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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Software

The Week In iPhone Apps: Spiders, Robots And OCD

9:00AM John Herrman | This week in your facelifted, more searchable, iTunes-sortable app roundup: Flickr goes official; spiders poop web; your homescreen gets organized; rhythm games find a new muse; and robots master the art of pillow talk. More »
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Science

This Is How A 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks Like (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)

11:20PM Jesus Diaz | When a headline says “Computer Technology Brings 300 Million-year-old Spider Fossils Back to Life,” it’s time to run to the hills, and start stockpiling canned food, gasoline cans, and weapons. Plenty of weapons. More »
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Computers

AMD Spider Platform Is Gaming Supercomputer or So They Say

9:18PM Jesus Diaz | AMD has just announced their Spider platform, which they claim is the best PC gaming platform out there. Spider combines AMD Phenom quad-core processors, up to four ATI Radeon HD 3800 cards and the AMD 7-Series chipset, with CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0, AMD OverDrive, AMD AutoXpress and Nonobtanium-Enhanced Flux Capacitors to provide massive acceleration for high definition 3D graphics. The experts, however, disagree: while strong, especially in the graphics department, the Phenoms are falling short on the frequency front compared to equivalent Intel processors. More »
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