Google today uncovered a new project the company is pursuing called Native Client that "make it possible to build applications that run in a web browser but incorporate native code modules," according to a post on the company code blog. The project, though still in the early stage, promises to let Web-based programs access far more computational power on computers than they do now. This is probably Google's answer to Adobe's Flash, Sun's Java/JavaFX, Microsoft's SilverLight and even to Windows as ...

[BetaNews] - The public beta of Mozilla's first Web browser that features a private browsing mode is available to the general public today, although the organization has yet to make it official. As promised, Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 does incorporate private browsing mode (also called "porn mode") in which browsing history, cookies, and other traces of where the user has been, are not recorded for the duration of the session. The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which is supposed to expedite Web functionality ...

According to the tests conducted by engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, who have simulated future high-performance computers containing the 8-core, 16‑core, and 32-core microprocessors, it appears that after 8 cores put to process the more cores added the worse applications perform especially bad for data-intensive apps. As the chart below shows, while keep adding more cores to the tests the memory bandwidth remains flat, and that is the cause of the trouble. [caption id="attachment_404" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="More cores per chip ...

Empornium.us, the world's largest adult-material tracker, has been blocked by Google and Firefox today. Currently those who search Google for Empornium are met with a warning under the URL: "This site may harm your computer". If they choose ignoring the warning and clicking the link on IE, the site main page will load but then anti-virus software may periodically show virus/malware warning messages. Users using Firefox 3 to access the site URL also meet a "Reported Attack Site" warning as the ...

[Wikinews] -- At least six of main UK's ISPs have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, amongst up to 1200 other websites. The filters, said, are applied because Wikimedia sites are hosting a German rock band's album covers which some call child pornography. The band named The Scorpions have used several contentious album covers and are perhaps best known for their song, "Rock You Like a Hurricane". The ...

[Guardian UK] -- UK government plans to launch a £1bn emergency venture capital fund in a bid to throw a lifeline to technology start-up firms. Backed by the new science and innovation minister Lord Drayson, it will form the centerpiece of a remarkable shift in industrial. Guardian.co.uk reported:   Many 'pre-revenue firms' are facing a battle for survival as they struggle to get finance. There are fears that the doubling of government funding for scientific research at universities, which has led to an ...

[CNET] -- In a development announced in the journal Nature Photonics, Intel is claiming "world record" performance in optical communications using silicon photonics -- based photo dectors are used to send and receive optical information, especially in very high-bandwidth applications like supercomputers. Intel says silicon photonics is essential for "ultra-fast transfer of data (in) future computers powered by many processor cores." The development is noticeable because it is based on silicon -- a readily available, low-cost material used in semicondutor chips ...

As the ads showing in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Apple said users have "downloaded over 300 million" applications from its App Store since it opened in July, 2008. Apple also informs that there are now over 10,000 apps available for iPhone and iPod Touch on the store. Though according to Apple most downloads are free apps, Dan Frommer, Silicon Valley Insider, estimated that "Apple has booked $50 million to $100 million in revenue so from those ...

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A recent study conducted by Precursor LLC, a consulting firm bankrolled by major telecom companies, alleged that Google "is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth," the company's share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and it's bandwidth use "is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost." Scott Cleland, the author of the study, is known a frequent Google critic, stated that Google actually used 21 times more bandwidth than the company paid for. Here is the ...