Technology
- Scientists Reveal the Fastest Supercomputer in Europe
[27 May, 2009] comments (2)
Tuesday scientists officially unveiled the fastest computer in Europe. The Jugene has the power of 5,000 home PCs and was installed at Juelich research centre in Germany. ...
- Google Sees Facebook as Strong Rival in Search
[26 May, 2009] comments (0)
The Internet giant, Google, is considering social networking websites like Facebook as its rivals in search. ...
- About 20 Hours of Video Uploaded to YouTube Every Minute
[22 May, 2009] comments (1)
In one of its the Google-owned YouTube wrote that every minute the website's users upload about 20 hours of video. ...
- Ten Terabytes Ultra-DVDs on Sale in 5 Years
[21 May, 2009] comments (0)
Scientists claim that a new generation data discs could be available in just five years, being able to store the amount of information 10,000 times more than traditional DVDs. ...
- User Photos Still Available on the Web After Deletion, Research Finds
[21 May, 2009] comments (0)
Even if you think you have deleted an unwanted photo of yourself from a social networking website, it might still be on the web. ...
- Forest Fire Clear Cut Robot Concept to Help People During Forest Fires
[20 May, 2009] comments (0)
This massive machine is dubbed Forest Fire Clear Cut Robot and its goal is to clear the paths in the forest that caught fire, being able to prevent the fire from spreading. ...
- GPS Satellite System May Fail by 2010
[20 May, 2009] comments (0)
The government of the United States said that the worldwide network of satellites that constitute the Global Positioning System might fail by the year 2010. ...
- LG Announces Thinnest LCD-TV Panel in the World
[20 May, 2009] comments (0)
The South Korea electronic giant LG Display recently announced that it has created what the company claims to be the slimmest LCD television panel in the world. ...
- Google Comes Up With Algorithm to Stop Brain Drain
[20 May, 2009] comments (2)
The Mountain View giant, Google, became concerned about the fact the several of its executives left the company, thus it decided to come up with an algorithm that would identify employees that are more likely to quit. ...
- 487 Billion Gigabytes of Digital Content Today to Double Every 18 Months
[19 May, 2009] comments (0)
IDC has estimated that the overall amount of digital data now equals 487 billion gigabytes, mainly due to social networking websites, internet-enabled mobile phones, as well as government surveillance. ...
- Latest Invention: E-readers With Color E-paper
[18 May, 2009] comments (0)
The new e-book reader, Kindle, from Amazon, surely made a lot of noise in the press and on the Internet. However, the device has one disadvantage - it is monochrome. This may change soon... ...
- Robot Travels Across City Asking Humans for Directions
[15 May, 2009] comments (0)
German engineers launched an Autonomous City Explorer (ACE) on a mission to find its way to a specific location by asking people on the streets for directions. ...
- Japanese Company Creates World's Fastest CPU
[14 May, 2009] comments (1)
The Japanese company Fujitsu Ltd recently announced that it developed the fastest central processing unit in the world. The Tokyo-based company presented a CPU that has the ability to carry out 128 billion calculations per second. ...
- Latest Invention: Shoes That Communicate With Your Mobile Phone
[14 May, 2009] comments (1)
An Arizona-based company recently presented its latest invention - shoes with insoles with pressure sensors that provide data wirelessly to a mobile phone that is in close proximity. ...
- Latest Invention: Electroluminescent Display that Can Stretch and Deform Like Rubber
[12 May, 2009] comments (0)
The latest invention of scientists from the University of Tokyo is a new type of organic electroluminescent display that has the ability to stretch and deform like common rubber. ...