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The Return of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Any UK child of the Eighties will be familiar with The Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the best-selling 8-bit home computer that turned a generation of Beano readers into gamers. Now, Sir Clive Sinclair, the computer’s creator, has launched a Kickstarter for a Spectrum revival, a retro gaming system called the Sinclair…
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Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional is a Five-Year-Old Boy
A five-year-old boy has become the youngest person ever to pass Microsoft’s Certified Professional exam. Ayan Qureshi, from Coventry in the UK, has been using computers since he was three years old, under the guidance of his father, Asim. Ayan has a home computer lab, in which he has constructed…
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Light-Based Computers Are Nearly Here
Within a generation, the conventional mode of computer processing – electron-based – could be thing of the past. The future is bright. Or, rather, light. Refining the electrical conductivity and refractive properties of glass could yield the world’s first photonic computer, with information being transmitted via particles of light. Richard…
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