Decked out in new “Echo” inlaid design, the ultraportable 4.59 lb. Pavilion tx2500z is packed with features you’ll love. It has a 12.1″ (diagonal) high-definition touch screen, and it optimizes handwriting capture: you simply write on it with a dockable/rechargeable eraser pen (no batteries needed). In addition, the screen twists for easy viewing of documents [...]

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Yes, you heard it right. Take 13,000 tweaked Cell processors the same chip used in Sony’s PlayStation 3—add 7,000 dual-core AMD processors, add around 80TB of memory, and the output is Roadrunner, the new supercomputer capable of performing a quadrillion calculations a second.
The AP reports that the newly unveiled Roadrunner, developed by researchers [...]