You may have read some years ago about a project that was able to utilise the spare computing power on your desktop or laptop computer to search for life amongst the stars. Well, with the number of number mobiles devices in the world now surpassing traditional PCs the emphasis has switched to being able to …
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Why the world’s smallest movie is good news for big data You wouldn’t think that IBM’s announcement that is had made the world’s smallest movie using atoms would have much impact on the business world – but you couldn’t be more wrong! Using an IBM-invented scanning tunnelling microscope the individual atoms were moved to create …
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You can tell when a technology is becoming increasingly important – when old adversaries suddenly start working together to exploit the opportunity. The old proverb “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” certainly came to mind when Oracle recently announced agreements with long-time protagonists Microsoft and Salesforce.com. Before you think the world has stopped turning, or …
