technology - "computers"

Computer making hoping lighter machines with longer-lasting batteries will drive sales

Lenovo Group today introduced a new high-end workstation targeting computer gamers and power users.

NYU computer science department shows off high-flying educational tool.

Featuring Star routing topology, 8-Slot VXS Backplane complies with VITA 41.0 specifications. It comes with 1 hub slot and 7 payload slots in 14-layer controlled-impedance stripline design. With simulation feature that ensures strong signal performance, 6U high backplane has power studs in 3.3, 5, and 12 V, as well as GND along the top and bottom of the unit to allow for flexible power options.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Backplanes

Model VSX104+ PC/104plus CPU Module includes 300 MHz DM&P Vortex86SX SoC, which is fully static 32-bit X86 processor designed to work with embedded operating systems. It features 128 Mb soldered on DDR2 RAM, 4 COM ports, 2 USB2.0 ports, 2 Mb onboard SPI Flash (floppy emulation), and both Type I CompactFlash(TM) socket as well as microSD socket. Measuring 3.55 x 3.775 x 0.9 in., RoHS compliant module has operating temperature of -40 to +85ºC, and 2.5 W total power consumption.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Central Processing Unit (CPU) Boards

Enabling monitoring, troubleshooting, and quality assurance of MS Mediaroom-based IPTV networks, Agilent J6900A Triple Play Analyzer provides specific measurement and KPIs including analysis of instant channel changing bursts and respective timing parameters, analysis of A/V packet rates with correlation to transport events, and detection of critical network performance losses. It helps communication service providers proactively identify customer issues to ensure QoS.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsTest and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Network Analyzers

Models ATtiny48 and ATtiny88 32-pin tinyAVR® MCUs have 4 and 8 Kb of Flash memory, respectively. Using picoPower(TM) technology, they consume less than 240 µA at 1.8 V and 1 MHz, and less than 100 nA in power-down mode. Operating from 1.8-5.5 V, devices feature zero power brown-out detection circuitry, power reduction register, digital input disable registers, 10-bit ADC, SPI, I2C interface, internal temperature sensor, up to 12 MIPS throughput at 12 MHz, and on-chip debug system.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Microcontrollers (MCU's)

doctorfaustus writes 'I first picked this up in bits and pieces last week off Daily Rotation. A more in-depth story is available at ZDNet, which reports 'a week's worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting the government to switch to hosting locations to the US, with Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs undertaking a desperate step in order to disseminate real-time information by moving to a Blogspot account.' There is a question whether the computer work is being done by the Russian military or others. ZDNet's story offers further analysis of the attacks themselves and their origins. Some pretty good reporting.' And reader redbu11 contributes the news that Georgia seems to be censoring access to all Russian webs

Thomas Matysik writes 'I'm attempting to de-clutter my house and I've hit a rough patch: the computer room. I've got a bunch of wires, hardware and software that (I think) were useful at one point in time, but these days it doesn't do much more than take up space. Selling it seems like it'd be a huge hassle and it seems really wasteful for me to just pitch all of this stuff in the dumpster. I've considered giving it away to Goodwill, but I'm afraid that's not the right sort of outlet for this stuff. My question: what should I do with all of my tech junk?' of this story at Slashdot.

Millions of people thought they were watching live fireworks as part of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It turns out, those vivid fireworks were really computer graphics created by a team of hundreds of Chinese visual effects specialists who worked nearly a year to pull it off.