Google Calendar Is Down
It looks as though Google Calendar is down right now. The company is aware of the issue and the team will provide an update later today. Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by November 15, 2010 10:03:00 AM UTC-8 with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience. Affected users may see server error messages when attempting to access their account. Comments
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Amazon Now Offers GPU Supercomputing
NVIDIA announced today that, for the first time ever, enterprises and start-ups will be able to access the supercomputing-class performance of NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPUs through a new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) offering, called Cluster GPU Instances. This new offering extends the available options for flexible, on-demand high performance computing (HPC) within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Comments
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The "Power Eater" Igloo
How do you draw attention to climate change and excessive energy use? By building an igloo made from 320 refrigerators stuffed with electronics running 24/7. Comments
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Police Texting To Save Money?
Could you imagine being a police officer having to text for back-up because radios are "too expensive?" 'Airwave is a very expensive system which was forced upon the police service by the Government,' he said. 'It was imperative to have a secure communications system. But it has come at a very high price. The advice we're being given from the top is to send texts as much as possible because it's going to cost a lot less money. Comments
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Saudi Arabia Blocks Facebook Over Moral Concerns
Facebook was blocked in Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission for not conforming to conservative values. An official with Saudi Arabia's communications authority says it has blocked Facebook because the popular social networking website doesn't conform with the kingdom's conservative values. The official says Saudi's Communications and Information Technology Commission blocked the site Saturday and an error message shows up when Internet users try to access it. Comments
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3 of the World's Top 5 Supercomputers Powered by NVIDIA
The November 2010 list of the "Top500" fastest supercomputers in the world was released today on www.top500.org and it revealed that NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPUs are now powering three of the top five systems. Tesla GPUs were featured in the number one, three and four slots with the recently announced Tianhe-1A system taking the top spot with a performance record of 2.507 petaflops. The five highest-ranked systems were as follows (GPU-enabled systems in green): The top three GPU supercomputers deliver more performance than the rest of the Top 10 systems combined. The most notable new entry to the Top500 is Tsubame 2.0, the new supercomputer from Tokyo Institute of Technology. The system delivers petaflop-class performance while remaining extremely efficient, consuming just 1.340 megawatts, dramatically less power than any other system on the top five. Comments
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3D Video Capture with Kinect
You guys really have to see this video. The stuff people are coming up with using the Kinect is just amazing. Comments
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ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 Motherboard Spy Pics
We have a few spy pics of the ASUS Sabertooth P67 motherboard based on Intel's next generation chipset. We'll have more information for you in the near future but, at least for now, we have a few shots of the motherboard to keep you happy in the mean time: Comments
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Intel Powers World's Fastest Supercomputer
Intel Corporation today announced that its Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors, announced earlier this year, are at the heart of the world's most powerful supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A. Located at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, China, Tianhe-1A contains 14,396 Intel processors accompanied by accelerator cards, and has demonstrated groundbreaking performance of 2.57 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second). In partnership with Inspur, a computer manufacturer in China, Intel worked closely with the National Supercomputing Center and its technology partners to achieve this groundbreaking performance. Comments
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Build a Burning Red Laser From an Old PC
Because why not? Lasers are definitely [H]ard. The components you need to salvage are: the power supply, DVD Burner (16x speed or more), and the heatsink. Comments
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AMD Comments on Cayman Delay
AMD has officially delayed Cayman until December 13th. Hopefully when it comes out next month we'll see some impressive numbers worth the wait. With that in mind, we are going to take a bit more time before shipping the AMD Radeon HD 6900 series. As of today, the NDA lift for information relating to the AMD Radeon HD 6950 and HD 6970 will be week 50. We will be providing additional information on these products, including the exact date and time of the NDA lift, in the weeks prior to launch." said Chris Hook and his crack spinner team. Comments
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Tetris Cures All
Is there anything Tetris can't do? A new study from Oxford University shows that playing Tetris can help prevent flashbacks associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. David Kwock, general manager for Blue Planet Software, the company that manages the exclusive licensing rights to Tetris, wasn't too surprised by the results. As he points out, "A great number of our users tell us that they play Tetris to relax." Comments
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GeForce GTX 580 vs. Radeon HD 5970 2GB Performance
We will see if NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 580 has what it takes to compare to AMD's Radeon HD 5970 2GB dual-GPU video card. These five apples-to-apples tests will reveal performance differences and memory limitations on the Radeon HD 5970 2GB. The Radeon HD 5970 is less expensive, so let's where the chips fall.
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