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Google I/O 2011: Keynote Day 2

rparente — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:26:45 +0000

Brazil in American View

rparente — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:03:23 +0000

GoPro Highlights – HD Sport Camera

rparente — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:48:48 +0000

Samsung Galaxy Tablet

rparente — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:44:26 +0000

You may find it at T-Mobile website.

NASA Discovers New Life: Arsenic Bacteria With DNA Completely Alien To What We Know

rparente — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:53:25 +0000

Astrobiology research funded by NASA has made a tremendous new discovery which could “fundamentally change the knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth,” according to NASA.

The major finding announced today has fueled speculation recently that reached a fever pitch after the agency said the finding “will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.”

While the discovery is not extraterrestrial life, NASA has indeed uncovered an entirely new life form on our planet that “doesn’t share the biological building blocks of anything currently living” on Earth, Gizmodo reports.

IBM's Breakthrough Chip Technology

rparente — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:37:38 +0000

IBM’s breakthrough chip technology lights the path to exascale computing

IBM has unveiled a new chip technology, called CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics chip technology, which enables a 10X improvement in integration density and produces smaller, faster and more power-efficient chips than is possible with conventional technologies. Image courtesy of IBM Research

Read the rest of the article here.

Congratulations Pinal Dave for the 1500th Post

rparente — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:57:47 +0000

Pinal Dave, my SQL Guru, completed today 1500 posts on his blog SQLAuthority, with 20 million views in iyts 4th year.

That’s amazing! Good job.

He explains how he came up with the blog’s name on this article.

Keep up the good work Pinal !

TED – Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense

rparente — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:54:25 +0000

Google Launching a Chrome OS Tablet

rparente — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:50:13 +0000

Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26, according to DownloadSquad.com.

Yes, our source tells us that Google is building a Chrome OS tablet. It’s real, and it’s being built by HTC. No surprise there, since HTC churned out the Nexus One for Google.

Yes, they plan to offer it in conjunction with Verizon — which probably doesn’t come as a shock to anybody at this point. The two recently tag-teamed that Net Neutrality proposal and they’ve had plenty of discussions in the past about cooperating in some capacity.

See the complete article here.

ColdFusion Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

rparente — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:05:54 +0000

BR Conference 2010 is the first event held in Brazil on RIA (Rich Internet Application) and ColdFusion.

With the support of Adobe Systems Inc’s and the participation of some of the best and most renowned professionals in the world the tools and technologies ColdFusion, Flex, AIR, Flash Media Server and LiveCycle, BR 2010 Conference is an event created by developers for developers.

This event is to present to its audience of high-scale solutions, new features and market trends in the development of rich applications for Web and Desktop, given the need for business, government, students and professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge.

In addition to sessions, presentations and panel discussions, the public will have the opportunity to contact the developers, gurus, sponsors and community leaders.

The event will be an opportune time for building partnerships between the private, academic, and government and a unique moment for companies to advertise their products and services to this specialized audience.

International Speakers and Special Guests:

Ben Forta
Charlie Arehart
Kevin Schmidt
Lee Brimelow
Liz Fredericks
Terrence Ryan

Read more on the BRConference website