27.02.11

China Unveils 2.507-Petaflop Supercomputer, the World's Fastest

Earlier this week China unveiled the world's fastest bullet train, and today it boasts the world's fastest supercomputer.
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Apocrypha In Your Browser: Google Is Putting The Dead Sea Scrolls Online

In a matter of months, it will be possible to peruse the Dead Sea Scrolls from the comfort of your computer chair. Because now that Google's digitized one priceless
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Egypt Comes Back Online, Even as Protests Turn Violent

After nearly a weeklong Internet blackout in Egypt amid anti-government protests, the Egyptian Web is back online this morning. Web monitoring firm Renesys reported via blog post that
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Apocrypha In Your Browser: Google Is Putting The Dead Sea Scrolls Online

In a matter of months, it will be possible to peruse the Dead Sea Scrolls from the comfort of your computer chair. Because now that Google's digitized one priceless
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Egypt Comes Back Online, Even as Protests Turn Violent

After nearly a weeklong Internet blackout in Egypt amid anti-government protests, the Egyptian Web is back online this morning. Web monitoring firm Renesys reported via blog post that
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Obama Puts $126 Million Toward Next-Generation Exascale Computer Research

President Obama's 2012 budget request specifically focuses on exascale computing, the first time the word has appeared in the federal books. Under
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