IBM has delivered a first-of-a-kind hot water-cooled supercomputer to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), marking a new era in energy-aware computing. The innovative system, dubbed Aquasar, consumes up to 40 percent Continue reading “IBM Hot Water-Cooled Supercomputer Goes Live at ETH Zurich”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2010 at 12:00pm
The air circulation and heat dissipation of netbooks is often restricted by the limited space in and around the small casing. Since summer is here and the ambient room temperature is rapidly rising the need Continue reading “Enermax Launches The Aeolus N14 Notebook Cooler”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2010 at 10:56am
Kingston Digital Europe today announced that its state-of-the-art solid state drives (SSD) have helped increase reliability and reduce IT costs at global clean power systems provider, Intelligent Energy. The company is noted for having developed Continue reading “Kingston SSDs Improve Reliability and Reduce IT Costs For Intelligent Energy”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2010 at 10:48am
Iran has developed a new human-like walking robot to be used in “sensitive jobs,” government newspaper Iran reported on Sunday. Soorena-2, named after an ancient Persian warrior, was unveiled by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday. Continue reading “Iran Unveils Human-Like Robot Called Soorena-2”. …more
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Jul. 5, 2010 at 10:42am
Rep. Bill Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced a bill on Thursday that would rewrite the ground rules for Internet and mail order sales by eliminating the option for many Americans to shop over the Internet Continue reading “Democrats push for new Internet sales taxes”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 4, 2010 at 10:24pm
NASCAR Media Group and Turner Sports said that NASCAR’s first foray into 3D programming will take place with a special presentation of the Coke Zero 400 on July 3 (TNT, 7:30 p.m. ET). The 3D Continue reading “NASCAR Streaming Race Online in 3D Right Now!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 2, 2010 at 7:09pm
It looks like VLC is ready to come out with version 1.1.1 of their popular multimedia player and it when AMD CATALYST 10.7 drivers come out later this month, HD GPU decoding will finally be Continue reading “VLC 1.1.1 Multimedia Player Coming w/ GPU Decoding For AMD”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 2, 2010 at 3:00pm
Thermaltake has announced the worlds one and only NVIDIA certified full-tower chassis for next-generation ultra-high performance graphics cards, the Thermaltake Element V NVIDIA Edition with support for the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and GTX Continue reading “Thermaltake Introduces Element V NVIDIA Edition PC Case at $219”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 2, 2010 at 8:43am
Apple says they were surprised when the read reports of reception problems, and immediately began investigating them. Here is what they have learned. To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will Continue reading “Apple Formula Blamed For Faulty Signal Strength – Software Fix Coming Soon”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 2, 2010 at 8:15am
ADATA today introduced NH03 — its first 3.5 external hard drive with the new-generation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface, adding yet another high-performance storage solution in its complete USB 3.0 lineup. With the actual transfer rates Continue reading “ADATA Launches 3.5 External Hard Drive w/ SuperSpeed USB 3.0”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2010 at 9:14pm
Digitimes says that Intel plans to launch several new desktop processors in the third quarter of 2010 to replace some previous models, and that the chip giant will also reduce some CPU prices to boost Continue reading “Intel to Launch New CPUs in 3Q10 – Core i7-970 and Core i5-760”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2010 at 2:44pm
Have you been waiting for the PopBox Media Player to be released? If you have been we have some good and bad news for you. For starters the developers have posted that it should be Continue reading “PopBox Ship Date Set For July 23rd – Better Late Than Never”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2010 at 2:31pm
In Silicon Valleys best-known David-and-Goliath story, Thomas McCoy was the guy who slung the stone. The general counsel of Advanced Micro Devices didnt topple mighty Intel, but his impact was at least felt in the Continue reading “AMD Lawyer Who Led Fight Against Intel to Retire”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2010 at 2:07pm
Today you can experience being the first on the Web in features, speed and innovation. Opera Software releases the final version of the 10.60 browser with several new features, more user security and enhanced stability Continue reading “Opera 10.60 Web Browser Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2010 at 11:56am
A new version of GPU-Z is out! Grab it if you want to use the latest and greatest version! GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and Continue reading “GPU-Z Video Card GPU Information Utility v0.4.4 Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2010 at 11:51am