It Would Take 61 Million iPads 2s To Match The Power Of The World’s Best Supercomputer
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The iPad 2 has some impressive mobile silicon inside it. The A5 processor is a dual-core affair with a 1GHZ clock speed, capable of about 171 megaflops (or about 171 100 floating-point operations per second).
Not bad, right? But how does the iPad 2 stack up against the most powerful computer in the world, Fujitsu’s K Super Computer?
Not too well, according to the guys at Royal Pingdom. In fact, you would need about 61.5 million iPad 2s to match the 10 Billion megaflops of the K Computer.
That’s enough iPad 2s that if you stacked them on top of one another, the pile would be 540 kilometers high. That’s the equivalent of about 1,700 Eiffel Towers stacked end-to-end.
Well, sure. Fine. But can the K computer run Infinity Blade 2? Thought not.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Hidden panorama mode
How To Enable The Hidden Panorama Camera Mode In iOS5
We recently told you about the hidden panorama mode in the iOS 5 Camera app that could be enabled by editing a .plist file. Since then, a jailbreak tweak called “Firebreak” has been released that automatically enables the feature on any jailbroken iOS 5 device.
Panorama mode in the iOS Camera actually works, and you can get it on your own device right now without jailbreaking.
A simple hack has surfaced that enables the hidden panorama mode on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPod touch, and iPad 2 running iOS 5. To enable the feature, you’ll need to perform a modified backup of your iOS device in iTunes. You will also need to restore from a new backup, so keep that in mind before continuing.
Step 1: Download the free trial of iBackupBot for Mac OS X or Windows. Install it on your computer.
Step 2: Backup your iOS device in iTunes. If you have a recent backup, then you can use that file. You have to manually backup instead of using iCloud.
Step 3: Once you’ve got a backup you’re ready to restore to, open iBackupBot. Navigate to Library/Preferences/com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist and open that file. If you’re running the trial version of iBackupBot, just click cancel after the warning message and continue.
Step 4: AddEnableFirebreak DiskSpaceWasLow
Step 5: Exit out of iBackupBot and restore your iOS device in iTunes to the recent backup file you just edited.
That’s it! You should now have the iOS 5 panorama mode enabled on your iOS device — no jailbreak required. When you launch the Camera app, the panorama mode should be available in Options under Grid and HDR mode.
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via @chpwn
There are plenty of other apps in the App Store that let you take panoramic pictures, but this method enables the native panorama mode that Apple has disabled by default in iOS 5. While the feature is usable, it’s obviously not ready for prime time, so don’t be surprised if you run into some bugs.
We recently told you about the hidden panorama mode in the iOS 5 Camera app that could be enabled by editing a .plist file. Since then, a jailbreak tweak called “Firebreak” has been released that automatically enables the feature on any jailbroken iOS 5 device.
Panorama mode in the iOS Camera actually works, and you can get it on your own device right now without jailbreaking.
A simple hack has surfaced that enables the hidden panorama mode on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPod touch, and iPad 2 running iOS 5. To enable the feature, you’ll need to perform a modified backup of your iOS device in iTunes. You will also need to restore from a new backup, so keep that in mind before continuing.
Step 1: Download the free trial of iBackupBot for Mac OS X or Windows. Install it on your computer.
Step 2: Backup your iOS device in iTunes. If you have a recent backup, then you can use that file. You have to manually backup instead of using iCloud.
Step 3: Once you’ve got a backup you’re ready to restore to, open iBackupBot. Navigate to Library/Preferences/com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist and open that file. If you’re running the trial version of iBackupBot, just click cancel after the warning message and continue.
Step 4: Add
Step 5: Exit out of iBackupBot and restore your iOS device in iTunes to the recent backup file you just edited.
That’s it! You should now have the iOS 5 panorama mode enabled on your iOS device — no jailbreak required. When you launch the Camera app, the panorama mode should be available in Options under Grid and HDR mode.
PANORAMA3 9.30.41 PM
via @chpwn
There are plenty of other apps in the App Store that let you take panoramic pictures, but this method enables the native panorama mode that Apple has disabled by default in iOS 5. While the feature is usable, it’s obviously not ready for prime time, so don’t be surprised if you run into some bugs.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Careful on what you tweet.
THE NEXT WEB November 4, 2011
The CIA is watching: US intelligence teams monitor 5 million tweets EVERY DAY
Jon Russell
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The CIA is watching over social media, according to a new article from the AP which reveals that the US government pours over 5 million tweets sent on Twitter every day.
Given the rise of social media across the world, news that US intelligence agencies are tapping into the medium to stay informed of conversations across the world is not unexpected although their use of the content may surprise you.
With more than 800 million using Facebook and Twitter seeing more than 400 million tweets sent across its service, the CIA’s surveillance team has a lot of noise to short through to garner useful information.
The AP feature explains how the staff at its Open Source Center, referred to as the “vengeful librarians” by its team, sorts through the clutter of cyberspace to build intelligence reports that analyse international opinion and responses to US activities.
From Arabic to Mandarin Chinese, from an angry tweet to a thoughtful blog, the analysts gather the information, often in native tongue. They cross-reference it with the local newspaper or a clandestinely intercepted phone conversation. From there, they build a picture sought by the highest levels at the White House.
The system apparently enabled the agency to foresee the Egyptian uprising although it was unable to predict exactly when it would hit, Doug Naquin, the center’s director, told AP in what the news wire says is the first ever media visit to the operations.
A example of the work that the centre carries out came when the US killed Osama Bin Laden earlier this year, when the CIA turned to social media to build a report that gave the White House a snapshot of the world’s opinion on the incident.
Since tweets can’t necessarily be pegged to a geographic location, the analysts broke down reaction by languages. The result: The majority of Urdu tweets, the language of Pakistan, and Chinese tweets, were negative. China is a close ally of Pakistan’s. Pakistani officials protested the raid as an affront to their nation’s sovereignty, a sore point that continues to complicate U.S.-Pakistani relations.
When the president gave his speech addressing Mideast issues a few weeks after the raid, the tweet response over the next 24 hours came in negative from Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, the Persian Gulf and Israel, too, with speakers of Arabic and Turkic tweets charging that Obama favored Israel, and Hebrew tweets denouncing the speech as pro-Arab.
So the next time you care to pass comment on US foreign policy, President Obama or the tasty sandwhich you just ate, the CIA and President Obama might be listening.
The CIA is watching: US intelligence teams monitor 5 million tweets EVERY DAY
Jon Russell
ART.CIA_.LOGO_.AFP_.GI_
The CIA is watching over social media, according to a new article from the AP which reveals that the US government pours over 5 million tweets sent on Twitter every day.
Given the rise of social media across the world, news that US intelligence agencies are tapping into the medium to stay informed of conversations across the world is not unexpected although their use of the content may surprise you.
With more than 800 million using Facebook and Twitter seeing more than 400 million tweets sent across its service, the CIA’s surveillance team has a lot of noise to short through to garner useful information.
The AP feature explains how the staff at its Open Source Center, referred to as the “vengeful librarians” by its team, sorts through the clutter of cyberspace to build intelligence reports that analyse international opinion and responses to US activities.
From Arabic to Mandarin Chinese, from an angry tweet to a thoughtful blog, the analysts gather the information, often in native tongue. They cross-reference it with the local newspaper or a clandestinely intercepted phone conversation. From there, they build a picture sought by the highest levels at the White House.
The system apparently enabled the agency to foresee the Egyptian uprising although it was unable to predict exactly when it would hit, Doug Naquin, the center’s director, told AP in what the news wire says is the first ever media visit to the operations.
A example of the work that the centre carries out came when the US killed Osama Bin Laden earlier this year, when the CIA turned to social media to build a report that gave the White House a snapshot of the world’s opinion on the incident.
Since tweets can’t necessarily be pegged to a geographic location, the analysts broke down reaction by languages. The result: The majority of Urdu tweets, the language of Pakistan, and Chinese tweets, were negative. China is a close ally of Pakistan’s. Pakistani officials protested the raid as an affront to their nation’s sovereignty, a sore point that continues to complicate U.S.-Pakistani relations.
When the president gave his speech addressing Mideast issues a few weeks after the raid, the tweet response over the next 24 hours came in negative from Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, the Persian Gulf and Israel, too, with speakers of Arabic and Turkic tweets charging that Obama favored Israel, and Hebrew tweets denouncing the speech as pro-Arab.
So the next time you care to pass comment on US foreign policy, President Obama or the tasty sandwhich you just ate, the CIA and President Obama might be listening.
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