News tagged with computing center

Manure could fuel data centers, HP scientists say

Giving new meaning to the term "server farm," a team of Hewlett-Packard researchers has come up with a plan for combining cow chips and computer chips to build an environmentally friendly data center -- powered ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest. Located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jaguar is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 2

Computer model shows changes in brain mechanisms for cocaine addicts

About 2 million Americans currently use cocaine for its temporary side-effects of euphoria, which have contributed to making it one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs in the country. Cocaine addiction, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Call center optimization

A research report in the current issue of the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modeling and Simulation suggests that help desks can be optimized by adding very few extra staff.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Early detection and quick response are key to defense against anthrax attack

A large attack on a major metropolitan area with airborne anthrax could affect more than a million people, necessitating their treatment with powerful antibiotics. A new study finds that in order for a response to be effective, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM sets up 'innovation center' in Vietnam

US computer giant IBM on Friday announced it had set up its first "innovation center" in Vietnam and forged partnerships with leading Vietnamese universities.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Technology, sour economy breed, feed Internet scams

Ute Schnetzinger thought the bride was demanding. Only later did the Richardson, Texas, florist learn she was bogus.

Technology / Internet

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is India the future for tech?

The recent hubbub about cloud computing -- how to define it and where it's heading -- has me wondering something. What about India?

Technology / Business

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reports of Internet crime jump 33 percent

(AP) -- Reports of Internet-based crime jumped 33 percent in 2008, according to a group that monitors web-based fraud.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PowerNap plan could save 75 percent of data center energy (Podcast)

Putting idle servers to sleep when they're not in use is part of University of Michigan researchers' plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Trading carats for nanometers - and defective diamonds for crystal clear microscopy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, perfect diamonds are precious to almost all of us but to some scientists, it is the defects that really matter. This is because defects can form nanoscopic color centers, which play ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0