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August 31, 2017 The Guardian view on privacy: computers gossip
Our digital lives are now as real as money, and so debates about online privacy are actually about our political freedoms. Photograph: Alamy Wednesday 30 August 2017 19.04 BSTLast modified on Wednesday 30 August 2017 22.00 BST At the beginning of the internet age, people used to go online, but no longer. Instead we live there from the moment […]
COMPUTERS August 27, 2017 DARPA project aims to make modular computers out of ‘chiplets’
The Defense Department’s research arm has officially kicked off its effort to create a modular computing framework, with pieces pulled from a mix-‘n-match set of “chiplets.” Producing something this weird will take a village, the agency suggested — in fact, “an enormous village rife with innovators.” DARPA did always have a way with words. The program, […]
COMPUTERS August 24, 2017 TZANEEN: Chaos and frustration as GTM computers seized by sheriff
Goods to the value of over R2 million were seized by the Letaba sheriff today, August 24. Six computers, three television screens and a scanner were seized in today’s seizure. Photo: Blake Linder Six computers (including screens, keyboards etc.), three plasma television screens, a scanner, an Isuzu bakkie and a Toyota Quantum were all seized […]
COMPUTERS August 19, 2017 The next revolution in computers is right around the corner
The industry’s biggest players are working on quantum computing Getty ImagesIntel has acquired Mobileye, a maker of computer-vision chips.Digital devices are getting smaller and more powerful each day, and that trend hasn’t slowed because their components are constantly shrinking. Moore’s law, an observation of this phenomenon, shows that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits (chips) doubles every […]
COMPUTERS August 17, 2017 Beware! WannaCry attack strikes Delhi, 200 computers locked out in this company
After affecting some parts of India, WannaCry has attacked a publishing firm in the national capital, New Delhi. (IE) WannaCry, a ransomware, is in the list of world’s biggest cyber attacks ever. This year in May, the malware spread like a wild fire all over the world and engulfed some major organisations within its impact. […]
COMPUTERS August 16, 2017 Five of the best new computers reviewed, from laptops with pens to desktops that move
The HP Spectre X2 is a convertible tablet computer with a sophisticated design. COMPUTERS are no longer just beige boxes plonked on a desk. They can arrive without keyboards, with digital pens, in slender bodies or hefty forms. We’ve rounded up five of the best — and arguably most diverse — new portable computers to […]
COMPUTERS August 12, 2017 Group working to put computers in more central Ohio homes
Technology is the wave of the future. It’s how kids are learning at school. But for some, when they come home that technology isn’t an option. “We don’t have a computer the kids can use, ” said Sierra Pierce. Pierce is a single working mom of three kids. She says she has a laptop computer […]
COMPUTERS August 12, 2017 Former Newcastle University IT worker spared jail term for stealing computers from campus
A former Newcastle University worker has been spared a spell behind bars after he stole thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment from his employer. Kevin Smith had been a senior IT technician at the university for just under a year when the offences took place. He took equipment, including Dell computers and laptops, valued […]
COMPUTERS August 9, 2017 Classroom and lab computers to be upgraded to Windows 10 between Aug. 14 and 21
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Information Technology will upgrade Windows 7 classroom and lab computers to Windows 10 between Aug. 14 and 21, the end of the summer sessions and prior to the start of the fall semester. At University Park, upgrades to computers in general-purpose classrooms and labs managed by Teaching and Learning with Technology […]
COMPUTERS August 3, 2017 Exactly what could quantum computers do?
They picked a knotty problem – understanding how the enzyme nitrogenase allows plants to use nitrogen from the atmosphere to make their own fertilizer – something that is unknown. Computers available today, said EHT chemistry professor Markus Reiher can calculate the behaviour of simple molecules quite precisely, but not nitrogenase , which is too complex. […]
COMPUTERS August 2, 2017 The Age of Quantum Computers is upon us!
The first electronic computer that was ever invented was the Turing Machine developed in 1936 which was a bulky device that had a size of a room and had very limited operations. By 1977 full-scale computers capable of complex computation and data processing started shipping in from companies including Apple and Commodore. In 1984 Mac […]
COMPUTERS July 29, 2017 A quest for the mother of all computers
Kevin Resch is searching for the Holy Grail of high technology in the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. As the institute prepares to mark its 15th anniversary in November, Resch is the acting director — and part of an elite group of scientists working to bring the promise of quantum computers […]
