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Legit Reviews Folding Team #38296 Breaks 55 Million Points - Ranked 86th
The Legit Reviews Folding Team (#38296) has reached another major milestone today as it has surpassed the 55 million point barrier. The team currently has 48 active members with 307 processors running daily, which is impressive. The team members have contributed over 142,000 work units over the past 4.5 years and every single one helps researchers. I remember that it took over a year to reach one million points back in 2005, but the team is cranking through roughly 6 million points a month! If you have some spare CPU or GPU cycles that you'd like to share with the team we'd love to have you as a member in 2009! head on to the forums to meet the team and figure out how to get started!
The influenza hemagglutinin protein performs several important functions, including attaching the virus to cells it will infect and releasing the viral genome into the interior of the cell. Most protective antibodies against influenza also bind to the hemagglutinin protein. We wish to understand how mutations to hemagglutinin affect viral function, including what keeps avian influenza ("bird flu") from being readily transmissible between humans. In this paper, we have applied a technique from information theory known as mutual information to genetic sequence data to predict important mutation sites on the hemagglutinin protein. In follow-up work, we are combining this technique with other methods to refine these predictions and test some of them using Folding@Home.
Posted by | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 - 06:06 AM
January 30 News from Around the Web
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 Notebook @ HotHardware.com and other reviews from around the web cab be found by visiting our forums!
Lenovo's IdeaPad series of notebooks is quite different than the company's popular line up of ThinkPads. Ideapads are currently available in three series of products. The "U" series designates an ultraportable style with 11.1" or 13.3" widescreen displays and Intel Core 2 Duo processors. The "Y" series is for family entertainment and is available with up to a 17" screen and Intel 2.8GHz Core 2 duo processors. And finally, there is the super mobile "S" series netbook with its Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor and 10.2" display. Within the "U" and "Y" series there are a lot of models to choose from.
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 06:46 PM
NVIDIA Hires Bill Dally as new chief scientist
I must have missed this story, but on Wednesday NVIDIA named the chairman of Stanford University's computer science department as its new chief scientist, a particularly important position for the world's largest graphics chip supplier as it wages a technological war with Intel. Bill Dally will replace David Kirk, a renowned scientist in his own right, who will become an Nvidia fellow. Good luck to both as they enter their new positions!
"Bill is legendary in the computer industry," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia, in response to an e-mail query Wednesday. "He has made fundamental contributions, from parallel computing architectures to interconnects to low power designs to super fast I/Os" Huang said. "I expect him to contribute at all of those levels and more. And he will take forward David's work of building Nvidia research into one of the most regarded labs in the world."
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 05:55 PM
TigerDirect CEO Says 'We decided to discontinue the relationship [with EVGA]"
This afternoon I received an e-mail from Gilbert Fiorentino, the CEO TigerDirect, and he wanted to clear the air on the various reports regarding the reason that EVGA products are no longer being sold on TigerDirect.com. In the official statement below he states that TigerDirect pulled the plug on EVGA products due to a number of mitigating factors. It now looks like EVGA and TigerDirect both claim to be the party that called it quits. Not much else to report other than the fact that this subject has industry insiders all hot and heavy with ideas as to what it going on. As far as EVGA and TigerDirect are concerned in our books, both companies have moved on to greener pastures and neither wants to looked kicked to the curb.
TigerDirect constantly evaluates our vendor partners for maximum customer satisfaction while being able to meet the company's revenue and profit goals. While we have enjoyed a long relationship with EVGA, there are mitigating factors which make the ability to sell EVGA products prohibitive at this time and we decided to discontinue the relationship. The fact remains that we may sell EVGA products in the future. I can assure you that there is no 'mystery' beyond the above facts.
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 02:10 PM
ELSA Japan and LucidLogix Launch Computing Products in Japan
ELSA Japan and Lucidlogix have announced an an agreement to deploy Lucid’s HYDRA based chip in ELSA Japan High Performance products. The companies have teamed up to transform high performance computing in the Japanese marketplace. For the first time, a product based on Lucid’s HYDRA technology will be used in a new line of ELSA Japan high performance systems for the HPC, broadcast and medical markets.
“We are pleased to partner with ELSA, which has the reputation for providing leading performance computing solutions to the Japanese market. ELSA’s selection of Lucid products for graphics and high performance computing platforms demonstrates our commitment to deliver a unique and powerful parallel processing architecture,” said Offir Remez, President of Lucid. “HYDRA technology will allow ELSA to combine multiple GPUs on one device, for efficient, high performance in compute intensive, large scale visualization scenarios.”
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 11:00 AM
Tech ads on the sidelines at this year's Super Bowl
In the business world, that amorphous concept called "consumer confidence" is measured in dozens of metrics, algorithms, and white papers. In the real world, there are Super Bowl ads. So, unsurprisingly, if you look at the lineup of Super Bowl ads from tech companies this year, the outlook isn't sunny.
Virtually all the electronic and digital brands running ads at this year's game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers have advertised at the Super Bowl in past years: domain giant GoDaddy, job search sites Monster.com and CareerBuilder, brokerage house E-Trade, and online auto marketplace Cars.com. There's a hype-filled new ad about "smart grid" innovation, but it's run by General Electric, parent company of this year's Super Bowl broadcaster NBC.
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 08:48 AM
Hitachi forecasts $7.7 billion loss, cutting 7,000 jobs
apanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. predicted it would post a massive net loss this fiscal year and said it will slash about 7,000 jobs as part of a global restructuring plan. Battered by plunging demand, the company forecast Friday a net loss of 700 billion yen ($7.7 billion) for the fiscal year through March 31, a stark reversal from the 15 billion yen profit it forecast in October.
Hitachi, which makes everything from home appliances and TVs to IT systems and medical equipment, also cut its operating profit projection — by 90 percent to 40 billion yen. The company blamed sharply falling sales in most of its main businesses including electronic devices, power and industrial systems, and consumer products. "Economic stagnation is expected to persist for the foreseeable future, making revenue expansion unlikely," Hitachi said in a statement.
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 08:47 AM
Dell Thinking About Making A Smartphone - Watch Out Applie iPhone
Dell Inc is plotting a foray into the cell phone arena as early as next month, making and selling smartphones to revitalize a business walloped by crumbling PC sales and pitting the firm against Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The world's No. 2 maker of PCs, which has been designing prototypes for over a year, is focusing on smartphones -- the class of high-end devices that encompasses Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's Blackberry, the newspaper cited people familiar with the matter as saying. If launched, the phones will be based on Google's Android operating system and Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, it said. One model will even feature a touchscreen, not unlike the iPhone's, the Journal reported.
Posted by | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 06:25 AM
EVGA Products Not Listed on TigerDirect.com Was a Business Decision
Our story yesterday about TigerDirect.com dropping EVGA products from their retail site made it all over the internet yesterday, but today we have cleared up part of the mystery. One of our contacts at EVGA contacted Legit Reviews today and said that we hadn't worded the story correctly. It turns out that EVGA made a business decision to no longer have their products carried by TigerDirect.com. I can't help but notice that this is the second video card company to leave TigerDirect.com in recent months as Palit Multimedia also pulled away from the online retailer back in 2008. After speaking with EVGA and Palit Multimedia both companies seem confident that consumers will find their branded products regardless where they are being sold. If you'd like to comment on this story be sure to follow the link below to our forums!
Posted by | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 - 03:27 PM
ATI Releases Catalyst 9.1 Video Card Drivers for Windows and Linux
ATI has just released Catalyst 9.1 for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms on http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html. This software suite includes Radeon display driver 8.573 and full OpenGL 3.0 extension support. It also fixes numerous bugs and one bug fix that I am happy to see that when playing Picture-in-Picture on a DVD with PowerCinema or PowerDVD the system no longer halts! That is one of 24 fixes for Vista users that is highlighted in the release notes, so be sure to update!
Resolved The Following Issues for Windows Vista and Windows XP Operating Systems
- “Move to Monitor” option does not work for some Open GL application
- Playing back MPEG2 files may fail to respond when task switching between virtual desktops in extended desktop mode
- Restoring to factory default, Catalyst Control Center may become unresponsive when multidesktop is enabled
- Catalyst Control Center: display index number are not the same as Displays Manager in Graphics Settings
- Catalyst Control Center: Some Catalyst text labels may be missing “General Settings Option” under Windows Traditional Chinese
- Catalyst Control Center: System may become unresponsive when uninstalling Hydravision package with all HV aspects checked in multi adapter configurations
- Catalyst Control Center: Enabling "Enable Desktop Manager" and "Enable Multi Desktop" will cause the following to be displayed in the Windows Task Manager HydraDM64 and HydraMD64
- Catalyst Control Center: Preparing Help dialog window will come up in English on other localized Windows operating systems
- About Catalyst Control Center window may display some text corruption, when launched from the system tray
- Catalyst Control Center stops working when skin is changed to Quicksilver
Posted by | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 - 02:36 PM
House fails to pass digital TV delay bill
An effort to delay the February 17 deadline for a nationwide switch to digital television failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday after Republicans blocked the move.
The legislation is backed by President Barack Obama and already passed the U.S. Senate. However, it failed to gain the required two-thirds support in the House under special rules adopted for the vote. More than one million people are on a waiting list for $40 government coupons to subsidize the cost of converter boxes needed by those with older televisions. The agency that runs the program ran out of coupons earlier this month.
Posted by | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 - 08:32 AM
Sony Profit Plummets 95%
Sony said net profit tumbled 95% in the third quarter, as the global slump hurt sales of its core electronics products. The Japanese electronics giant said net profit plunged to 10.4 billion yen ($115.6 million) from 200.2 billion yen a year earlier. The operating loss in the quarter was 18 billion yen, a reversal from operating profit a year earlier of 236 billion yen. Sony attributed the operating loss to factors such as the rise in the yen, and a loss in its financial services segment because of declines in the Japanese stock market.
The earnings report showed the damage is greatest at Sony's core electronics division, which accounts for more than half of its total revenue and makes the brands for which it is best known -- from Walkman music players to Bravia TV sets. The division, long a dependable source of profit as the company struggled to turn around its entertainment and other businesses, booked a 15.9 billion yen operating loss during the October-December quarter. That period includes the key holiday shopping season, usually a boon for electronics sales.
Posted by | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 - 08:30 AM
January 29 News from Around the Web
Jeff Gardiner Answers Fallout 3 DLC Questions @ OCModShop and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
Recently I got the chance to speak with Jeff Gardiner, lead producer for Fallout 3 DLC about the latest addition to the multi award winning game. OCMS: What is the background and setting for the new material? JG: Operation: Anchorage is allows the player to discover the location of a secret military installation housed deep inside of Washington, D.C. The Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts are trying to requisition top-secret military technology from a long dead war… But the only way to open the safe is by successfully completing a training simulation in which the player will have to liberate Anchorage, Alaska from an invading Red Chinese occupying force. This battle played out hundreds of years ago, and is a staple of the Fallout 3 canon. Once inside the sim the player will have to utilize stealth and combat cunning to overcome a huge military presence; they’ll even have the opportunity to outfit and order their own Strike Force in the process!
Posted by | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 - 08:19 AM
Computer Graphics Chip Shipments Dive in Q4 '08
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.GPUs are used in industrial and medical systems, point of sale terminals, kiosks, digital signs, and PCs. And, in the case of over one third of all PCs being shipped today, more than one GPU is being used Total shipments of GPUs for Q4'08 was 72.35 million. During the same quarter last year, 100.5 million GPUs shipped, and in the previous quarter, Q3 '08, 111.26 million units shipped representing a 34% drop quarter to quarter and a -2% drop year over year. It isn't good seeing a 34% drop in video card sales in Q4, but no big shocker with the hit the economy took in Q4 2008.
"The fourth quarter is usually a positive quarter for the computer industry. There has obviously been some inventory problems in the quarter as sales failed to live up to the optimistic expectations of the third quarter, 2008," said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research in Tiburon California. "Vendors were bracing for a slower than usual quarter due to economic factors, but performance this quarter was surprisingly low. Put simply, the market stalled in the fourth quarter. Due to the worldwide financial market meltdown, the U.S. housing market meltdown, layoffs, and media reports, the consumer has hunkered down to wait out the storm. "We're forecasting a strong Q3 and Q4 for 2009 and bracing for what will probably be the worst Q1 and Q2 decline we've seen since the Internet bubble pop of 2000."
Posted by | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 - 08:05 AM
TigerDirect.com Drops EVGA Products From Its Retail Site
One of our readers sent me an e-mail letting me know that TigerDirect.com has dropped EVGA products from its retail site today for reasons that are unknown. I just went over to the TigerDirect.com site and searched for EVGA and was shocked to see "You Searched For "xfx"" pop up on the results window. It seems that something happened over at TigerDirect.com as even searching for EVGA doesn't work. We'll fill you in on the full story as soon as we get it. At the time of writing our attempts to contact TigerDirect.com went unanswered.
TigerDirect.com was established to serve the needs of computer users, and today we are one of the industry's top computer and computer-product retailers. Our web site has been ranked among the New York Times' "Top 25 Online Retailers" and our catalog has become a textbook for computer users. But our success has been built on a simple principle: take care of every customer like they were a member of our family. From the beginning, our top priority was to provide unmatched customer care and to help our customers understand how technology could help them. We've always invited intelligent, courteous men and women to staff our call center; to answer your questions, make recommendations and deliver solutions. We stock our web site with the latest products, the best deals---and plenty of information to help you decide for yourself. We are proud of each and every member of our staff, because they make the difference.
Posted by | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 - 01:31 PM
Today is Data Protection Day!
At the moment there is no greetings card for Data Privacy Day, but this is its second year and 27 countries around Europe, Canada and here in America will use it as a springboard to educate and make users aware of the best way to protect their information online. As the first state in the nation to set up an office of privacy protection, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proclaimed Wednesday "California Privacy Day."
A range of events are being held throughout the world to mark the day from panel discussions to cocktail parties and from outreach projects to seminars and workshops. With a constant barrage of reports of how cyber criminals are wreaking havoc on the internet, there is a renewed effort by privacy advocates to push for more to be done to protect consumers and to hold companies accountable for what they do with information that is gleaned from our online activities.
Posted by | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 - 07:52 AM
January 27 News from Around the Web
G.Skill TITAN 256GB 2.5-inch MLC Solid State Disk @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
"The SSD market is on fire, burning faster than even the most optimistic analysts could have predicted. G.Skill has played a large role in the solid state transition with their above average products at below average costs. Not only that, but we are really starting to see SSDs become user friendly as far as capacity goes. Last year we were talking about 32GB SSDs and how the speed was very impressive, but the capacity left room for doubt. Here we are a year later and we are already seeing close to a 10x increase in capacity for drives costing the same as the 32GB drives last year. In G.Skill’s latest SSD, capacity will have to just be a footnote in the overall scheme of things. The real story sits with the technology and what the company was able to do with JMicron’s somewhat problematic controller. In essence, G.Skill was able to use two JMicron controllers with two separate banks of memory that work in tandem to reduce or eliminate the issues associated with writing multiple small files to the drive. I have seen the term RAID used a few times in other reviews and while the concept seems similar, it is not the case."
Posted by | Tue, Jan 27, 2009 - 01:31 PM
Senate Approves Digital TV Delay to June 12
The Senate voted on Monday to delay next month’s transition to digital television until June 12 because some viewers would not be ready for the switch. The delay, approved unanimously on a vote by the Senate, goes to the House for a possible vote today. It is expected to pass the bill despite some objections.
Senate Commerce Chairman John Rockefeller said delaying the TV switch is the right thing to do because the United States is not yet ready to make the transition. "The Senate acted responsibly to give the Obama administration time to attempt to bring order to a mismanaged process," the West Virginia Democrat said in a statement.
Posted by | Tue, Jan 27, 2009 - 09:54 AM
Asian chip makers to gain from Qimonda's troubles
Battered Asian memory chip makers will get some respite from oversupply in the long term after German chipmaker Qimonda filed for insolvency but the industry's recovery depends on a pick-up in demand. Makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, used mainly in personal computers and increasingly in mobile devices and game consoles, are fighting a long supply glut and falling demand in a global downturn that is causing them to lose money on each chip they make.
Although the direct impact on chip supply would be limited, Qimonda's troubles should give investors a reason to focus on leading players, such as Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor and Elpida Memory. "The Qimonda news is like rain after a long drought," said Jay Kim, an analyst at Hyundai Securities in Seoul. Qimonda, ranked as the world's fifth-largest memory chip maker in the second quarter of 2008, filed for insolvency on Friday as a result of huge industry price drops and a credit squeeze.
Posted by | Tue, Jan 27, 2009 - 09:50 AM
Intel Cooling Chips with Thermoelectrics
Researchers at Intel, RTI International of North Carolina, and Arizona State University have shown that it's possible to build an efficient microrefrigerator that can target hot spots on chips, saving power and space, and more effectively cooling the entire system. Their work also demonstrates, for the first time, that it is possible to integrate thermoelectric material into chip packaging, making the technology more practical than ever before. Looks like thermoelectric cooling works well on a very small scale!. The thermoelectric cooler shown below (center gold square) is attached to a copper plate that is used to spread heat away from hot spots on chips.
"People have been talking about using high-efficiency thermoelectric materials for cooling hot spots on chips for years," says Intel manager Ravi Prasher. He says that part of the reason he and his colleagues were able to succeed is because they used a material that has shown exceptional thermal properties, and they relied on Intel's knowledge of chip packaging to build an integrated thermoelectric system that was engineered to fit within the confines of a chip's housing.
Posted by | Tue, Jan 27, 2009 - 09:39 AM
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