Computing

Acer (of all companies) has made a supercomputer that's now the 42nd fastest in the world -- even if it does take up an entire room.

This technology is pretty amazing. Using the power of a computer with enhanced processors, "active protection" tech can actually detonate rockets before impact. Obviously, the Army's probably going crazy over this.

Bioware's Neverwinter Nights forum server was hacked, putting the personal data of 18,000 users at risk. Don't worry, you only have to panic if you received an email.

Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, wants to make it so your kids can learn physics in school by playing Portal 2.

After months of rumors, we finally have a release window for Amazon's new tablet PC. However, still no news on the specs of the tablet.

Organized governments may now have to deal with a joint operation between Anonymous and LulzSec, which is called "Operation Anti-Security". According to the groups, the operation is designed to leak classified government information.

Once thought to be a dying breed of over-promised innovation, and overvaluation, the Internet I.P.O. is making a comeback.

Amazon, since April 1, has sold 105 books for its Kindle e-reader for every 100 hardcover and paperback books. While this is a milestone for e-books and Amazon, digital copies of books still only make up 14% of all books sold. Still, the fact this milestone happened this fast, has Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezoz smiling ear to ear.

The Sony scorecard keeps improving. A new exploit allows hackers or anyone with the proper information for that matter, to change any accounts password on Playstation.com.

Javascript based games, Angelfire, Dragon Ball Z, and a rudimentary knowledge of HTML describes the summer before my seventh grade year. Also, it represents what I thought was the epoch of Javascript's capabilities.