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Wednesday, 3-July-2013 02:08:29 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Urgh, no internet all day, back up now.
ITNews look back at their Top 20 Stephen Conroy moments, now he's resigned. While he undoubtedly drove some deeply unpopular policies in the portfolio, Conroy also hit a number of high notes that get few complaints from the industry — the $250 million backhaul blackspots program springs to mind. He's also had his fair share of gaffes, gutsy moves and outrageous statements.
It's been confirmed that quantum CPUs really do employ quantum effects. This means that the device appears to be operating as a quantum processor -- something that scientists had hoped for but have needed extensive testing to verify. The quantum processor was purchased from Canadian manufacturer D-Wave nearly two years ago by Lockheed Martin and housed at the USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute (ISI). As the first of its kind, the task for scientists putting it through its paces was to determine whether the quantum computer was operating as hoped.
Microsoft are shutting down TechNet, or at least, the subscription system. New subscriptions won't be accepted after August 31 this year, and they have be activated before the end of September. Subscriptions will be honoured for a year until September 2014, and those with an active Microsoft Certified Trainer Accreditation will have access to the program until end of March next year. More details here, discussion here.
An environmental activist has been charged over a hoax email. Mr Moylan said he had been told of the charge on Thursday night and would appear in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Tuesday, July 23. Mr Moylan said he had been charged under Section 1041E of the Corporations Act, which carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail and a fine of up to $495,000.
Felix spotted the first consumer 4k monitor from Asus. The 31.5-inch monitor has a resolution of 3840 x 2160, giving you four HDTVs’ worth of pixels to play with. It’s also the "thinnest 4K UHD monitor available" according to Asus, measuring 35mm at its thickest point. We had some issues driving the display with an Ivy Bridge MacBook Pro, but the company says you’ll be able to get full resolution at 60Hz with the integrated GPU in Intel’s latest Haswell’s processors, either over DisplayPort 1.2 or through one of the display's two HDMI ports.
Speaking of big numbers, Gunna sent in this superfast transmission using the "orbital angular momentum" of light. Over 1.1 kilometers of a specially designed optical fiber that minimizes mode coupling, we achieved 400-gigabits-per-second data transmission using four angular momentum modes at a single wavelength, and 1.6 terabits per second using two OAM modes over 10 wavelengths.
A strange ruling in Sweden has meant LAN parties will be taxed. Gamers in Sweden suffer a hard financial blow as authorities decide to tax so-called LAN parties. From now on, organizers of multiplayer get-togethers will be forced to pay a fee of up to $5,000 in order to receive a "permit" to connect PCs and video game consoles for gaming purposes.
Some Simpsons fans have built the Homer car from the series. Well, it took more than two decades for the engineers at Porcubimmer Motors to turn the idea into reality, but you can't rush a car that's "powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball."
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