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The Indian government-run Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has designed a parallel-processing 1 TFLOP (trillion floating point operations per second) supercomputer, scalable up to 16 TFLOPs and available on a build-to-order basis.

Microsoft Thursday released an upgrade to its set of Web-based services that can be used to add location-aware features to applications that run on devices ranging from mobile phones to personal computers.

The Aurora Australis, on a recent voyage to Antarctica, was a high-tech computer network on water, with scientists conducting onboard biological analysis through a five-server system.

Not even an early morning interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve could shore up losses in the U.S. markets Monday, as jittery investors went on a selling spree, fearing that last week's terrorist attacks could lead to a worldwide recession.

To some people, a balaclava-clad stranger outside a city bank may seem suspicious and perhaps particularly so to a police officer who'd be inclined to arrest - or at least ask questions of the person - about wearing such a provocative accessory in the vicinity of a bank. But ask an IT security vendor about such headwear and you'd probably get a simple explanation - the person's cold, or bald.

Microsoft's decision not to bundle the Java virtual machine (JVM) in the forthcoming Windows XP operating system will be little more than a nuisance for corporate users, analysts said. But the decision, announced Wednesday, may deter developers from picking Java as their Web language of choice.

As every IT professional knows, it's getting harder and harder to find qualified developers. That's why so many companies are turning to virtual development teams -- geographically dispersed groups of coders who collaborate in the development of large e-business applications.

Broadband providers will differentiate themselves by offering innovative services which take over their subscribers' burdens

Printing on the fly will soon not mean lugging around a portable printer but rather the ability to print anywhere at any time using wireless technologies.

Agate Technology will bring IBM's Linear Tape-Open Ultrium (LTO Ultrium) to the Australian market, giving the network server and mid-range sector a high-capacity tool to deal with the explosion of e-biz information.

Agate Technology will bring IBM's Linear Tape-Open Ultrium (LTO Ultrium), to the Australia market, giving the network server and midrange sector a high-capacity tool to deal with the explosion of e-business information.