Monthly Archives: September 2008

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Microsoft and Cray deliver “mainstream” CX1 supercomputer

Who here doesn’t want their very own supercomputer to do, um, whatever they want with? In an effort to make sure every man, woman and child has an absurdly powerful number cruncher in their home, Microsoft has tag-teamed with the fabled Cray in order to “drive high productivity computing into the mainstream.” The Cray CX1 [...]

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Crysis Warhead Review

Crysis Warhead Review Platform: PC Crysis was almost a hype-machine unto itself last year, gathering accolades and fanboys even before the first demos and previews were out. The game tells the story of a US soldier fighting aliens and Koreans on a small island with the aid of a nanosuit which enhances his butt-kicking ability. [...]

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fit-PC slim, the “world’s smallest PC”

Fit-PC Slim is billed as the “smallest, most energy efficient PC available,” and at 13 ounces it just might be. Slim is housed in a 330cc enclosure (4.3 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches), draws a mere 6 watts of power, 500MHz AMD Geode. This machine is available in a pared-down 256MB configuration (sans WiFi, hard [...]

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Your Mom was Wrong – Study shows Vegetarians much more likely to have Shrunken Brains

MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also [...]

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John McCain, inventor of the BlackBerry

Politics aside, we’re totally cracking up that McCain policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eaken told reporters the other day that his BlackBerry was “the miracle that John McCain helped create” — dude, BlackBerrys are Canadian. [Via Wonkette, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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