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IBM, Academics Seek to Create a Computer That's More Like Us (TechNewsWorld.com) IBM and five universities are receiving funding from a government agency to build a supercomputer -- but not just any supercomputer. They've been tasked with building hardware and software that mimics the human brain. "There are no computers today that can even remotely approach the robust and versatile functionality of the brain," said Dharmendra Modha of IBM Research. us.rd.yahoo.com
Best Small Business to Start: Computer Services (US News & World Report) The median annual wage for computer support specialists in May 2007 was $45,300. us.rd.yahoo.com
National Instruments Adds Instrument-Class I/O to LabVIEW FPGA Hardware (ThomasNet) New NI FlexRIO Product Family Increases FPGA-Based I/O Performance for PXI Test Systems AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 11, 2008 / / - National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today introduced a new family of open, FPGA-based hardware for the PXI platform. The NI FlexRIO product family is the industry's first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution to provide engineers with the flexibility of NI LabVIEW FPGA ... us.rd.yahoo.com
IBM to build computer based on human brain (TechWorld) Open the door, Hal. Researchers at IBm are working on building a new computer platform that mimics the processing power of the human brain. The idea is to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time. us.rd.yahoo.com
Moderro Announces Turnkey Cloud Computer at 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (SYS-CON Media) Moderro Technologies will debut its Xpack Internet Computer – an integrated (hardware, operating system and web management) solution for the Web 2.0 desktop – at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, November 19-21, in San Jose, CA. The Xpack features a clean and friendly user interface and operating system that was written by Moderro specifically for interacting with Web 2.0 ... us.rd.yahoo.com
SM Pro Audio Now Shipping V-Machine VST Player (Harmony Central) SM Pro Audio is now shipping their highly anticipated V-Machine VST player in the US market. The V-Machine is a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module designed to take plug-ins on the road or into the studio and access them directly without a computer. us.rd.yahoo.com
SELANGOR MARINE POLICE SEIZE COMPUTER HARDWARE WORTH RM150,000 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News) PORT KLANG, Nov 16 (Bernama) -- Selangor marine police thwarted an attempt by a group of Indonesians to smuggle out computer hardware using a barter-trade boat off Tanjong Harapan waters here yesterday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Review: Medion P7300D desktop computer (Computer Active) The Akoya P7300D desktop computer, available from Aldi shops, is something of a powerhouse. For instance, it uses an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor, which is one of the fastest you're likely to find in the shops without paying through the nose. us.rd.yahoo.com
Sony Explains Little Big Planet's Slow Sales Numbers (1up.com) Little Big Planet 'Gradius' gameplay Earlier this year, Sony Computer Entertainment of America marketing manager Mark Valledor said efforts were in place to turn Little Big Planet 's Sackboy "into the next emblematic character for the PS3." Even the game's associate producer, Eric Fong, agreed that it would turn out to be a "hardware seller." Yet last week's NPD sales revealed ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Agilysys sees second-quarter revenues fall, backs off guidance for full year (Crain's Cleveland Business) The provider of computer hardware and software also plans to take a big writedown of goodwill and trademarks, partly because of a significant decline in its market value. us.rd.yahoo.com
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