April 19, 2012
- Cloud computing is opening up supercomputing to smaller players, beyond government agencies and large corporations. A drug-discovery simulation, testing 21 million compounds in less than three hours, announced on Thursday, is proof of the trend. The cost of computing, done on a 50,000-core cluster in several Amazon Web Services data centers, was less than $4,900 an hour.
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April 9, 2012
- How to update the software on a Kindle reader or tablet.
March 25, 2012
- If you're a robotics engineer, and not a stock guy in a warehouse, the world is your oyster.
- If you're a robotics engineer, and not a stock guy in a warehouse, the world is your oyster.
March 20, 2012
- Amazon, a customer of Kiva's, is buying the robotics company as it builds out its vast network of warehouses and tries to improve its margins.
March 9, 2012
- Perhaps the most popular open source alternative to Amazon's cloud computing services is Eucalyptus, which seeks to operate alongside Amazon.
March 8, 2012
- The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five big publishers over a pricing model for electronic books that it says constitutes collusion and violates antitrust laws.
March 1, 2012
- Older iPads retain a surprising amount of their value, and many companies want to buy the used machines. The best estimate for an iPad 2 16 GB Wi-Fi in like-new condition was $350 from Amazon.com. RadioShack offered $300, Target offered $286.49 and Best Buy offered $286.20. Here's how to do it.
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