Archive for June, 2008
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Nearly 10 times as many people are connected to the Internet today as there were a decade ago. The Wall Street Journal has a story The Internet: Then And Now
The two images above are maps of the Internet, specifically the “routers” – equipment that passes data to its intended destination ...
Posted in Telecoms, Networking, Internet, Trends, Computers, Technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Six WiMAX firms have teamed together to create the Open Patent Alliance(OPA), to accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products. The companies involved in the formation of the OPA include Cisco Systems, Intel Corp., Alcatel-Lucent, Clearwire, Sprint and Samsung.
The OPA will advance a competitive and open ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
At last the much awaited iPhone next version is officially announced to be available from July 11th.
Apple Inc. revealed Monday, at WWDC, that it has scrapped its pricing plan for the iPhone as it unveiled a model that works over faster wireless networks, addressing key criticisms about the device ...
Posted in iPhone, Smart Phone, Apple, Trends, Mobiles, Gadgets | 4 Comments »
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Nearly two weeks after its historic landing, the US Mars probe Phoenix has scooped up its first sample of Martian soil and begun analyzing it for water and organic compounds.
The test dig made Sunday by the Phoenix Mars Lander's 8-foot-long robotic arm uncovered bits of bright specks in the soil ...
Posted in Sky, Astronomy, Future, Life, Research, Space, Science, Trends | 1 Comment »
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes -- visual aids to help vision-impaired people, ...
Posted in Life, Innovative, Future, Biology, Research, Science Fiction, Science, Fiction | No Comments »
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Lonestar, a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) recently performed a laser cancer surgery on a dog without the intervention of a surgeon. The operation was done in Houston without the intervention of a human surgeon while the Lonestar supercomputer, a Dell Linux Cluster with 5,840 processors, was ...
Posted in Research, Biology, Innovative, Future, Science, Science Fiction, Computers, Trends, Linux, Super Computing, Technology | 1 Comment »
