IBM Supercomputer has become the world fastest calculating machine. This title once belonged to the Fujitsu, will there be a rematch? IBM’s Sequoia supercomputer overtaken the K Computer, made by Fujitsu, to become the world’s fastest supercomputer. The Sequoia has a whopping 16.32 petaflops at its disposal, meaning it can do over 16 […]
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Power Shifts
As Americans wrestle with the implications of revolutions in the Middle East as well as the rise of China in Asia, we need a better understanding of what it means to have power in world politics. Traditionally, the mark of a great power was its ability to prevail in war.
British PM apologizes for treatment of gay code-breaker
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a posthumous apology for the “appalling” treatment of Alan Turing, the British code-breaker who was chemically castrated for being gay.