However, if you can afford to spend more than that, you will be able to get something more powerful and arguably better
than the computers on this list.
This means that a 1 - kilogram computer, equivalent to a small laptop, can perform at most 5 * 1050 operations per second — that's a whopping 36 orders of magnitude more
than the computer on which I'm typing these words.
Not exact matches
Computers learned to outplay humans a while ago, but rather
than give up
on the game entirely, fleshy grandmaster types have instead incorporated machines into their games.
They were also more likely
than millennials to stay
on their phones at the dinner table and spend more time
on every type of device — phone,
computer, or tablet.
Keep files
on your
computer instead of in file cabinets, review documents
on your screen rather
than print them out, and send emails instead of paper letters.
Smartphones are now more powerful
computers than PCs were a decade ago, and these advances bring with them even more technological delight — and questions about privacy —
than their desktop brethren, thanks to always -
on GPS.
That's because accessing these files will be slower
than accessing them
on your
computer's hard drive.
Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack
on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack
on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a
computer, rather
than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range of data and economic trends.»
But the four devices here do more
than just sling your voice through the air, freeing up your hands to drive your car or tap away
on your
computer.
The deployment of such technology is the latest move by a Canadian bank to beef up its digital capabilities as customers increasingly conduct their banking
on mobile phones and
computers, rather
than over the phone or in a brick - and - mortar branch.
Air travel is more physically taxing
than ever, and after pulling a Rollaboard through an airport, packing and unpacking my
computer bag at security, lifting my suitcase (stuffed to the limit so I don't need to check anything) to the baggage compartment and then
on and off the rental car shuttle, I relish a hot soak.
To create digital photography for the iPhone, Jobs drew
on existing categories, namely «his experience with consumer electronic domains, his experience with mobile wireless, and his experience with building really great user interfaces for
computer devices» to produce what, when all the parts were combined, added up to be a device that was so much larger
than the sum of its parts, Sculley says.
The firm has since been capitalizing
on what McLeod describes as «a huge pent - up demand for
computer backup,» selling more
than one million units worldwide.
If you find yourself
on your phone more
than you do
on your
computer, constantly staring down at it, then why not get the best one there is?
With more
than 8,000 tech jobs available
on Dice.com
on any given day, New York City, unsurprisingly, is the most challenging place to recruit
computer science graduates, the survey found.
He understands more
than anyone the impact of
computers and software
on the world and how they change our lives.»
When the research team used a specially designed
computer program to evaluate the «brain age» of 50 meditators versus 50 non-meditators, it found «experienced meditators have brains that appear 7.5 years younger,
on average,
than non-meditators,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest blog.
While the Journal doesn't quote the publishing journal for the new studies, a previous study by both institutions in 2014 showed that those who took notes with a
computer performed much worse
on answering conceptual questions
than those who hand - wrote.
ZURICH, May 3 - Logitech shares were the biggest gainers in Europe
on Thursday after the
computer peripherals and mobile speaker maker reported better -
than - expected sales and profit and its chief executive said it could maintain the upward momentum.
As for the «awesome technologies» that sprang from Jobs's Apple laboratories, would not an impartial observer describe the iPad as just a small laptop
computer without a keyboard and a cover rather
than an innovation
on par with electricity, vaccination or hybrid crops?
«One of the things that we thought through planning this is that the percentage of mobile users would be definitely higher
than it typically would be because a lot of people have the game
on and would just bring [websites] up
on their phone rather
than jump onto a
computer and look,» McElrath says.
In terms of cloud computing, the military has security concerns and wants to keep sensitive data «in house to a large extent» rather
than crunching it
on a third party's
computers, Newmeyer said.
Apple's iOS software is typically considered less vulnerable
than many platforms that run
on many personal
computers.
It logs transactions across a network of
computers rather
than on one centralized server.
But the Palo Alto company, which makes software that enables
computers to be more efficient by running more
than one operating system simultaneously, is making a much more understated mark
on the Silicon Valley landscape — even as it faces headwinds to its business.
Two - fifths of the time, the attackers encrypted data
on more
than one
computer.
It didn't take long for my idea file
on my
computer to grow faster
than one per day.
An exchange that used to house more
than 5,000 traders shouting out their business now is a mostly docile habitat in which those still left
on the floor quietly tap out orders
on hand - held
computers and barely make a peep at swift changes in market activity.
RadioShack started looking for other opportunities to throw itself into, but rather
than focus
on improving itself with the offerings it already had, the company tried out new concepts with new stores to address customers» needs:
Computer City to sell
computers, Famous Brand Electronics for refurbished electronics, McDuff and Video Concepts for audio and video, Energy Express to sell batteries, and Incredible Universe, which showed a strong resemblance to Best Buy.
We saved more
than $ 800
on computer monitors through a coupon code.
The software maker urged the more
than 1 billion users of Flash
on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux
computers to update the product as quickly as possible after security researchers said the bug was being exploited in «drive - by» attacks that infect
computers with ransomware when tainted websites are visited.
More
than a dozen people who subscribe to receive my twice - a-week email tips
on publicity have asked me to start a podcast so they don't have to be in front of their
computers to read them.
A far bigger giveaway
than the dots involved the digital traces that the suspected leaker left
on work
computers.
Rather
than just being a how - to site, Lifewire is designed to focus
on actionable content: for example, The 7 Best Drones to Buy in 2016, or 13 Ways You're Screwing Up Your
Computer.
They also set up the
computers on set in such a way that the actors had to actually navigate programs, rather
than just tapping any button to trigger an impressive - looking response.
eBay Blackthorne is a client tool for inventory management, meaning you can choose to have it reside
on your
computer rather
than on a server somewhere else, giving you more control over your data.
You'll get more
than 10 hours of use from the
computer, which is more
than many other
computers on the market.
Apple's iPhones and iPads are not impacted by the malware since they run
on a different operating system
than Apple
computers.
And Google is holding
on to most of Motorola's more
than 20,000 mobile patents, providing Google with legal protection for its widely used Android software for smartphones and tablet
computers.
He checks his E-mail no more
than twice a day and won't even leave the E-mail screen up
on his
computer for fear of getting suckered in.
That evolution requires a more nuanced approach
than the
computer - generated algorithms that Facebook has been relying
on to pick out the most relevant content to display in each user's News Feed.
Apple's Siri was perhaps the biggest leap in that direction, with a system that was so much more natural and accurate
than anything available for a personal
computer, and
on an even smaller platform — your mobile phone!
He says because we're always
on the go (instead of shopping via a
computer at home), we're continuously influenced based
on what is around us, planning minutes ahead rather
than days.
For example, Google published a paper
on Monday claiming that it had been able to perform a calculation with the technology that was significantly faster
than what a conventional
computer could crunch.
Rival Southwest Airlines forecast
on Wednesday a further drop in a key profitability metric for the current quarter due to delays and cancellations of more
than 2,000 flights after an outage hit its
computer systems in July.
It estimated the malicious software infected more
than 1 million
computers worldwide every month,
on average, dating back to at least 2011.
As a result, according to a survey conducted last year by Focus Research Systems Inc. of West Hartford, Conn., less
than 7 % of American small businesses (those with fewer
than 500 employees or less
than $ 25 million in sales) used
on - site
computers.
If you have a personal
computer on your desk, you are more
than likely familiar with VisiCalc or one of the other «electronic spreadsheets.»
In this way, it is possible for an
on - board
computer to get a car closer to the one in front at higher speeds
than would be considered safe under human control.
While search engines like Google are great, if you don't learn how to do focused searches, you'll end up being
on your
computer a lot longer
than you need to be.