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Intel has opened a research institute in Israel in order to develop technologies that mimic the human brain, so they can make computers, smartphones and other devices that will learn about users. Justin Rattner, director of Intel said that learning computers are a huge opportunity. Contrary to their name, smartphones are not that smart. My smartphone doesn't know more about me know compared to the moment I bought it. All these devices will know us as individuals and will adapt very much for us added Rattner in Tel Aviv for a press agency. Experts from the Institute of Intel Research Institute of Computational Intelligence will collaborate with other researchers from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Technion in Haifa to make develop devices that can improve our everyday life. For example, they can create a device that will remember where you leave your car keys for a week, and in the second week it will help us not to forget to take them before leaving home. Such devices ...

New Japanese supercomputer is more powerful than the next five fastest computers combined A Nipponese supercomputer assembled by Fujitsu Co. Took hold of the title of world's fastest computer. The previous winner was a Chinese rival. This means Japan is getting back in the top of the computer arms race for the first time in seven years. Established at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research,the "K Computer" executes more than eight quadrillion (8,000 trillion) computations per second. K Computer is a play on the Nipponese word "kei" for the number 10 quadrillion, which will be the total power this supercomputer is targeted to cover once it is completed in 2012. K Computer is a major progress from existing supercomputers. It's more potent than the following 5 fastest computer systems combined. This means it can execute 3 times as many computations per second as the No. 2 supercomputer, configured by China's National University of De...

The information revolution helped spark the green revolution. But sometimes computers themselves can be a bit of a problem. Many of their components are manufactured using a lot of noxious chemicals. The power efficiency is a problem too. The components present other safe disposal problems. Here are a few ways you can do your computing in a more planet-positive way. 1) The good news on cost: on the whole, greener computers don’t cost much more than their non-green siblings. And you’ll save money every minute they’re running, not to mention the peace of mind you’ll get. 2) Before you buy, do the research, using sites like Metaefficent.com. They’ll tell you which companies are doing the most, and which models are the greenest (and which are the worst) 3) Energy costs have gone up so much that businesses that use large numbers of PCs are finally starting to take the power consumption of their computers seriously, pushing manufacturers to get serious about efficiency. 4) The European Union...