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http://www.e-skills.com/
The research 'IT and Telecoms Insights 2008' provides a unique view of the key trends, opportunities and challenges facing the UK over the next ten years,
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and their implications for skills. We are now working with employers and partners to develop strategic plans for the four nations of the UK. View full video » Insights 2008 » Strategy 2008 »
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/358822.stm
Wednesday, June 2, 1999 Published at 13:12 GMT 14:12 UK Sci/Tech Biological computer born Living computer: interconnected leech neurons can add up A computer
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made of neurons taken from leeches has been created by US scientists. At the moment, the device can perform simple sums - the team calls the novel calculator the "leech-ulator". But their aim is to devise a new generation of fast and flexible computers that can work out for themselves how to solve a problem, rather than having to be told exactly what to do. Professor Bill Ditto, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is leading the project and says he is amazed that today's computers are still so dumb. "Ordinary computers need absolutely correct information every time to come to the right answer," he says. "We hope a biological computer will come to the correct answer based on partial information, by filling in the gaps itself." Well connected The device the team has built can "think for itself" because the leech neurons are able
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8234428.stm
Britain's oldest original computer, the Harwell, is being sent to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley where it is to be restored to working order.
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The computer, which was designed in 1949, first ran in 1951 and was designed to perform mathematical calculations; it lasted until 1973. When first built the 2.4m x 5m computer was state-of-the-art, although it was superseded by transistor-based systems. The restoration project is expected to take a year. The system was built and used by staff at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, Oxfordshire. Speaking to BBC News, Dick Barnes, who helped build the original Harwell computer, said the research was - officially at least - for civilian nuclear power projects. "Officially it was to help with general background atomic theory and to assist in the development of civilian power," he said. "Of course, it [the Atomic Energy Research Establishment] had connections to the nuclear weapons programme," he added. Although not the
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/09/ces_usb_3_revealed/
CES USB 3.0, the upcoming version of the universal add-on standard re-engineered for the HD era, made a small appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show
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(CES). It wasn't demonstrated in operation, but we did get to see what the new connectors look like. Not, alas, the optical one, we have to report, but the electrical connectors. On show in public for – we believe – the first time, we got to see the new full-size connector, the socket it slips into and the new mini-socket. You can see the optical port here . Dubbed SuperSpeed USB, the third major incarnation of the serial bus standard is set to deliver data transfer speeds of around 4.7Gb/s - ten times today's 480Mb/s limit. The new spec will be compatible with older USB 1.1 and 2.0 products, cables and connectors, and you can see from the diagram of the standard connector how that's achieved: the extra pins are placed behind the USB 1.1/2.0 ones. USB 3.0 connectors and receptacles will be deeper than the current ones. An initial USB
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http://www.bcs.org/
BCS is the leading professional body for those working in IT. We have over 60,000 members in more than 100 countries and are the qualifying body for Chartered
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IT Professionals (CITP). More about BCS He hates cellphones, but thinks that acceptance of the open source concept is now taken for granted - in a good way. BCS managing editor Brian Runciman interviewed Linus Torvalds after he received the BCS Lovelace Medal. CMA membership have voted to become a subsidiary of BCS. The purpose is to strengthen both organisations in the face of the ever-increasing pace of convergence of IT and telecoms.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/5273000.html
TOKYO Masaya Igarashi wants $200 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he's torn between Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he
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has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV. There's one conspicuous omission from the college student's shopping list: a new computer. The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles, and digital video recorders with terabytes of memory. "A new PC just isn't high on my priority list right now," said Igarashi, who was shopping at a Bic Camera electronics shop in central Tokyo and said his three-year-old desktop was "good for now." "For the cost, I'd rather buy something else," he said. Japan's PC market is already shrinking, leading analysts to wonder whether it will become the first major market to see a decline in personal comput
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/15/news.google
Peter Judge The Guardian Thursday November 15 2007 A Google scientist seems to hope so but, unfortunately, the answer is probably no. Dr Hartmut Neven,
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Google's expert on image searching, was involved in a demonstration of quantum computing on Monday - even though most scientists are extremely doubtful that any real quantum computing took place. Google is experimenting with image searches that use the image itself, not just keywords (try adding "&imgtype=face" to the URL of any image search), but it's hit-and-miss and makes huge demands on conventional computers, because it involves trying a vast number of possible matches and solutions. In theory quantum computers could help, by applying a basic principle of quantum mechanics - that a system isolated from interaction with the rest of the world exists in every possible state at the same time. If we could keep a computer in this "coherent" quantum state for long enough, it could process every possible input at the same time, as if we ha
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http://www.acm.org/
ACM delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its
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members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources. ACM is currently conducting a research survey with a sampling of its members; if you receive an email invitation, please help us by completing your survey. Read a letter to members from ACM CEO John White about a number of initiatives that are part of ACM’s efforts to advance computing as a science and a profession.
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http://www.fujitsu.com/global/
The Fujitsu group of companies is very committed to making our website accessible to those requiring special readers or other functionality. However, older
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browsers, such as Netscape 4.x, are not able to render these accessible style sheets properly. The page is still functional, but the formatting or images do not display properly. We apologize for this inconvenience. News more 6 March 2008 Japan and Germany Kawasaki, Japan and Berlin, March 6, 2008 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institut(HHI) today announced the development of an ultra high-speed optical switch that uses nonlinear optical fiber to reduce optical amplitude noise, which degrades the quality of optical signals when they are transmitted. Employing this technology, suppression of optical amplitude noise using a 107 gigabit per second (Gbps) phase modulated ultra high-speed signal was successfully verified. In addition, in a data transmission test across 320 km,
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4243994.html
MythBusters: 7 Tech Headaches—and How to Fix Them Innovation is meant to make life easier. So why is this TV geek so annoyed? ( Click here for more PM
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stories by the MythBusters, and watch brand-new episodes starting Jan. 16!) The MythBusters show is all about the crazy stuff that happens when technology meets man. In fact, we go out of our way to think of creative ways to play with technology. My MythBuster partner, Adam Savage, has just about every kind of iPod, iPhone and iPipewrench he can get his mitts on. But there are times when innovation produces aggravation, and when that happens, technology can flat out drive us nuts. It's true that sometimes complexity is unavoidable, or even desirable: A cellphone that can give you directions and the weather can be quite useful, but new features should never come at the expense of core functionality—the cellphone should still be able to make a call easily. That's why, as machines become more complicated, good interface design becomes more
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