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Stephen Hawking Says SGI Big Brain Can Help Unlock Secrets Of The Universe

Stephen Hawking Says SGI Big Brain Can Help Unlock Secrets Of The Universe

Silicon Graphics International (SGI) has made a new UV series supercomputer – the SGI UV 2 (Big Brain Computer). And Professor Stephen Hawking was the first person to use the UV 2 Big Brain. The professor says that the immense computational power possessed by the supercomputer would help scientists solve cosmology data to be processed faster and help unlock the mysteries of the Universe. SGI is rolling out the second generation of their UV supercomputers at International Supercomputer Conference 2012 next week.

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Most Cyber Attacks Are Not Revealed By U.S. Companies

Most Cyber Attacks Are Not Revealed By U.S. Companies

Cyber attacks are increasingly becoming a norm in our world which is hooked to the digital realm. However, not many companies wish to report when they face a cyber attack, primarily because if such a cyber attack puts their data at risk, they wouldn’t want their repute to be at stake by making that information public.

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Opera 12 Debuts With Camera Support

Two weeks ago, Opera has released an update of its most popular mobile browser called Opera Mini. Now the company has made a major update of its desktop browser. Today Opera 12 has been released for Macs and PCs with new customization options and smart features. In terms of monthly users, Opera desktop browser is the company’s second-biggest product and it has almost 60 million users. Over the last year, the number of Opera users has increased by 11 percent, alongside average revenue. Opera wants to bring a new browser concept through Opera 12. Its new browser camera support is one of them.

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Kogan Implements Special Internet Explorer 7 Tax To Discourage Users From Using It

Kogan Implements Special Internet Explorer 7 Tax To Discourage Users From Using It

Internet Explorer has effectively lost the battle of browsers as Chrome has superseded it to take the position of the top online browser and the popularity of Mozilla Firefox is also steadily rising. However, IE, specifically IE 7, which is a very heavy and rather outdated browser, continues to be used by many users. It appears now that some retailers don’t want their users using IE 7 anymore.

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New Vulnerability Discovered In Microsoft XML Component

New Vulnerability Discovered In Microsoft XML Component

Digital security is a tricky thing. No matter how much you patch up things, those looking for exploits will be able to find a vulnerability or two to make use of. It is precisely for this reason that security researchers are always on the alert, trying to discern if any new vulnerability in one of the popular software platforms have surfaced.

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New Microsoft Patent Application Speaks Of Dishing Out Mood-Specific Ads To Internet Users

New Microsoft Patent Application Speaks Of Dishing Out Mood-Specific Ads To Internet Users

Imagine you are using your PC and while you are doing so, you are in a particularly jovial mood. Your PC is able to ‘decipher’ this state of mind and this information then goes to online advertisers who then dish out happy-mood advertisement to you, thus mastering the art of effective marketing. Sound futuristic? A Microsoft patent application seems to be talking about this.

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Apple May Redesign iMac And Mac Pro In 2013

Apple May Redesign iMac And Mac Pro In 2013

During the yesterday’s WWDC event, the one thing that awed everyone was the ultra-powerful MacBook Pro with Retina display, a machine that seems unmatched in the world of notebooks. In fact, the kind of hardware it packed, this MacBook Pro may even put a lot of desktop machines to shame. And that is perhaps why Apple seems less interested in pursuing its desktop lineup.

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