simulation

Michael Hayden's may not be a household name, but it is a name closely aligned with the phrase "warrantless wiretapping." From 1999 to 2005, Hayden was director of the National Security Agency, where he oversaw the controversial "warrantless surveillance" program. President George W. Bush nominated him as CIA director in 2006 and he served in that position until early 2009.

Michael Hayden's may not be a household name, but it is a name closely aligned with the phrase "warrantless wiretapping." From 1999 to 2005, Hayden was director of the National Security Agency, where he oversaw the controversial "warrantless surveillance" program. President George W. Bush nominated him as CIA director in 2006 and he served in that position until early 2009.

Nvidia have delayed the last piece of its GPU puzzle. After two delays in getting its Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) out the door in November and then again in January, reports say Nvidia has pushed the architecture code-named Fermi later into next year.

Fermi was the last piece in Nvidia's GPU computing puzzle, analysts say. The CUDA architecture brings the high-performance piece to the table. High-performance computing applications are expected to benefit from the first GPU to have an on-chip cache and off-chip shared memory.

by Colin Marshall

On Friday, EMI won an injunction against BlueBeat.com, forcing the web site to stop selling Beatles songs without permission. The London-based record label alleged that the music site was breaching its copyrights.

A Los Angeles federal court moved swiftly to issue a temporary restraining order against BlueBeat. EMI, which represents The Beatles works, filed suit against the BlueBeat site on Tuesday.

Nvidia used the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Calif., to show the world it has reached a new milestone in graphics processing. Nvidia demonstrated its next-generation GPU architecture, code-named Fermi. The new architecture will not replace the CPU, but will secure a significant place in PC system architecture.

Fermi's graphics capabilities will mean substantial improvements to game play, multimedia encoding and enhancement, and other PC applications, according to the company.

Nvidia used the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Calif., to show the world it has reached a new milestone in graphics processing. Nvidia demonstrated its next-generation GPU architecture, code-named Fermi. The new architecture will not replace the CPU, but will secure a significant place in PC system architecture.

Fermi's graphics capabilities will mean substantial improvements to game play, multimedia encoding and enhancement, and other PC applications, according to the company.

Quddus Mirza in Himal Southasian:

The Pakistani state no longer forces the country’s artists to comply with stringent political or moral diktats – but it doesn’t have to.“We live in a postmodern age, everything is simulation, everything is reference, even dictatorships.” – Dubravka Ugresic

Quddus Mirza in Himal Southasian:

The Pakistani state no longer forces the country’s artists to comply with stringent political or moral diktats – but it doesn’t have to.“We live in a postmodern age, everything is simulation, everything is reference, even dictatorships.” – Dubravka Ugresic