An international team of scientists recently performed the ultimate miniaturization of computer memory: storing information at the nucleus of an atom. The breakthrough is a key step in bringing to life quantum computers, devices based on the theory of quantum mechanics.
If it’s a confusing, cluttered eyesore that can be tripped over or yanked on, then computers wired to their peripherals are for you. Here are some images that visually depict the “old style” of connecting:
Perhaps Microsoft will make their seemingly aggressive January 2010 date for Windows 7 after all. They've already added a "Windows 7 Client" category to Windows Update and to the Microsoft Update Catalog (see above, click to enlarge).
Despite my technophile-ness, I haven't considered moving to the 64-bit version of Windows Vista, mostly because I figure I will have application or device driver woes. However, in a blog post on the Windows Vista blog, Microsoft product manager Chris Flores said that Microsoft has noted a shift in adoption of 64-bit operating systems.
You'll hear a PC labeled as many things, from "an uber-gaming system" to "budget-minded" and more, but this PC is "eco-friendly," or as Dell calls it, its first "conscientious" desktop. It was announced (though unnamed) at Fortune Brainstorm: Green in Los Angeles on (what else) Earth Day, earlier this year, and launched on Tuesday. The idea of this desktop PC was to put laptop components into it, to reduce size and power consumption.
Frankly, if your PC is more than two years old, you're in danger of being left behind as technology marches forward. The good news is that there are ways to keep up with today's tech without having to start over completely. This year's Upgrade Guide walks you through several ways to stay ahead of the curve both at home and at work.
Are you friends with the IT staff at your company? You probably should be. According to a study released Thursday by U.S. information security company Cyber-Ark, a survey of 300 senior IT professionals showed that one-third of them admitted to abusing their administrative rights and snooping where they shouldn't.
Price, size, speed: that's what holds back solid-state drive (SSD) adoption. With the introduction o this new SSD, Samsung claims to eliminate the size and speed constraints as issues. Samsung claims this to be the fastest SSD in existence.
As hard as it may be to believe, according to a study by research firm Parks Associates, nearly 20% of the population of the United States is disconnected from the Internet and has never used email. In their annual phone survey of U.S. households, Parks Associates found 20 million households are without Internet access, approximately 18% of the U.S.
It wasn't that long ago that Cuba and new President Raul Castro relaxed their ban on cell phones, allowing Cubans to at last join the mobile world. While that was great, still better: on Friday, Cubans could finally buy computers as well.
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While solid-state drives (SSDs) aren’t the most popular storage medium in notebook computers right now, they are expected to grow significantly in the near future.
How will humans and computers interact in 2020? Microsoft Research organized a meeting of computer scientists and design research to explore that question, and a report on their conclusions is now available.
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