Computing articles

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  Amazon's servers handle one percent of all consumer internet traffic

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 18, 2012 02:14 pm + 8 comments

  Those of you familiar with the web will know well that Amazon isn't just the maker of the Kindle and Continue reading…

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  IBM and ASTRON's DOME project takes on the vast data of space

  By Jamie Keene on April 2, 2012 04:56 am + 5 comments

  IBM and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, better known as ASTRON, have announced that Continue reading…

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  Exposing the intricate innards of mechanical calculators

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 21, 2012 05:11 am + 5 comments

  Back in the days before cheap electronics, businessmen and engineers used good old clacking, Continue reading…

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  Judea Pearl wins Turing Award for work on AI reasoning, now looking at 'moral' computers

  By Adi Robertson on March 16, 2012 02:17 pm + 5 comments

  Yesterday, UCLA professor Judea Pearl was announced the winner of the 2011 A.M. Turing award, often Continue reading…

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  IBM's quantum bits last 100 microseconds, a new record for quantum computing

  By Adi Robertson on February 28, 2012 02:27 pm + 19 comments

  A new method of making the fundamental building blocks of quantum computers has brought them closer Continue reading…

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  Biocomputer can retrieve images from DNA storage

  By Adi Robertson on February 8, 2012 06:19 pm + 8 comments

  A biomolecular computer made in a test tube has proved capable of decoding images stored in DNA. The Continue reading…

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  Apple almost 25 percent of computer market, if iPads are counted (or not... see update)

  By Adi Robertson on January 14, 2012 05:29 pm + 369 comments

  Despite the profusion of Android tablets we saw at CES, Chris Whitmore from Deutsche Bank doesn't Continue reading…

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  Cory Doctorow speaks about the 'coming war on general computation'

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 2, 2012 03:15 pm + 12 comments

  The 28th annual Chaos Communication Congress (AKA 28c3) recently wrapped up in Berlin, and one Continue reading…

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  How the word processor changed literature

  By Adi Robertson on December 26, 2011 12:58 pm + 10 comments

  In 1983, Stephen King published "The Word Processor," which hinged on the ability of the device to Continue reading…

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  How-to: Build a killer gaming PC for under $1,000

  By Vlad Savov on December 19, 2011 11:19 am + 277 comments

  By Vlad Savov and Sean Hollister Ah, the self-built PC. It wasn’t until the turn of this century Continue reading…