Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
The New York Stock Exchange is investing heavily in x86-based Linux systems and blade servers as it builds out the NYSE Hybrid Market trading system that it launched last year. Flexibility and lower cost are among the goals.
"What we want is to be able to take advantage of technology advances ...
Posted in Services, OS, Open Source, Linux, Computers | No Comments »
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Scientists at IBM recently completed research which may soon result in supercomputers the size of current notebooks.
This would be achieved by replacing existing copper wires used to couple processing cores together with a silicon Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator, which would allow light to pass the data. The connector created by the ...
Posted in Research, Innovative, Science, Super Computing, Embedded, Computers | No Comments »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The powerful processors in Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console now have another use: cracking passwords.
New Zealand-based security researcher Nick Breese claims to have used the year-old gaming console to crack passwords at speeds 100 times greater than Intel hardware is capable of. Breese, a security consultant with Security-Assessment.com, presented his ...
Posted in Video Games and Consoles, Ideas, Internet, Gadgets, Computers | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
A study by the Nemertes Research Group is predicting that the Internet could run out of capacity by 2010 if backbone providers don’t invest in new infrastructure. It says the backbone needs an estimated $42 to $55 billion invested in capacity in the next 3-5 years to keep up with ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Penn State University engineers say that a transmission rate of 100 G bps is obtainable over in-expensive Category 7 copper cables, but only on a length of 100 meters or less.
This research has been done by a team including two graduate students in electrical engineering, Ali Enteshari and ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Firefox 3 Beta version is now available for download for testing purpose.
These beta releases are targeted to Web developers and our testing community to gain feedback before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The ...
Posted in Software, Open Source, Internet, Computers | No Comments »
