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Flash Tables v1.1 now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

Flash Tables v1.1 now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

Flash Tables v1.1 (read the original post here) is now available on the iTunes App Store.
v1.1 is a minor release but implements a highly requested feature, you can now select all tables from the table selection screens.
v1.2 is looking to be a much more substantial update, including localization (starting with Spanish) and improved end test [...]

Flash Tables for iPhone or iPod Touch, now available at the iPhone App Store

Flash Tables for iPhone or iPod Touch, now available at the iPhone App Store

Flash Tables for iPhone or iPod Touch is now available for purchase at the iPhone App Store.
Read the full product description here.
This is our first foray into the world of iPhone apps with much more ambitious projects to follow. Flash Tables is great for kids (or adults) starting out with the process of learning times-tables, [...]

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve [...]

Google Chrome

Today most of what we use the web for on a day-to-day basis aren’t just web pages, they’re APPLICATIONS.
View the comic book here.
More details here.

45th Known Mersenne Prime Found?

On August 23rd, a computer reported finding a new Mersenne prime to the server! Because I was on vacation, verification did not begin until the 26th. Two verification runs are in progress. Estimated completion is September 12th and September 16th.
Although large Primes are used in cryptography, quoted from the original article :-
Finding new Mersenne primes [...]

First Superheavy Element Found In Nature

The first naturally occurring superheavy element has been found. An international team of scientists found several nuclei of unbibium in a sample of the naturally occurring heavy metal thorium. Unbibium has an atomic number of 122 and an atomic weight of 292. In general, very heavy elements tend to be unstable but scientists have long [...]

Run your web applications on Google’s infrastructure.

Google App Engine enables you to build web applications on the same scalable systems that power Google applications.
No assembly required.
Google App Engine provides a fully-integrated application environment.
It’s easy to scale.
Google App Engine makes it easy to build scalable applications that grow from one user to millions of users without infrastructure headaches.
It’s free to get started.
Every [...]

Rubik’s Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves

A scrambled Rubik’s cube can be solved in just 25 moves, regardless of the starting configuration. Tomas Rokicki, a Stanford-trained mathematician, has proven the new limit (down from 26 which was proved last year) using a neat piece of computer science. Rather than study individual moves, he’s used the symmetry of the cube to study [...]

The Crysis Hardware Experiment

Some say you need a super computer to run Crysis, Crytek beg to differ.
The Experiment
Over Christmas we took the time for a little in-house experiment. With only a limited budget of around US $900 we wanted to set up a brand new machine that can handle Crysis on High settings. We should note that Very [...]

Crysis Patch v1.1 Released

The long-awaited first Crysis patch is finally released for the masses.
Finally it is out! The long awaited Patch 1.1 for Crysis is available for download! The 140MB sized file can be downloaded from one of the sources further below. The patch mainly addresses the performance of Crysis. Additionally it includes quite a few bug fixes [...]