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Comment Re:Can someone tell me NVidia's business model? (Score 4, Informative) 89

by hardwareman on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @12:49PM (#38371268) Attached to: NVIDIA Releases Source To CUDA Compiler

Well, They are making some of the best mobile/low-power solutions with the Tegra family of chip-sets.

I also believe that it's still going to take some time before the integrated solutions (Intel IGP and AMD Fusion) are good enough to replace discrete graphics for gamers - where they are strong today.

Comment Re:Svlabard has a 5 TB cable? (Score 4, Informative) 97

by hardwareman on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:10PM (#36767556) Attached to: Undersea Cable Map Shows Where The Data Pipes Are

Svalbard is an island in the Arctic Circle, with no permanent population.

There are over 2000 permanent residents that disagree :)

Submission + - A Windows Phone 7 for Every Microsoftie

Submitted by theodp on Thursday July 22, 2010 @02:37AM

theodp writes: So, how can Microsoft guarantee its Windows Phone 7 devices will enjoy broader adoption than the ill-fated Kin? By giving every Microsoft employee a free one, that's how. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed the move, explaining that the idea is to thank employees for all their work, and make sure that they have experience with Windows Phone 7 devices. Microsoft has nearly 90,000 employees worldwide.

Submission + - Saturn's Moon Spawning Moonlets (discovery.com)

Submitted by

astroengine

on Thursday July 22, 2010 @01:39AM

astroengine writes: "For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the formation of celestial objects... in Saturn's rings. As the Saturnian moon Prometheus dashes through the gas giant's rings, it leaves large formations of ice behind, some as large as 12 kilometers in diameter. When the small moon makes another pass, it is not known whether these giant "snowballs" remain or get destroyed, but according to Linda Spilker, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: "You can think of Saturn's rings as miniature versions of the disks where planets form. The same physical processes are occurring.""

Submission + - Open source GSM cracking software released (idg.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Thursday July 22, 2010 @12:03AM

angry tapir writes: "The GSM technology used by the majority of the world's mobile phones will get some scrutiny at next week's Black Hat security conference. An open source effort to develop GSM-cracking software has released software that cracks the A5/1 encryption algorithm used by some GSM networks. Called Kraken, this software uses new, very efficient, encryption cracking tables that allow it to break A5/1 encryption much faster than before."

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