Super Computer
The IBM’s Roadrunner went from most powerful computer to runner-up!
The title holder is “Jaguar” a Cray XT5 computer. Twice the runner-up behind Roadrunner, Jaguar came up with a performing 1.74 petaflop per second, a petaflop is quadrillion calculations per second
The name suits it well, being the fastest animal in the world, Jaguar still has room to grow with an estimated 2.3 petaflops/s
Jaguar is located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is dedicated to research for new energy, climate change, supernovas and space, and photosynthesis, among other research
Here are the specs:
Peak Teraflops 2,332
Six-Core AMD Opterons 37,376
AMD Opteron Cores 224,256
Compute Nodes 18,688
Memory (TB) 299
Memory Bandwidth GB/s) 478
Disk Space (TB) 10,000
Interconnect Bandwidth 374
Floor Space (ft2) 4,352
Cooling Technology Liquid
For more information and to learn more about Jaguar visit this site
Coming to a Museum Near You
What can take your corporation into the doors of one of the most renown museums these days?
Why, nothing short than style, and innovation, although the latter has been in around for quite a while for Apple Inc
Recently Apple opened one of its stores in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, an upscale shopping center beneath the famous Louvre art gallery, sending a statement to MS Corp: “It is style that will take you into one of the most chic places, being a PC does not”
A second Apple store in Montpellier opened as well, while MS Corp has a store at Rue Sebastopol, customers there can try, but not buy Windows 7
Where will be the next stop for Apple? Maybe the Moon…
Video Calls From Your Wrist
Being a wrist-watch lover I have fall in love with some watches that other people might find awkward or even annoying, like the remote control-watch I used to have some years ago. Now I find the LG GD 910 a must.
Although a little big 1.54 in wide, 1.93 in tall, and 0.543 in thick, and 1.54 in touchscreen, this beauty comprises the style and the features I long for so long. The LG GD910 allows you to make voice and video calls
The menu on the touchscreen is intuitive and easy to use. For more info check here
All I need now is to convince my wife this is what one must have just in time before Christmas…LOL
Geek Review: The new Motorola “DROID” phone
This week in the US, Verizon Wireless released one of the most anticipated devices (second to the Google G1 of course) to date: the Motorola DROID.
This is at the same time a comeback from Motorola whose reputation for phones that suck have been pretty bad lately.
Here’s a summary of Pros & Cons:
PROS
- Highly responsive touch-screen
- Android 2.0 OS gives users a higher degree of customization through widgets and other tools.
- The DROID’s display (3.7in) is the largest (yup, larger than the iPhone’s too), good sharpness and brightness.
- Responsive virtual keyboard and a real backlit QWERTY keyboard.
- Verizon’s 3G network has fewer dropped calls, better messaging, Web email and customer support, than any other carrier in the US.
- 5 mega-pixel camera with easy-share features to Facebook, email, SMS, Picassa or Bluetooth data.
CONS
- Multi-touch only available in certain applications
- The iPhone’s display’s is still the best quality.
- Device search function is limited to contacts, music and documents (it doesn’t search calendar and email).
- The Android Marketplace has around 10,000 applications. The iPhone’s App Store has more than 100,000.
- Comes with Google Maps Navigation, but it’s still an early beta that doesn’t contest with other phones at the moment.
Other Features:
- $199.99 with a 2 year activation
- DVD Quality audio/video playback
- 3.5mm audio jack
- 16GB pre-installed memory
- 32GB expandable memory
- 13.7mm thick
- 3G network capable
- WiFi 802.11G/B
- USB 2.0
- WVGA 854×480 resolution screen
- Fast Cortex A8 processor
Coming to a Showroom Near You!
Just take a look at the BB1 from Peugeot!
If you are into design you must check out this car, if you are into green you too want to check out this car, whatever the reason this is a head-turning type of car!
Start by visiting the BB1 homepage Here and I am sure you will be salivating until this car arrives to the USA
Wait, it will take a while for this concept car to make it to manufacturing, but at the present time it is making waves in European cities where it is showcased
The specs are:
100% electric
56 MPH
75 Mile range
Now, tell me you did not drool!
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Coming to a Car Near You
It’s coming at a fast pace. At a cost of $3.96M, and after 6 years of studies, Project VERONICA (Vehicle Event Recording based on intelligent crash assessment) is about to set a recommendation that all cars in Europe are fitted to have a Black Box installed on them
Privacy concerns are set aside by this project with the notion that recording will only be active for record movement in the 30 seconds prior to an accident, and a few seconds afterwards. No personal or other type of information will be obtained in this manner by the box, and the need of a password, for downloading the data from the box, will be required for use in court
In the UK, the Metropolitan Police saved $3.3m US in accident damages after installing the boxes, reports the Times. The boxes cost about $826 US and are the size of a pack of cards
If it comes to the USA, are you ready for this, what, if any will be your objections?
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Ants: Coming to a Computer Near You!
Viruses, malware, worms, they all share a general hate from the public, and now crawling through your computer hardware: ANTS
Do not panic, though, they are here to help you get rid of the worms. Scientists from Wake Forest University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory based on the biological treats of the ants have created digital ants that “monitor” for anomalies in the performance of a computer
These digital ants search for unusual performance, and when detected leave a digital pheromone. This pheromone will be monitored by other ants. If suspicious activity continues the ants report this activity to a digital sentinel, which analyses all data and reports to a sergeant of activity that is suspicious, the sergeant then report to the human operator, who in time can act on the threat
Because of the nature of these digital ants they do not use as much resources as antivirus applications do, thus freeing resources that can be utilize somewhere else
I will be waiting for the first application to come to public light to test it, although sounds very promising
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6 Words that make your resume suck (Seattle Tech Jobs)
The Seattle Tech Jobs group lists 6 words they found to be indicators that you have a resume in trouble:
1. Responsible for
2. Experienced
3. Excellent written communication skills
4. Team player
5. Detail oriented
6. Successful
