PSP Phone, Chinese Supercomputer: Hot Trends
(Information on the PlayStation phone and the Chinese supercomputer updated in today's Hot Trends article.)
NEW YORK (
) -- "PSP phone" is a heavily searched topic on the Internet today as new details regarding the new PlayStation phone surface.
Sony
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and its mobile partner
Ericsson
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may be developing a PlayStation phone.
>>Sony PlayStation Phone in the Works
The phone is expected to run on
Google's
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Android operating system and will use
Qualcomm's
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1-gigahertz processor. The phone's codename is Zeus, according to
Engadget
.
"Chinese supercomputer" is a trending search topic following news that Chinese researchers have built the world's fastest supercomputer.
The Tianhe-1A is almost 50% more powerful than its predecessor and can perform more than 2.5 thousand trillion floating point operations per second (petaflops).
The system uses 7,168 Nvidia Tesla M2050 GPUs and 14,336 CPUs, which makes it more power efficient. The system consumes 4.04 megawatts, compared with about 12 megawatts of energy the system would consume if it only used CPUs.
The system is based at the National University of Defense Technology in China.
"Financial aid" is a popular search topic after college tuition costs are up again this fall.
At public four-year schools average in-state tuition and fees rose 7.9% this fall, or $555, to $7,605, according to the College Board's "Trends in College Pricing." The average price at private nonprofit colleges increased 4.5%, or $1,164, to $27,293.
>> College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall
Students and their families are turning to the federal government's aid to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times.
"Pontiac" is a trending topic after the
General Motor's
car brand officially ceased to exist on October 31.
The end of the brand occurred at midnight when GM's agreements with Pontiac dealers expired. The American car manufacturer is most known for its muscle cars, such as the Firebird Trans Am, GTO, and the Catalina 2+2.
After a significant drop off in popularity and sales, the car maker has shut down the line. The brand was 84 years old.
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