ATI Radeon HD 5870 2GB 'Eyefinity' Edition Detailed

Category: Video Cards, General News
Posted: November 7, 2009 04:25AM
Author: MrAlex

As you might or might not already know, ATI plan to release a 2GB variant of their already popular Radeon HD 5870. What separates this card though from its siblings is that it comes with six Mini Display Port outputs, which shows that this card is specialised for multi-monitor setups. The new card also requires an 8-Pin and 6-Pin power connector instead of two 6-Pin connectors like the Radeon HD 5870 1GB variant. Apart from the ATI Eyefinity Technology and having no back plate, the cards specifications remain the same with 1600 Stream processors, a core clock of 850MHz and a 4800MHz effective memory clock. Price and release date has not been announced, neither has whether ATI's AIB Partners will be branding and selling the 2GB variant, or if it will only be only available from ATI themselves.

Win The Ultimate NVIDIA ION Netbook Bundle

Category: General News
Posted: November 2, 2009 06:42PM
Author: Dale Shuck

Nvidia is offering users the chance to win one of 12 HP Mini 311 netbook prize packages valued at $1500 that includes:

• Custom silkscreened HP Mini 311 with NVIDIA ION graphics
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 320GB hard drive
• 3GB memory
• Wireless-G Card with Bluetooth
• The Sims 3
• Portal
• Left 4 Dead
• Total Media Theater 3
• MediaShow 5
• Badaboom
• vReveal

But wait, just like on late night TV there's more and we're not talking Ginzu knives here. In addition, Nvidia is including:

• HP external Blu-ray drive
• HDMI cable to connect your netbook to your HDTV
• A case to hold all the goods
• 3 new Blu-ray movies
• BONUS: $50 credit from Roxio CinemaNow so you can watch Hollywood’s latest hits on the go

 
To enter, go to the Ultimate ION contest page on NVIDIA.com. You must be 18 years or older and a legal resident of the US to win. The contest starts today, November 2, and ends November 22, 2009.

AMD's 6-Core Processor Details Appear

Category: CPU's, General News
Posted: November 2, 2009 11:17AM
Author: MrAlex

AMD's upcoming 6-Core processor codenamed Thuban will be released sometime during the first half of 2010. The processor, which could be branded as Phenom II X6, will come equipped for AM3 (but will maintain backwards compatibility with AM2+ and DDR2), will be built on the 45nm fabrication process, and will come with 3MB of L2 Cache (512kB Per Core) and 6MB L3 Cache (Shared). What's nice to know is that, because it will be based of of its server counterparts, it should have similar characteristics, such as the D0 stepping, a TDP near the 115Ws of the server parts which would probably be 125W (or even around 75W for the energy efficient parts) and should be priced around $300-$500. What's new is that it is said to start off clocked at 2.8 GHz, which means that there could be  a bit of headroom for some overclocking. Time will tell what AMD holds in store for us, so stay tuned!

PS3 Gets Access to Netflix

Category: General News
Posted: October 26, 2009 03:55AM
Author: Nick Harezga

PS3 owners will soon gain the ability to stream movies from Netflix, as long as they have an account. Xbox 360 owners have enjoyed this functionality for some time now, but the PS3 will have a distinct advantage. PS3 users won't have to pay anything beyond their Netflix subscription price, while Xbox users need to purchase an Xbox Live subscription as well. However, PS3 users will need a special Blu-ray disc to enable the PS3 to use the Blu-ray Live functionality. The disc can be obtained for free from Netflix, and a future software update may eliminate the need for it altogether.

Biggest Thing About Windows 7? The Whopper

Category: General News
Posted: October 23, 2009 03:47PM
Author: Nick Harezga

As part of the advertising campaign for Windows 7 in Japan, Microsoft has partnered with Burger King. The result of this partnership is a Whopper with, you guessed it, 7 burger patties. The Windows 7 Whopper will cost 777 yen, and will be available for 7 days. However, this price is only good for the first 30 customers each day. Customers after that will find themselves paying roughly double that price. I'm surprised that Microsoft didn't consider launching this promotion in America, where fast food is extremely popular.

Google to Enter the E-Book Market

Category: General News
Posted: October 17, 2009 07:37AM
Author: Nick Harezga

Google will be entering the growing e-book market in the first half of 2010 with Editions, its own online bookstore. However, Google is putting a different spin on the idea, and will sell books with no DRM. The books will be readable on nearly any e-reader. In addition, books purchased from Google Editions will be available on any device with a web browser. Users will be able to read books on their PC, an e-reader, or a web enabled phone. The latter seems to indicate that compatibility will be integrated into Android at some point. The service will launch with roughly 500,000 titles, and will bring some interesting changes to the market.

First Microsoft Store to Open Next Week

Category: General News
Posted: October 16, 2009 01:42PM
Author: Nick Harezga

The first of Microsoft's new stores is set to open next week in Scottsdale, Arizona. These stores represent the counter to the Apple Stores that have been around for years. The store will open on Thursday, the same day that Windows 7 will become available. Steve Ballmer stated that Microsoft will open a few stores at a time, improving future stores along the way. While Microsoft initially said it would open stores right next to Apple, the nearest Apple Store is miles away in Phoenix.

New Speed Bumps Introduced

Category: General News
Posted: October 16, 2009 12:35PM
Author: Brentt Moore

In the world of automobiles, it seems like more and more places around the world now have speed bumps installed into the road systems in order to cut down on speeding in low mile per hour limit areas. Just in the central region of Mexico City alone, there are over 18,000 speed bumps to control how fast drivers travel. In a new study however, it seems as if speeds bumps can be made to collapse when drivers are going the slow speed limit, and keep their build if drivers are going over the city or state set limit. This new construction technology should help cut down on emissions, as drivers will not spend as much time slowing their vehicle down for the bump and then attempting to speed up quickly afterwards. It is not yet known though how effective these new speed bumps will be in everyday life and normal driving conditions.

AMD Announces Thomas Seifert as New CFO

Category: General News
Posted: October 9, 2009 02:59AM
Author: Daryn Govender

California based company AMD, today announced its new Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Thomas Seifert. Mr Seifert has replaced his predecessor Robert Rivert, who was previously promoted to Chief Operations and Administrative Officer. Seifert, aged 46 will be in charge of AMD's global finances and will report directly to AMD's president and CEO Dirk Meyer. Mr Meyer said that “Thomas is a talented industry veteran with a wealth of knowledge and experience managing the operations and finances of companies in the most difficult and competitive sectors of the semiconductor industry” and that “This knowledge and experience will enable him to further strengthen AMD’s financial foundation and help accelerate our transformation into a product design and marketing leader.” Thomas Seifert previously worked in various leadership roles at Qimonda, Infineon AG, Siemens AG, White Oak Semiconductor and Altis Semiconductorbefore prior to his appointment at AMD.

Core i9 With Four Radeon HD 5870's Break 3DMark Vantage Records

Category: General News
Posted: October 7, 2009 06:35AM
Author: MrAlex

The old 3DMark Vantage record set by k|ngp|n of P42968 marks has been blown away by overclocker Shammy. The previous record was held with an Intel Xeon W3540 at 5048 MHz with four GTX 285s in SLI. The new record of P52578 was set by a Core i9 at 6189 MHz (6155 MHz for the other records) with HTT on and four Radeon HD 5870s in CrossFire, with core clocks of 1300 MHz and a shader clocks of 1250 MHz. All of the other vantage records were broken, namely the Entry, Performance, High and Extreme presets. The images are in order of preset from Entry to Extreme.

OCZ Z-Drive Desktop Version Announced

Category: Storage / Hard Drives, General News
Posted: October 7, 2009 06:05AM
Author: MrAlex

A while back, OCZ released their PCI-Express SSDs for enterprise solutions and they showed great performance, along with a massive price tag ranging between $2000 and $15,000 RRP. The new m84 SSDs try to be priced around current released SATA drives but without the limitations of SATA connection. “The OCZ m84 Z-Drive is the newest addition to our line of PCI-E solid state drives and is designed to offer consumers a high performance yet aggressively priced solid state solution.” They will be manufactured using multi-level cell (MLC) NAND memory with speeds up to 750MB/s read and 650MB/s write (based on 256GB model). The m84 comes with OCZ’s new 3-Year warranty guarantee. Pricing or release date has yet to be announced, but expect these sometime soon. You can view the product page here.

Human Immortality By 2040?

Category: General News
Posted: October 6, 2009 06:54AM
Author: MrAlex

Possibly in the future, circa 2040 (about 30-40 years time) we could have nanotechnology expand the average life of a human being and lead to immortality. This may all seem far-fetched but the technology seems to be plausible and could in fact become a reality. Microscopic machines could be running around our bodies, repairing damaged cells or organs and possibly even backing-up our memories. Raymond Kurzweil says that nanotechnology and biotechnology could be combined together to get rid of disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. He also stated that "The full realization of nanobots will basically eliminate biological disease and aging. I think we'll see widespread use in 20 years of [nanotech] devices that perform certain functions for us. In 30 or 40 years, we will overcome disease and aging. The nanobots will scout out organs and cells that need repairs and simply fix them. It will lead to profound extensions of our health and longevity." Nanotechnology has already been used by researchers at MIT to kill ovarian cancer in mice. Kurzweil also stated that by 2024 we could be adding an extra year to our life expectancy by every year that passes by.  So in around 40 years we could more or less become immortal. He also says that this is the point of being human – basically – to evolve. "The definition of human is that we are the species that goes beyond our limitations and changes who we are," he said. "If that wasn't the case, you and I wouldn't be around because at one point life expectancy was 23. We've extended ourselves in many ways. This is an extension of who we are. Ever since we picked up a stick to reach a higher branch, we've extended who we are through tools. It's the nature of human beings to change who we are." But be careful, because just as helpful it can be it, it can also be just as harmful.

Transformers 3 Officially Announced

Category: General News
Posted: October 1, 2009 03:46PM
Author: Nick Harezga

Transformers 3 was officially announced on the blog of Micheal Bay, director of the first 2 movies. Bay was unsure if he was going to sign on for the third installment in the series as he has other projects he would also like to work on, hopefully Bad Boys 3 is one of them. The movie is scheduled for release on July 1, 2011, meaning moviegoers will need to wait nearly 2 years to get more giant robot action. Bay said that he was meeting with Industrial Light and Magic today, and that he was also meeting with lead writer Ehren Kruger. Bay has also stated that there will be a “great story,” so this movie is definitely something to look forward too.

Apple Hires Newton Developer, Adds Fuel To Tablet Rumor Fire

Category: General News
Posted: September 29, 2009 02:11AM
Author: d3bruts1d

Rumors that Apple plans to launch some kind of tablet device have been flying around the internet for a while now. While such a device is unlikely to be released this month, or even this year as many of the rumors have suggested, next year still looks like a good possibility. Apple has now given speculators even more fuel to go on by rehiring a developer of the failed Newton PDA, a tablet-like device.

After 15 years, Michael Tchao is returning to Apple Inc. where he will assume the role of VP of Product Marketing reporting to Phil Schiller. Product marketing? That's an awfully odd title for Mr. Tchao, a developer that worked not only for Apple but for Nike Techlab where he oversaw a number of the iPod+Nike products. Is this a PR move on Apple's behalf to stir up more discussion of the Apple tablet, an attempt to keep lawyers from Mr. Tchao's previous employer at bay, or will Mr. Tchao actually be marketing the rumored tablet and other devices? This sure brings up more questions than it answers.

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series Officially Released

Category: Video Cards, General News
Posted: September 23, 2009 04:28AM
Author: MrAlex

Finally the long awaited ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series cards have been released, fully supporting Microsoft’s DirectX® 11. These new cards utilize the 40nm fabrication process and pack double the amount of transistors found in the 4800 series, coming in with 2.15 billion of them. Both the 5870 and 5850 come with a GDDR5 memory interface, a PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface, DirectX® 11 support, OpenGL 3.2 support and ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology as well as a few more extras. The 5870 comes in as ATI’s fastest graphics processor, with 2.72 TeraFLOPS of processing power, 1600 Stream Processing Units, 80 Texture Units and 32 ROPs with a peak bandwidth of 153.6 GB/sec while the 5850 which comes in slightly less powerful with 2.09 TeraFLOPS of processing power, 1440 Stream Processing Units, 72 Texture Units and 32 ROPs with a peak bandwidth of 128.0 GB/sec. The full specifications for the 5870 can be found here and for the 5850 here. You can expect cards to be coming from ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, GIGABYTE, HIS (Hightech Information Systems), MSI, Multimedia, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE Technology, VisionTek and XFX.

New SATA Standard Announced

Category: Storage / Hard Drives, General News
Posted: September 21, 2009 06:36PM
Author: Brentt Moore

In netbooks as well as notebooks that have special hard drives inside of them, different connectors have been used for many different makes and models. Toshiba is announcing however that it is putting a standard up for hard drives that use the SATA interface in netbook platforms. The new standard, known as mSATA, will be shown off first in Toshiba hard drives, and other users and manufacturers of the drives that will follow at a later time include SAMSUNG, Dell, HP, SanDisk, Lenovo, as well as STEC. Hopefully with the new standard will come lower prices as they get used more, but most of all, this will allow manufacturers to all have one form of SATA, instead of building and customizing their own for certain specifications.

Sapphire PURE PSUs Announced

Category: Power Supplies, General News
Posted: September 15, 2009 09:59AM
Author: MrAlex

Sapphire, well known for the manufacturing of ATI Radeon graphics cards have now officially joined into the PSU market with a whole new line-up of power supplies. These new PSUs come with some hefty horsepower ranging between 625W and 1250W. The new line-up carries Sapphire's PURE branding for enthusiast users at affordable prices. All of the PSUs are 80Plus certified, with the PURE 1250W having 80Plus Bronze certification, the PURE 1050W having 80Plus Silver certification along with the PURE 950W. Pricing and shipping dates have not been announced, neither haswhether any of the versions are modular or not if they are at all.

Samsung Unveils TV in a Remote Control

Category: General News
Posted: September 7, 2009 07:17AM
Author: Nick Harezga

Samsung introduced a prototype remote control at the IFA event in Berlin that is unlike any remote I have ever seen. The remote features a 7 inch touchscreen that will allow users to view TV shows on the remote while watching others on their TV. This is accomplished through the use of dual tuners in the TV, allowing each device to watch something separate. The remote will connect to the TV using 802.11n wireless. The remote will also feature the standard ability to control the TV and view a TV guide. As the remote is still just a prototype there is no word on when this awesome device will become available.

Toyota Sells Its Two Millionth Hybrid Vehicle

Category: General News
Posted: September 6, 2009 10:41PM
Author: Brentt Moore

According to a report from the automaker, Toyota is claiming that it has recently sold its two millionth hybrid vehicle since statistics were counted last month. These findings come long after the original Prius was introduced to the public as one of the first hybrid cars from Toyota to become available to consumers, providing better gas mileage than other cars and automobiles. Now, with the Prius being in its third generation of manufacturing, the auto maker has been selling more hybrid vehicles than ever, with a total of thirteen hybrid cars in its current lineup. It plans to have a hybrid version of every car it makes by the next decade. Lexus however, who is the luxury division of the company, is also said to be sporting its soon to be fourth hybrid automobile to come into the market.

Marlton, NJ Apple Store Cleaned Out During Early Morning Burglary

Category: General News
Posted: September 3, 2009 02:17AM
Author: d3bruts1d

If you've never been to an Apple retail store, it can be a pretty neat experience. Apple has just about every system they make on display so that potential buyers can play with a system before making the purchase. The entire entryway to the store is usually glass with two tall glass doors. There are no metal bars or grate fencing, after all that kind of stuff would clash Apple's style and fashion.

Five thieves broke into Apple’s Sagemore store in Marlton, NJ (about 30 min East of Philly, PA) and took advantage of Apple's glass store front and open displays. After smashing through the front door, and allegedly threatening the security guard with a weapon, the thieves made off with 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPod Touches. From break-in to getaway took just 31 seconds.

While the report doesn’t provide specifics as to the models stolen, I’d guess the low value would be over $40,000 with the actual value being several thousand more.

The security footage of the heist has been obtained by WPVI-TV (ABC News):

There have been a number of recent stories about would be crooks stealing iPhones only to be apprehended quickly by police thanks to Apple's new "Find my iPhone" feature available to MobileMe subscribers using the iPhone 3.0 OS. I would have to assume that Apple has something like that, if not more sophisticated, in place for their display units. If you have any information in regards to this burglary, please contact the local authorities at (856) 983-1118 or the confidential tip line at (856) 988-4699. [Source: Mashable]

Amazon Continues Packaging Changes

Category: General News
Posted: August 26, 2009 06:36PM
Author: Brentt Moore

Back in November of last year, Amazon announced that it would take a new initiative to reduce packaging waste, which mainly accounts for clamshell items that consumers always have a rough time opening. Amazon is now following through with that decision by taking it another step and incorporating Kingston into its project. Fisher-Price, Mattel, Microsoft, and Transcend are also teaming up with the online site to make sure that the packing starts to turn around for the better. Not only with the new effort create more satisfied customers, but it will also limit how much plastic is wasted in product packaging, and be better for the environment overall.

New PCI Express Specifications Delayed

Category: General News
Posted: August 22, 2009 07:58PM
Author: Brentt Moore

The PCI SIG today has officially stated that it will be delaying the release of the finalized PCI Express 3.0 specs, due mainly to its interest in backwards compatibility with current products that use PCI Express 1.0 and PCI Express 2.0. Many people were expecting new products to be out sometime within next year, but now it’s more likely that products following the specification will not be available for purchase until two years from now. The PCI Special Interest Group has also released to the public that the numerous manufacturers following the new specs are satisfied with the choice to delay the finalized revision of PCI Express 3.0 until the second quarter of next year. Graphics card manufacturers are supposedly going to be hit the hardest by the decision, but in time, it will prove smart to have delayed the specifications so that backwards compatibility is still attained.

PS3 Slim: No PS2 Games

Category: Gaming, General News
Posted: August 19, 2009 06:06PM
Author: JifDaKiwi

After the worst kept secret in the gaming industry was finally announced, it has surfaced that the new PS3 Slim will have no PS2 backwards compatibility. Lack of backwards compatibility is nothing new, but has been a bit of a disappointment since the 40GB PS3 Fat model was released. John Koller, SCEA's director of marketing says that 80 to 90 percent of PS3 owners purchased the console to play PS3 games, which is fair enough, but it looks like people will be keeping their PS2's around to appease their Jak & Daxter addictions. It is not mentioned, but assumed that the PS3 Slim will be backwards compatible with PS1 games, so your Final Fantasy VII missions are safe.

Redbox Now Features Game Rentals

Category: Gaming, General News
Posted: August 16, 2009 07:03PM
Author: Brentt Moore

Movie rentals usually come to mind when the name Redbox comes up in a conversation, and concerning movies, it is a good deal to rent a flick for just $1 a night from the kiosk service. The different locations around the United States make sure that consumers are satisfied for the most part on wherever they go. Redbox is now debuting video game rentals beside its movie rental service, and will be charging approximately $2 a night for games. The cost per night is actually not all too pricey compared to other places like Blockbuster and even Family Video, who seem to charge a premium for the most part. Currently the video game rental part of Redbox is only available in Reno, Nevada, and selection for titles is fairly limited. Hopes are high though for more games getting added to the catalog, along with the new game rental service coming to a more broad selection of cities and states.

Eric Schmidt's Compensation From Apple Revealed

Category: General News
Posted: August 7, 2009 12:42PM
Author: Nick Harezga

The Google executive who recently left his position on Apple's Board of Directors didn't accept a single dollar from the company during his tenure. SEC filings reveal that Schmidt only accepted new Apple products, despite being allowed stock options and a retainer fee. Schmidt instead opted to buy shares at full price in the stock market, more than doubling his money in the process. Schmidt is only paid $1 a year by Google, and no longer accepts stock options. The Federal Trade Commission was planning to launch an investigation into possible collaboration between Apple and Google due to the numerous markets that their products overlap.

Can't Get a Job? Sue Your School!

Category: General News
Posted: August 4, 2009 12:42PM
Author: ClayMeow

At least that's what Trina Thompson, a 27-year-old recent graduate of New York's Monroe College advises. Thompson graduated in April with a bachelor of business administration degree in information technology. On July 24, she filed suit against the college, alleging that Monroe's "Office of Career Advancement did not help me with a full-time job placement. I am also suing them because of the stress I have been going through." She seeks $70,000 in tuition reimbursement and another $2,000 to compensate for the stress of not finding a job... after a mere three months of searching! Seriously?

There are several people who have been without a job for well over three months, yet she claims that "any reasonable employer would pounce on an applicant with her academic credentials, which include a 2.7 grade-point average and a solid attendance record." Again, I must ask, seriously? I mean no offense to her or others that have a 2.7 or lower GPA, but that's certainly not a GPA I would call "good," and especially not one that would cause potential employers to "pounce" over; especially from an unranked school. She has apparently peppered companies on Monroe's e-recruiting site with résumés, yet received no more than two responses, neither of which led to a job offer. According to Thompson, Monroe's Office of Career Advancement has not tried hard enough for her, suggesting that the department should have made sure the college's e-recruiting clients called recent graduates for an interview. Seriously?

Then again, maybe Monroe College is partially to blame. After all, if she's that naive to think that a 2.7 GPA is going to garner a large amount of offers in this economy, then maybe Monroe College needs to start offering a course in common sense and make its completion a graduation requirement.

Massive Ordnance Penetrator - The Ultimate Bunker-Buster

Category: General News
Posted: August 4, 2009 06:48AM
Author: ClayMeow

What is 20 feet long, weighs 30,000 pounds and can bury itself 200 feet into the ground? No, I really doubt your mother-in-law is 20 feet long. The answer is the U.S. Air Force's latest breakthrough in advanced weaponry; the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). The MOP is a non-nuclear, "ultra-large bunker-buster bomb." Bunker-busters are designed to destroy deeply buried bunkers or underground facilities by burying themselves into the earth before exploding. Carrying more than 5300 pounds of explosives, The MOP can penetrate 200 feet before exploding.

The MOP is roughly one-third heavier than the 21,000-pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, dubbed the "Mother of All Bombs." In addition, The MOP's predecessor, the BLU-109, is a mere 2,000 pounds with 535 pounds of explosives, meaning the MOP would deliver 10 times the explosive power.

The Air Force and Department of Defense are looking to accelerate its development, hoping that its radar-evading B-2 bomber will be carrying this sucker by July 2010.

Big Brother Invades British Homes

Category: General News
Posted: August 4, 2009 06:21AM
Author: ClayMeow

Britain's love of surveillance shouldn't come as a surprise to many, but its most recent plan may shock even the most paranoid pessimist. The Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, announced a £400 million plan to install 24-hour CCTV surveillance in the private homes of 20,000 "problem families." In fact, around 2,000 families are already under surveillance. These families are being monitored "to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals." In addition, private security guards will periodically make house calls to check on things. The hope is to reduce the number of children getting drawn into a life of crime and drug use because of chaotic family lives.

Google's Eric Schmidt Quits Apple Board

Category: General News
Posted: August 3, 2009 03:19PM
Author: Ben Grantham

In a move that doesn't come as much of a surprise, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has given up his position on Apple's board of directors. Back in May Schmidt had made comments with regard to the same subject (the possibility of him leaving the role), claiming that he didn't see Apple as a primary competitor to Google, hence he could still be effective in the position. Since then Google has been creeping further into Apple territory, with the announcement of work being under way on the Chrome OS (that could eventually compete with OSX). The company's Android smartphone OS has also seen increasing implementation on products that compete directly with the iPhone. That, along with the recent rejection of Google's Voice app for iPhone by Apple may suggest the relationship between the two companies may not be as strong as before (remember that stalwarts such as Google Maps are still integral parts of the iPhone).

Apparently the decision for Schmidt to depart was a mutual one, with Steve Jobs noting that as more potential conflicts of interest arise, the portions of board meetings that the Google man would be able to contribute to would continue to shrink. It doesn't take a genius to workout that if you can't attend to a large number of your duties, then there is little point in holding a position going forward. It is worth noting that even with Schmidt's departure, there are still ties between Apple and Google's board rooms, such as Art Levinson, who as the Financial Times reports, will remain a corporate director at both companies. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will also be continuing with its investigation into the relationship.

Intel and Facebook Looking to Cure Alzheimer's

Category: General News
Posted: August 3, 2009 02:54PM
Author: JifDaKiwi

Intel and Facebook have joined forces to create the "Progress Through Processors" program to benefit the research of cures for cancer, HIV and Alzheimer's. Often, these massive and intense research programs require thousands upon thousands of hours of computations, far beyond what many of these organizations can provide or afford, but now you, I and anyone else with a computer can help. Working much the same as Folding@Home does, users can go to the Facebook page, download and install the Progress Through Processors client, and select either Rosetta@home, Africa@home or Climateprediction.net, and put all their unused CPU cycles to good work.