New IBM Silicon-based Chip Breaks Speed Record at 500 GHz

November 4th, 2005 IBM claims a major breakthrough in the quest developing photon based computers instead of todays electron based silicon chips. In its Silicon Wave Guide chip it claims to have managed to slow down light to 1/300 of its normal speed of 186, 000 miles per second.

April 25th, 2008 Sun Microsystems (JAVA) bought Montalvo System, a Silicon Valley semiconductor startup which is still in stealth mode. Montalvo Systems succintly describes itself as a "well funded fabless semiconductor startup funded by prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms".

June 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light - photons - on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards long-sought-after quantum technologies, including super-powerful quantum computers and ultra-precise measurements. The Bristol Centre for Quantum Photonics has demonstrated precise control of four photons using a microscopic metal electrode lithographically patterned onto a silicon chip.

March 10th, 2006 The company said the new chip for server computers, called Woodcrest, would offer an 80 percent performance improvement and require 35 percent less power; the Conroe chip for desktop computers, which will be released later in the year, will offer 40 percent performance improvement and require 40 percent less power. The foundation for the chips is derived from the company's popular Pentium M chip for notebook computers, the company said.

July 23rd, 2009 South Korean regulator fines Qualcomm record $208MSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's fair trade regulator slapped U.S. chip maker Qualcomm Inc.

May 23rd, 2005 With blogs proliferating at breakneck speed, it's no wonder that a market is emerging for developers of search engines that find and aggregate all of this fringe content. But just like any other Jacks climbing the beanstalk of an untapped business opportunity, these aggregators of Really Simple Syndication feeds are sure to wake the giants of Internet search.

August 19th, 2005 Japanese Overclocker Set Super PI World Record with Prescott 2M at 7.1GHz

June 26th, 2009 SILICON VALLEY - Hailing the appointment of Infosys chief Nandan Nilekani as chairman of the Unique Identification Database Authority of India (UIDAI), Silicon Valley's Indian giant Kanwal Rekhi said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should induct more professionals in his government. "This is a very good move.

February 15th, 2005 An interesting technology to keep an eye on. Off-the-Record Messaging Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging by providing: Encryption No one else can read your instant messages.

March 18th, 2008 In Linux you can use the dd command to copy MBR from one hard disk to another. You can also use dd to backup your master boot record to a different (or same) media.

May 12th, 2006 Silicon Graphics has filed for bankruptcy protection. The significance of this news would be lost to newcomers in the industry.

April 1st, 2005 A paralysed man in the US has become the first person to benefit from a brain chip that reads his mind. Matthew Nagle, 25, was left paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair after a knife attack in 2001.

February 5th, 2007 Sunita Williams reached the record of spending most-ever hours on spacewalks on Sunday beating previous female spacewalking record of 21 hours created by former American astronaut, Kathryn Thornton, ISS Flight Engineer. Stepping out of the hatch with crewmate Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria to upgrade the International Space Station’s cooling system, the Indian-American astronaut, Williams recorded a new record of 22 hours and 27 minutes during her third spacewalk.

June 21st, 2006 Creative announced Zen V which offers great features in a tiny, flash-based form factor (about the size and shape of a smooth-cornered Zippo lighter). The player gives you everything you get with the iPod Nano except iTunes compatibility, and adds a few solid extras.

July 27th, 2009 Japan to order Qualcomm to stop unfair practicesTOKYO — Qualcomm Inc. has been notified that Japanese regulators plan to order the U.S.