An international team of scientists in Europe has created a silicon chip designed to function like a human brain. With 200,000 neurons linked up by 50 million synaptic connections, the chip is able to mimic the brain’s ability to learn more closely than any other machine.
Last week it was a rumor. Today it’s a fact. The Eee PC (model 1004DN) will be the first Eee with a Super-Multi optical disc drive.
I’m honored to announce music icon Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) as our next guest. I will be asking him the top questions as submitted and voted on by the Digg community. Submit and vote for your favorite questions by Saturday, April 4th at 12noon PT and we will post a link to the interview on Tuesday, April 7th at 10am PT. – Kevin
Opensource, Free and Usefull Online Resources for Designers and Developers
It could be a while before studios release home versions of big pictures like Coraline and Monsters vs Aliens in 3D. But you don’t need to wait. Provided that you have a 3D-capable HDTV, turning it into a 3D home theater that is capable of playing any off-the-shelf DVD in 3D is surprisingly easy. Here’s how to make the conversion.
IBM and other tech companies have issued a statement of principles that calls for keeping cloud computing services as open as possible.
Sit back, relax. Watch and learn from the pros of graphic design, as they show you advanced Photoshop techniques, taking the simplest elements and creating something beautiful as well as tutorials on advanced drawing and illustration techniques.
Kylar writes “For those of you who have already discovered Michael ‘Rands’ Lopp’s blog Rands In Repose, I congratulate you, as you are clearly an intelligent audience. For those of you who haven’t, or for the less discerning (or, perhaps less blog-oriented), this book provides an excellent entry into the writings of Rands. Containing edited selections from his blog as well as new material, Rands uses many anecdotes and stories to convey a startling amount of deep wisdom into the facets of the Silicon Valley programmer, and a bevy of tools that are helpful in attempting to herd, er, manage them.” Read below for Tom’s review.
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CNet is reporting that a free Skype client will finally be landing on the iPhone this week. Unfortunately some are saying that it seems many of the “critical” pieces of functionality are still missing. While the Skype engineers claim their native client will offer better audio quality (because there is no need to route through another server and transcode audio) they are still missing text messaging, file transfers, and integrated voice mail. Since the iPhone does not allow for multiple programs running concurrently, many are expecting existing multi-function apps like Fring and NimBuzz to continue their reign at the top.
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Wired is reporting that Google has a launched a new music download service in China to better compete with the leading search company there, Baidu.com. Offering some 350,000 songs, a number set to rise to somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.1 million in the coming months, the library includes both Chinese and foreign artists signed by Sony Music, EMI, and Universal Music. Proponents of the new service are also hoping it will combat illegal music downloads simply by offering higher quality songs for download. There are no immediate plans to expand this service beyond China.
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