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Archive for March, 2006

Poor Country has 95% Wi-Fi coverage

Posted by Digg on 31st March 2006

Macedonia claims to be the first country of its size to have a broadband wireless network covering 95 per cent of its population. The network, based on Motorola technology, uses WiFi hot-spots to bring high-speed internet access to schools and…

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Western Digital 6GB Hard Drive

Posted by Digg on 31st March 2006

This little hard drive is the size of a matchbox and is connected to your computer using a USB plug. Pretty amazingly small for a hard drive. Only $129 dollars too.

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core gaming CPU

Posted by Digg on 29th March 2006

The best AMD consumer-oriented processor yet?

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PlayStation 2: Computational Cluster

Posted by Digg on 29th March 2006

Remember when the PS2 was used as a SuperComputer Cluster? Here’s a nice picture of the rack mounted units. How will the PS3 rack cluster look like?

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Googlebot destroys incompetent company’s website

Posted by Digg on 29th March 2006

Josh was called in to investigate and noticed that one particularly troublesome external IP had gone in and deleted *all* of the content on the system. The IP didn’t belong to some overseas hacker bent on destroying helpful government information. It resolved to googlebot.com, Google’s very own web crawling spider. Whoops.

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Google patents free Wi-Fi

Posted by Digg on 29th March 2006

The search-engine giant has developed and patented three technologies for offering wireless Internet access, and advertising, free of charge.

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Rails 1.1 Released

Posted by Digg on 28th March 2006

The biggest upgrade in Rails history has finally arrived. Rails 1.1 boasts more than 500 fixes, tweaks, and features from more than 100 contributors.

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Dual Processor vs Dual Core

Posted by Digg on 28th March 2006

Will multiple processors or a dual core processor be beneficial to you, and what are the differences between them? These are the questions this article will attempt to lay to rest.

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42 Really Is The Answer!

Posted by Digg on 28th March 2006

It looks like Douglas Adams was right all along!

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Apple Store - Glass Staircases

Posted by Digg on 27th March 2006

A unique and eye-catching feature of Apple’s high-profile stores is the glass staircase. The stair design was patented by a team of designers and engineers that was led by Steve Jobs himself.

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