Monday, November 24, 2008

24-Nov-2008 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Nvidia announce their US$10,000 Tesla desktop supercomputer using 960 massively parallel GPU cores. C Libraries for Windows/Linux:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/personal_supercomputing.html

Palm laying off as many as 1,050 employees, as the world still awaits a new product from them:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10105470-94.html

A networking kernel flaw is found in Vista. Currently causes crashes but exploits seem plausible. No fix until the next service pack:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10106173-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

In-flight WiFi is now operational on some US airlines - and the planes don't seem to be falling out of the sky when the WiFi turns on:
http://gizmodo.com/5096868/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-in-flight-wi+fi?skyline=true&s=x

The ABnote-LAKS Smart Watch does contactless payment transfers:
http://www.gizmag.com/the-abnote-laks-smart-transaction-watch/10420/

And finally. A clever bit of augmented virtual reality, using your webcam and a flash app to add a 3D ceature to your desktop:
http://interactive.digitalpictures.com.au/?p=392

Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz

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