Daylight Saving Time This Weekend
Friday, March 6th, 2009
Just a reminder that this weekend is Daylight Saving Time in the US. Turn your clocks forward one hour on Saturday night/Sunday morning.
Archive for March, 2009
A Real-life, 128-Qubit Quantum Computer
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
The folks at D-Wave Systems have done it again, this time with a 128-qubit quantum computer. The chip still needs testing to verify that it works as intended, but this is a big deal. Forget about securing your super-sensitive data with public key encryption—in another few years it’ll be trivial to crack.
A Tiny, Little “Plug Computer”
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The SheevaPlug is definitely the smallest PC I’ve ever seen. It’s literally the size of a power adapter and just plugs in to the wall.
Link: http://www.marvell.com/…
(via engadget)
The Future of Netflix: Streaming Video
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Netflix sees the future, and the future includes on-demand streaming video. Why use snail mail to get Netflix DVDs when you can download the movie right now? Makes sense to me, although I doubt the quality of the streaming video will be as good as that of DVD or Blu-ray.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
I’m a Victim Here! #3
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
A new study finds that those horrible, terrible, evil Western societies are to blame for 15 percent of China’s CO2 emissions. Never mind that China might have some responsibility in the matter.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/…
(via digg)
Update: It gets even better.
Apple’s Audio Jacks
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Apple has been making changes to the standard 1⁄8” audio jack. Take a look at the picture in the linked article to see what I mean. My (older) iPod came with the normal three-part headphone adapter.
Link: http://www.appleinsider.com/…
(via digg)
