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RSS grid a in newsThe 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News The Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (LCG), a super high bandwidth network, will channel about 15 petabytes - 15 million gigabytes - of data from the LHC to about 5,000 scientists in 500 institutions every year for at least 10 years. [15 Jul 2008]
IBM puts money on solar power
News Guha said the goal of the partnership was to create a process for making the cells cheaply enough that they reach "grid parity", the level in which solar power is competitive with traditional forms of electricity generation. [16 Jun 2008]
Geographic database opens doors to private sector
News Information contained on the system includes addresses, postcodes and national grid references, as well as a unique property reference number for each individual property. A national geographical electronic database is now available for commercial... [30 Apr 2008]
Cloud computing - the data centre of the future?
News Providers use virtualisation extensively and grid computing software. Forrester Research on Monday released a report written by James Staten, an IT operations and infrastructure analyst, saying that cloud computing does not meet the needs of large... [11 Mar 2008]
Red Bull F1 racing up the grid
News The Red Bull Formula One (F1) team is using grid computing to boost development work for its 2008 racing car by getting the most out of its processing power. Using grid technology, workstations left idle by staff when they leave work can also be... [07 Mar 2008]
IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size
News The nanotube grid, conceivably, could function as a data-storage device or perform calculations. Once the nanotube array has been constructed, the laboratory-generated DNA molecules could be removed, leaving an orderly grid of nanotubes. [21 Feb 2008]
Scientists perfecting picture passwords
News By superimposing a background over the blank DAS grid, the Newcastle University researchers have created a system called BDAS: Background Draw a Secret. For example, if a person chooses a flower background and then draws a butterfly as their secret... [05 Nov 2007]
National ID Scheme an "essential defence"
News Byrne added the national ID system will become as much a part of the fabric of public life as the railways in the 19th century or the national grid in the 20th. The National Identity Scheme will be essential in combating the challenges presented by... [19 Jun 2007]
Cost and energy benefits driving virtualisation
News Combining multiple grid computing farms and adding virtualisation is also on the agenda. Virtualisation will be a key infrastructure priority for CIOs looking to reduce costs and increase energy efficiency over the next 12 months. [04 May 2007]
WiMax to go live in Warwick
News Wireless Warwick is working with Intel Solutions Services, National Grid Wireless and Pipex Wireless with the trial. Warwick District Council's WiMax trial will start this spring with the objective of a full rollout by the end of the year. [03 Apr 2007]
How Formula One takes tech to the extremes
News He said: "We know that if we don't have the have the car ready to go onto the grid at a certain point in time, then we miss the opportunity to qualify or we miss the opportunity to race and that's our sole focus in life. [14 Mar 2007]
Intel signs up to Green Grid movement
News The Green Grid, an IT industry effort to encourage the reduction of power consumption, declared itself open for business yesterday with a new membership structure and the inclusion of Intel. When The Green Grid initiative was first launched in... [27 Feb 2007]
Grid boosts efforts to fight malaria
News Scientists working to find effective drugs to combat malaria have enlisted the computing muscle of a grid spanning 28 countries. In the four months the Wisdom grid was up and running, more than 140 million compounds were processed and a total of 2... [15 Feb 2007]
Investment bank races apps around the grid
News Juan Lando, director of the company's grid centre of expertise, said grid is a technology with "tremendous amounts of benefit" for the business. Lando told the Finexpo conference London: "The real definition of grid is not about a new distributed... [25 Jan 2007]
50,000 sign up to BBC weather grid project
News A grid computing project launched by the BBC, the Met Office and others back in 2003 has seen more than 50,000 users volunteer their home computing power in the name of climate change. The grid project discovered the UK's average temperature is... [19 Jan 2007]
