Comment Re:Project StarGate is missing :-/ (Score 1) 534
By 'documentary films,' perhaps you mean 'historical documents.'
AMD Reveals New Mobile Technologies 78
MojoKid writes "AMD disclosed a few details today regarding their upcoming mobile platform
technologies,
codenamed 'Griffin' and 'Puma'. According to AMD, Griffin will be
manufactured at 65nm and it will feature a new mobile optimized on-die
Northbridge with a power optimized DDR2 memory controller, HyperTransport 3
connectivity, and larger L2 caches than current designs. The new memory controller should also extend battery
life thanks to new power saving features, that allow the controller to operate
on a separate power plane and at a lower voltage than the execution cores."
Mouse Brain Simulated Via Computer 268
Mordok-DestroyerOfWo writes "Researchers from the IBM Almaden research lab and the University of Nevada have created a simulation of half a mouse brain on the BlueGene L supercomputer. 'Half a real mouse brain is thought to have about eight million neurons each one of which can have up to 8,000 synapses, or connections, with other nerve fibres. Modelling such a system, the trio wrote, puts "tremendous constraints on computation, communication and memory capacity of any computing platform."' Although there's more to creating a mind than setting up the infrastructure, does this mean that we may see a system for human mental storage within our lifetimes?"
Chimps Evolved More Than Humans 541
jas_public writes "Since the human and chimp families split about 6 million years ago, chimpanzee genes seem to have evolved more than human genes. The results, detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, go against the conventional wisdom that humans are the result of a high degree of genetic selection, evidenced by our relatively large brains, cognitive abilities, and bipedalism. The researchers found that 'substantially more genes in chimps evolved in ways that were beneficial than was the case with human genes.'"
Dvorak Adores YouTube 193
prostoalex writes "MarketWatch columnist John C. Dvorak tells the public to stop fretting about YouTube's business model and just start enjoying the functionality: "Since I like to run videos on my blog this turns out to be a great way to both transcode and save bandwidth since YouTube picks up the tab on the video stream. Would I pay for this service, yes. I have seriously looked at the alternatives to YouTube. With no exceptions they are all flawed.""
