AMD announced its new ATI FireGL V7700 is the first workstation graphics card with DisplayPort support.
by Thomas De Maesschalck March 31 2008
The ATI FireGL V7700 professional graphics accelerator provides superior rendering speed, 3D performance and color fidelity for Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Medical Imaging professionals. ATI FireGL V7700 delivers the top-quality image quality needed to create photorealistic visualizations of real-world objects and environments —like the design concept for a new aircraft or a home remodel—by providing designers with The Ultimate Visual Experience. “The balanced power of the ATI FireGL product line has the accuracy and speed needed for medical imaging applications like mammography screening,” said Albert Xthona, product manager for Digital Mammography at Barco. “For example, Mammography viewing uses 10-bit precision to help deliver the most information to the eye of the radiologist, and increasingly other medical applications will rely on 10-bit gray and 30-bit color rendering. With the additional speed offered by the PCI Express 2.0 interface, very large data sets are handled smoothly, saving time for busy medical staff.”
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Cuba Finally Allows Citizens to Own Cell Phones
Cubans say hello to some new little friends.
By Jason Mick - March 30, 2008
In an interesting twist, Cuba just approved the use of cell phones, after a ban throughout long-time ruler Fidel Castro's regime. With Fidel's departure last month and his brother, Raul Castro, assuming leadership of the island nation, some small but noteworthy changes are occurring. First, Raul allowed microwaves, and now he is allowing cell phones. Cuba still operates under a communist bureaucracy that controls what items people can have. This hinders everything from internet access to home ownership. In the past, only an elite group of Cubans owned cell phones. Many Cubans hope that more changes are to come. While some dissidents fear the government will use the new cell phones to snoop on them, most assume that the government already does.
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By Jason Mick - March 30, 2008
In an interesting twist, Cuba just approved the use of cell phones, after a ban throughout long-time ruler Fidel Castro's regime. With Fidel's departure last month and his brother, Raul Castro, assuming leadership of the island nation, some small but noteworthy changes are occurring. First, Raul allowed microwaves, and now he is allowing cell phones. Cuba still operates under a communist bureaucracy that controls what items people can have. This hinders everything from internet access to home ownership. In the past, only an elite group of Cubans owned cell phones. Many Cubans hope that more changes are to come. While some dissidents fear the government will use the new cell phones to snoop on them, most assume that the government already does.
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IBM suspended from federal government contracts
by Declan McCullagh March 31, 2008
IBM has been indefinitely barred from entering into new contracts with the U.S. federal government. The General Services Administration's Web site shows that IBM was added to a database of "excluded" contractors and subcontractors on March 27 by the Environmental Protection Agency. Under reciprocity rules, other agencies honor the exclusion. The Professional Services Council, a trade association that counts IBM as a member, has charged that the suspension was taken place before the company had a chance to respond to the EPA's concerns. The GSA's database says IBM was listed "based on an indictment or other adequate evidence (a) to suspect the commission of an offense that is a cause for debarment or (b) that other causes for debarment under the agency regulations may exist." IBM does about $1.43 billion in business a year with the federal government.
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IBM has been indefinitely barred from entering into new contracts with the U.S. federal government. The General Services Administration's Web site shows that IBM was added to a database of "excluded" contractors and subcontractors on March 27 by the Environmental Protection Agency. Under reciprocity rules, other agencies honor the exclusion. The Professional Services Council, a trade association that counts IBM as a member, has charged that the suspension was taken place before the company had a chance to respond to the EPA's concerns. The GSA's database says IBM was listed "based on an indictment or other adequate evidence (a) to suspect the commission of an offense that is a cause for debarment or (b) that other causes for debarment under the agency regulations may exist." IBM does about $1.43 billion in business a year with the federal government.
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