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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]
News Providers use virtualisation extensively and grid computing software. Cloud computing, the notion of outsourcing hardware and software to Internet service providers, is showing the classic signs of disruptive technology - it's not good enough for...
[11 Mar 2008]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
News The intensive development work and data telemetry and analysis needed to stay at the sharp end of the grid during the season creates unique demands and relies on having the best IT infrastructure possible.
[14 Mar 2007]
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]
News Scientists working to find effective drugs to combat malaria have enlisted the computing muscle of a grid spanning 28 countries. The Wisdom grid, which utilised up to 5,000 computers simultaneously, helped to analyse potential drug compounds...
[15 Feb 2007]
News Banking giant Merrill Lynch is using grid technologies to boost the performance of its applications, with some now running four times faster than before. Juan Lando, director of the company's grid centre of expertise, said grid is a technology with...
[25 Jan 2007]
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]
News The number two rollout will take place in the city of Warwick, with the WISP (wireless ISP) working with National Grid Wireless, Warwick District Council and Intel to set up WiMax connectivity over three sites.
[18 Jan 2007]
News Linden plans to eventually make the server software that powers its grid open source software as well, Ondrejka said, though he added the company will proceed cautiously and gave no deadlines. The initial move means outsiders will be able to modify...
[09 Jan 2007]
News Formula One team BMW-Sauber has revealed the secret weapon in its attempt to move up the grid in 2007 - the fastest supercomputer in industrial use in Europe. CFD uses numerical grid models to calculate the performance of aero parts, some of which...
[04 Jan 2007]
News Ellenby, who helped found laptop pioneer Grid Systems, came up with the idea with his sons, in part to compensate for his own weak sense of direction. A mobile software company that serves up 3D maps and walking directions to Japan's mobile phone...
[01 Nov 2006]
News The borough's schoolchildren will all have access to the Luton Learning Grid via the network with a bandwidth of up to 10Mbps. Luton Borough Council (LBC) has joined other local authorities in implementing a high speed WAN linking council offices...
[26 Oct 2006]
News As part of Hertfordshire's Grid for Learning initiative, the network connects 560 schools and 172,000 people. Local communities in Hertfordshire can now enjoy the benefits of a high speed WAN linking schools across the county.
[29 Sep 2006]
News While the risk will be high that they will be caught, they will accept that as a fact of life for 'the cause' and be prepared to go to prison for 30 years because they stopped a banking system working or a power grid taken down or took down the...
[28 Sep 2006]
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