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LHC experiments reach high pitchIt seems the frequency of - 'Vendor 'X' IT hardware installed at CERN's large hadron collider' press releases has cooled somewhat over the months since Sneak last reported - rather...   24 Jul 2008Microsoft will bring HPC to the massesYour recent article put forward a very narrow view of high-performance computing (HPC) (Can Microsoft make it in the super league?, 7 July). The time it takes to make decisions...   21 Jul 2008The Week in Green: why it's time to look behind the green labelsGold is better than bronze, right? Well, not always. Under proposals set out this week by Ofgem and designed to slap gold, silver or bronze labels on energy companies' various...   18 Jul 2008Progress?My old BlackBerry fell to bits, and I've been issued with a replacement. In terms of user experience, it's been a little like jumping from a Model T into a...   14 Jul 2008Google wants even more of your virtual lifeShould you care about Google Lively? The comparison with Linden Lab's Second Life is inevitable; but Lively is not (yet) a virtual world. Google calls it "a 3D virtual experience",...   14 Jul 2008The Week in Green It's been a pretty good week for the renewables sector.Of course, if you're feeling pessimistic on this fine Friday afternoon you could counter that every week needs to be a...   06 Jun 2008Unlocking information with social intelligenceA relative newcomer to the IT industry, Trampoline Systems, has just launched an even newer product called Sonar Flightdeck. So far so what, you might be thinking, but what Trampoline...   09 Apr 2008