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Silicon chips for optical quantum computing

UK researchers at Bristol University have shown that it is possible to control single photons on a silicon chip. The team developed 'the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate -- the building block of a quantum computer.' As said the lead researcher, 'This is a crucial step towards a future optical...

Tags: optics, abstract, silicon chip, computing, quantum corp., chip, quantum computing, quantum computer, quantum technology, quantum circuit, semiconductors, network technology, hardware, networking, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-30

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The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it alreadyTalk about Polution!!There's is no form of transportation MORE polluting than an electric car. Why people are so thrilled with them....They use power which is produce primarily by COAL!!!The coal-fired electricity has to be transmitted which costs...

Tags: car, electric car

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban

Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR banThis had to go to court?Holy-wood! What a bunch of elitist greedy "Do as I say, not as I do" psuedo moralists!I've been using an external 750 Gig USB drive to store my recorded movies etc. for nearly a year now...So how is it Holy-Wood doesn't...

Tags: tv & home theater, holy-wood, remote-dvr, second circuit

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again

Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over againCerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again[i]Rather than a volume cap, I suggest the introduction of transmission rate caps, which would allow users to purchase access to the Internet at a given minimum data rate and be free...

Tags: pricing, telecommunications, networking, net neutrality, vint cerf, simple pricing, pricing strategy, internet, cerf, network

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

'Making available' argument rapidly dying well-deserved death

I'm passing along Ray Beckerman's post on two recent cases that show the RIAA's attempt to use a "making available" theory to show copyright infringement is clearly on the way out. The Copyright Act clearly requires a showing that the defendant transferred the content to someone else; the RIAA has...

Tags: riaa, judge, statute, peer to peer (p2p), internet, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?

(See Part 1: Buffering is not copying) Direct liability for creating playback copies The plaintiffs charged that Cablevision violated its reproduction right by creating copies for playback to customers. The question here is who made the copies. "If it is Cablevision, plaintiffs' theory of...

Tags: cablevision systems corp., vcr, netcom, consumer electronics, personal technology, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copying

This Cablevision decision looks like it may make its way to the Supreme Court on questions of the interpretation of the Copyright Act, so I'd like to take an in-depth look at the decision PDF. It's long so I'm dividing it into several posts. Technology First...

Tags: cablevision systems corp., buffer, dvr, memory, digital video, development tools, personal technology, home entertainment, semiconductors, hardware, components, software development, software/web development, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook

Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...

Tags: facebook, microsoft windows vista, apple inc., intel corp., vyatta, mauku, phishing, service-oriented architecture (soa), sales strategy, cyberthreats, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), spam, security, spam and phishing, web services, enterprise software, software, sales, operating systems, microsoft windows, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban

New York cable operator Cablevision's planned remote-storage digital video recorder does not violate Hollywood studios' copyrights, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today PDF. The decision overturns a district court ruling that blocked introduction of the device because, the lower court said, it would directly...

Tags: cablevision systems corp., digital video recorder, dvr, digital video, personal technology, home entertainment, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-04

DHS searching laptops at border

The Post has the scoop on new DHS policies that allow agents to confiscate laptops at the border. Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing,...

Tags: u.s. department of homeland security, laptop computer, post, notebooks, real estate, hardware, notebooks & tablets, business operations, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Predictive markets: Can they work for the enterprise?

Best Buy, Corning, Google and a bunch of other companies are dabbling in prediction markets for corporate decision making and there may even be a little return on investment given that traditional forecasting methods aren't better. Prediction markets are speculation hubs where traders predict future events. In...

Tags: prediction market, tools & techniques, sales force management, strategy, management, sales, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Gateway stops selling PCs direct

Gateway, one of the early PC makers that sold their wares direct, said Friday it will sell its systems completely through channel partners and retailers. The company, now a part of Acer, said shifting to a channel-based distribution model will simplify its business and cut costs. ...

Tags: gateway inc., pc, acer inc., retail, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

COPA is unconstitutional

The Third Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional, AP reports. In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court concluded that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally overly broad and vague. The court also ruled that...

Tags: child online protection act, parental control, third circuit, regulations, government, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Deals abound for back to school

I took a walk through Circuit City today to see where consumer PCs stood. We'll be back to school in a matter of weeks and parents are already asking about laptops for their high school and college-bound students. The good news is that for $700 you can pick...

Tags: circuit city stores inc., ubuntu, microsoft windows vista, laptop computer, notebooks, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), desktops, hardware, notebooks & tablets, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-22

First paper-based transistors

First paper-based transistorsRE: First paper-based transistorsCreating wood-based paper is pretty harmful to the environment. Hemp-based paper is safer for the environment and does not yellow. Also, contrary to popular belief, industrial hemp does not have enough THC content to be used for drug/medicine-related purposes. The US Constitution...

Tags: semiconductors, transistor

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

eMachines T5274

The eMachines T5274 is eMachines' higher-end budget desktop for the back to school season. While it seems like a good deal for $400, the fact is that the low-end PC market has become increasingly competitive this year, which makes it hard for systems such as this one that straddle two...

Tags: dvd, consumer electronics, emachines inc., emachines t5274

Product reviews 2008-07-21

Samsung HL61A750

Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...

Tags: menu system, samsung hl61a750, samsung electronics co. ltd., warm 2, color temperature

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirms

Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirmsThe only way Icahn could "save" GM would be to buy up shares cheap, andthen sell them to Toyota for double the money.... matchnow which one is the Match and who is the striker They are both very incendiary...

Tags: corporate governance, micro$oft, board, yahoo! inc., icahn, microsoft corp., microsoft confirms, steve ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Texas Instruments pulls power management efforts under new division

Quick update on Texas Instruments TI, which looks at power management from the guts of the chip level. Here's the blog I wrote last week describing some of those efforts. I wasn't all that surprised to hear that the company has pulled all its power management and...

Tags: power management, texas instruments inc., heather clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-05

Blockbuster comes to its senses: Pulls Circuit City bid

Blockbuster comes to its senses: Pulls Circuit City bidBlockbuster comes to its senses:It would be cheaper to flush $100 bills down the toilet than to buy Circuit City. Remember when they laid off store employees and hired them back at a lower wage? How much is a desperate company worth?...

Tags: strategy, blockbuster inc., circuit city stores inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-05