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How PlayStation 3 Works

Valdes, Robert. "How PlayStation 3 Works." 14 June 2005. HowStuffWorks.com. 06 July 2009.

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Related Topix: Video Games, PlayStation 3, CPU, Science / Technology, Computers

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Modern Mechanix

Thinking Machines are Getting Smarter

AT THE Vanguard Computing Center - in Washington, D. C, I watched a young woman present a machine with an extremely complex problem in ballistics involving hundreds of variables.

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Related Topix: Computers, Washington Metro, Electronic, Magnetic, Printers

Fri Jul 03, 2009

EETimes.com

IBM re-uses PV thermal energy for better efficiency

IBM researchers recently have shown that the reuse of cooling liquid for computers can increase the total efficiency of a system.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

IEEE Software

New Editors in Chief Confirmed

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 19 June, 2009 IEEE Computer Society President Susan K. Land has confirmed the appointment of editors in chief whose two-year terms begin 1 January, 2010.

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Related Topix: Computers, Los Alamitos, CA, Science, Computer Science, University of Virginia, Duke University

Wed Jul 01, 2009

CRN

China Defers Green Dam Deadline At Behest Of PC Makers

China is delaying its mandatory July 1 deadline requiring that all PCs come preinstalled with Green Dam Youth Escort Web filtering software, according to reports from China's official Xinhua News Agency.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, PC, Computers, Hewlett Packard, Dell

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Design And Reuse

SMIC Achieves Silicon Success with High Performance 45-nanometer Process

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation today announced the successful completion of its first 45-nanometer high performance yield lot.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Semiconductors, Electronics, World News, China, Asia, Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design)

Newkerala.com

Lenovo wants to do a China in India

New Delhi, June 30 : Personal computer manufacturer Lenovo, struggling at the fifth position among PC makers in India, is looking at emulating its China success in other emerging markets including India, a top official said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: PC, Computers, World News, India,

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Isegoria

Acera s Everywhere in the PC World

Acera s everywhere in the PC world , with 11.6 percent of the market to Della s 13.6 percent: For close to 15 years, Acer suffered from a split personality.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, PC, Computers, Dell, Hewlett Packard

TechNewsWorld

The Troublesome Task of Rejiggering the Keyboard

The standard arrangement of the computer keyboard is a holdover from the mechanical limitations of ancient typewriters.

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Related Topix: Keyboards, Computers, Marketing, Laptops/Notebooks, PC

Tech Review

Computer Clusters That Heat Houses

They have been used to model climate change, forecast economic trends, and simulate the intricate complexities folding proteins.

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Related Topix: Computers, CPU, Science / Technology

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Colossus, Cray and Blue Gene: The History of Supercomputers

Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson; Colossus, Cray, ASCI Red and Blue Gene.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers, CPU

Sat Jun 27, 2009

CNET News.com

Setback for IBM in bid to block Dell hire

IBM on Friday was denied an injunction that would have kept its former acquisitions chief from taking a job at Dell, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal .

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Dell, Johnson Outdoors, Sporting Goods

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Bloomberg.com

IBM Loses Bid to Block Former M&A Chief Johnson From Dell Job During Suit

International Business Machines Corp. cana t block its former mergers-and-acquisitions chief, David L. Johnson, from working for Dell Inc.

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Related Topix: IBM, Computers, Dell, Semiconductors, Electronics, White Plains, NY

Thu Jun 25, 2009

ITworld

Supercomputers go from biggest to cheapest

June 25, 2009, 08:28 PM - Computerworld - The increasing power of supercomputers has gone from gee-whiz to ho-hum. IBM, with its petaflop-exceeding Roadrunner, seems to maintain a near permanent position on the Top500 supercomputer list, and it may be a longtime before it gives up the crown.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Laptops/Notebooks, CPU

Log Cabin Democrat

Who moved my 'Delete' key? Lenovo did. Here's why.

Lenovo put nearly a year of research into two design changes that debuted on an updated ThinkPad laptop this week.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, PC

Wed Jun 24, 2009

CNW Group

Espial MediaBase Achieves Breakthrough VOD Performance - Sets New...

Cable back-office support - Compliance with ISA/NGOD standards - Integration with latest version of the OpenStream Digital Services Platform from TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson group Espial has achieved a 400% performance increase with up to 37.5 Gbps streaming from a single next-generation HP or IBM server with Intel Xeon 5500 series ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, CPU

PC Magazine

Miller: The Evolution of Notebooks

Over the past few years, notebook computers have evolved considerably.The basic "chamshell" design, was introduced 20 years ago, but within that basic concept, the machines have gotten faster, thinner, and generally less expensive.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Keyboards, Wireless, Emerging Technology

NetworkWorld

IBM, Cray lead Top 500 supercomputer rankings

The world's two most powerful computers have not been surpassed in 2009, but the latest edition of the Top 500 supercomputer list shows a new entry in third place and continued dominance from the likes of IBM, Cray, HP and Intel.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers, Hewlett Packard, Department of Energy

Tue Jun 23, 2009

TechBeat

Lenovo Looks for a Laptop Sweet Spot

I spent more than a year tracking Lenovo's designers and engineers as they developed the innovative X300 laptop computer, which was released in March of 2008.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, CPU, Science / Technology, PC, Hewlett Packard

Poughkeepsie Journal

IBM supercomputing scores high

IBM Corp. says it has scored well on the Top500 list of supercomputing sites. It is the 10th time IBM has held the twice-yearly list's top spot with its Roadrunner system, built in Poughkeepsie and running at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Poughkeepsie, NY, World News, Germany, Computers, CPU

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