Leave it to space nerds with money to come up with the world's highest resolution visualization system. NASA's Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames has created the 128-screen hyperwall-2, a mega display capable of rendering one quarter billion pixels. Hyperwall-2 measures 23- x 10-feet of LCD goodness, and is powered by 128 GPUs and 1,024 processor cores with 74 teraflops of peak processing power. To top things off, 475 terabytes of storage keep the system rolling. All in all, hyperwall-2 has more than 100 times the processing power of its poor predecessor, hyperwall, from 2002. The elder hyperwall was unavailable for comment and is most likely on an alcoholic bender somewhere, complaining about "kids these days."

A brand new operating system is being developed by Microsoft. This operating system is planned as the sucessor of Windows Vista, which was released in early 2007. Its name is Windows Se7en. This operating system was also known as Blackcomb and Vienna. Windows Se7en is expected to be released sometime in 2010.

Here are some of Windows Se7en's screenshots:











And, the best picture is yet to come...


Never mind those fancy BD-R critters, how's about a 42GB DVD? Researchers with a good deal more intelligence than us over at Tohoku University have reportedly figured out a way to "multiply the amount of data that can be stored on a DVD or CD by 9." Based on our best guess at translating a foreign language (we kid... sort of), the achievement was realized by shaping the pits on a DVD's surface like Vs, essentially making the disc more capacious in the process. Unfortunately, said project will probably never see any mainstream attention, as existing DVD / CD players won't recognize the malformed media, and worse still, the process can't be applied to Blu-ray Discs.

Intel has published its brand new processor which was named Atom. Intel Atom, code named Silverthorne and Diamondville, is a very small processor that consumes a very low power.

This processor is designed specifically for mobile internet devices (MIDs). The design also includes support for multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness. All of this on a chip that measures less than 25 mm².


In addition to the MID opportunity, Intel believes the demand for a new category of low-cost, Internet-centric mobile computing devices dubbed "netbooks" and basic Internet-centric desktop PCs dubbed "nettops," will grow substantially over the next several years. The Intel Atom processor is perfectly suited to meet these new market segments.

Below is an image showing the sizes of Intel Atom for those three different devices.

Solar Power seems to be the wave of the future of powering gadgets or homes. But what about liquid? The NEC Flask, which will be released sometime later in this year, is powered by a liquid fuel cell that disappears as the power is drained away. The phone will also feature a touchscreen display and will have a unique sexiness written all over it.

NEC is set to begin pushing fuel cell-powered handsets if the pic we see here can be believed. Color choices are vary, and it appears that the liquid provides the color. There's no word on any specs, pricing, networks, or anything, so until we get that bit of detail sorted, enjoy the pretty pictures.


You've piddled around in our unboxing shots and replayed that hands-on video countless times. Now, the time has finally come to bust open the piggy bank and secure your very own Nokia N78. Dramatics aside, the HSDPA-packin' handset that also musters a 3.2-megapixel camera and A-GPS can now be purchased at Nokia flagship stores in Chicago and New York, numerous online retailers and the occasional mom 'n pop shop for around $560. So, who's getting one?


Our money is on the one with more G's, but that's just us. The folks at iLounge managed to nab a comparison shot of the original iPhone next to its 3G successor, and while the differences aren't anything you couldn't have guessed, it's still nice to see the two in the flesh -- at least we think they're in the flesh, this could be just a shot of the iPhone 3G's rear case, which has been floating around iLounge of late.

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