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Last Space Shuttle flight scheduled for February, 2011
The very last Space Shuttle flight will take place on February 26, 2011. After that, American astronauts will have to bum rides with the Russians if they want to visit the International Space Station. Shame.
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LG Network Monitors
LG’s newly announced Network Monitor solution unveiled at the 2010 International Society for Technology in Education Conference is pretty interesting, as it’s available in 11- and 31-monitor options, providing a hassle-free virtual desktop computing o…
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FIFA responds to requests for goal-line technology: ‘We already said no.’
Fifa , world soccer’s organizing body, has responded to requests for goal-line technology (among other technologies) with a non-response. Said the organization, by way of spokesman Nicolas Maignot, at a media briefing earlier today: “The International FA Board, which Fifa is a member of along with the four British associations, dealt with this topic in March. A clear decision on the use of technology was taken at the time.” He then added, “We will not enter into any debate on refereeing at the daily media briefing. I am not competent to do so.” Competent, you say? /me taps nose
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NVIDIA thanks Intel for saying GPUs are ‘only’ 14 times faster than CPUs
Well, we’ve gone a full month since the last episode of NVIDIA’s and Intel’s ongoing public feud, but it looks like Intel has now stoked the flames once again (albeit inadvertently) in a paper presented at the recent International Symposium on Computer Architecture. That attempted to debunk the “100X GPU vs. CPU myth,” but it also contained the tidbit that GPUs are “only” up to 14 times faster than CPUs in running application kernels, which NVIDIA has more than a happily latched onto. In a blog post, NVIDIA’s Andy Keane says that it’s a “rare day” when a competitor states that their technology is only 14x faster, and that he can’t recall another time when he’s “seen a company promote competitive benchmarks that are an order of magnitude slower.” Of course, he then further goes on to note that Intel’s tests were done with NVIDIA’s previous generation GeForce GTX 280, and that the codes were simply run out-of-the-box without any optimization — but, still, he seems more than happy to accept this bit of “recognition.” In Intel’s defense, however, the overall finding of the paper (linked below) is that the performance gap between a GTX 280 GPU and Core i7 960 processor is actually just 2.5X “on average,” which NVIDIA hasn’t highlighted for some reason.
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San Francisco International Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi From Sept 1st
Frequent travelers who visit San Francisco International Airport should be quite happy to hear that it has been announced that the airport would be offering free Wi-Fi, switching its terminals from T-Mobile’s paid service to free access from September 1st. The move is apparently due to reaction to surveys, which found that most customers aren’t willing to pay for the Internet service, especially since it takes time to sign on. Do you think that all airports should begin to offer free Wi-Fi service, or should they remain as a paid service, and as a good way to generate some additional revenue?
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Let The Quintetto Use Fishes To Play You Music
Having trouble deciding what kind of soothing sounds or music you want to unwind to everyday? If you’re into weird solutions, you could always check out the Quintetto by Quiet Ensemble, which picked up third place at the International Contemporary Art Prize in Berlin. This design offers five fish tanks placed side by side, each with one fish inside it, with video cameras set up to track the movements of the fishes, translating the movements into sounds. It looks and sounds pretty classy, but we’re actually more interested to find out if rock music will be generated if we put more violent fish into the tanks. Check out a video of it in action after the jump.
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Behold the arcade museum; a geekgasm waiting to happen
In an office complex in Rochester NY, there is a storeroom that looks like any other, except for one minor difference. This storeroom (to some) should be considered a temple to the power of gaming. This storeroom lives inside the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, and contains over 20,000 different gaming related [...]
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Ephone International EPI Life handset does ECG readings
The EPI Life handset from Ephone International is different from all of the other phones on the market, after all, even the iPhone is unable to perform ECG readings, right? What makes the EPI Life phone different from other portable ECG devices would be it sending relevant data back to Ephone’s servers instead of going straight to your doctor, where a team of cardiologists will then monitor said readings around the clock. Should they detect a hint of abnormality in the ECG, they will straight away send emergency services to wherever you are, or simply obtain priority admission for you into partner hospitals. Check out its rather impressive list of health-related features in the extended post.
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The sights of E3 2010
The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the gaming industry’s equivalent of the Consumer Electronics Show and the North American International Auto Show. It’s a massive show filled with game demos, over-the-top booths, and scantily-clad booth babes. In other words, it’s heaven. Click through for a large photo gallery that will give you a taste of what [...]
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Shock study: Adult Web sites are filled with malware
Wow, who would have guessed that visiting adult Web sites would be dangerous to the health of your computer? I mean, of all of the genres of sites out there—sports, tech, politics, books, etc.—the last I would have predicted to be dangerous was adult ones. Thanks, International Secure System Lab
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Skype Mobile For Verizon Updated With Better International Support
Skype Mobile for Verizon subscribers has been updated to boast a new interface, along with support for Korean and Simplified Chinese languages, helping the service communicate better with more people around the world. The new user interface offers a drop-down menu with flags for international dialing. Other good news comes in the form that while Skype Mobile is currently only available on 12 Verizon smartphones, it’ll soon be available for more devices, including low-end feature phones too. With the World Cup just about to kick off, will you be relying on Skype to wind up your international friends before games?
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How-to: stay connected while traveling internationally
It’s a harsh reality that every avid traveler faces, and unless you’re fortunate enough to have been born in a generation where you’re not expected to check your inbox every half-hour, glance over Twitter updates every 7.23 minutes seconds and tell the world where you’re at this very moment via Foursquare, you’ve probably found yourself wondering how on Earth you’re going to remain connected once your swipe that passport and leave the comfy confines of a native network. Staying connected while traveling abroad is no easy task, and while the internet may feel ubiquitous to tech-savvy smartphone owners who remain planted within the borders of their home nation, the world wide web suddenly becomes a whole lot less easy to track down once you plop down on foreign soil. Looking to splurge on a little international travel this summer, but can’t figure out how you’re going to (affordably) upload those Twitpics and YouTube videos once you get there? Fret not, young jetsetter — we’ve got the keys to keeping you connected whilst overseas just beyond the break.
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