Computers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 9, 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), today announced the immediate availability of the OpenJDK Community Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) License. With this release, Sun is placing the means for certifying "Write Once, Run Anywhere" compatibility into the hands of the community.    » read more »

Thailand team named software design champions; torch passes to France for Imagine Cup 2008.

Computer financing company under investigation for alleged deceptive practices

August 10, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory cautioning Floridians about a financial services company that offers computers, electronics and other merchandise via a layaway and financing plan aimed at low-income consumers and those with poor credit ratings.    » read more »

August 9, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries containing Sony cells used in Toshiba notebook computers.

Units: About 1,400

Computer Importer: Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., of Irvine, Calif.

Battery Cell Manufacturer: Sony Energy Devices Corp., of Japan    » read more »

August 6, 2007 -- (MONTGOMERY) — Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced today that an investigation conducted by his office, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has resulted in the arrest of a Montgomery woman for identity theft.    » read more »

July 17, 2007 -- MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA has selected Computer Sciences Corporation of Lanham, Md., to provide supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a potential value of approximately $600 million.

The 10-year, cost-plus-award-fee contract consists of a two-year base period and eight one-year priced options, with a maximum value of $597,083,422 if all options are exercised.    » read more »

Leadership computing system promises to accelerate scientific discovery; The Cray XT4 "Jaguar" resides at the Leadership Computing Facility at ORNL

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 27, 2007 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL's) Cray XT4 supercomputer, known as Jaguar, is now the second fastest system in the world, according to a semiannual list of the world's fastest computers.

The new Top500 List was released Wednesday, June 27, at the 2007 International Supercomputing Conference being held in Dresden, Germany.    » read more »

Built by IBM, BlueGene/L (BG/L) clocks in at 280.6 teraFLOPS (trillion floating operations per second) on the LINPACK, the industry standard for supercomputer performance. BGL is a workhorse machine for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) effort to ensure the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear deterrent without underground nuclear testing, known as the Stockpile Stewardship Program.    » read more »

27 June 2007 -- Hype over Apple Incorporated's newest device is reaching fever pitch as the company gears up for the official debut of the iPhone. The hybrid phone can play music, take pictures and surf the Internet. It goes on sale in the U.S. on Friday. VOA's Mil Arcega reports.

Anticipation has been building since January when Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the company's first foray into the mobile phone market. Since then, Apple shares have gained more than 40 percent. John Shinal is a technology editor at Market Watch.    » read more »

June 25, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – Two more defendants pleaded guilty in Milwaukee to charges of criminal copyright infringement as a result of their selling counterfeit software on eBay, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Biskupic for the Eastern District of Wiscon­sin announced today.    » read more »

Two scientists who have been using computers to help assess the behavior of insurgent groups told a AAAS-organized seminar that, despite their limitations, quantitative methods could play an important role in helping military commanders and political leaders make more informed decisions.

While acknowledging that computer models are still in their infancy and can provide only hints of possible outcomes during the often chaotic conditions in combat zones, the specialists said the Pentagon has considerable interest in the use of cross-cultural research to help combat insurgencies.    » read more »

June 19, 2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. – California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that Microsoft has agreed to make significant changes in the design of its desktop search feature in the Windows Vista operating system. Details of Microsoft’s agreement were outlined in a joint status report that was filed today in federal district court regarding the company’s compliance with a 2002 antitrust Final Judgment.    » read more »

Leverages New York State investment in computational sciences

June 15, 2007 -- UPTON, NY - Stony Brook University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory today unveiled one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, named New York Blue and located at Brookhaven Lab, is the world's fastest supercomputer for general users and is expected to rank among the top ten fastest computers in the world.    » read more »

June 6, 2007 -- MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - On Wednesday, NASA and IBM, Armonk, N.Y., announced the agency has selected an IBM System p575+ supercomputer for evaluating next-generation technology to meet the agency's future supercomputing requirements. Supercomputers play a critical role in many NASA missions, including new space vehicle design, global climate studies and astrophysics research.    » read more »