Tag archive: Bristol

A number of companies, including IBM, have been working together on a new supercomputer that was rolled out by BristolUniversity in England. Capable of 37 trillion calculations each second, Blue Crystal – as it’s known – will be used to help with research on aerospace engineering, climatechange and drug design.   With a $14 million price tag it’s unlikely to be affordable to run those games really fast in your living… Read More

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard has announced it will focus its research and development efforts on a handful of “big bets” rather than funding development of hundreds of smaller projects. The new approach for HP Labs has HP consolidating its efforts into 23 distinct labs in seven locations around the world (Palo Alta, Beijing, Bangalore, Bristol, Haifa, St. Petersburg, and Tokyo) under the supervision of Prith Banerjee; the… Read More

He called himself Mr. Modchips, but the only thing he might be modifying in the near future is a jail cell.   The man, whose real name is Neil Higgs, from Bristol, UK, was found guilty last week of 26 offenses under a 2003 amendment to the 1988 Copyright Act. He’s the second person in the UK to be found guilty under the amendment, which was introduced to stop these kinds of chip offenses.  A Mr Modchips site appears to still be… Read More