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InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
PlayStation 3 Users Power on to Cure Disease Sony PlayStation 3 users have been cranking computer power to help Stanford University-sponsored project Folding@Home project achieve its goal: simulating protein misfolding in an attempt to understand disease.   |
InternetNews
September 29, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Video Cards Become Scientific Calculators ATI Technologies and researchers at Stanford University have found a way to use the high-powered graphics processing unit on video cards to perform the number crunching needed for a scientific distributed computing project. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Joel Johnson |
How to Donate Your PC's Downtime to Scientific Research Your computer rarely employs 100 percent of its processing capability, and it uses very little while sitting idle. Distributed computing combines the unused processing-power of multiple Internet-connected computers for scientific number crunching. |
Bio-IT World
December 10, 2002
Kevin Davies |
Do Try This @ Home In the most impressive sign of distributed computing's awesome potential in biology thus far -- at least in peer-review literature -- researchers have simulated the folding of a mini-protein on a microsecond timescale. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Can the PlayStation Save Your Life? A PS3 client for a popular scientific research project triples the plan's computing power over the weekend. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Erik Sofge |
PlayStation 3 Set to Save the World, One Disease at a Time Sony recently released software that lets gamers connect their PS3s to Stanford University's Folding@Home program, which borrows processing power from thousands of PCs to create protein-folding simulations. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2005
Jack Uldrich |
IBM: Outcomputing Its Competitors IBM's new 91-teraflop supercomputer, Watson Blue Gene, could give Big Blue an edge over the competition in the life science, IT, and materials science sectors. |
PC World
May 2, 2001
Kevin McKean |
Give Your Unused Cycles to Science Say so long to screen savers and use your CPU's idle power for some worthwhile work... |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
Courtney McCarty |
Save the World with Your Screensaver Anybody would like to cure cancer or AIDS or solve the world's most complex problems. With the help of your computer, you can contribute to efforts to solve these enduring puzzles. |
AskMen.com
Bernie Alexander |
5 Things You Didn't Know About PlayStation 3 At the moment, the secrets surrounding the release of PS3 are being more closely guarded than nuclear launch codes. Nonetheless, we've learned quite a bit about what we can expect of this new toy. |
InternetNews
December 7, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Got Some Spare CPU Cycles? Sell Them New distributed computing project lets you put your idle PC to work. It just needs customers. |
Chemistry World
September 29, 2010
Hayley Birch |
Protein folding: knotted or not A new study may help scientists unravel the complex problem of protein folding. The study suggests knotted proteins, which present a particular challenge to folding experts, could be untied with a couple of well-targeted tugs. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2011
Kurt Bakke |
PS4: Sony Gets Cost-Conscious Expect a more conservative design. |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2006
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
PlayStation 3: It's Got Game PS3 is a gamer's dream, but it disappoints as a home-entertainment device. |
Chemistry World
July 6, 2007
Michael Gross |
Predicting How Proteins Fold Researchers in Italy and the UK have now developed a computational approach that can simulate the folding of membrane proteins in atomic detail. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2010 |
Sony Facing Lawsuit Over Linux on PS3 Sony moved to block use of Linux on its PlayStation 3 game console. That isn't sitting well with users, who include some very high-profile names. |
Popular Mechanics
June 9, 2008
Jancy Langley |
How the PS3 Helped Build the World's Fastest Supercomputer The military isn't the only branch of U.S. government that relies on gaming companies for its R&D. Pentagon geeks may use Xbox 360 controllers, but government-funded scientists went straight for the hardware. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Anthony Verducci |
How to Turn Your PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC (and Win Our Mod) The Cell processor inside Sony's PlayStation 3 is a powerhouse that lets the gaming console render highly detailed graphics at blistering speed. That same chip gives the PS3 all the processing muscle it needs to become a fully functional computer. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
David Kushner |
The Insomniacs Can a team of scrappy game programmers save Sony's monster chip? |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Guizzo & Goldstein |
Expressway To Your Skull PlayStation 3's ability to blast data between chips is one of the secrets to a mind-bending gaming experience. Sony has a lot staked on the success of the PS3 -- hundreds of millions of dollars, and maybe its future as the preeminent maker of consumer electronics. |
PC Magazine
August 27, 2009
Zach Honig |
Sony PlayStation 3 120GB (PS3 Slim) A long-overdue price drop, a hard-drive bump, and a compelling physical redesign make the Sony PlayStation 3 more desirable than ever. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Steven Mallas |
You Know the PS3 Plays Blu-ray, Right? Sony's PlayStation 3 unit is struggling as Nintendo's Wii console, and the Microsoft Xbox 360, are stealing the glory from the once-dominant brand in video game hardware. But Sony thinks it has a solution. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Kenji Hall |
This PlayStation May Play Too Much Sony's new PS3 handles a lot more than games, which could confuse buyers. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sony PS3 Gets Played Sony reports its latest quarter in May, so it should be interesting to get a better idea of what's going on with the gaming division. It looks like examining the PS3 strategy is a good idea for Sony. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
Intel's Albatross Sony's new PlayStation 3 game machine will use an advanced 2-teraflop CPU being developed jointly by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. |
Chemistry World
October 27, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Folding rules used to build unnatural proteins Scientists in the UK and US have designed and synthesized unnatural protein structures, using theoretical calculations to explore the factors affecting protein folding and stability. |
Chemistry World
February 2012 |
Column: The crucible To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball |
Popular Mechanics
July 15, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Trailing Wii, Sony Banks on PS3 Blu-ray Against Cheaper Xbox 360 The game console war continues. If Sony's "shrink-and-see" approach gains momentum, the death of one format war might just lead to the conclusion of another -- and the death knell for Microsoft's gaming empire. |
Wired
July 2001
Oliver Morton |
Gene Machine IBM took a dare: Build a supercomputer that predicts the invisible process of protein folding. Spend $100 million, increase processing speed 100-fold, and revolutionize the field. Then convince the biologists it matters... |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Sony's Got Issues Do current glitches for the electronics giant signal tough times ahead for shareholders? |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sony Plays Around With PS3 The electronics giant's most recent quarter may have given investors hope that its turnaround is nigh, but the drama surrounding its PlayStation 3 continues. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2008
Hayley Birch |
Proteins swap partners UK researchers have discovered that proteins which use metal cofactors can be surprisingly promiscuous metal binders, happily taking up the 'wrong' metal. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2005
Karen Jones |
The Console Wars Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo ready next generation gaming consoles. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Will Activision Kill Sony? The Sony PlayStation 3 is starting to look shaky in an otherwise brilliant video game market. |
Bio-IT World
June 12, 2002
Karen Hopkin |
Computational Biologists Join the Fold CASP5 competitors compare the best algorithms for modeling the 3-D structure of proteins -- an exercise that could lead to new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sony See-Saws on PS3 Price The electronics giant finally cuts its price for its high-end PlayStation 3 video game console, despite word to the contrary. Investors, this long-rumored development sounds like a perfectly logical move. |
Home Theater
July 15, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
PS3 to Get 3D Upgrade A forthcoming upgrade to the Sony PS3 gaming console will make it more 3D-friendly. |
Wired
September 2006
Frank Rose |
Can the PS3 Save Sony The company that created the transistor radio and the Walkman is at the precipice. If Sony's new $600 console doesn't blow gamers away, it may be time to say good-bye. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2011
Arunava De |
Sony PlayStation 3 Is Down, but Is It Out? As competition against PS3 increases, how equipped is the company to fight Xbox and Wii. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sony Ditches Low-End PS3 Kiss that 20GB model goodbye. It's a stretch to call the PS3 a dud, but Sony clearly now faces a more difficult competitive landscape than the once-dominant brand experienced in the past. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Luiz Siqueira |
How I Got My PlayStation A Brazilian game-magazine editor came all the way to New York to stand in line for 38 hours for a shiny black box |
