A piece os sillicon that thinks as a human.

Posted on August 25, 2011, 2:14 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

These times are great for face recognition, while other tasks are very heavy such as make independent decisions, they don’t think beyond what they are told and even this artifical thinking can be slow at times when its a cpu intensive operation

But the researchers at IBM have made a nice approach to cognitive computing, a methodology that let computer think like humans. IBM has built two chips that process data more like how humans. Its a new CPU architecture, that surpasses the current Intels and AMD (von Neumann architecture).

The chips represent a significant milestone in a six-year-long project that has involved 100 researchers and some $41 million in funding from the government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. IBM has also committed an undisclosed amount of money.

No Neurons or Bio-parts inside, yet
These are no biological chips but silicon chips inspired by human brain. They work as a human brain would. As IBM calls it, they are “neurobiology to make up what is referred to as a ‘neurosynaptic core’ with integrated memory (replicated synapses), computation (replicated neurons), and communication (replicated axons)”.

IBM demoed steering a simulated car through a maze, playing Pong using these chips. The chips’ ability to adapt to types of information that it wasn’t specifically programmed to expect is a key feature.

Dharmendra Modha, project leader for IBM Research, said the new chips have parts that behave like digital “neurons” and “synapses” that make them different than other chips. Each “core,” or processing engine, has computing, communication and memory functions.

“You have to throw out virtually everything we know about how these chips are designed. The key, key, key difference really is the memory and the processor are very closely brought together. There’s a massive, massive amount of parallelism.”

The project is part of the same research that led to IBM‘s announcement in 2009 that it had simulated a cat’s cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer. Using progressively bigger supercomputers, IBM had previously simulated 40 percent of a mouse’s brain in 2006, a rat’s full brain in 2007, and 1 percent of a human’s cerebral cortex in 2009. A computer with the power of the human brain is not yet near.

Seen on: geeknizer.com
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iSteve steps down as CEO

Posted on August 25, 2011, 1:52 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs steps down as CEO of the Cupertino based company, AKA Apple.

So this is the way that the Mattel subsidiary in charge of doing “computers” gets beheaded, but lets take a look at the resignation letter from iStevie:

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no
longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the
first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board
sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.
And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new
role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank
you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve.

At his moment the Apple shares in Wall Street fell down, we need to see what happens until next weekend.

Seen on: cnet.com

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HTC to unveil new Windows Phone 7 Mango smartphones

Posted on August 24, 2011, 2:32 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

The Korean phone maker, HTC, is planning to launch Windows Phone 7 Mango powered phones to the market this September 1st.

According to BoyGeniusReport, HTC will show to the world the Eternity, and the Omega. The Eternity is headed for AT&T, while the Omega is set to land at T-Mobile. The Omega is a very interesting phone as it sports a 4.5″ screen, pushing the limits of what can fit into a pocket.

Why HTC is launching US phones outside the United States may seem strange on the surface, but as we reported several days ago, there have been rumors of other devices being launched at the event.

The smartphones will sport a 1.5GHz processor, a 4.5-inch display, and support for AT&T’s 4G LTE network, these phones seem to be promising even tho that the market is ruled nowadays by Apple´s iOS and Google´s Android.

Seen on: thenextweb.com

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Find Waldo err sorry Wall-E

Posted on August 24, 2011, 2:07 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

Find waldo is one of the most known games known to date, but here´s a geek version of this game, please find Wall-E.

If you’re wondering who bothered creating this brain-torture, it’s none other than animator/artist Richard Sargent. The man is mad about robots from science fiction movies and has finally gone about assembling all of them in one canvass. A few familiar highlights are an ABC Warrior, a classic old school Autobot, Bender from Futurama, and R2D2 (of course.) The difficult part is spotting Wall-E. It takes a good dose of concentration to do so, but it’s worth a try. However, is the picture above doesn’t suffice, open the source link for a larger version.

See the large picture @ Laughingsquid

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Will Apple launch a new product soon?

Posted on August 24, 2011, 2:00 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

Out there are a lot speculations around what new device is Apple about to launch, but its quite unclear what the Cuppertino guys are about to do.

Among the “ideas” of what are the Apple boffins are doing are these:

1. A touchscreen iMac
“The most logical-but-kind-of-wild idea is a redefinition of the iMac” that would finally bring touch computing to the desktop computer, says Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo. “Psychologically, consumers now crave direct touchscreen interaction.” People are hooked on the iPad, and “it’s clear that [Apple's new operating system] Lion is paving the way to a completely touch-oriented world at Apple.”

2. A new generation of laptops
Perhaps Apple is ditching the MacBook Pro’s “conventional boxy design, hard drives, and DVD slots to adopt a super-skinny MacBook Air-inspired shape,” says Kit Eaton at Fast Company. Exactly, says Katie Marsal at Apple Insider. Apple could ”transition its flagship line of MacBook Pro notebooks into slimmer enclosures akin to the MacBook Air, dropping traditional hard disk drives in favor of solid state drives and jettisoning optical disc drives completely.”

3. A totally new desktop computer
“In terms of any addition to the current Mac lineup, it seems obvious to me that Apple has been missing its basic ‘Mac’ in its hardware options,” says Topher Kessler at CNET. The Mac Pro is too big and expensive, and the Mac Mini doesn’t do enough for many users. Sure, there’s the iMac — “a great machine” — but it requires purchasing a screen you might not need. I think there’s a gap between the $1,000 Mini and the $2,500 Mac Pro that Apple could fill.

4. An Apple laptop without an Intel processor
Perhaps Apple will ditch Intel, which has long manufactured the processors for Apple’s computers, in favor of ARM processors for its laptops. Based in the United Kingdom, ARM is known for its power-efficient processors in the mobile arena; it already designs chips for the iPhone and iPad, and the MacBook could be next. But not everyone is thrilled by that possibility. “If Apple were to move Macs to ARM-based architecture right now, it would be a total disaster,” says Alex Heath at Cult of Mac. “The processing power is just not there for a MacBook or iMac.”

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Yet another Lego device

Posted on August 22, 2011, 2:22 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received 1 Comment ».

I have posted a lot of devices made of the most passionate/creative toys in the world, the Lego brick´s, this time is a milling machine which drills a piece of floral foam to create a 3D figure made in Autodesk´s Soft Image.

A certain Arthur Sacek is the genius responsible for this incredible build. Without using much else aside from Lego parts and a drill, he successfully assembled a worthy 3D milling machine. The next challenge, of course, is building a bigger more complex beast to create even more awesome stuff.

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Infographic: Forensics

Posted on August 22, 2011, 2:14 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

As many of you guys/gals may like a lot of TV series like NCIS, CSi or the like, but this infographic explains just a little bit how this job is done in real life.

Seen on:  bitrebels.com

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Infographic: OPenDNS petitions

Posted on August 19, 2011, 11:02 pm, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

OpenDNS the Domain Name System resolution service has announced that it now supports more than 30 million customers worldwide. OpenDNS was launched back in 2006 by David Ulevitch and in just five years has grown into a professional DNS resolution service for consumers and businesses worldwide as an alternative to using their own Internet service provider’s DNS servers.

See the opendns blog

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Image gallery: Nintendo cosplay girls

Posted on August 18, 2011, 2:15 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

Well almost every geek on the planet likes cosplaying, but these girls are cosplaying all the nintendo characters in a beautiful way take a look!

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Is Lion Apple´s version of Microsoft´s Vista?

Posted on August 18, 2011, 2:01 am, by Cyber_Scribe and received No Comments ».

It seems like there´s a little trouble @ Mattel computers division AKA Apple (come on it´s just a joke) with the newest version of their claimed operating system, the 10.7 or Lion for short.

The author of the article in zdnet claims:

“Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I don’t dislike the OS as it stands. I’m not all that bothered one way or another about the ‘iPadification’ of the OS as my blogging buddy Jason Perlow put it. I like reverse scrolling but feel a bit ‘meh’ about many of the new features, but the old OS is still there if you know where to look. My beef with Lion is not down to the deliberate changes Apple made to the OS, but to the colossal number of show-stopping bugs that have been allowed into this release.”

Well even that this is a “dot zero” version of the OS X its not a excuse, because my Windows 7 “dot zero” havent gave any troubles even when when i applied the SP1, but he also continues:

  • Random crashing that results in a totally black screen
    Once the system crashes, it’s a hard reset time.
    There’s no solution from Apple yet but it seems that the problem here is down to NVIDIA drivers and forcing the system to use integrated graphics only using a third-party tool (gfxCardStatus) helps alleviate the problem.
  • WiFi dropping
    This is annoying. (I’m seeing this happen, although not often.) Basically, the WiFi connection drops and the only way to get it back working is to switch the WiFi adapter off and then back on again.
    A possible solution to this is to create a script that pings periodically … but even with this I’m seeing problems.
  • Viewing videos causes freezing on new iMacs
    All video types appear to cause the freeze – Flash, H.264, QuickTime, AVIs, MKVs, YouTube …
    This is another issue that could be related to graphics card drivers … but perhaps not.

There are a number of other problems, some related to Apple, some not: Coming out of sleep is dodgy. Flash is crappier that it is on any other platform. Searching network shares doesn’t pull up any search results. Sometimes the Mac decides for no apparent reason to slow down to a snail’s pace.

Well obviously i will not be installing this version on my hackintosh anytime soon, as i am very happy with Leopard 10.5.8 wich is very stable and without the stupid gestures from the touchpad which i always switch off.

Anyway, Apple has issued an upgrade, the 10.7.1 wich can be downloaded from here, wich seems to fix the problems exposed before.

  • Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari
  • Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out
  • Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
  • Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion

Seen on: zdnet.com

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