IBM Retains Supercomputer Crown with BlueGene/L

The BlueGene/L supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory topped the list of the world’s fastest computers once again, according to the new Top500 data released Wednesday. Built by IBM, BlueGene/L clocks in at 280.6 teraflops, or 280.6 trillion floating point operations per second.BlueGene/L is a workhorse machine for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). “Since BlueGene/L went into production in early 2006 it has performed beyond our expectations,” said Dona Crawford, associate director for computation at Lawrence Livermore, in a statement. “BlueGene/L’s architecture has proven suitable for a much broader range of applications than originally envisioned.”

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How Much Would You Pay for an iPhone?

On eBay, creative entrepreneurs are offering to stand in line to buy you an iPhone on launch day. Their fee: a cool $100. That’s only one-fifth the price of the phone itself.Others are peddling iPhone.com domain names, like iPhoneStop.com, .net, and .org, for $1,000. That’s twice the price of the iPhone’s least expensive model, but at least the domain names offer the potential to cash in on demand for iPhone accessories.

Speaking of accessories, you can find anything and everything related to the iPhone for sale on eBay. And, if you just can’t wait until the June 29 debut, you can purchase one of the much-hyped phones for as little as $1,299 — more than twice the price of the high-end model — with free overnight shipping.

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