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DDC and EDID: How Video Displays Learned How to Talk Back

DDC and EDID: How Video Displays Learned How to Talk Back

Although far from being actual living organisms, personal computers have a history with revealing similarities to the fight for... Read more

May 1, 2009

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

'If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0'

'If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0'

...in perpetual beta. The thing never finishes. It's like a living organism, it's always on the move. Every week iPlayer shifts new features... Read more

Feb 18, 2009

silicon.com > White Papers > Security > Intrusion - Tampering

Computer Virus, Survey Study

Computer Virus, Survey Study

...conditions of conflicting computer systems. Viruses seem to be the only alive organisms in the computer environment, and yet another main goal is survival Read more

Dec 23, 2009

silicon.com > White Papers > Software and Web Development > Software Development Tools

World-Renowned Genome Research Facility Relies on Sun to Provide Cost-Efficient High-Performance Compute Grid

World-Renowned Genome Research Facility Relies on Sun to Provide Cost-Efficient High-Performance Compute Grid

...to deciphering and analyzing genomes - the complex molecular chains that constitute each organism's unique genetic heritage. The company's challenge was to improve performance... Read more

Apr 16, 2008

silicon.com > Technology > Hardware

BT living in a bacterial world

BT living in a bacterial world

Telco employs brainless organisms (and no, we're not talking about its customer service staff Read more

Sep 17, 2001

silicon.com > Technology > Hardware

Photos: Six unusual power sources

Photos: Six unusual power sources

...device which could be used to charge mobiles. The prototype device uses organisms to digest biomass - such as animal dung - and convert it to electricity... Read more

Nov 19, 2007

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Are IT departments doomed?

'Tech-nomads' just don't need them... Read more

May 7, 2004

silicon.com > Technology > Software

Radio chips implanted inside human brain inside 10 years

Radio chips implanted inside human brain inside 10 years

...and claimed to be the world's first true cyborg, or cybernetic organism. This experiment allowed Warwick to be tracked as he moved about the... Read more

Sep 23, 2003

silicon.com > White Papers > Software and Web Development > Software Development Tools

Cost Savings and Greater Transparency With Open Source

Cost Savings and Greater Transparency With Open Source

...mission is to sequence and analyze the genomes of pathogens and other organisms. TIGR recognized the performance and cost advantages of open source, but also... Read more

Jun 2, 2007

silicon.com > White Papers > Data Management > Data Infrastructure

BI: - Implementing and Managing an Information Quality Culture

BI: - Implementing and Managing an Information Quality Culture

...Information Age. It is a culture of stewardship in which the corporate organism acts as a team in which if one part wins, the entire... Read more

May 12, 2007