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Apps Store Hyperwall at WWDC 2010
At WWDC 2010 Apple has erected a huge hyperwall with 30 synchronized 24-inch LED screens which display top 50,000 apps of App Store. Just in couple of minutes the hyperwall filled up with 10,800 apps downloaded worldwide.
According to Apple:
“This hyperwall is powered by 30 Mac Pro towers with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and EVGA NVIDIA GTX 285 graphics cards. As apps are downloaded from the App Store, their data is coalesced via an XML feed every five minutes. Apps are sorted and scheduled using Cocoa and Objective-C. The data is then passed to an OpenCL kernle, which drives the animation. [...]
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How volcanic ash grounded almost every jet in Europe
A volcano in Iceland erupted yesterday, spewing a gigantic cloud of dust in the air, and with the wind blowing from the northwest, it brought air traffic in the northern parts of Europe to a halt. Jet engines can be severely damaged by the glassy silicate in that volcanic dust, leading authorities to close airports and airspace in Britain, France, and most of northern Europe.
Such clouds can flame out jet engines, because those silicates have a melting point of between 600 and 800°C, while jet engine temperatures in flight are higher than 1,000°C. The tiny particles melt when they encounter [...]
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Review: Dell Latitude E6400 XFR
Dell is one of the world’s best known laptop manufacturers and makes a broad range of machines for both business and consumer markets. The Latitude E6400 XFR is a fully-ruggedised laptop that offers comprehensive protection for your data, and is the ideal travel partner to take with you to the ends of the world.
Dell has gone to extraordinary lengths to ruggedise this laptop. Its exclusive Ballistic Armor Protection system is the first line of defence. It utilises a chassis metal called PR-481 which ensures that the laptop can be dropped from a height of three feet, while the screen is open [...]
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Coldest Winter in Decades Grips Entire Northern Hemisphere- Kosher Experts say it’s linked to “unusual atmospheric patterns caused by global warming”
Snow falls around The Houses of Parliament in central London
Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet
The TimesJanuary 5, 2010
Arctic air and record snow falls gripped the northern hemisphere yesterday, inflicting hardship and havoc from China, across Russia to Western Europe and over the US plains.
There were few precedents for the global sweep of extreme cold and ice that killed dozens in India, paralysed life in Beijing and threatened the Florida orange crop. Chicagoans sheltered from a potentially killer freeze, Paris endured sunny Siberian cold, Italy dug itself out of snowdrifts [...]
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Corsair Announces Modular 850W and 750W Power Supplies
Corsair today announced the launch of the new Corsair Professional Series HX850W and HX750W modular power supply units. The Corsair Professional Series HX850W and HX750W PSUs both include powerful, single +12V rails and are qualified to deliver their full rated power output at an ambient temperature of 50°C. The press release doesn’t mention pricing, but we have contacted Corsair to find out.
“Our new Professional Series HX850W and HX750W power supplies build on the phenomenal success of the award-winning Corsair HX620W PSU, offering even higher levels of performance, efficiency and [...]
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