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“The organisation will strive to be open and accountable by publishing expense costs online and continue to deliver the best transport solutions for our customers.”
“The authors said the development of the internet and mobile computing had led to a 'vast increase in citizen science projects, which can faciliate collection and distribution of all kinds of taxonomic data from a wide geographic area at mi…”
“Nanoparticles are 1,000-times smaller than the width of a human hair”
“The BBC has revealed 154 web addresses other than bbc.co.uk and bbc.com that it has registered.”
“But complaints about repeat silent calls still account for 70% of the complaints lodged with Ofcom.”
“The number of complaints received by Ofcom about silent calls has fallen from 1,300 in October 2000 to 825 in March this year, but it is still a considerable problem.”
“Abandoned calls are already supposed to be limited to no more than 3% of all calls made in any 24-hour period.”
“It is proposing to ban firms from dialling a number with an answer phone more than once in a day.”
“The regulator wants to bring in a new dialling rule early in 2011.”
“In just six years it has become a global phenomenon, with over 400 million users worldwide.”
“Hewlett-Packard (HP) says it plans to spend $1bn (£686m) and shed 9,000 jobs over three years as it creates fully-automated commercial data centres.”
“EyeSpyFX, a software development company, was established by University of Ulster academic Anthony Hutton in 2002 and was initially based in the business incubation centre at the University of Ulster's Magee campus.”
“The app, Ireland; Myths and Legends, should be available by the middle of this month.”
“Mr Hutton said that the collaboration with Jim Fitzpatrick came about as a result of a chance conversation at an international trade show in Barcelona in February this year.”
“EyeSpyFX applications are available on multiple platforms, including Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, Android and iPhone.”
“Joe Harley, the IT Director General and Chief Information Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions, who gets £249,999”
“One of the piece of software Ruta Tamo uses is an open-source programme called Scratch, which was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.”
“Older children are introduced to Google Earth and Google SketchUp to work in 3D and rebuild the areas that were destroyed by the earthquake.”
“They are also taught about social networking sites so that if there is another earthquake, they can exchange vital information with outside groups.”
“After its initial two-week tour across the region”
“the plan is for Ruta Tamo to return in July and then again later in the year.”
“Meanwhile, a US-based scientific survey has installed a number of photographic cameras in the Everest region to record the rate of melting ice and snow.”
“The cameras are programmed take a photograph every 30 minute to provide a time-lapse record of changing conditions.”
“It follows an engineer's report saying there could be "multiple fatalities" from faulty stage equipment.”
“Cern, the organisation operating the LHC, said it had taken until Monday morning for the machine to recover.”
“The outage after 2300 local time on Friday was probably caused by storms, but proton beams should be back in the machine by Wednesday.”
“The collider is currently in a technical stop to allow technicians access into the 27km-long tunnel housing the giant machine.”
“A previous outage in November 2009 which halted the machine is thought to have occurred when a bird dropped a baguette it was eating at one of the points where the mains electricity supply enters the collider from above ground.”
“"You have to bear in mind that many of the big computer systems have not declared their existence," said Dr John Lockley, manager of the Oxford Supercomputing Centre. "You never get any details of those but they are big drivers of the tech…”
“"They are still being widely used in particular segments such as finance, retail, health and government," said Jim Porell, an IBM evangelist for the machines.”
“One IBM System z10 Enterprise Class mainframe, the biggest, is equal to 1,500 Intel servers and occupies 85% less space.”
“"We measure meantime between failure in decades," he said.”
“The machines range in computational power from smaller models that can manage 26 million instructions per second to the biggest machines that crank through 30 billion instructions per second.”
“And, said Mr Porell, it is theoretically possible to chain 30 of the biggest machines together in one giant cluster. "While he admits that no-one has done that yet..."”
“"There is in the order of 350,000 people running Boinc on their computer," he said.”
“"Currently the largest supercomputers are 1-2 petaflops machines," he said. "We have 3 or 4 times as much power on tap."”
“"The volunteer computing approach works for a surprisingly large fraction of all scientific tasks, about 95%," said Dr Anderson.”
“The Cray computer, which is owned by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, has a top speed of 1.75 petaflops.”
“One petaflop is the equivalent of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.”
“Its fastest has a top speed of 1.20 petaflops, more than double the speed of its previous top supercomputer.”
“However, it has a theoretical top speed of nearly 3 petaflops, which would make it the fastest in the world.”
“A teraflop is the equivalent of one trillion calculations per second.”
“An exascale computer has been proposed to process data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)... one quintillion (one million trillion) calculations per second.”
“"The Top 500 list definitely has an element of flag waving," said Dr Jon Lockley, manager of the Oxford Supercomputing Centre.”
“Dawning, the company behind the fastest Chinese machine, is reportedly building an even faster machine for the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin.”
“In addition, it is also developing home-grown silicon chips to power the behemoths.”
“An exascale computer has been proposed to process data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a series of thousands of telescopes spread over 3,000km. The telescope will be based in either Australia or South Africa.”
“It is also a voluntary list and therefore does not include all machines, such as those at the Oxford Supercomputing Centre and many classified machines owned by governments.”
“Eight of the 12 teams currently competing in F1 are based in Britain.”
“She said Rome had provided a unique setting for the 27,000 sq/m ultra modern building.”
“The building was designed by Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid, who began work on the project 11 years ago.”
“the 27,000 sq/m ultra modern building”
“The fundamental difference is new technology allowing African professionals in the West to transfer their skills and do some teaching,”
“Institutional and technological barriers remain that prevent seamless sharing of information”
“Institutional and technological barriers remain that prevent seamless sharing of information.”
“It is estimated that tens of thousands of mobiles are lost or stolen every year”
“A 200m (656ft) queue formed outside Apple's flagship Sydney store in Australia”
“One million iPads were sold in 28 days after its launch in the US.”
“The international launch date was pushed back by a month after huge demand in the US where the product went on sale in early April.”
“In Japan, more than 1,000 gadget enthusiasts lined up in front of Apple stores and major electrical shops in Tokyo.”
“Some Apple stores in the UK opened an hour earlier than usual, at 0800 BST (0700 GMT), to allow fans to get their hands on the device.”
“The iPad will go on sale in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July.”
“The Dimona reactor is, he says, reaching the end of its life, now that it is more than 40 years old, and should be shut down.”
“Earlier this month, the search firm admitted that it had collected information people had sent over unencrypted wi-fi networks for the last three years, whilst gathering pictures for its Street View maps of the world.”
“The statement confirmed that Google had already offered the ICO access to a Street View car, but not the data.”
“We co-operated with the police in this matter and disabled Michael Williams' profile when this came to light, while retaining data from the profile for any ongoing investigations.”
“the number of daily online poker players had dropped by 18% between January and May.”
“This high resolution imaging with in-built software to detect and follow the fake insurgents as they planned their covert meeting, was one of the technologies tested by DSTL during what it described as a "cops and robbers" style trial. DST…”
“One of these could be an incredibly high-resolution camera developed by Canadian company PV Labs. Whereas most digital cameras are between eight and 15 megapixels, this camera has 128.”
“President and CEO Ty Shattuck explained that the camera was fitted into a casement that could be mounted on the nose of a helicopter. "It captures a 4km by 4km image. Because it's so large there's very little chance that an area of interes…”
“"The system captures two frames per second meaning that if something happens - if a bomb goes off in a vehicle perhaps - we can rewind it and retrace where that vehicle came from"”
“Gary Bishop from BAE's Advanced Technology Centre in Bristol told BBC News: "You see things with your eyes in three wavelengths, the hyperspectral camera gives you information in 10."”
“Mr Clark said the system was getting "very close to being fully automated" - choosing exactly what to zoom in on, and which type of imaging would produce the clearest picture. "At the moment we're aiming to semi-automate it, so that it sep…”
“Hyperspectral imaging can pick out a green tank from green trees ... The system measures each wavelength of light being reflected by an object - it can see the specific type of green that is produced by chlorophyll in plants, and distingui…”
“"It can tell a man-made object from vegetation," said Mr Bishop.”
“The gadget went on sale in the UK, Europe, Japan and Australia, following delays caused by high demand in the US.”
“Apple delayed the international launch of the iPad, citing strong demand in the US since its launch on 3 April.”
“Customers outside the US have been able to place pre-orders for the iPad since 10 May.”
“Apple's estimates for shipping dates are now mid-June.”
“Two versions of the iPad are available and prices start at £429 including VAT.”
“This will require a separate micro-Sim card in order to connect to the net. Existing mobile phone Sims will not work in the iPad.”
“In the UK mobile phone providers Vodafone, Orange, O2 and 3 have revealed details of the price plans for the 3G version.”
“It's an emotional luxury product, he said. "One that you do not need but once you have it you will find ways to use it."”
“Most of the people in the world do not interact with content, they just consume it, he said. "It's a great device for consuming content but not great for creating it."”
“The iPad went on sale in Europe, Tokyo and Australia on 28 May”
“Like many others, the Apple store opened at 0800 BST so eager shoppers could buy one.”
“It's an emotional luxury product, he said. 'One that you do not need but once you have it you will find ways to use it.'”
“Most of the people in the world do not interact with content, they just consume it, he said. 'It's a great device for consuming content but not great for creating it.'”
“About 3% of the country's electricity now comes from this source.”
“Unica predicts that this will increase to 14% by 2020.”
“Every home in Britain is expected to be equipped with a smart meter by 2020”
“First Utility recently announced a link-up with Google, that would allow people to check their energy usage via the internet and mobile phone.”
“He said there should be "no loopholes" and that information should be "secure and anonymous".”
“The big energy companies have said that they will offer the option of a digital display unit on every smart meter.”
“The industry is well aware of the potential security concerns that smart meters present. "Their customers' security is a key priority and every effort is being made to ensure that any security issues have been identified and resolved befo…”
“This has been the first time that hurricane-induced bottom stress has been evaluated with simultaneous measurements of water waves and currents - and the stress on average was about 15% to 20% of the wind stress on the surface and as high …”
“"And the most surprising thing was that the period in which this bottom stress could be damaging persisted for about a week after the hurricane passed," said Mr Teague.”
“It would take 24-48 hours before BP engineers could tell whether the 'top kill' procedure had worked, company officials said at about 2000 GMT on Thursday.”
“The procedure, which began on Wednesday, involves pumping heavy drilling fluids into the top of the well to try to halt the oil flow.”
“He said: "If Facebook was a community it would be the third largest country in the world, now that is something to think about."”
