August 24th, 2002
You would think that the U.S or India is attracting and promoting biotechnological talent, then think twice because Singapore wants to be the next biotechnology hub of the world.
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1290990
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August 23rd, 2002
Got shot down by your VC? Try the CIA . Take a peek into the how CIA funds and procures the best technologies.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,54414,00.html
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August 23rd, 2002
What do you do to find the answer to a problem that can have more possibilities than there are atoms in the universe? You turn to quantum computing. Check out this article to find how researchers are fabricating quantum computers.
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August 23rd, 2002
Running out of disk space are you? Coming from a 20MB HDD generation I am happy with my current 10GB HDD but if the guys at Seagate have their way then its time to say hello to terabyte monster HDDs.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5075
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August 23rd, 2002
Intel has once again beem accused of manipulating performance benchmarks much to the chargin of AMD. Read about the Bapco Sysmark controversy.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5092
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August 23rd, 2002
Low-cost solar surgery. Perfect for sunny India’s needs.
http://optics.org/articles/news/8/8/32/1
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August 22nd, 2002
Have you wondered why your friendly-neighbourhood computer geek is different from you? What drives hackers? These questions and more are being answered.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/20/1029114072039.html
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August 21st, 2002
One of the first glimpses of the AMD Opteron CPU. Earth-shattering 64-bit performance while being totally backward compatible with older 32-bit applications. Other features include seamless upgrades to 8-way SMP and Hypertransport.
http://www.hwextreme.com/reviews/processor/opteron/
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August 20th, 2002
There’s more than one way to build a multi-chip microprocessor, according to Intel.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-954456.html?tag=fd_lede
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August 19th, 2002
Researchers seeking another energy source to ease the world’s dependency on fossil fuels may have found a small answer to a big problem. The humble algae may be destined for greatness… so next you call someone slimy it might be a compliment.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54456,00.html
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August 19th, 2002
IEEE has just given its blessings to the marriage between biology and computer science.
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,54417,00.html
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August 17th, 2002
The MIT Oxygen Project aims “Bringing abundant computation and communication, as pervasive and free as air, naturally into people’s lives.”
http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/Overview.html
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August 17th, 2002
Red Herringslist of Top 10 Innovators 2002 is out. They are a rare breed: brilliant, patent-producing scientists who are also successful, profit-seeking serial entrepreneurs, the average number of patents per individual is seven and the average number of startups is three.
http://redherring.com/insider/2002/0815/innovators081502.html
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August 17th, 2002
Intel, HP, Gateway sued over Pentium 4 performance. Intel, and its PC customers, face class action with the litigants claiming a Pentium 4 doesn’t perform any better than a Pentium III or an AMD Athlon.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5004
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August 17th, 2002
Bouncing radio signals off shooting stars…. meteor-burst technology sure sounds sci-fi but its been around for 50 years and has been called the poor man’s satellite.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/meteor010208.html
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