A person over at the overclock.net forums and their folding@home team has put together an amazing folding farm, Consisting of 51 nVidia 8800 series GPU’s and 13 MSI P6N Diamond motherboards which each have 4 PCI Express slots for 4 video cards per board, based on calculations this folding Juggernaut can put out about 265,200PPD.
Category: Technology news
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45 Linux Viruses Found!
What the???
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Steve Jobs: confirms kill switch, 60M iPhone apps downloaded
Steve Jobs, presumably speaking from a hyperbaric chamber where he’s being nourished with an infusion of liquified developer-souls before his next public appearance, had a few interesting tidbits about the AppStore for the Wall Street Journal this morning. Namely, users have downloaded some 60 million programs for the iPhone representing sales of
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CANCER secret CRACKED
Australian scientists are hoping to cure leukaemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis after their breakthrough discovery of how to stop killer blood cells growing. The team has unlocked the secrets behind the protein which controls the way the blood cancer cells spread when it is damaged – and have found a way to stop its deadly process.
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iPhones-Macintosh Computers Are Now Targeted by More Hackers
Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide. Hackers have historically focused devious efforts on computers using Windows operating systems because the Microsoft software has more than 90 percent of the global market.
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Intel Officially Brands Nehalem as ‘Core i7’ Processor
Intel has announced that the upcoming Nehalem processor will be officially known as the Core i7. Nehalem has been the code name for Intel’s upcoming processors first due in Q4 2008. Nehalem represents a major overhaul of Intel’s processor technology and introduces a number of improvements over…
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getdeb.net announces Playbuntu
getdeb.net, a leading provider of new and updated programs for Ubuntu is announcing the start of a gaming repository for Ubuntu. The repository (codenamed “Playbuntu”) will provide all games available on getdeb.net in an easy to use repository format – enabling you to receive updates for your favourite game via the Update Manager tool.
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CERN rap video about LHC creates black hole of awesomeness
Been having a tough time figuring out just what CERN’s Large Hadron Collider does? Worried that it will create a Möbius strip (a rip in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop)? Just love to jam? Watch this CERN-sponsored rap after the break, and have your universe totally destroyed. Er, but not for real.
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Is Linux Finally Ready For The Desktop Takeover?
Everyone with even a minor experience in computers knows what Linux is? It is a remarkably complete operating system and is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development.By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice of the desktop.
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IBM targets Microsoft with desktop Linux initiative
During a press briefing at LinuxWorld today in San Francisco, IBM announced a new partnership with Red Hat, Novell, and Canonical to offer “Microsoft-free” personal computers with IBM’s Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony software. The goal is to provide a preintegrated stack that can serve as a complete alternative to Windows and Microsoft Office.