Thursday, May 8, 2008

Computer that runs at the speed of light (Literally)!

IBM is about to unveil a revolutionary form of computing that could tranform the World of information. It is known as the Crystal Computer and it is a way to use pulses of light to transfer and store digital information as quantum bits. A processor so fast it is capable of running the eqivilatent of 300GHz, or about 400 Gflop/sec, that’s about 100 times faster than today’s fastest consumer microprocessors.

.... The advance is similar to the one made by Australian National University, which used two lasers to focus at a silicate crystal holding atoms of an element known as praseodymium. The element absorbed the light and stored the quantum information as quantum bits.

....IBM scientists will use a complex process to evenly distribute the rare element neodymium inside silicate crystal. The process works by transferring information onto light beams utilizing the natural "nuclear spin" of the photons in the laser beam. When a series of three lasers are beamed in sequence on the crystal, digital information stored as quantum bits are released and the quantum information is encoded on the neodymium atoms. These atoms can store massive amounts of information. Because of the laws governing quantum mechanics, particles that make up the atoms can be oriented both up and down at the same time. This unit of information is called a qubit, and can hold much more information than a standard digital bit made up of either a 1 or 0.

....The best part about this breakthrough is that it shatters Moore’s Law, which states the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits will doubled every 18 months. The Crystal computer changes the computer paradyme by taking the transitor right out of the mix, and replacing it with the atom. Processor heat and complexity will be replaced with the cool methodical spin of the atom.

....Plans are speeding ahead for a 2009 introduction date, the working name for the chip is “neoton”. Can the Crystal Computer deliver the kind of performance promised and the reliability needed to capture the PC market. Only time and Moore’s unstoppable Law will tell..... " This is clearly the dawning of a new age in computers "

Source: http://www.newtechspy.com/articles06/crystalcomputer.html

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Working Steps for Installing Themes on Nokia E61i

I have been searching the internet ever since I got my E61i about installing themes to my new phone.

I use to get the error or "Expired Certificate", so I found that changing my phone date to almost one year back can do the trick, but there was no luck. I then get an error of 'Invalid Certificate and You System Date seems to be invalid'. Then someone wrote that the date should be after one or two weeks after the publishing date of the theme, I did that too but there was no luck.

I discovered that not only you have to change the date back but you also have to change the settings for application that are installed on the phone.

Here are some easy steps for installing themes to your Nokia E61i. It is guaranteed to work, if everything is compatible. It did for me, I hope it will do the same for you too.
  1. Go to Tools >> Clock >> Settings and change the time back one year. (if its 5/6/2008, change it to 5/6/2007) - In case the "Auto-Update" is enabled, it will prompt you "Auto Update Date Time Disabled"
  2. Then go to Applications >> App Mgr >Go To the Options Menu > Settings, In the settings change the "Software Installation" value to "ALL" from "Signed Only". Signed only is usually the default selected value.
  3. Now copy the theme to your phone (.sis file) and open it. It will verify to continue installing unsigned application, select "Continue", every time is asks for confirmation. Then select where to install the theme, that is phone or memory card.
  4. In the last go to Tools >> Themes >> and select the theme you just installed.
Enjoy the new themes on your new Nokia E61i, but don't forget to change back the date to the real date. You can find more themes on http://www.mobile9.com/

Cheers!

You can post comments and feedback in case you are finding problems on your Nokia E61i.