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IBM builds 120 Petabyte Hard Drive.
IBM is building the largest hard drive on earth at their Almaden, California research lab. 120 Petabytes. That is equivalent to 120 million gigabytes. In reality, this is a ‘cluster’ of hard drives rather then one single drive. A data repository, you may call it. This is 10 times larger then any repository such as this, ever built.
At the moment, no one has been able to create anything like this. With great engineers, IBM has been able to create a small area with walls lined with horizontal drawers. This is similar to regular data centres except these were designed to hold more drives .
With over 200,000 single hard drives, you might wonder, “what if they break down?”. IBM is prepared for that. Each drive is slowly duplicated to another drive without loosing performance out of either. In case of a drive failure, the original is replaced with the backup.
This drive cluster is using a system called GPFS (General Parallel File System) this is the process of files being stored in multiple areas. This allows the machine to read and write to different parts of the file at any time.
The company, IBM has designed this system for an unknown client who is looking of a way to conduct complex simulations. Bruce Hillsberg, IBM’s director of storage research, says it is only a matter of time before all ‘cloud computing systems’ use a similar technology to what IBM is doing.
Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38440/?ref=rss
iPhone 5 Rumors
According to many sources, the next generation iPhone will be released on October 7th, 2011. In this next release of the iPhone, the new iPhone will most likely be called the iPhone 5 or the iPhone 4S. In this upgrade the iPhone is supposed to have a faster processor or even maybe a dual processor inside the iPhone, this generation of the iPhone will most likely have HD cameras on both the front and back of the iPhone.
iPhone 5 webpage - MacRumors.com
Steve Jobs - MacRumors.com
This iPhone will still have the Apple Retina Display. Also with this release of the iPhone there will most likely be a more affordable version of the iPhone, maybe a iPhone mini or a pay-as-you go iPhone! Also many sources say that Apple is defiantly working on two versions of the next generation iPhone. We will just have to wait and see.As you can see Apple has came a long way since the original iPhone they release in January 7th, 2007. Maybe this iPhone will only be on Verizon Wireless network because Apple has had some problems with AT&T. We will just have to wait and see!
Posted by: Alex Sullivan <sulligraphics.co.cc>
What is Google Plus?
Google announced their new service, Google Plus at the beginning of June 2011. Basically, Google+ is a combination of a lot of services and social networks we are already used to. Google+ includes many features which may be familiar to you but according to Google, are much better.
Circles
Google+ Circles is a way to group your “friends” into different categories. Friends, Family, Acquaintances, and Following. You can also create your own group if you have a specific category you would like to categorize you “friends” into. This allows for better organization and more sharing options. From the circles page you can drag and drop your contacts into each of these groups.
Hangouts
Hangouts are virtual hangout places where you can video chat with up to 10 people.
You are able to select who you want in one of your hangouts by inviting the circles of your choice. Hangout has some neat features such as switching the person you see in your main window automatically.
Sparks
If you are a Google Reader user, Sparks might seem familiar to you.
Sparks brings content you are subscribed to directly to you through Google+.Each topic you subscribe to gets its own Spark Page which provides descriptions and direct links to the articles, videos, photos, and related content.
Google+ is currently an invite-only beta. So, to get in, you have to know someone currently using Google+ willing to send you an invite.
As Google+ grows, so do other social networks. Google+ could be the next largest social network.
Leave your thoughts below. Tell us what you like about Google+ and if you believe it will grow larger then Facebook when opened up to the public.
MacBook Air, Mac Mini, Thunderbolt Display
After the Apple store being closed for several hours, Apple released some new product updates. Also, all the new Macs are pre-loaded with OS X Lion. As the older Macs will also be.
Price drop.
One Thunderbolt port on each model.
Apple has also added a backlit keyboard which is new to the line of MacBook Airs.
New i5 processors make these MacBooks roar.
Price drop.
Mac Mini’s now also have a dual-core Intel
Core i5 processor which is a nice upgrade from the Core 2 Duo. 500GB Hard drive, Thunderbolt and more.
Price drop
Same 27″ with Thunderbolt port.
MacBook (Original Unibody)
The original white unibody MacBook is also not for sale anymore. We can assume Apple’s thought was to have people purchase the low end MacBook Air instead, which does feature better specs then the MacBook (white) did.
OS X Lion is here.
After so many weeks of waiting, Apple’s new operating system, OS X Lion is finally here.
According to Apple there are over 250 new features including Multi-Touch gestures, Mission Control, full-screen apps, and Launchpad.
“The world’s most advanced desktop operating system advances even further.”
If you haven’t upgraded to OS X Lion yet, here’s how:
- Open Mac App Store, from icon on dock (Snow Leopard)
- find ‘OS X Lion’ by searching or looking in the productivity category. Or, click this link, http://search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZContentLink.woa/wa/link?path=mac%2fosxlion
- Click buy & install (buy for $29.99)
Here are some key features to note:
Multi-touch Gestures. New gestures are here to enhance the use of trackpads and also make using your Mac a little more productive.
Full screen apps. A system-wide feature. You can now full screen any app you are working in. It is also very easy to switch between them.
Mission Control, Bringing together full-screen apps, Dashboard, Expose, and Space into one new feature that gives you a bird’s eye view of everything going on and running.
Launchpad. This feature gives you instant access to all the apps on your Mac. It is similar to iOS home screen menu.
Resume. This feature resumes your work for you. If you need to do updates, restart your Mac, close apps, whenever you start back up again, everything will be just as your left it. No need to save.
Auto Save. It’s time to stop worrying about loosing your documents. Auto Save saves your work as you do it. Not every 5 minutes. Not every one minute. It’s saving as you type.
Versions, allows you to go back to older version of a saved document. It work’s like OS X’s Time Machine.
AirDrop. Share files between Macs easily by dropping the file on the picture and name of your other Mac.
Mail. A new version of mail that put’s your e-mail into a gorgeous wide screen display view. This is laid out similar to iOS Mail.
Click here for more features.
