New-Fangled Computer Chips Could Mimic Brain Synapses

A recently published University of Exeter paper brings the possibility of achieving brain-like computing one step closer. The paper, published in Advanced Materials, states the result of a study that demonstrated for the first time the ability to simultaneously perform information and storage tasks using phase-change materials.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72751.html

RACKABLE SYSTEMS QUEST SOFTWARE

iPhone 5 rumor roundup

CNET tracks all the iPhone 5 rumors--from the likely to the crazy--that we've heard so far in 2011.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

Source: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20073431-233/iphone-5-rumor-roundup/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple

NII HOLDINGS NIKON

Altaro Hyper-V Backup beta launched, only 250 places available

This one's for the sysadmins in the audience: Altaro, makers of our favorite "time machine for Windows" back solution, OopsBackup, have just announced a new product entering beta called Hyper-V Backup.

It's a backup solution for virtual machines running on Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization solution. If that sentence just seemed like a bunch of buzzwords crammed together, Hyper-V backup is not for you. But, if you actually use Hyper-V and are hankering for a good backup solution, Altaro might be worth checking out.

The beta run is limited - Altaro are looking for just 250 testers. All participants will get a free license key to the final, production version. So if you're interested in helping test Hyper-V Backup, get yourself over to Altaro now and join the beta.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/02/altaro-hyper-v-backup-beta-launched-only-250-places-available/

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Red Hat Arquillian app testing technology coming next month

Red Hat is readying a general release of its Arquillian testing technology for enterprise Java application development, which is intended to make it easy for developers to perform integration testing.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/red-hat-arquillian-app-testing-technology-coming-next-month-281

UNITED ONLINE UNISYS

Windows 8 and Hyper-V 3.0: Revolutionary benefits await admins

Earlier this week, news leaked that Windows 8 has Hyper-V 3.0 built in. Leaked build 7989 shows it in the Windows Features section, and apparently it comes with enhancements to Hyper-V that will be exciting to see for both the client and server worlds. It seems there's also a new virtual hard drive format (.vhdx) that allows for up to 16TB of data, as opposed to the 2TB limit of .vhd.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/windows-8-and-hyper-v-30-revolutionary-benefits-await-admins-906?source=rss_microsoft_windows

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TERADATA

How Should RIM Right Its Ship?

After dismal quarterly results, can it reverse the perception by many that the BlackBerry is old school and manage to rekindle buzz about the platform and company?

Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=f9f527017f6ab08c5138ff65488a3bca

SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES SES

Downgrading Skype and Silver Lake to 'Evil'

Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/XdaOgOf9EVc/

SAIC ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

Jetbus is a retro-tastic physics game, with a bus

Once upon a time, there used to be a DOS game with a caveman and a human powered helicopter. The caveman would shuttle around the screen, madly trying to get customers to where they wanted to go.

Jetbus is not that game, but it's obviously inspired by it. You're driving a yellow school bus which has jets. I guess the jet engine takes quite a bit of space inside the bus, because you can only pick up one person at a time.

There are several doors on the screen, each with its own number. As you pick up a person, the status bar at the bottom of the screen shows you which number door you have to take them to.

You must fly your bus carefully, because if it gets bumped around too much, you lose. You earn money on each level, and can visit the garage to buy better jets and damping, power-ups, or even a whole new vehicle.

So while this game isn't made as well as the original that inspired it, it does provide a few minutes of fun. And now, which one of you guys remembers the original and feels like pointing to it in the comments?

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/15/jetbus-is-a-retro-tastic-physics-game-with-a-bus/

IRON MOUNTAIN INORATED IOMEGA

Dodge is a space-shooter in which you have no weapons

Space-shooters are usually a fairly fiery affair, with many types of guns, weapon upgrades, power-ups and more. Dodge does away with all of that, while keeping the very essence of a space shooter: Dark background, fast action, and stuff blowing up all over the place.

Your vector-looking spacecraft is the fastest thing on the screen, most of the time. And as the header implies, you have absolutely no weapons; you can't get any, either. All you have is agility and maneuverability.

Your opponents shoot heat-seeking missiles at you; the missiles lock on and start tracking you. The trick is to dodge the missiles while putting them in the path of one of your enemies, thus letting them have a taste of their own medicine.

There are three types of enemies, at least in the first few levels: "simple" spaceships which fire slow projectiles, "tanks" which seem to be more serious and take more hits to destroy, and "circles." The circles simply explode, spewing twenty or thirty very fast projectiles. This sounds dangerous, but is actually great once you learn to use them; they are very destructive for tanks, and can even blow up other circles.

The soundtrack is very techno, but it meshes very well with this type of game. Intense fun!

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Captain America Trailer

A new trailer for 'Captain America'.

Source: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1813626064/bctid1020753540001?src=mrss

ELECTRONIC ARTS ECLIPSYS

LaCie Reveals 100GB CloudBox HDD / Cloud Storage Solution

Cloud this, cloud that. These days, it's either about tablets or clouds, or both! LaCie has a new external hard drive on offer, but the 100GB box isn't your average drive. It's actually fairly small in size, but what it lacks locally it makes up for on the cloud. Basically, it keeps one copy of your computer back-up on the drive. And then...

Source: http://hothardware.com/News/LaCie-Reveals-100GB-CloudBox-HDD--Cloud-Storage-Solution/

WESTERN DIGITAL VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES

Mozilla and Firefox 5: Upgrade or Die!

Mozilla released Firefox 5 earlier this week, just three months after rolling out Firefox 4 and a month after it released version 5 in beta. Version 5 has "more than 1,000 improvements," which include the "Do Not Track" privacy feature and support for the CSS Animations standard, among other things.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72739.html

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Lytro's New Camera: Shoot First, Focus Later

Startup company Lytro has announced what it calls the first light field camera for everyone. This will let users take photographs, then select the focal point later. The camera uses light field sensors to capture the color, intensity and vector direction of all the light rays in a scene, then uses algorithms to process them and let users change the focus as desired after taking the shot.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72721.html

EMULEX EMS TECHNOLOGIES

iOS Is The Most Secure Mobile OS

Apple's mobile operating system does a better job of protecting users than any other platform on a tablet, smartphone, or even a laptop.

Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=6b4bccb0f6bab7149a1bba89fc8c6011

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Daily Crunch: Start Again Edition

Windows 8 Brings Entirely New Look And Feel, Unifies Touch And PC Interfaces Thanko Sells HD Video Camera Sunglasses Hands-On With The New Nook: Watch Out, Amazon Angry Birds Games And Videos Coming To A Roku Near You Contest: Win One Of Two New Element iPhone 4 Cases

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/02/daily-crunch-start-again/

INTEL INSIGHT ENTERPRISES

Why Johnny can't program -- and how that can change

When I was a kid, the first stop on the road to becoming a computer programmer was the local arcade. In the 1980s, as now, video games were a booming business. As a preteen enthralled by these glowing, interactive marvels, to be told that I could actually learn how to make video games was like being handed a scholarship to Hogwarts. The arrival of the home computer made it possible.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/why-johnny-cant-program-and-how-can-change-080?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_

COMMSCOPE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS

Apple awarded patent for iPhone interface

When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone at Macworld Expo 2007, he lauded its multitouch interface. "And boy, have we patented it," he added. It seems that now, four and a half years after Jobs declared the iPhone's innovations worth protecting, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has agreed.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/apple-awarded-patent-iphone-interface-042

INVENTEC KDDI

Chocomize personalized chocolate: giveaway and discount code

Okay, I know what you're thinking: chocolate on Download Squad? That's right! That's because Chocomize is one of the nerdiest ways to get chocolate online: it's a website where you customize your own bar using a multi-step process.

We've covered Chocomize before in our holiday gift guide, so when they reached out to us offering to do a giveaway, we really couldn't resist.

Chocomize is giving away ten gift certificates, each worth $50, for you to create your own customized chocolate. They sent us some pictures of their recent creations, which you can find in the gallery below.

Regardless of the giveaway, you can use the discount code switched to get 10% off any Chocomize order. The code is valid through April 20th - just in time for Easter!

To participate, simply leave a comment. Fine print is after the jump.

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Chocomize personalized chocolate: giveaway and discount code originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/giveaway-and-discount-code-chocomize-personalized-chocolate/

SONUS NETWORKS SONIC AUTOMOTIVE

Daily Crunch: Space Bird Edition

Review: Kobo eReader Touch Edition Video: A Massive OLED Globe Fit For, Well, A Museum The Opena iPhone 4 Case Hides/Showcases Your Drinking Habit SugarSync Adds Mobile Device Management To Send Files To Devices From The Web Chair + Skateboard = Isukebo

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/14/daily-crunch-space-bird/

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

RIM, You?re Done Here

Research In Motion is done. They'll be bought in the next year or so, their products will roll into whoever buys them - Microsoft, most probably - and they'll go the way of Nokia, Danger, and countless other mobile platforms. They'll exist independently for a while and then be subsumed. It's over. Here's why.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/kS_y0VRhjbA/

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