How a Small Studio Pulled Off a Major 3-D Film Using Energy-Saving Technology
Traditionally, only the mammoth Hollywood studios could afford to work with 3D—it’s too expensive to build the necessary, air-conditioned 24 hours a day, server farms. The company behind Despicable Me decided to try something new, and cut the AC. Illumination Entertainment, the company behind Despicable Me, decided to try something new. Instead of using air-conditioned…
Intel Supercomputer Predicts Gulf Oil Spill’s Path
BP may not know where oil from the Gulf gusher will go next, but Intel does. The Xeon-powered Encanto supercomputer, located at Intel’s Rio Rancho campus, is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. And all of its 3,500 quad-core processors are devoted to tracking the potential paths of the BP disaster. Encanto started…
NSA Denies It Will Spy on Civilian Networks Through the “Perfect Citizen” Program
The NSA is denying a report from the Wall Street Journal that a secret program code-named “Perfect Citizen” will be monitoring civilian networks. That’s from a rare public statement by the ultra-secret agency responsible for spying on outsiders and defending classified networks. The NSA, as a wing of the military, is largely prohibited from operating…
