Domain Name Shake Up Imminent
Friday, den 27. June 2008
Internet navigation is about to change. The strict rules that had been enforced by net regulator, Icann (Internet corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), are about to be relaxed when it comes to top level domain names such as .uk or .com.
Companies have long wanted to turn brands into web addresses and individuals have wanted to use their names but both have been stopped in the past. These are some of the things that will change in the near future. There is also the possibility that domain names could be written in Asian or Arabic, and Icann have already received requests for web addresses written in Cyrillic – the script used in Eastern European countries. This change has yet to be voted on.
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A Sixty Year Old Baby; Computer That Is!
Friday, den 20. June 2008
In a small lab in Manchester sixty years ago, an invention was built that would revolutionise the world and do much to shape modern society. The first ever true computer affectionately named ‘Baby’ was the first computer with the ability to store memory. The name ‘Baby’ can be considered slightly ironic considering that the computer took up an entire room. It was a watershed in computer design however, being the first to be able to carry out a variety of tasks without having to be rebuilt in different configurations.
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No Match For Wylie Coyote
Wednesday, den 11. June 2008A military computer designed to run virtual nuclear weapons tests has set a new speed record in America and comes from IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
The IBM machine has been built using components designed for Sony’s Playstation 3 and has been named Roadrunner. It has beaten all records set by other computers by processing more than one thousand trillion calculations per second. To put this into some perspective, the calculations that this one computer can do in one day would take the entire world’s population a total of 46 years to do with a standard computer.
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Bionic Hand Picks Up Award
Tuesday, den 10. June 2008
Who said the bionic woman isn’t real? On the other hand, maybe her limbs are a more likely possibility of creation than over exaggerating stunts and super human strengths! It would appear that the bionic hand has won The UK’s top engineering prize. The MacRobert Award was given to the i-LIMB, which is a breakthrough in medical science aimed at acting as a prosthetic device for people who are unfortunate enough to have lost their limbs.
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Bill Gates Steps Down From Microsoft
Thursday, den 5. June 2008
We all know him for being the founder and creator of the multi-billion pound corporation Microsoft, allowing home users to enjoy the great internet from the comfort of their own homes and using one of the most widely known operating software in the world. Come June 27th Bill Gates will be stepping down from his position at Microsoft after 33 years, putting full chief executive Steve Ballmer in full control. Gates will be working one day per week and will be serving as board Chairman, however his focus will now be turned towards Philanthropy – very different from the internet world!
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Movies And TV Programmes Direct To Your Computer
Thursday, den 5. June 2008A new service opening up to internet users is that of being able to download movies the day they become available on DVD for the UK ITunes website.
This is the first time Apple have offered film downloads to British consumers and is expected to become increasing popular as the credit crunch bites and people do not want to keep paying out for DVD’s.
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