Nvidia to Support GPGPU for HPC with Windows HPC Server 2008

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp., a leading developer of graphics processing units (GPUs), on Monday said that it had developed several GPGPU (general-purpose computing on GPU) applications compatible with Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. This is the first time when a...

Dell business laptop gets wireless battery charging

From InfoWorld: Dell introduced the Latitude Z business laptop, which includes a new wireless charging technology that could eventually find its way into other Dell systems, the company said on Tuesday.

The Latitude Z can be placed on a special stand that generates an...

Apple Pushes Unnecessary Software to Windows PCs

From PC World: Apple again used its software update tool to push a program that was previously not installed on a PC, according to Computerworld tests early Monday.

Later in the day, however, Apple removed the software from the update list.

Apple's Software Update for Windows -- a...

Vodafone, too, will sell iPhone in U.K.

From CNET News.com: Vodafone will begin selling the iPhone in the U.K. early next year, the operator said Tuesday.

The news follows Orange's announcement Monday that it will start selling the iPhone. Unlike Vodafone, however, Orange will begin stocking the iPhone before year's end...

Google Wave ready for wider testing

From CNET News.com: Google Wave is ready for its next step: a more thorough test of its scalability and stability as more than 100,000 new users crowd onto the service.

As promised, Google plans to open Goog//aphnetworks.com/node/3142/edit#le Wave beyond an extremely limited preview...

Mozilla VP: Chrome Frame is the wrong answer

From CNET News.com: Mozilla and Microsoft don't always see eye to eye when it comes to browser technology, but they agree broadly on one thing: thumbs down for Google Chrome Frame.

Chrome Frame is a plug-in that puts Google's browser engine under the hood of Microsoft's Internet...

Microsoft Security Essentials Now Available

From DailyTech: Microsoft first released a public beta of its Security Essentials antivirus suite back in June and it was met with mostly positive reviews. The public beta was only open for the first 75,000 downloaders and that limit was reached rather quickly.

Today, however...

Microsoft Unveils "Barrelfish", a New Multi-core OS

From DailyTech: Microsoft has long cooked up new and experimental operating systems whose features eventually got rolled into its central Windows offerings. Most recently it's been dabbling with Singularity, an experimental OS designed for increased reliability thanks to kernel...

Intel's Mobin 2.1 Will Compete with Windows

From Tom's Hardware: CNET is claiming that Intel's new open-source Moblin 2.1 (short for Mobile Linux) operating system could take on Google's Android and even Microsoft Windows in the mobile and desktop markets. CNET got a good taste of Moblin 2.1 this week at the Intel Developer...

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