waves as a Low-Power Source
Bye-Bye Batteries: Radio Waves as a Low-Power Source
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Zbigniew Brzezinski and Robert Kagan on the State of America
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The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything
Computing isn't just getting cheaper. It's becoming more energy efficient. That means a world populated by ubiquitous sensors and streams of nanodata.
If the energy efficiency of computing continues its historical rate of change, it will increase by a factor of 100 over the next decade, with consequent improvements in mobile computing, sensors, and controls. What new applications and products could become possible with such a large efficiency improvement 10 years hence? What other innovations would be necessary in order for such technologies to be used more effectively?
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If the energy efficiency of computing continues its historical rate of change, it will increase by a factor of 100 over the next decade, with consequent improvements in mobile computing, sensors, and controls. What new applications and products could become possible with such a large efficiency improvement 10 years hence? What other innovations would be necessary in order for such technologies to be used more effectively?
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Ex-Intel Engineer Admits of Providing Design Documents to "Rival".
Ex-Intel Engineer Admits of Providing Design Documents to "Rival".
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How Titanik was converted from 2D to 3D
Friday, April 06, 2012
UV will not be ready for 14nm
UV will not be ready for 14nm. The upgraded optics will help researchers achieve line widths of less than 16-nm in support of processdevelopment out to the year 2025, Zygo said.
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Sugar baby, sugar: Rethink your drink
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HP is developing prototypes with the U.S. Army of a wristband for foot soldiers that is something out of the old Dick Tracy comic strip.
•Wristbands. HP is developing prototypes with the U.S. Army of a wristband for foot soldiers that is something out of the old Dick Tracy comic strip.
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Dual screen Ultrabooks
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Ha ! Take instead one Tablet and switch on aside another Display ! I Prefer even tabled with ePaper display and ultra low power ! Flexible, detachable ePaper ! In a few years, bendable displays will be everywhere, adorning coffee mugs, newspapers, car dashboards and sunroofs, white boards, backpacks, refrigerators — you name it.
Apple's iPanel is far more than a TV
An industry analyst believes Apple's long-awaited television will launch in the fourth quarter of 2012.
So what is Misek basing his projections on? Well, the analyst believes an anticipated $800 million agreement between Foxconn and Sharp will play a "key role" in manufacturing the rumored iPanel.
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So what is Misek basing his projections on? Well, the analyst believes an anticipated $800 million agreement between Foxconn and Sharp will play a "key role" in manufacturing the rumored iPanel.
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RIP, John MArshall breaker of silence !
"The founder of Marshall Amplification, Jim Marshall OBE, has died at the age of 88. A tribute to the man known as the Father of Loud was posted on his official website, praising the man whose name became iconic for electric guitarists."
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
Next Great Depression? MIT researchers predict ‘global economic collapse’ by 2030
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What if APollo second backup plan was the only one ?
I mean astronauts in the orbit around Earth, Moon landing on Earth?
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Intel move to DDR4 to start with high end server CPUs in early 2014?
Intel move to DDR4 to start with high end server CPUs in early 2014?
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Paperless office: We’re Using More Paper Than We Ever Have Before !
Russia and China are leading Green revolution !
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
MOnt Blanc - European 200 PFlops supercomputer
Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight
Having conducted successful test flights, the PAL-V team will now focus on the design of the first commercial model PAL-V, with first deliveries expected in 2014. PAL-V Europe says law enforcement agencies, the military, and flying doctors have already expressed interest in the vehicle.
A PAL-V offers the choice of flying like a plane or driving like a car. This means fast door-to-door mobility for private individuals as well as professionals and organizations. The flying range will be between 350 (220 miles) and 500 km (315 miles), depending on the type, pay load and wind conditions. Driving, a PAL-V will have a range of about 1200 km (750 miles). It runs on gasoline like a conventional car and there will also be versions that use biodiesel or bio-ethanol. It can reach speeds of up to 180 km/h (110 miles/h) both on land and in the air
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’4K Ready’ Sony FS700 officially announced
Monday, April 02, 2012
Facebook 'creating social search engine' !
Facebook 'creating social search engine'
Facebook is secretly working on huge improvements to its as yet untapped search engine, with the project being spearheaded by a former Google engineer.
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Facebook is secretly working on huge improvements to its as yet untapped search engine, with the project being spearheaded by a former Google engineer.
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Apple Working on New Device with 5-Inch Retina Display for 2013?
Apple Working on New Device with 5-Inch Retina Display for 2013?
In 1976, Apple was founded.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Baby Ipad or Super Ipod? Anyway, interesting product size shrink in some Apple's 37 life time years !
In 1976, Apple was founded.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Baby Ipad or Super Ipod? Anyway, interesting product size shrink in some Apple's 37 life time years !
China's Not-So-Super Computers
