Friday, April 15, 2011

Bull supercomputer for Japanese nuclear

There are some coincidences that would have probably preferred to avoid. While Japan through the most serious nuclear crisis in its history (or even history), CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique French) and AJEA (Japan Agency for Nuclear Energy), mandated by F4E, just select the builder of the future supercomputer for research into controlled nuclear fusion which will be located in Japan.

Internet at 30 Mbps for all in 2020

The Industry Committee of the European Parliament voted by 46 lanes and 1 against, a proposal by the European Commission establishing the first program on radio spectrum policy. Under this program, all Europeans have access to the Internet and all its services to 30 Mbps by 2020. This course must be passed through the explosion of cellular connections.

One important focus of the program is the reallocation of radio frequencies to mobile networks. By 1st January 2013 all member states should have released the 800 MHz band after the cessation of analog television. By 2015, "part of the spectrum allocated to mobile data transfer should be at least 1200 MHz," according to MEPs.

GPU Ivy Bridge: 3 screens, HDMI 1.4, 16 shaders

On the sidelines of the Beijing IDF, Intel unveiled some information about its future processors Ivy Bridge, more precisely on their integrated GPU. In a video posted last Wednesday, Phil Taylor, a software engineer at Intel, delivers a few secrets: Intel is also counting on improvements to the AVX instruction set provided by Ivy Bridge and the gain bandwidth afforded by PCI-Express version 3.0 .

QPAD launches its new MK-80 keyboard.

QPAD launches new mechanical MK-80 keyboard-oriented professional players and more demanding users, features blue LED lighting in all its key enabling viewing in all light conditions. This new keyboard manufacturer QPAD is emerging as a great choice for those seeking a quality keyboard and precision mechanical design makes the keystrokes is more accurately and quickly, unlike traditional keyboards that use rubber domes .

The great comparative browsers

Finally available after four months late, twelve and two betas RC, Firefox now claims 4 to turn the title of fastest browser, the less demanding and more compatible. The competition is formidable, however, with the surprising IE9 without forgetting Chrome, Opera and Safari. Verdict?

A cursor for disabled

The research group has published two AIM software for Windows intended to help disabled people to use a mouse. The Mouse Pointing Angle Magnifier and are downloadable for free. Some disabilities make using a mouse difficult because of the precision that is sometimes necessary to click on a specific corner of the screen.

AIM includes scientists from the University of Washington who tried to find a solution to this problem. Pointing The Magnifier creates a circle around the cursor. It is possible to adjust its size to customize the interface disability. The more the user has difficulty manipulating a mouse, the smaller the circle is large.

The Wii 2 would be formalized in June

Nintendo should present a successor to the Wii at E3. Rumors talk for now of a comparable HD console to the PS3 or Xbox 360. Fans of the console still know that Nintendo's reputation was not built to specifications, but the gameplay and games that appeal to a type of players who do not necessarily occur on home consoles competing.

For now, we do not know if Nintendo will take the Wii controllers or has developed a completely different system. We just know that according to rumors, Nintendo is trying to polish his relations with developers and has already shown the new console at some of them to encourage them to write games for its next platform.