Author Archives: Tim Stevens

Researchers manage 448Gbps on commercial hardware, coming soonish to a trunk near you

We’ve seen many a theoretical demonstration of lightning-quick networks, but most use some rather special purpose hardware — like lasers and such that your average ISP doesn’t have hanging around. However, this new benchmark of 448Gbps is a little mo… Continue reading

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Clement Valla’s Postcards from Google Earth blend 3D with 2D, look freaky

The satellite imagery used in Google Earth is captured in 2D. The terrain that it covers is rendered in 3D. Sometimes those disparate layers don’t line up, and sometimes those results can be quite compelling. Artist Clement Valla has collected some of… Continue reading

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DARWINmachine Hammerhead HMR989 gaming rig looks ferocious, can attack your desk for $2,900

The giant PC gaming rigs of the last decade are so passé. Hot this year are sleeker, more cut models, models like the DARWINmachine Hammerhead HMR989. It looks like a crazy casemod but it’s actually a custom-built rig you can order, priced at $2,899 … Continue reading

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Compulab fit-PC3 offers dual-core AMD power in a case less than an inch thick

Think tablets will kill off the nettop like they’re doing with the netbook? Think again — well, for now, at least. Compulab has released details of its latest little powerhouse, and this one’s faster than ever despite being less than an inch thick an… Continue reading

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Canon Cross Media Station pulls your pics and charges your cameras, wirelessly (video)

Pulling memory cards and downloading pictures? A pain. Keeping track of a drawer full of different-sized battery packs for your travel, studio, and video cameras? A headache. If that’s you, Canon’s Cross Media Station could be a big hit of aspirin. Fi… Continue reading

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Researchers develop means to reliably read an electron’s spin, take us one step closer to the quantum zone

Another day, another step bringing us closer to the next big revolution in the world of computing: replacing your transistory bits with qubits. Researchers at Australia’s Universities of New South Wales and of Melbourne, along with Finland’s Aalto Uni… Continue reading

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