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Submission + - Multi threaded programming without the pain

Submitted by

holden karau

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:02AM

holden karau writes: "Gigahertz are out and cores are in. Now more than ever, programmers must begin to develop applications that takes advantage of increasing number of cores present in computers today. However, up until now, multi-threaded development has not been easy. Researcher Stefanus Du Toit discusses and demonstrates a software system (RapidMind) he co-authored that takes the pain away from multi-threaded programming in C++. For his demo, he created a program on the PlayStation 3, consisting of thousands of chickens, each independently processed by a single processing core. The talk itself is interesting, but the demo is golden."

Submission + - New Inkjet Technology 5 to 10 Times Faster

Submitted by

sarahbau

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:17PM

sarahbau writes: "Silverbrook's new Memjet technology can print 60 full-color pages per minute. Instead of having a print head that moves side to side like current inkjets, the print head spans the full width of the page, containing 70,400 nozzles in the A4 version. They also have a large format printer (51") that prints 6" to 1 foot per second. Products are expected to start shipping in late 2007."

Submission + - The rise of the laptop

Submitted by

mrbluze

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @10:33PM

mrbluze writes: "According to a BBC report, that laptop sales will outstrip desktop sales by 2011.

What does this imply for the future of operating system development? Do we need to place greater emphasis on instant-on systems and ergonomics than previously?"

Submission + - Revolutionary Memjet Printer full color A4 60ppm

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @08:09PM

An anonymous reader writes: An Australian company, Silverbrook Research (http://www.silverbrookresearch.com), has revealed working examples of their new printer technology, Memjet. These printers are capable of printing full color A4 pages at 60ppm. Video of the printers in action (printing up to 1m wide) is available at: http://www.memjet.com/media.aspx
Silverbrook holds more than 1400 patents on printer technology and applies for more patents per year than any other company in Australia. It has operated in stealth mode for 13 years and now plans to licence its printer heads, control circuitry and reference designs to major printing companies worldwide. These printers will hopefully show up in stores in the next 12-18 months starting potentially from around $US199.

Submission + - Silverbrook's ultra-fast, low cost inkjet printer

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @09:49AM

An anonymous reader writes: Silverbrook research has created a cheap and ultra fast inkjet printer with low running costs. Using a print head that spans the entire width of the paper Silverbrook's prototype A4 printer can deliver 60 pages per minute. Printing costs are $0.02pp for black text (presumably at 5% coverage) and $0.06pp for colour (at 20% coverage), due to the generous 50mL refill cartridges that will sell for less than $20. The introductory photo printing model will cost under $300 and print at 30ppm with a 100mm wide print head that delivers ink drops smaller than one picolitre. The nearest competition is from HP at $16,000/unit.

Full article and video at:
http://www.texyt.com/silverbrook+memjet+technology +available+desktop+photo+wideformat+hp+edgeline+co mparison

The photo printing model is due out by the end of the year.

Submission + - A $200 60ppm inkjet?

Submitted by

ldpercy

on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @03:38AM

ldpercy writes: "Quoted from http://texyt.com/silverbrook+memjet+printer+inkjet +mems+lyra+canon+epson+hp+kodak:

A $200 desktop printer with a color printing speed of 60 A4 pages per minute is just one of the revolutionary new devices promised by Silverbrook, a company which holds more than 1400 patents, but has never released a product. Analysts from leading printer market research firm, Lyra Research Inc, showed this video of the prototype Memjet inkjet printer today, and say they have personally examined it and verified that it is real.

I'm assured by a very good friend who has worked for Silverbrook here in Sydney for a few years that it is real, even though the vid looks a bit fake."

Submission + - Evan Prodromou on ten Web APIs you can use

Submitted by

dmarti

on Monday December 18, 2006 @02:19AM

dmarti writes: "One of the great outgrowths of the Web 2.0 phenomenon has been an increased availability of Web APIs — Internet-based services with an HTTP-based programming interface. Gone are the days when developers would furtively "scrape" HTML pages for data or useful information. Now major Web services make easier, stabler, and more open ways to read and modify data on their servers. Here are some of the more interesting and important APIs that you can use for real programming problems, either in Web applications or in desktop or server software."

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