Unless quitting the euro is in play as a serious policy option, Greece has no choice but to accept EU-mandated austerity.
Και δεν νομίζω να έχει κανείς πολιτικός the balls required για να πάρει σοβαρές αποφάσεις, αν πιστέψουμε ό,τι γράφει ο τύπος στο άρθρο αυτό.
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Continue reading IBM's Jeopardy-winning supercomputer headed to hospitals. Dr. Watson, we presume?
IBM's Jeopardy-winning supercomputer headed to hospitals. Dr. Watson, we presume? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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iMedical Apps | AP | Email this | CommentsI bet that Thomas T. Goldsmith and Estle Ray Mann had no idea of the industry they were spawning when they tried to patent something they called the CRT Amusement Device way back in 1947. The device was gigantic game that took up half a living room and score was kept by hand. It was also apparently the first video game ever made. Mann and Goldsmith submitted the patent on January 25, 1947.
The patent described a game of skill that had a players sit in front of the giant CRT and control a dot on the screen using a knob to adjust speed and trajectory. Apparently, the idea was based on the radar that was commonly used in WWII to control missiles. The design was also apparently later developed into the first mainframe computers.
The premise sounds a lot like Missile Command to me. Thrown in some jagged lines for mountains and a big ball that always pinched my fingers and you are ready to defend the homeland. I've actually never heard of what was reportedly the first commercial video game, Computer Space, created by the dudes that would later form Atari. The first video game I ever played was Pac-Man.
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The Protect IP Act: Google's Eric Schmidt squares off against RIAA and MPAA originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkTechdirt | The Guardian, MPAA, RIAA | Email this | CommentsRare-earth sounds like something from a science fiction novel in search of another planet for humans to populate. Rare-earth is actually minerals and ore that are dug from the ground and refined for use in making all sorts of things in the electronics and technology world. China supplies about 95% of the rare-earth materials in the world and the nation is tightening its grip on supply of the material and using the tightening supply to drive the price of the material up.
The WSJ reports that in addition to electronics, rare-earth is also used in the making of all sorts of things from laser-guided weapons to the batteries in your hybrid car. China has reduced the quota that can be exported by firms in the rare-earth market and the government has made it harder for companies to enter into the market and expand projects that are working on. The quota for the first half of 2011 is 14,508 metric tons, which is about 35% of the quota from the same time last year.
The taxes on the rare-earth materials have also been raised to about $9.22 per ton (60 yuan). The taxes per ton were previously 40 fen to 30 yuan per ton. China has also started imposing 25% tariffs on exports of alloys with 10% rare-earth content this year. What does this all mean for you? If the raw materials needed for the gadgets and electronics we use each day increase in price eventually the cost of the gadgets and electronics will increase as well.
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Lingodroid robots develop their own language, quietly begin plotting against mankind originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 16:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkAkihabara News | IEEE Spectrum | Email this | CommentsIf you sit back and think about how far technology has come in the last few decades it is really mind blowing. The technology used to put man on the moon in the 60′s was less powerful than the average smartphone today and yet America still pulled it off. If you have ever looked at your tech and wondered how powerful it really is compared to the computers of yesterday you aren't alone. Computer scientist Jack Dongarra is one of the folks that is tasked with keeping track of the world's fastest supercomputers.
Dongarra is a keeper of the Linpack computing benchmark that is used to test the mathematical capability of a computer. He and his research group decided to take the iPad 2 and see how it stacks up against the supercomputers of yesterday. As it turns out the iPad 2 is a rival for a Cary Supercomputer that was the top dogs in processing power back in 1985. The iPad 2 performance rivals that of the Cray 2 supercomputer with eight processors, which was world's fastest supercomputer in 1985.
The researchers also note that the iPad 2 is ten times faster than the original iPad. To make the iPad 2 performance even more impressive, apparently the researchers were only able to test with one of the iPad's two processing cores. Dongarra expects that the iPad 2 will end up with a Linpack benchmark of between 1.5 and 1.65 gigaflops. That number would have kept the iPad at the top of the supercomputer performance charts through 1994. That is really impressive.
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Shortages of ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer are apparently down to the tablet being a victim of its own success, according to the company's Taiwan spokesperson, not component shortages or anything else. Despite reports that ASUS could only build 10,000 Transformers per month because Apple had snapped up all the available display supplies, David Chang told Netbook News that in fact it was simply down to ASUS not expecting as many buyers as they've had.
"It really depends on the demand" Chang explained, saying that ASUS was expecting to produce 100,000 Transformer units in May and then a further 200,000 or more in June. "The current demand surpasses our expectations by far." Chang says the company believes "we will see a significant alleviation in the month of June."
In fact, ASUS only expected to sell 300,000 Eee Pad Transformer units in Q2 2011 altogether, a number which now seems conservative – if, of course, it can ramp up production in time. This certainly looks to be the sweet-spot, with the XOOM and Iconia Tab A500 failing gain traction in comparison to the Transformer's clever battery-toting Keyboard Dock. Meanwhile, ongoing shortages of the iPad 2 have left would-be tableteers looking around for alternative ways to get their touchscreen fix.
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