A bit of technology in a world of geeks

Tesla Personal Supercomputer under $10,000 with Nvidia graphics processing unit (GPU) inside and utilising parallel computing architecture. Claims are that Computers with the Tesla C1060 GPU processor have 250 times the processing power of a PC workstation. It should be good for password cracking :-).

Microsoft is going to offer a free anti-malware solution codenamed "Morro" to provide 'comprehensive protection from malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans'. Windows Live OneCare will no longer be sold from June 30, 2009. Hopefully it would have a positive impact on stopping malware from spreading without killing the sales figures of other anti-virus vendors.

Faster FireWire and USB speeds

Next year we may see a new version of FireWire known as S3200. This new version is to deliver a peak of 3.2 gigabits per second (400 MB/s) compared to the current 800 megabits (100MB/s).

The new USB 3.0 also called 'USB Superspeed' is set to multiply USB 2.0 (480Mmb/s) bandwidth tenfold and will transfer data at speeds up to 4.8Gbit/s. That would allow transferring a 27GB of date in only 70 seconds. USB 3.0 is designed to be backwards-compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1.

17/12/2008
Here is an interesting link re: USB 3.0