IBM said the computer, nicknamed Roadrunner, can process more than 1,000 trillion calculations per second, known as a petaflop. Built for the Energy Department’s Los Alamos lab with off-the-shelf components, Roadrunner is named for the state bird of New Mexico and will be used to monitor the U.S. nuclear-weapons stockpile.
Catering to users who require a compact and vigorous home entertainment center, Asus has unveiled the new Asus Mini PC Nova Lite PX24. At only 2L in size, that world’s smallest mini PC is equipped with a built-in independent graphics card to seamlessly combine high quality audio/visual experiences with a tiny footprint. It is plus equipped with built-in Hi-Fi speakers for superb audio enjoyment, and provides great energy-savings and ultra quiet operations – allowing users to enjoy exciting entertainment with the utmost convenience of placing the Nova Lite PX24 anywhere at home.
Joshua Corman, of IBM World Wide Web defense Systems, says the folks behind the one-year-old Storm worm are making MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER DAY on the backdoor Trojan. The revenue comes from the successful delivery of spam. Bill Gates is thinking about buying the company — whether he can find it. (I kid.)
Say you’ve always wanted a parrot but could not be bothered to take proper care of it - here’s a solution staring right at you in the face. Thanks to the wonders of a USB port, that USB Parrot is capable of speaking up a bunch of random phrases which are picked up in passing whenever a undoubtful phrase is repeated often adequate. Those wings aren’t just for show, they are mechanical in order to add to the reality. All you need to do is plug in the USB Parrot and you’re good to go. that nifty little gadget retails for approximately $39 and will probably get too irritating after a while that you might force it to walk the plank.
The new hot UMPC is the Mini-NB (also called HP 2133) that is small, sexy and bound to be “cheap” ($500-$800), although the pricing is not official yet. The latest news that we got from Taiwan is that HP did order 2 million units. I have stopped short from buying an Eee PC (but it is hitching me hard) but I do not know whether I will resist getting the Mini-B, 2133 or whatever HP decides to shout it.
Domino’s, the pizza-delivery kingpin, today will unveil a technology, Pizza Tracker, that lets customers literally track their pizza from the moment they place the order until it leaves the store en route to them. What’s more, Domino’s vows that its online tracking system — for phone or online orders — is accurate to within 40 seconds.
The notion behind the ergonomics is that that shape is deemed by WOW to use a more natural hand stance. While that might be true for a LEGO character, I’m not convinced that that is valid for humans. Again, I should reserve my final judgment until I can try it – I’m just thinking out loud here.
The XiaoClef2 USB flash drive helps keep your input secure, thanks to an integrated fingerprint reader that prevents others from accessing your precious info within. that USB flash drive will come in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities, although pricing details have yet to be confirmed. I don’t feel too comfortable with a cap that could get lost during transportation - why can’t everyone start manufacturing USB flash drives with an attached cap or sliding connector? I’d keep a closer eye on my digits whenever somebody with a machete walks past my way from today onwards.
The robot moves freely on its wheeled base; it can distinguish one person’s voice out of a crowd and obey its owner’s directions. It plus offers voice synthesis capabilities to reply directly to questions. SmartPal V weighs about 280 pounds and is fifty-two inches tall; it has four CCD cameras in its, and can move around at speeds of up to 3.6 kilometers per hour. The running date of SmartPal V is two and one-half hours. SmartPal V’s ability to recognize its environment is provided by its cameras and special software; it can additionally be taught specific objects that belong to you so it can take care of them better. For example, it can recognize that a bottle left on the floor belongs to you, and should be picked up.
