201541
submission
unts writes:
Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia has launched a new range of products aimed squarely at using the massively parallelised architecture of GPUs for non-graphical computing tasks. Beyond3D takes a look at Tesla, and has interviews with Dave Kirk and Andy Keane who have been working on the project. From the article: 'The basic unit of the current Tesla line, the Tesla C870, should be very familiar to anyone who's seen the GeForce 8800. It's essentially an 8800 GTX — a 575MHz core clock and 128 SPs at 1.35GHz — with 1.5GiB of GDDR3 RAM. Of course, it's not quite an 8800 GTX — there are no display outputs at all on the card'
201477
submission
Joseph Munter writes:
A recent CNET article names the five cell phones that changed the world. Three of the phones in the story are Motorola made handsets — the DynaTAC, StarTAC and Razr V3. But given the past ingenuity and success of Motorola, it has just cut around 4000 jobs in an attempt to fight off increasing competition. Has the company that started the cell phone revolution finally had its day?
201461
submission
eentonig writes:
It was noticed that Microsoft Market place offers a download link to Ubuntu. Since no announcement has been made regarding a legal agreement between Ms and Ubuntu, I guess this means they don't think Ubuntu infringes on their patent FUD?
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?vie w=info&itemid=3411347#productSpecs
199339
submission
rla3rd writes:
The head of Ubuntu says his company isn't interested in forming a deal with Microsoft along the lines of those recently reached by Linspire, Xandros, and Novell.
199337
submission
Rob writes:
Apple chief Steve Jobs expects to do more than lure Internet Explorer users to Apple's
forthcoming version of Safari for Windows — he envisions a duopoly within the browser
market at the expense of FireFox and others, according to Mozilla COO John Lilly. Lilly
pointed to a pie graph representing the browser market that Jobs showed at last week's
Apple developers' conference. The graph was made up with just two browsers: Safari and
Internet Explorer. The graph "betrays the way that Apple, so often looks at the
world," Lilly said. "But make no mistake: this wasn't a careless presentation,
or an accidental omission of all the other browsers out there, or even a crummy marketing
trick," he said. "Lots of words describe Steve and his Stevenotes, but
'careless' and 'accidental' do not. This
is, essentially, the way they're thinking about the problem, and shows the users they want
to pick up."
199327
submission
Novotny writes:
The Guardian is reporting that Manhunt 2, from — predictably enough, Rockstar Games — has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the first such action taken in 10 years. The last game to be banned was Carmageddon, a ruling which was subsequently overturned. Rockstar have 6 weeks in which to appeal the decision.
199317
submission
Nephilium writes:
A former TV weatherman is surveying the 1,221 climate measuring stations in the USA. In the two weeks since the project was started, they've gotten surveys of 50 of the sites. At at least 10 of the stations, there were issues that would cause the temperatures to be measured higher then the actual temperature. These elements range from being placed near a large parking lot, to air conditioning exhaust, to a barrel used to burn trash, to jet exhaust. This data is used by scientists studying climate change, isn't it important to at least make sure the measuring stations providing data are sending accurate data?
