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• CERN computer grid links 7,000 scientists
Some 7,000 scientists in 33 countries are now linked through the computing network at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, to analyze data from its particle-smashing test probing the nature of matter that began last month. That ...
• 3D Imaging Spreads to Fashion and Beyond
The widening use of 3D technology is being aided by advances in computing that render graphics more realistic than ever. Even the most mainstream computers possess 3D graphics capabilities, says Kathleen Maher, a senior analyst at Jon Peddie Research ...
• Touchscreens getting thumbs up
They’re already in popular GPS devices, and starting to show up in computers and digital photo frames as well. Microsoft says multi-touch computing will be part of the next version of the Windows operating system, due to be released by 2010. (Msnbc ...
• Apple: A Product Plateau?
While the Mac is in the minds of many already a better personal computing platform than Microsoft's Windows, it's time to press the offensive. There is no reason that better Macs and better Mac operating system software can't push Apple's market ...
• Fixing Microsoft: A How-To Guide
And the world is moving away from the kind of desktop-based software that makes up Microsoft's bread and butter, shifting toward a more distributed form of computing that exists in the so-called cloud, where the operating system [OS] disappears into ...