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Technology
NVIDIA dresses up CUDA parallel computing platform
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This week’s NVIDIA announcement of a dressed up version of its CUDA parallel computing platform is targeted as a good news message for engineers, biologists, chemists, physicists, geophysicists, and other researchers on fast-track computations using GPUs. The new version features an LLVM (low-level virtual machine)-based CUDA compiler, new imaging and signal processing functions added to the NVIDIA Performance Primitives library and a redesigned Visual Profiler with automated performance analysis and expert guidance. NVIDIA says the new enhancements are ways to advance simulations and comput
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Call Twitter From A Hacked Rotary Phone
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The Rotary Emotiphone is a vintage rotary phone that’s been revived to tweet emoticons. This particular project, by Instructables user zvizvi comes with a list of predefined emoticons, each assigned to a single digit and matched with a uniquely colored LED.
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Twitter's New Censorship plan rouses Global Furor
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Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
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10 Ways Your Startup Can Hook Into Facebook, Part I: On The Web
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Having already covered how startups can use search and Twitter to find customers, here's 10 steps for finding people on another key marketing platform: Facebook
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Physics Professor Analyzes Whether No-Name Batteries Are a Better Value Than Duracell, Energizer | Moneyland | TIME.com
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Duracell? Energizer? The cheapie packages of AAs at the dollar store? Tired of dumping money blindly on batteries for Wii remote controllers, flashlights, Nerf guns, and the like, a physicist decides it's time to investigate which batteries truly give the most bang for the buck.
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Sports
Watch Snowmobiler Colton Moore’s Dramaic X-Games Crash After Missing a Holy Grab
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The X-Games started this evening, which means freestyle snowmobilers are doing questionably sane stunts at the base of Aspen's Buttermilk mountain.
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Victoria Azarenka stuns Maria Sharapova in Australian Open final
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Victoria Azarenka beats Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-0 in the Australian Open final to win her maiden Grand Slam title and become the new world number one.
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The Best Game Of Tennis Ever?
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In tennis you can go for games without seeing something truly outstanding. When Andy Murray took on Michael Llodra they produced four of the best points you'...
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Bisping Brings Two 'Birds' to UFC on Fox Weigh-In
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Michael Bisping broke out the double-bird salute for his 'fans' at the UFC on Fox weigh-ins. Bisping was announced by UFC commentator Joe Rogan, and he
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Ball boy earns huge ovation at Australian Open
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Tennis fans at the Australian Open were treated to a thrilling spectacle when Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in a pulsating semi-final on Thursday. But one of the biggest cheers of the night was reserved for the ball boy, who … Continue reading →
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