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Babbage: August 24th 2011
Brainier chips
Aug 24th 2011, 14:18 by The Economist online
A TRIO of surprising announcements at HP, IBM's new brain-like chip, and Skype gets into group messaging.
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@ blanford: are you on medication!
That aside, it's the age-old dillema of 'survival of the fittest' in today's cyber jungle. Just history repeating itself, all over again, I guess..