US electronic prices to increase by $357
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 09:21

US electronic prices to increase by $357


Trump’s plan to punish China

Donald Trump’s plan to tariff all foreign imports, especially goods from China, is projected to cause PC laptops to increase by an average of $357 in the US buyers.

Oxide launches "first commercial cloud" computer
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Cloud in your own company 

Oxide, a startup founded by computing experts from Joyent and Dell, launched what it calls the world's first "commercial cloud computer."

Computer in brain is here
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Monday, 21 November 2022 10:30

Computer in brain is here


Powered by your lungs

Boffins have worked out a way of powering a small computer in your brain by using your lungs.

Janet Jackson crashed my computer
Published in News
Thursday, 18 August 2022 11:11

Janet Jackson crashed my computer


Weird windows bugs

The music video for Janet Jackson's 1989 pop hit Rhythm Nation is a cybersecurity vulnerability.

Computer runs for six months on slime
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Monday, 16 May 2022 12:53

Computer runs for six months on slime


Photosynthesis could be the new battery


Boffins from the University of Cambridge have managed to run a computer for six months, using blue-green algae as a power source.

Russians bomb retro computer technology museum
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Pacman machines clearly have a military purpose

One of the casualties of the Russian/Ukraine war has been the destruction of more than 500 pieces of retro computer and technology history.

D-Wave closer to conventional computer
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Tuesday, 17 July 2018 11:13

D-Wave closer to conventional computer


Quantum effect getting better

D-Wave's general purpose computer that relies on quantum mechanical effects to perform calculations is finally reaching the stage where it can do something useful.

The world is a computer claims Microsoft
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 23 May 2018 11:12

The world is a computer claims Microsoft


Blue screen of death becomes more problematic

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been telling anyone who listens that the "world is now a computer" and if we start thinking that way we will transform everything.

IBM builds smallest computer
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Tuesday, 20 March 2018 10:22

IBM builds smallest computer


Can't touch this

IBM has been showing off what it calls the world's smallest computer.

Boffins confirm we are not living in computer simulation
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There is no spoon

A team of theoretical physicists from Oxford University has provided definitive proof that life and reality cannot be merely simulations generated by a massive extra-terrestrial computer.