Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Reactions to racism not as strong as we think, study finds – CBC.ca | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Palm shares surge after new phone impresses at CES – Reuters UK | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
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Jan
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2009
Comments Off on MS previews new Windows version, seeks user feedback – Hindu Business Line | tags: tech, windows | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on From the Desk of David Pogue A Strange Macworld Expo – New York Times | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
9
2009
Comments Off on FEAR 2: Project Origin Demo Slated For This Month – PSX Extreme | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Nortel Licenses Unreal Engine for web.alive – FOXBusiness | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
An anonymous reader writes “At CES, Nvidia has announced a graphics card with 480 cores that can crank up performance to reach close to 2 teraflops. The company’s GTX 295 graphics cards has two GPUs with 240 cores each that can execute graphics and other computing tasks like video processing. The card delivers 1.788 teraflops of performance, which Nvidia claims is the fastest single graphics card in the market.”

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Jan
9
2009
overheardinpdx writes “I’m sad to report that longtime HPC technology pundit Roland Piquepaille (rpiquepa) died this past Tuesday. Many of you may know of him through his blog, his submissions to Slashdot, and his many years of software visualization work at SGI and Cray Research. I worked with Roland 20 years ago at Cray, where we both wrote tech stories for the company newsletter. With his focus on how new technologies modify our way of life, Roland was really doing Slashdot-type reporting before there was a World Wide Web. Rest in peace, Roland. You will be missed.” The notice of Roland’s passing was posted on the Cray Research alumni group on Linked-In by Matthias Fouquet-Lapar. There will be a ceremony on Monday Jan. 12, at 10:30 am Paris time, at Père Lachaise.

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Jan
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2009
s31523 writes “Today a US airline carrier conducted a 90 minute test flight with one of its engines powered by a 50-50 blend of biofuel and normal aircraft fuel. This was the first flight by a US carrier after other airlines have reported trying similar flights. In February 2008, a Virgin 747 flew from London to Amsterdam partly using a fuel derived from a blend of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts. At the end of December, one engine of a Air New Zealand 747 was powered by a 50/50 blend of jatropha plant oil and standard A1 jet fuel.”

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