Friday, March 4, 2011
Top 10 Most Powerful Computers in the World
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So here I have compiled some of the most powerful computer in the world. I hope you will like it. A new ADDITION >> China has recentrly taken top spot by China’s Tianhe-1A (Milky Way) to be the fast computer in the world. The Tianhe-1A is located at China’s National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin with much of its processing power from chips similar to those found in graphics cards. While four of the top 10 super computers are also designed around graphics processors, second placed US XT5 Jaguar is built around the more traditional CPUs, similar to those found in desktop computers.
1. Cray-1
Cray-1 was the world’s fastest machine that was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976. Cray-1 boasted a speed of 160 million floating-point operations per second. The first model of the Cray-1 (Cray-1A) weighed 5.5 tons.
2. Cray-2
Launched in 1985, the machine held the title of the world’s fastest supercomputer between 1985-1989. Cray-2 was capable of 1.9 gigaflops peak performance. Cray-2 was predominantly developed for the United States Departments of Defense and Energy. Due to the use of liquid cooling, it was nicknamed `Bubbles’.
3. Connection Machine-5 (CM-5)
Launched in 1991, Connection Machine-5 (CM-5) held the crown for the world’s fastest supercomputer in 1992. The machine intended for artificial intelligence applications and symbolic processing found remarkable success in the field of computational science.
4. Fujitsu Numerical Wind Tunnel
Known as the Numerical Wind Tunnel, the machine was built by Fujitsu and Japan’s National Aerospace Laboratory. The machine was used to simulate wind turbulence on airplanes and in spacecraft as well as to forecast weather.
5. ASCI Red
The fastest computer from June 1997 to June 2000, ASCI Red was collaboration between Intel Corp and Sandia Labs. It was the first computer to break the teraflops barrier, which after the processor upgrade passed 2 teraflops.
6. ASCI White
ASCI White, an IBM system, replaced ASCI-Red as the fastest supercomputer in 2000. ASCI White held the spot for world’s fastest supercomputer for two years from 2000-2002. It was capable of computing 12.3 trillion operations per second.
7. The Earth Simulator
Built by NEC for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute and the Japan Marina Science and Technology Center, the Earth Simulator (ES) was the fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004.
8. Blue Gene/L
Blue Gene/L doubles its processing power to 32000 two-processor nodes. Currently the seventh fastest supercomputer in the world, IBM BlueGene/L held the title of world’s fastest supercomputer for four years from 2004 to 2008. The supercomputer is located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s. BlueGene/L (BGL) clocked 478.2 trillion floating operations per second. Blue Gene/L, already ranked as the fastest supercomputer on the planet, has been doubled in size, according to researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California.
9. IBM Roadrunner
IBM Roadrunner was crowned No. 1 in June 2008 after becoming the first supercomputer to break one petaflop/s. IBM’s Roadrunner managed 1.042 petaflops. The supercomputer is located at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
10. Jaguar
The world’s fastest supercomputer according to TOP500 supercomputer list of 2009 is Cray XT5, also known as Jaguar. Jaguar bagged the No. 1 spot, beating IBM’s Roadrunner, who held the top crown from 2008 to 2009. It can perform more than 1 quadrillion calculations per second.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Top 10 Most Expensive Computers in the World 2011
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1. Acer Ferrari 1100: $3000
Acer Ferrari laptop computer is built for the sake of just like the tag Ferrari on it. With the ultralight body and resistant fiber chasis, this laptop try to give you the fastest performance you can get on your laptop computer. Initially It was used a AMD Turion X2 Dual Core CPU, 4 GB of RAM and all the standard features just like Wifi. The newer version the better specification you can get. The hardware will be updated so you can get the fastest laptop just like what Ferrari can do in cat. You can buy this laptop for just $3000, worth for performance as well as appearance.
2. Dell M6400: $3000
This laptop computer is produced by Dell. This laptop computer is a very powerfull one that featured Interl Core 2 Quad Core Extreme Edition Processors on the early edition. The reason of using this laptop is for ripping the complex analysis that need large data handling and graphics memories as the laptop has 16 GV of 1066 Mhz DDR 3 Memory. You can take this computer home for just $3,000. A fair amount for an excellent laptop computer.
3. Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660: $3500
This laptop computer is just as usual laptop except that it’s the first laptop that can handle HD DVD with its own remote control. The specification itself are 2.0 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo, 240 GB RAID 0 HDD and Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 on the first version. This laptop using 1920 x 1200 resolution. It’s a worth one for $3,500 if you like an ultimate design and entertainment experience.
4. Lenovo ThinkPad W700DS: $4500
If you’re looking for a computer that have a secondary pull out display, maybe you can choose this one. This Lenovo Thinkpad has a secondary display that can be drawn from the main display. You can find that this additional secondary display is very useful for excel and CAD programs. Initial version of this laptop computer is equipped with 2.53 Ghz Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9000, 4 GB RAM, Dual 250 GB 5200 RPM Hard drives and sold for the price is $4,500.
5. Alienware Area 51: $5000
This laptop computer is a true friend of game lovers.This laptop is designed with sophisticated hardware design with stylish and sleek casing design. In the initial launching, the laptop is using Intel Core 2 Extreme Packs with Nvidia Geforce 9800M GT in dual SLI Configuration with 1 GB in graphic performance. This laptop is using 1 TB of Storage in high speed RAID 0 Configuration. The storage can be used as well to record TV and film with a smart bay system from TV tuner. $5,000 is a reasonable price for this laptop computer.
6. Rock Extreme SL8: $5000
This laptop computer was claimed to be the world’s fastest laptop computer when It first launched. The specs of this lapop computer is Intel Core 2 Quad Processor, NVIDIA 9800 GPUs in SLI and 8GB of RAM . This laptop is equipped with blue ray that can display in high definition as well. This prestige laptop is sold for $5,000.
7. Voodoo Envy H:171: $8500
When the time of its launching this laptop has a taglined of high performance laptop that already optimized for maximum performance. This laptop is using Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor, 4 GB of RAM, twin Nvidia Quadro FX Go 2500M graphics chipset, 1.3 Megapixel webcam, dual 250 GB hard diskk, 7 in 1 memory card reader, dual layer DVD RW drive and high resolution 17 inch 1920 x 1200 display. The hardware must be different with the current version as the advance of the hardware technology. The special thing you can get from this laptop computer is you can choose from 14 tattos options available. You can own this laptop for $8,500.
8. Ego for Bentley: $20,000
When you first looking at this laptop computer, you will be surely say that this is not a laptop for men. The authenticity of the Bentley logo is making the laptop looks very stylish and match with the Bentley car the owner has. The laptop can be matched with the color of the Bentley car that the owner driving. This laptop for sure is a laptop for rich women that ready to spend $20,000 for the sake of fashion. You won’t surprise that this laptop is just as usual laptop computer in term of hardware.
9. Tulip E-Go Diamond: $355,000
You can call this laptop computer as “most luxurious computer in the world”. The reason is the design of the laptop that using chrome in the shape of women bag. The grip of the laptop can be replaced as well with white gold and diamonds based on the owner taste. It’s not surprising then that this laptop has a price of $355,000. What about hardware? They just plugged with usual hardware such as 2 GB or RAM 160 GB of Harddisk, integrated Webcam, bluetooth 2.0 and DVD Burner. All you can say, this is not a laptop but a lifestyle jewelry.
10. Luvaglio One Million Dollar Laptop: $1,000,000
You can understand what this laptop about when you first read the title. Yes, this is about owning 1 Million Dollar just for a laptop. This laptop is made to order and you can choose what material you want this laptop to be made. You can choose from wood, metal, iron or maybe any other material as long as It can be used for a case of laptop. This laptop is designed so the owner can upgrade their hardware anytime they want. This laptop has a standard feature such as 128 solid State drive, MP3 player, built in USB stick and equipped with “integrated screen cleaning feature”.
Friday, February 25, 2011
10 Must Have iPhone Apps for 2011
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1. Instagram – By Burbn Inc, Updated 27th January 2011, FREE 
Photo-altering app that has effectively become an image-based social network
Spearheading the recent social networking trend of sharing images rather than words is Instagram. This app allows you to take photos, enhance them with a series of effects, and seamlessly share them on social networking sites.
What makes Instagram stand out from other photo-sharing apps is that it has effectively become a social network unto itself. You can build up a network of friends and contacts whose photos you appreciate within the app itself, making it a pure image-based social network.
Instagram is great for those wanting to (literally) share their visions with the world and track down people with similar outlooks. Instagram is certain to continue growing throughout 2011 as the relative anonymity of photo-sharing is proving to be a popular digital pastime.
2. Star Walk – By Vito Technology, Updated 4th January 2011, £1.79
A deep but accessible astronomy iphone app
Ok, so not everyone is interested in astronomy, but for those who are then this is a beautiful app to get lost in. Whether you just want to do some star-gazing, travel through time, or look at Meteor showers in deep space, Star Walk has it all.
The great thing about this app is that it is accessible to astronomy beginners while also being useful for those specialised in the field. The Telrad feature allows you to measure angular distances between stars (not that I understand astronomy enough to know the purpose of this), and there is a considerable catalogue detailing objects in both deep and shallow space. All of this presented through an intuitive and sleek interface that never distances you too much from the wonders of space.
Star Walk received design awards in both 2009 and 2010. Its regular updates should ensure that it remains the most comprehensive, visually pleasing and enjoyable astronomy app to indulge in throughout 2011.
3. Schedulicity – By Schedulicity Inc
For the uninitiated, Schedulicity is a web-based service that allows individuals and small businesses to manage their appointments and schedules online.
Now, the popular service has found its way to smartphones and tablet devices, allowing appointments to be managed from the palm of your hand. Edit client accounts, receive appointment reminders and organise you calendar whenever you like! Of course, this could spawn a generation of workaholics who, having their business in the palms of their hands, obsess over their schedules every waking moment of the day, but it certainly makes businesses more manageable. Everything you do in the mobile version will, of course, be streamlined with your web-based account.
Already recognised as an important trend in streamlining business operations and customer services, Schedulicity looks likely to catch on as an integral aspect of managing small businesses.
4. Blackstar – By Spacetime Studios,Release Date: Q2 2011, Price TBC
From the makers of Pocket Legends, Blackstar is likely to be the next big thing for iPhone MMOs
While a Massively Multiplayer Online game a.k.a. MMO is certainly not a must-have App for everyone, there certainly is a niche crowd of geeks who’ll be drooling over this one.
Blackstar is the successor to the popular iPhone MMO Pocket Legends. However, while that was based on a world of elves and pixies, Blackstar takes place in a conflict-filled 41st Century.
Few details have been disclosed so far, except that the developers are promising that it will not be ‘content-light’ and that it will support just about every relevant technology out there (EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, 4G). It’s safe to assume that this will address the various issues raised with its fantasy predecessor, and reel in the sci-fi-geek masses.
5. Kindle – By Amazon, Updated 14th February 2011, FREE
Will Kindle succeed on the iPhone?
So the Amazon’s digital-book-reading App has been around for a while, but 2011 will be a crucial year in finding out whether it will catch on on Apple’s devices. Its case will not be helped by the recent revelation that Apple have forbidden Amazon from providing web links for purchasing their books.
Politics aside, the Kindle App is probably the best book-reader App out there. It allows you to synchronise all your e-books between devices, meaning that as long as you have a device, you always have access to your books; stick in the mud that I am, I don’t see how carrying an actual book around is such a burden, but then this whole e-book craze seems to be catching on quite nicely so I’m obviously just wrong in my cynicism.
Among the neat features on the Kindle App is the option to look up words on Google and Wikipedia and also tap words into an in-built dictionary. While 2011 seems destined to be a good year for the Kindle device, whether it will catch on with Apple’s devices is not so certain due to the recent changes to Apple’s terms of use. Either way, it will be an interesting year for the Kindle App!
6. Dead Space – By EA Mobile, Released 25th January 2011, £3.99
One of the most intense horror games has arrived on the iPhone
Most gaming enthusiasts will know that Dead Space is probably the most terrifying game to play on the big consoles. Naturally, this fear is hard to translate to the small iPhone screen, but that doesn’t stop it from being EA’s best mobile offering to date.
Dead Space looks and plays brilliantly, utilising the minimal interface of its big console counterparts. There is a plethora of brutal weapons, varied scenery, and the gameplay utilises the touch-screen very smoothly.
At £3.99, Dead Space can be considered one of the more pricey iPhone games, but with a 5-hour storyline and some intense action sequences its price tag (which, let’s be honest, isn’t that high anyway) is perfectly justified.
7. CoPilot Live 9 Release date: Q2 2011, Price TBC
The social-network-friendly GPS App
A relatively unexpensive Sat Nav App for the Facebook generation. The latest version of CoPilot is set to feature an overhauled interface and provides multiple routes to your selected destinations.
Aside from these functional upgrades, CoPilot 9 will also feature an integrated Bing search engine made for tracking local businesses and services. And for those hopelessly addicted to the trivial activity of letting the whole world know where you are through Facebook Places, this App will feed your habit by letting you post updates to Places in real-time; after all, everyone wants to know when you’re stuck in rush-hour traffic in London, don’t they?
Other unique features include the option to save the exact location of your car, driving directions to ‘geotagged’ pictures taken by your smartphone, and a walking mode which helps you navigate cities on foot. Yes, CoPilot is making our dependency on our own sense of navigation a thing of the past.
8. Bear Grylls – Bear Essentials – By Chillingo, Updated 6th January 2011, £3.99
Bear Essentials is a functional and substantial app for those interested in their own survival
People often say that their iPhone is a ‘lifesaving’ device, helping you find your way from A to B, work out train times and general assistance with other such urban activities. But with Bear Grylls’ heavily branded ‘Bear Essentials’, your iPhone can save your life more literally.
In the admittedly unlikely case that you find yourself in a Bear Grylls-like scenario of being stranded up a mountain or in a jungle, or shipwrecked on a desert island, this App gives essential advice in surviving these situations.
As well as offering videos and interactive diagrams, there is a whole wealth of extremely useful survival information for you to refer to. At the end of each section you look through, there is also a quiz to test your survival knowledge; granted, you won’t be quizzing yourself while hunting for snakes and making camp-fires using flints and sticks, but it’s good to be prepared. Essential for the more adventurous iPhone owner.
9. Hipstamatic – By Synthetic Corp Updated 10th February 2011, £1.19
Hipstamatic allows you to choose from plenty of vintage looks for your photos
Retro is always ‘in’, so it seems natural that an App would come along that lets you take photos with a distinctly retro make-over. Hipstamatic is an extremely fun App that allows you to take photos using various lens, flash and film types to give your photos that Analog feel.
Such is the popularity of this App that it even has its own ‘Hipstamart’, where you can purchase further flashes, films and lenses for your omnipotent analog camera. There is even a monthly competition where the community votes on the best ‘HipstaPrints’, giving you the chance to win ‘fabulous’ prizes.
The fact that Hipstamatic has managed to create a community around itself and even have its own store for additional content suggests that the ball has only just got rolling on this one, and it will be interesting to see how it develops throughout 2011.
10. The Shadow Sun – By Ossian, Release Date: Q2 2011
The Shadow Sun looks tear-jerkingly beautiful
While the iPhone has slowly established itself as a worthy gaming platform, it still lacks an immersive, epic RPG experience. Initially, it was thought that this was due to the technical limitations of the iphone, but The Shadow Sun looks should put that theory to bed.
The Shadow Sun promises in-depth character development, a varied game world and, as you can see, beautiful graphics of the sort rarely seen on the iPhone. Your choices affect the story, the gameplay is fast-paced, and you can even take on party members. In other words, this isn’t the ‘Lite’ RPG experience iPhone users have come to accept, but the full-on thing.
Ossian have delayed The Shadow Sun until Spring 2011, suggesting that they are striving for perfection with this ambitious project. Could this be the RPG that iPhone gamers have long been waiting for?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Top Best Essential Palm Pre Apps Must Have
9:57 AM
Return to 10 must-have free Palm webOS apps. Here's a list of the top best Palm Pre webOS apps so far. Check out 10 must-have free BlackBerry apps, 10 must-have free Android apps, and Five Reasons the Palm Pre Won't Prevail :
WHERE: WHERE integrates several widgets designed to answer any question that starts with its name. Where's the nearest coffee shop? Where's the nearest gas station? But it's more flexible than that, able to answer some questions that start with "what," as in "what's the traffic on I-95 like?" Hell, it can even do some "whens," like "when is Fantastic Mr. Fox playing?" It's got Yelp, YellowPages, Starbucks and more. Price : Free
Evernote: Evernote is arguably the best note-taking app on every platform on which it appears (iPhone, Android) and on Pre it's nearly as good. For some reason the Pre version lacks voice notes, but it's still what I use for grocery lists. Price : Free
Pandora: It's Pandora. It's great. Especially essential on the Pre, which has a mere 8GB of non-expandable memory. Price : Free
Fandango: Another one that you probably already know, Fandango's the best movie-finding app on WebOS. It saves nearby or favorite theaters, uses GPS to find those closest, lets you watch trailers—it's everything you'd want in a movie app. Price : Free
Twee: I had a hard time deciding between Twee and Tweed for the title of Palm Pre Twitter Champ, but decided on Twee for two reasons. First, I like its story—it was a jailbreak app first, and muscled its way into the App Catalog on sheer moxie and pluck. Second, it offers a free version, which is the one I actually use. Tweed has a more conventional (read: prettier) interface, but I'm not sure that's worth three bucks when TweeFree is totally competent. Price : Free
NYTimes: An essential for any smartphone platform, the Pre's NYTimes app falls in between the iPhone's and Android's in quality. It's less buggy and better-looking than Android's, but its smaller screen and slightly slower performance gives iPhone the edge. Regardless, it's a great app for the greatest news outlet in the country, and lets you feel informed even though you're just skimming headlines while sitting on the toilet. Price : Free
TasteSpotting Today: TasteSpotting is my favorite food website, but the things that make it great (huge and constantly updated selection, links to external websites, great photography) also make it a headache to read on a mobile device. But TasteSpotting Today puts the massive amounts of info in an easy-to-read format. Great for anyone who likes food. $1
Tea Timer: Honestly, I don't really like tea. I can never get it to taste like much besides tea-flavored hot water, and, you know, I always feel like could be drinking coffee instead. But I have to say, Tea Timer, which provides exact steeping times for a huge variety of tea types (as well as a countdown timer), did result in the best cup of loose-leaf Rooibos I've ever had. Still tasted like tea-flavored water, but it was the best tea-flavored water I've ever made. Way to go, Tea Timer. $1
Topple Ball: The Pre's definitely lacking in games compared to the iPhone, but Topple Ball is the perfect waiting-for-a-bus game. It's kind of like that tilting maze game Labyrinth, but with obstacles like bumpers, launchers and teleporters to provide extra challenge. Surprisingly tough, but my go-to timewaster. $2, free version available
Stitcher: As with Pandora, it's important to have a source of streaming media to make up for the Pre's anemic storage, and Stitcher is my favorite podcast app on the platform. It's sleek, fairly full-featured, streams quickly, and has an easy-to-use interface. Price : Free
Scoop: Scoop is my pick for best RSS reader on the Pre, due to its solid integration with Google Reader. Feeds is the other frontrunner, but it's five times more expensive and you definitely aren't getting more for your money. $1
Open Table: Open Table is a great (albeit sometimes limited) way to reserve tables at restaurants without having to, like, talk to a human being. It's really effective in major urban areas like NYC and SF, although in my suburban Pennsylvania hometown I was better off using Yelp and calling the restaurants. Price : Free
Accuweather: Tells you the weather. Price : Free
Dealert: Tracks deals from a variety of online deal purveyors, like SlickDeals, DealNews and FatWallet. That's provided you need some other source of deals beyond our own Gadget Deals of the Day, shocking though that may be. $2
Yelp: The premiere source for sometimes-corrupt listings of restaurants and local businesses. Need pan-Asian-Ethiopian fusion food right now, in the middle of Little Italy? Yelp's got your back. Price : Free
JogStats: If you're one of those weirdos who likes jogging even when there's a perfectly nice couch you could be sitting on, JogStats is the best running assistant on WebOS. It tracks your distance, speed, calories, altitude, all that stuff that makes me exhausted just typing it. $5
Classic: For the guy who just can't let go to the past, this oddly third-party app recreates the classic Palm OS on your Pre or Pixi, complete with virtual buttons, and will run any Palm OS app. Price : Free
GDial: The Palm Pre's Google Voice app is damn good—in John Herrman's words, "The Pre handles Google Voice nearly as well as Android, and obviously way better than the iPhone." Price : Free
Crosswords: It ain't from Will Shortz, but the Pre's Crosswords app is surprisingly excellent. Clever puzzles, huge selection, with a range of challenge from Monday to Saturday (there's a little crossword humor for you). Seems expensive, but if you're into crossword puzzles, this could mean dozens of hours of entertainment. Or, if you're like me, hundreds of hours. $10
Media Remote: A version of Apple's very first iPhone app, Remote, Media Remote takes the idea to the next level by letting you control several different programs on a Windows PC—WMP, iTunes, MediaMonkey, VLC and XBMC. Pre only (since the Pixi has no Wi-Fi) and yeah, Windows only is lame, but I use this app all the time to control my XBMC-running media center and it works great. Price : Free
Treo 700p with SERO Plan · 40 Free Wallpapers for the Palm Pre Best part about all these apps? They are all FREE, (unless where noted). AppBrain, essential, As previously mentioned, check this every day to see what great apps are out there. A must have for anyone with an Android phone
