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Photos: The Cern computers cracking the Big Bang
Photo To store the huge amount of data the LHC produces, the centre houses eight petabytes of hard discs and 18 petabytes of magnetic tapes. The Cern Computer Centre, seen here, is the number-crunching hub that powers the... [06 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo The bus uses sensors to detect magnetic fields created by magnets at the side of the road. The MoD showed off the computer games it uses to give army drivers in the Royal Logistics Corps experience of situations they... [02 Oct 2008]
Forensic Data Recovery and Examination of Magnetic Swipe Card Cloning Devices
White Paper Magnetic swipe card technology is used for many purposes including credit, debit, store loyalty, mobile phone top-up and security identification cards. The paper introduces the type of technology, and range of devices... [01 Oct 2008]
Photos: Tomorrow's tech showcased by inventors
Photo The so-called "magnetocaloric" metals, such as gadolinium alloys, heat up when exposed to a magnetic field. The heat is then removed from the materials and the magnetic field is weakened by moving the... [18 Sep 2008]
Photos: The bus that doesn't need a driver
Photo The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has provided $320,000 to fund this Automated Bus Guidance System demonstration project, conducted by the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) program based at... [11 Sep 2008]
Photos: Britain's first business computer
Photo The National Museum of Computing's Murrell explains: "Elliott the company was in Boreham Wood in North London and when they needed to find a source of tape they actually went to the film industry because this is actually 35mm film stock... [05 Sep 2008]
Photos: Some creative uses for USB ports
Photo It responds to changes in electro-magnetic turbulence, heat, light and biometrics to predict imminent paranormal activity. The Force is strong in this four-port R2-D2 USB hub. The loveable rust bucket will spin his head... [18 Aug 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News When police raided the premises they found stolen chip and PIN terminals, card account numbers, a card reader/writer, computer software and fake magnetic stripe cards. These are then used to create fake... [14 Aug 2008]
Research Facility Gains Best Price for Performance With New Powerful Infrastructure
White Paper Situated within the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, WBIC uses Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans to study changes in brain function after injury. [04 Aug 2008]
Seagate unleashes 1.5TB desktop
News Both drives use perpendicular magnetic recording technology. Seagate has unveiled 1.5TB desktop and half-terabyte laptop hard drives, claiming industry firsts for both. The Barracuda 7200 1.5TB drive is aimed at the... [15 Jul 2008]
American Fiber Systems Case Study: J.R. Simplot Company
White Paper Information was backed-up and stored using the time-consuming and costly magnetic tapes. Based in Boise, Idaho, the J.R. Simplot Company is one of the largest privately held companies in the world. Like many companies in... [11 Jul 2008]
Measurement of the Bandwidth of Helicon Maser
White Paper Radio frequency (RF) magnetoplasmic waves known as helicons will propagate in solid - state plasmas of metals and semiconductors when a strong magnetic field is applied. In Helicon Maser (HM) the helicons are exited by... [10 Jul 2008]
24*7 Data Center Support for a Manufacturing Company
White Paper The client is the world's largest manufacturer of disk drives, magnetic discs & read-write heads and a leader in storage area network (SAN) solutions and server appliances. The customer required 24*7 support for servers,... [09 Jul 2008]
RSA Smart Badging: Securing PCs, Networks and Buildings
White Paper They can carry photographs of their holders and bar codes, company logos and magnetic stripes. This white paper provides an overview of the Smart badges technology. Smart badges are superficially identical to the credit... [03 Jul 2008]
Security Issues with Decommisioning Magnetic Media
White Paper This document describes practical considerations of taking magnetic media out of useful service or transferring such media to other departments or organizations. After raising awareness of the security, business, and... [03 Jul 2008]
