Archive for June, 2004

Army chooses Mac over Intel for Super Computer

Thursday, June 24th, 2004

Apple Computers announced June 21, 200 that it received a contract from the U.S. Army for $5.8 Million dollars to combine 1566 dual processor servers into one super computer which has been dubbed “MACH-5.” Read more about it on MacCentral and Cnet.

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/21/xservearmy/index.php?redirect=1087831468000

http://news.com.com/Apple+sells+supercomputer+sequel/2100-1010_3-5242487.html?tag=macintouch

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SpaceShipOne - First private spaceship

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

The flight of the first private astronaut was not as perfect as it first appeared – a number of glitches occurred during the flight, some potentially catastrophic.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996052

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