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Seven post holes and one thought

Seven post holes and one thoughtFixed Flow RateMaybe my reasoning is not on form at the moment due to the copious amounts of beer I had last night but surely changing the diameter of the pipe doesnt make a difference. If you have a flow rate of 10 litres per...

Tags: quantum computing, post hole, Point-A

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

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

Diamond-based quantum computing

Quantum computing is usually associated with extremely low temperatures. Now, physicists at Harvard University have shown that diamonds can be used to create stable quantum computing building blocks at room temperature. A nitrogen vacancy in diamond could lead to quantum registers able to store or retrieve data. One of the...

Tags: Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation, Computers &, Internet

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Quantum computing without computing

Quantum computing without computingToo unbelievableApril Fools day is still more than a month away!HmmmmmmmI was there, but I am here now ....To quantum or not to quantumThe ever forward hurtling of technology remains impressive. Our continued progress towards the, "age of quantum computing", is a worthy endeavor. There will, however,...

Tags: Quantum Computing, Does It Make, Zen, Quantum Corp., April Fools Day

Discussion threads 2006-02-24

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Graphic of the day: Cloud computing, e-book readers at peak of hype cycle

Cloud computing and e-book readers are at the peak of their hype and there are a few new entrants to Gartner's 2009 hype cycle chart. At least social software and microblogging are on the way down. Among some of the new entrants at the...

Tags: Gartner Inc., E-book Reader, E-books, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...

Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-15

News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Smart Phones, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Reformulating Murphy's law

Reformulating Murphy's lawInteresting thoughtsIt's saddening that thought is such a rare thing among us humans.Imagine how different the world might have been.[i]"The applications to IT are less obvious but equally compelling. If you believe, for example, in the achievability of wintel security, you?ll spend lots of money setting your employer...

Tags: Operating systems, Wintel, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-08-01

Seven post holes and one thought

The real break through we need in science computing is a general way to build machines capable of doing one sequential job many orders of magnitude faster than we can now. Holographic computing is one possibility, some people think quantum computing is another .-personally? I think analog computing has...

Tags: Computing, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-06-20

News to know: Yahoo CFO; Oracle's Java; iPhone 3G S specs; EC2 outage

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO Larry Dignan: Can Oracle give Java a boost (and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-06-12

New atomic clock loses only a second every 300 million years

The quest to create the perfect scientific timepiece has led to the development of an atomic clock that researchers from JILA claim to be fifty percent more accurate than results reported last year. JILA, is a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST...

Tags: Clock, Atom, NIST, JILA, Team Management, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Cisco's bong-sized "cloud"

Peeling the onion on the Cisco Unified Computing System UCS reveals a very small onion. The platform they're promoting is tiny by cloud infrastructure standards. Perfect for a dorm room - but not anywhere near close to what an enterprise hoping for economies of scale or management would want. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Storage, Servers, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Hologram technology: the sub-atomic future of storage?

I was recently talking to some folks at Google about storage, specifically the amount of data that's being stored on the cloud as users upload things like photos and YouTube video clips. Gigabytes. Terabytes. Petabytes. I couldn't help but wonder, as we talked about all of this...

Tags: Hologram, Stanford, Beam, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Quantum holographic storage: it works!

Quantum holographic storage: it works!Star Wars Geeks building a HolocronA new attempt. The old way used different colored lasers to store information in a artificial crystal. but I think this one will work better as long as the material stays stable.the crystal idea was a cube and was multi-layered...

Tags: holographic storage, storage, Quantum Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivel

Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivelHere come the flames!Regardless of the accurracy/inaccuracy of your vision, I can see the flames coming already.I personally don't see anything overtly incorrect in what you state, but my interpretation differs slightly.In my opinion, until they can find a way to capitalize on the creation of...

Tags: NETWORKING, New Network Architecture, network, monoculture

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Intel unveils tablet Classmate PC design

Intel unveils tablet Classmate PC designFar better looking design than its predecessor...Next step in the evolution is to have some way to charge the batteries, with the sun, pedal or manual power, whatever - for the regions where electricity is scarce functionality like the OLPC. This might take a quantum...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Notebooks, Classmate, Classmate PC design, Intel Classmate PC, netbook, Intel Corp., tablet, PC

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Quantum Computing and Cryptography: Their Impact on Cryptographic Practice

Quantum cryptography may find application in certain specific applications. For example, in securing metropolitan area data links. However, the constraints upon its use do not make it a practical solution for many popular applications of cryptography at this time. If research into quantum routers and quantum digital signatures bears fruit,...

Tags: Cryptography, Computing, Quantum Corp., Digital Security, Security

White papers 2009-01-01

Intel claims quantum leap in fiber-optic detectors

Intel claims quantum leap in fiber-optic detectorsGermanium is OLD.Ever since photographers needed way to quantify amount of light present in situation, large bubbled light meters are symbol of professionalism & all use germanium arsinide to measure light levels. I'm sure something is new, maybe publics need for 200 gb/s data...

Tags: INTERNET, Fiber optics, Optical networking, Network technology, Germanium, Intel Corp., fiber-optic detector, fiber-optics

Discussion threads 2008-12-08