Normally supercomputers are housed in high security government buildings which are specifically built and designed to accommodate such mega structures but the MareNostrum in Barcelona Spain the 9th largest supercomputer in the world, fifth fastest in the world and the largest in Europe is installed in a Chapel. The supercomputer consists of 2560 JS21 blade computing nodes, each with 2 dual-core IBM 64-bit PowerPC 970MP processors running at 2.3 GHz for 10240 CPUs in total. It has 20 TB...
iPhonesimfree.com's team has finally managed to crack the iPhone, well it was done using a hardware hack before, but the six men team from iPhonesimfree were working since the day of launch on it and finally they have a software hack. Seriously. They wouldn't tell us when and how they would release it to the public, but you can certainly bet that they'll try to make a buck on their solution (and rightly so). We can hardly believe the...
One of the most desired designer phones of 2007, (apart from the iPhone), LG Prada Phone also dons the precious metal to sport bling look. Now this blinging part isn’t new to us, right? However since this is the 1st time the LG Prada is being unveiled in 24ct gold. Touting a sleek black casing, touchscreen, pre-loaded content, mobile phone accessories and an exclusive leather case, this cell phone now can be dubbed as an ornamented futuristic communication device....
Yes, we all love the Italian plumber. The super huge tattoo has Mario, Princess and everyone in the middle. Check Samuel Mullin's Mario themed 3/4 sleeve after the jump....
Tom Wood, a Year 10 student, probably 15 - 16 years old has cracked the federal government's $84-million internet porn filter in just 30 minutes. He can deactivate the filter in several clicks in such a way that the software's icon is not deleted which will make his parents believe the filter is still working. Tom says it is a matter of time before some computer-savvy kid puts the bypass on the Internet for others to use. "It's a horrible...
The format wars may not have come to an end yet, but with the low prices and superior quality over DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players are selling like hot cakes. Did you know that the lens on your BD player is very small when compared to a DVD player so even a small speck of dust can create havoc thus TDK Japan has introduced the BD-LC2H Blu-Ray cleaning kit. The lens cleaner has a individual brushes made from super...
After including third-generation sensor in the Diamondback Razer is back with another marvelous gaming product, the Lachesis. The high-precision 3G laser gaming mouse is the world's first one to boost 4000dpi resolution and up to 100 inches per second tracking speed. The precision laser technology and the unprecedented speed at which the Razer 3G Laser Sensor tracks make it the optimal laser sensor for low and high sensitivity gamers, claims Razer. It's 3G sensor stops tracking at much lower...
If you are fortunate to have your grandparents still alive (that proves that you are still young!), then I’m sure you would like to give them something like Poppet. It definitely sounds similar to a puppet but it a plaything or entertainment product. It’s actually an aid for those who have to pop in numerous pills all through the day. This uncomplicated tool de-blisters pills from pill packs by pushing pills out from their pill packs, and storing to...
Apple fansites are buzzing that the upcoming iPod will be called iPod Touch. One such site is 9to5Mac.com which had to take down the new Nano pic on order from Apple's legal department. They claim the iPod touch will have the same 480 x 320 resolution as the iPhone, run OSX and feature a single button home navigation. It will have the same form factor as the iPhone with a few exceptions, the outside rim will be black and...
I must say that this blinging business is going way too far. I mean you can’t pick up anything under the sun and cover it with gold showered with diamonds. This Hearing Aid in 24k gold studded with diamonds is making me sick. I always thought hearing aids are supposed to be hidden and not to be seen. Then Why the need of this jeweled one. Filthy richer folks can opt for better ways to show off gold and...
The new 'super-weapon', which the British soldiers in Afghanistan are being supplied with, uses technology based on the "thermobaric" principle. The principle uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide air by sucking the air out of lungs and rupturing internal organs. The "enhanced blast" weapon uses similar technology that is seen in the US "bunker busting" bombs and the devastating bombs dropped by the Russians to destroy the Chechen capital, Grozny. These deadly weapons are effective...
Computing goodies coming out in the New Year! Ahoy, all fellow-geeks listen up, Seagate Technology is planning on adding solid-state drives (SSD) based on flash memory chips to its lineup of storage products sometime in 2008. They will intro the drives across a range of products including desktop and notebook PCs, offering various storage capacities. As you know, SSD use flash memory instead of magnetic disks to store information where as Flash is a type of non-volatile memory. In...
The Nokia 6500 slider-phone just got the FCC nod. The handsome phone features 3.2-megapixel camera featuring Carl Zeiss optics, a TV-out jack (allowing video calls on your TV), a microSD memory card slot, Push-to-Talk, and a USB interface for data synchronization (and concurrent charging when plugged in). it sports a 2.2" QVGA screen plus you have the option of checking your emails on the go via the full fledged email client and IM application on it....
Alternative architecture is cool like bunkers converted to house servers, mountain homes and so on. A perfect specimen is this Water Tower in Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands which is converted into a residence. Well it is almost perfect as it still needs a lift. (More pictures after the jump)...
Flight delays are usually because of weather and overcrowding, but aging technology is also one of the reasons behind delays. In a unique alliance, defense giant Raytheon and XM Satellite Radio Holdings are joining hands to bid for a contract that could help ease flight delays by overhauling the air traffic control system. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will declare the winning bid as early as next week. The bid could be worth more than $2 billion over the...
