Future of Computing

After many setbacks the dream of building a “$100″ laptop for use in third world countries has been realised this week, with the first model rolling off the production line.

Following on from the ‘Mouse Brain simulated on a Computer‘ article, I wonder how close we are in terms of achieving a fully synthetic human brain? Will there be a technological break through in the coming years to decide the fate of Artificial life forms?.. only time will tell I guess, but for the mean time, meet Jules, ’supposedly’ the most life-like robot to date.

Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move. The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services.

The move will be seen as a major competitor to Microsoft, Research in Motion, Palm and Symbian, who make the leading software systems for mobiles.

Following up from the Game Console could help cure cancer article, the PS3 project has now been recognized as the World’s most powerful distributed computing network.

The network has more than one petaflop of computing power - the equivalent of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

The next service pack for Windows XP contains bits and pieces from Vista.

According to NeoSmart Technologies, which is among those who have received the first version of Windows XP SP3 build 3205 as part of the Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista SP1 beta program, SP3 has more than 1,073 patches/hotfixes including security updates.

Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users’ knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates.

Ofcom’s annual report reveals that older media such as TV, radio and even DVDs are being abandoned in favour of more modern technology. The net, mobile phones and MP3 players are revolutionising how people spend their time.