Scientific Computing News
Convert an Old Laptop into a Mini MAME Arcade: " This ‘Nanocade’ project not only condenses an arcade into a portable version, but it also puts an old laptop to good use.  Essentially, it’s a $350 DIY kit that lets you build a micro MAME cabinet out of acrylic sheets: If you follow the seven pages on its design and construction you can probably build one of your own.  It’s...
Matrox updates dual- and triple-head video breakout boxes: "Matrox's existing DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go DP Edition graphics expansion modules (GXMs) now include a Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable, making it easier for Mac users of Apple's latest notebooks and desktops and other computer owners with DisplayPort technology to hook up to three additional monitors or projectors to their...
Apple releases XCode 4 Preview 5 to developers: "Apple today posted Build 4A225 of its forthcoming XCode 4, now shaping up as a significant upgrade for developers. This fifth preview version brings a number of new features, including independent and assistant editor panes with their own histories, independent and 'tearable' tabs, new configurable alerts and more. The new preview build also...
Awesome Vintage Tech Ads From (http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2010/10/15478/) and they just posted 116 More Vintage Ads! You can laugh now, but some years ago you were getting a very nice deal by buying a $3398 10MB hard drive. A sexy modem? Come on! Two are always better than one. At least according to this 1978 ad from Technico Inc....
Original Apple Computer Up For Sale: The first ever Apple computer that company founder Steve Jobs sold from his parents' garage is up for sale. It originally cost $666.66, but is expected to fetch $242,000. There were about 200 examples of the original 'Apple-1' that were launched in 1976 and only a few survive today. This computer will be the first ever to be sold by a major auction...
Test of the Mac Pro 12 Cores: ArsTechnica published a in depth test of the Mac Pro 12 cores clocked at 2.66 GHz, and compared it with the previous high end model from 2009 (8 cores at 2.66 GHz). As you can imagine, this computer has a huge raw power thanks to its 24 logical cores. But at the end, beside for some specific applications, it does not deliver much more than the 2009 models:...
MSI introduces low noise, low heat N480GTX Twin Frozr II graphics card: " In spite of sporting a couple of cooling fans whirring away, MSI claims that its new N480GTX Twin Frozr II graphics card offers quiet performance as well as low operating temperatures. The card features thicker heat pipes, military-grade components and support for the latest NVIDIA video technologies. Based on the new...
Seagate outs industry's first 12TB NAS: " Seagate has managed to squeeze a whopping 12TB of storage into a new 4-bay network attached storage unit (NAS) that's about the same size as the subwoofer on my surround sound system. The BlackArmor NAS 440 small business solution can support up to 50 workstations, offers data encryption, is both Windows and Mac compatible and sports a foursome of USB...
Hitachi unveils hi-res 302ppi 6.6-inch IPS tablet display: "Hitachi has used the CEATEC expo to unveil its super high resolution next generation IPS display for tablets. The 6.6-inch 1600x1200 display packs in 302ppi, which compares very favorably with the iPhone 4 Retina display which packs in a slightly higher 326ppi. The new Hitachi display does, however, significantly exceed the 132ppi of the...
MicroNet unveils storage system with 10TB capacity, RAID 5: " MicroNet Technology (http://www.micronet.com), a provider of storage solutions that small and medium businesses (SMBs) can rely on, has unveiled the RAIDBank5, a storage solution that combines a 10TB capacity with the performance and data reliability of RAID 5 and the speed of USB 3.0 connectivity. (Via MacMinute.)
RAIDON launches new one to four bay, USB 3.0, disk array storage devices: " RAIDON (www.raidon.com.tw/ is releasing the new 3.5-inch, USB 3.0 external storage family. The devices support functions including JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5. The USB 3.0 family shares identical HDD tray modules that facilitate HDD installations or replacements. According to the folks at RAIDON, this...
SolexaQA: At-a-glance quality assessment of Illumina second-generation sequencing data.: "Publication Date: 2010 Sep 27 PMID: 20875133 Authors: Cox, M. P. - Peterson, D. A. - Biggs, P. J. Journal: BMC Bioinformatics ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Illumina's second-generation sequencing platform is playing an increasingly prominent role in modern DNA and RNA sequencing efforts. However, rapid, simple,...
The LPC-100 includes three USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet but no Wi-Fi and is available now for a starting price of US$995 for the basic configuration.Stealth Computer unveils its smallest Mini PC to date. Stealth's new LPC-100 mini computer offers up to 2.53GHz of processing power, some 500GB of hard drive storage and up to 4GB of memory in something that can fit into the palm of a...
Fujitsu starts shipping 10 petaflop supercomputer: " It wasn't so long ago that we reported on the Roadrunner supercomputer breaking the petaflop barrier. But this week Fujitsu announced that it will begin shipping its next-generation supercomputer which has a lofty performance goal of 10 petaflops - that's ten thousand trillion operations per second! The computer is nicknamed the 'K', a...
Unity 3.0 Unity delivers a stable and scalable platform for creating captivating content. Content that is efficient to create, and that works on low as well as high-end hardware. Unity is the only Mac-based high-end game development tool sporting a stylish pro-app GUI, no-friction workflow and top-of-the-line technical features such as extensible graphics, great particle effects, highly...
Immersion's new haptic effects solution heads for Toshiba's Libretto w100: " Are you the sort of person who loves touch screen technology but yearns for the mechanical feel and security of a real keyboard? You may be interested to hear that Toshiba’s Libretto w100 dual touch-screen mini notebook will be the first device to hit the market that incorporates Immersion Corporation’s...
So small you'll forget it's there: the MosKeyto flash drive from LaCie: " While LaCie's new tiny flash drive certainly shares some characteristics with the bothersome insect with a similar name, it's safe to say that the MosKeyto is a very different beast altogether. Sure, they're both lightweight and very small and you may have difficulty seeing them in certain lighting. But whereas the...
Recompute cardboard PC in the flesh: it's real, it boots, it's made of cardboard: " We took delivery of a Recompute recently. This doesn't sound like a stunning statement: we get fancy new tech to play with all of the time, some of it stamped with the 'green' moniker for better or worse. But the Recompute is just so far fetched: an entire desktop PC... built with cardboard! Sure, the internals...
Upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 card to support WHDI streaming courtesy of Amimon: " Most of what we're seeing on the WHDI front has to do with getting basic HD video playback off of the laptop or out of the den and onto the TV, but video games are people too -- don't they deserve the same treatment? Galaxy seems to think so, and it's building Amimon's WHDI tech into its upcoming Galaxy...

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