PC beats WWII computer
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- Computer Aid International Launches Christmas PC Appeal to Help…
- HP Profit Rises as Notebook PC Sales Grow.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Financ…
- The Shmeggegie’s Guide to the $199 Linux PC
PC beats WWII computer
Inquirer – Nov 19, 2007
Britain’s National Museum of Computing organised a contest between a rebuiltColossus machine which was developed to crack Nazi enigma messages and anyonewith a PC who would like to try their hand at beating it. Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill would be a bit miffed to discoverthat not only could the Colossus be beaten by a home PC but it was owned by aGerman. Bonn-based software engineer Joachim Schueth deciphered the message whichwas encrypted by a Nazi-era Lorenz cipher machine and transmitted by radio fromPaderborn Germany. According to AP it took Schueth two hours to decrypt the messagewhich was an hour and 35 minutes faster than Colossus.
Dell Begins Shipping XPS ne Its First All-In-ne Entertainment…
InformationWeek – Nov 19, 2007
The XPS ne which starts at $1499 is the computer maker’s answer to the Apple iMac and Gateway’s ne. The computer would also take on the HP TouchSmart which has a differentiating touch screen but falls within the same price range.
Computer Aid International Launches Christmas PC Appeal to Help…
Free with registration – M2 Presswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 19, 2007
–>CPYRIGHT 2007 M2 Communications Ltd. M2 PRESSWIRE-19 November 2007-Computer Aid International: Computer Aid International Launches Christmas PC Appeal to Help African Students and Bridge the Digital Divide; Charity calls upon the education sector to give the gift of education to schools colleges and universities across Africawhen upgrading PC labs this Christmas(C)1994-2007 M2 CMMUNICATINS LTD RDATE:19112007 London — UK Schools and colleges are being urged to donate their used computer equipment this Christmas to help Computer Aid International provide greater access to education in developing countries. The world’s largest and most experienced not-for-profit supplier of professionally refurbished PCs to the developing world has launched its appeal in. CPYRIGHT 2007 M2 Communications Ltd.
HP Profit Rises as Notebook PC Sales Grow.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Financ…
Free with registration – eWeek – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 19, 2007
(Hewlett-Packard Co. )(Financial report)(Brief article) –>CPYRIGHT 2007 Ziff Davis Media Inc. SAN FRANCISC (Reuters)–Hewlett-Packard Co the world’s largest personal computer maker on Monday reported a higher quarterly profit as notebook PC sales increased. 16 billion or 81 cents per share for its fiscal fourth quarter ended ctober 31 compared with $1. 7 billion or 60 cents per share.
The Shmeggegie’s Guide to the $199 Linux PC
Jewish Journal of greater L.A – The Jewish Journal of greater L.A – Nov 19, 2007
5 ghz VIA C7 processor 512 MB of RAM) for $199. If you are like most computer users you don’t need a very expensive and fancy PC. You can get by with a computer that has the ability to go online lets you write letters and comes with a photo editor. The Green Machine might be your perfect secondary family computer. There are a lot of factors involved into why Linux-based computers are cheaper but the most important thing to know is that you will save a lot of money by going Linux. In order to for a PC to run Windows Vista properly you need a minimum of 1000 megs of RAM and a 2 gig dual-core processor.
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