Another knock against D-Wave, the Canadian company that developed the computer, is that its computer is too small and underpowered to really do anything that quantum computers are supposed to do. And it looks like the cryptography community will have to continue to rely on current methods of cracking codes because D-Wave's baby can't be used to crack any encrypted communication. Overall, a disappointing launch, but not one that couldn't have been predicted. – Nicholas Deleon

First "Commercial" Quantum Computer Solves Sudoku Puzzles [Scientific American]

As skeptical scientists the world over scratch their heads (and some roll their eyes), the British Columbian D-Wave vows to prove naysayers wrong at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California next week, firing up this box that's somehow able to contain multiple quantum states that exist at the same time. Huh? For example, each bit in this machine can be both a zero and a one simultaneously. It's making our heads hurt just thinking about it. Wrap your head around these two additional, strangely beautiful pics:

This is either going to be a breakthrough or the company's sugar daddies will be wanting their $20 million back post haste. – Charlie White

Quantum Computer To Launch Next Week [Tech World]