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Kraken Becomes First Academic Machine To Achieve Petaflop
The University of
Tennessee's Kraken
supercomputer was just
upgraded to a peak
performance exceeding one
petaflop, making it the
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Trash Or Treasure? Discarded US Computers Often Get A Second Life
More computers discarded by
consumers in the United
States are getting a second
life in developing countries
than previously believed,
... > full story
New Supercomputer -- Cystorm -- Unleashes 28.16 Trillion Calculations Per Second
Cystorm, Iowa State
University's second
supercomputer, is capable of
a peak performance of 28.16
trillion calculations per
... > full story
Programming Tools Facilitate Use Of Video Game Processors For Defense Needs
Researchers are developing
programming tools to enable
engineers in the defense
industry to utilize the
processing power of GPUs
... > full story
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Science At The Petascale: Roadrunner Results Unveiled
October 26, 2009 — The world's fastest supercomputer, Roadrunner, at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed its initial "shakedown" phase doing accelerated petascale computer modeling and simulations of a variety ... > full story -
Internet Services: Researchers Save Electricity With Low-power Processors And Flash Memory
October 15, 2009 — Researchers have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more energy efficient for data-intensive ... > full story -
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World's Smallest Computers Made of DNA and Other Biological Molecules Made to 'Think' Logically
October 14, 2009 — The world's smallest computers, made of DNA and other biological molecules, just got more "user ... > full story -
Computer Network Denial Of Service Denial
October 2, 2009 — A way to filter out denial of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, could significantly improve security on government, commercial, and educational ... > full story -
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Keyboards And Mice Can Harbor Hospital Infections
October 1, 2009 — Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers found that bacterial contamination rates from computer equipment were low, possibly ... > full story -
Controlling The Language Of Security: A New Language Could Improve Home Computer Security
September 20, 2009 — Korean computer scientists have developed a security policy specification for home networks that could make us more secure from cyber attack in our ... > full story -
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Grid Computing, The New Commodity
August 25, 2009 — Researchers have created a platform for trading computing resources that allows the selling and buying of standardized computing resources. In the process, they could make computing a utility like ... > full story -
Many Online Social Networks Leak Personal Information To Tracking Sites, New Study Shows
August 25, 2009 — More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues. A new study has found that the practices ... > full story -
Police Woman Fights Quantum Hacking And Cracking
August 13, 2009 — Computer scientists are working to prevent quantum computers from compromising today's online ... > full story -
Taking The Hard Work Out Of Software
August 8, 2009 — Developing software is a complicated and laborious process. A new European platform automates much of the tricky building and testing phases of ... > full story
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