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Googles Quantum Computing Playground turns your PC into a quantum computer

2014-05-22 16:47:04| Extremetech

Thanks to some ingenious engineers at Google, you can now turn your desktop PC into a quantum computer. Well, OK, not quite: You can simulate a quantum computer on your PC by running the Quantum Computing Playground web app for Chrome. The Playground allows you to run famous quantum algorithms, such as Grover's, or even to write your own quantum script. Short of buying your own quantum computer -- which, despite what D-Wave says, you can't -- this is the next best thing.

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Google Buys Stackdriver to Boost Cloud Computing Services

2014-05-08 02:17:52| Telecom - Topix.net

Stackdriver's technology lets developers monitor how their apps and other software services are performing as they run on cloud computing platforms including those offered by Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services and Rackspace.

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