Top 20 teams maintain positioning from previous week; full Super 25 in today's print edition of USA TODAY and online at usatodayhss.com

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Manatee HS (Bradenton, FL) continues to hold down the number one spot in the USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 national high school football editorial rankings for the fifth straight week, a week in which each of the top 20 teams also maintained their positioning.

The USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 rankings appear in today's print edition of USA TODAY Sports and are also available online at USA TODAY High School Sports (www.usatodayhss.com).

Manatee (5-0) got two blocked punts from defensive end Blake Keller in a 56-0 shutout of crosstown rival Braden River Friday to maintain its spot at the top of the Super 25. John Curtis (6-0, River Ridge, LA) continues at No. 2 with Byrnes (7-0, Duncan, SC) at No. 3, Santa Margarita (6-0, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) at No. 4 and 5-0 DeSoto (TX) at No. 5.

The only movement within the Super 25 this week took place at No. 22 where Nashville's Ensworth School (8-0) moved up two spots from No. 24, swapping spots with 5-1 Good Counsel (Olney, MD) which slid down two spots to No. 24.

The USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 is now in its 30th year as the most prestigious high school ranking platform in the nation. Gatorade is the Official Fuel of the Super 25 rankings platform, which includes computer rankings of every major high school football, baseball, boys and girls basketball and boys and girls lacrosse team in the nation.

Following is the complete listing of this week'sUSA TODAY High School Sports football rankings.

USA TODAY High School Sports High School Football Super 25 For Week of October 8, 2012

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Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US today won the Nobel Prize for work in quantum physics that could one day open the way to revolutionary computers.

The pair were honoured for pioneering optical experiments in "measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems," the Nobel Physics jury said in its citation.

"Their groundbreaking methods have enabled this field of research to take the very first steps towards building a new type of super-fast computer based on quantum physics," it said.

"Perhaps the quantum computer will change our everyday lives in this century in the same radical way as the classical computer did in the last century."

The research has also led to the construction of extremely precise clocks that could become the future basis for a new standard of time, with more than hundred-fold greater precision than present-day caesium clocks, it said.

Haroche, 68, said the award was "fairly overwhelming."

"I was in the street, passing near a bench, and was able to sit down immediately," he told journalists via a live link to Stockholm.

"I was walking with my wife, when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised." "I think we will have champagne," he added.

The two scientists specialise in quantum entanglement, a phenomenon of particle physics that has been proven by experiments but remains poorly understood.

When two particles interact, they become "entangled," which means one particle affects the other at a distance. The connection lasts long after they are separated.

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(RTTNews.com) - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI) said Tuesday that it now expects to report first quarter revenue of about $270 million, compared to its prior guidance of $270 to $290 million.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters currently expect the company to post revenue of $279.54 million for the first quarter.

Non-GAAP gross margin for the first quarter is expected to be about 13%. The main cause for the lower gross margin was the steep price drops for hard disk drives and memory, the company said. Margins on other products and components were stable to higher.

"Revenue for the quarter was up about 9% from last year and down slightly from our record last quarter despite challenges from a weaker global economy. The big price drops of HDD and memory, particularly late in the quarter, negatively impacted our net profit for the quarter as we adjusted to vendor contracts we entered into in the March quarter," said Charles Liang, Chairman and CEO.

The company said it will release final first quarter financial results on October 23.

Super Micro Computer shares are currently trading at $10.17, down 47 cents or 4.46%.

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Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), the leader in server technology innovation and green computing, today provided preliminary information regarding its financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012.

The Company also announced that it will release final first quarter fiscal 2013 financial results on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, immediately after the close of regular trading, followed by a teleconference beginning at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).

The Company now anticipates that it will report revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 2013 of approximately $270 million. This compares to the Company's previous guidance range of $270 to $290 million.

Non-GAAP gross margin is expected to be about 13%. The primary cause for the lower gross margin was the steep price drops for hard disk drives and memory. Margins on other products and components were stable to higher.

The Company anticipates that it will report non-GAAP operating expenses for the quarter in line with those reported for the prior quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Revenue for the quarter was up about 9% from last year and down slightly from our record last quarter despite challenges from a weaker global economy. The big price drops of HDD and memory, particularly late in the quarter, negatively impacted our net profit for the quarter as we adjusted to vendor contracts we entered into in the March quarter, said Charles Liang, Chairman and CEO. This quarter we experienced stronger demand for our new Sandybridge product lines suggesting a positive ramp for this new technology. In addition, late in the quarter, we began shipping our new Fat Twin architecture which is a benchmarked leader in performance, power efficiency and cost. We believe that we are well positioned in the market and we will provide more details on the earnings call.

The preliminary fiscal first quarter financial results presented in this press release are estimates and remain subject to finalization and review.

Conference Call/Webcast Information for October 23, 2012

Supermicro will hold a teleconference to announce its final first fiscal quarter financial results on October 23, 2012, beginning at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. Those wishing to participate in the conference call should call 1-888-438-5525 (international callers dial 1-719-325-2323) a few minutes prior to the calls start to register. A replay of the call will be available through 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, November 6, by dialing 1-877-870-5176 (international callers dial 1-858-384-5517) and entering replay PIN 8555814.

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From newcomers like DisplayPort to old standards like USB and dying breeds like FireWire, heres a quick and dirty guide to every port on your new PC.

Almost any modern communication need can be handled with a wireless solution. File transfer, streaming video, peripheral connections all of these can be accomplished without a physical connection. The future is now.

Yet the port persists. No, more than that: Its alive and well. Take a gander at your home office and youll likely find wires of all sorts leading to various connections: USB, HDMI, DVI, Thunderbolt, the list goes on.

Physical connections are still the quickest, most reliable way to transfer data. Which means its still important to know what goes where, and why. Lets clear the air and make room for some modern knowledge of old-fashioned connectivity.

The Universal Serial Bus would make a good role model for super-villains everywhere. It pledged to take over the world. Then it did so. It took well over a decade, but it has happened. FireWire is basically obsolete. External SATA is nearly extinct. Only Thunderbolt may provide a serious challenge but its years away from widespread adoption.

Modern USB essentially comes in two forms USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. The ports look the same and are compatible with each other, which is great. Except it makes separating the two difficult. Manufacturers the world over have tried to resolve the standard says that USB 3.0 ports should be blue or should be identified by super-speed USB 3.0 logo (see below).

If its not blue or identified by this logo, its not USB 3.0. Or at least it shouldnt be. Weve yet to encounter a computer that failed to identify USB 3.0 ports by at least logo, but we have run into a couple (both laptops) that didnt use blue.

The main difference between the standards is speed. The maximum bandwidth of 3.0 is over 10 times higher than 2.0. This doesnt mean transfer speeds are ten times better in the real world, but there is a huge difference. Youll see much quicker file transfers with a USB 3.0 drive plugged in to a 3.0 port. Transfer speeds are not better if you plug a 3.0 drive into a 2.0 port. Data can still be transferred, but only at 2.0 speeds.

FireWire was developed by Apple to solve the lack of high-speed connections available to peripherals during the early 90s. Speed was given high priority, and it showed in the resulting standard. FireWire which went through several revisions, and each was consistently quicker than USB.

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The super cluster a set of tightly-connected computers that work together at IIT-Madras has been declared the fastest among all educational institutions in the country.

TOP500, a global project that details the most powerful known computer systems in the world, has ranked the new IBM Virgo Super Cluster at IIT-Madras as the 224thin the top 500.

The other Indian entries ahead of the one at IIT Madras are the machines at an ISRO facility in Mumbai and the CSIR Lab in Bangalore. The cluster worth Rs. 9 crore, which will be put to use from Monday, will enormously increase the speed of computing and accuracy of results of research experiments.

This new system will be available to users, both professors and research scholars, across departments. Users can access it from wherever they are.

Five years ago, the institute was the first IIT to set up a cluster with a computing power of 20 teraflops, but Virgo has a computing power of 97 teraflops.

It took almost ten months for us to plan this, said P.B. Sunil Kumar, professor (physics), in-charge, high performance computing. The cluster will be of great help to various ambitious projects at IIT-Madras.

If a normal desktop CPU requires power of 300 units, this cluster works on 120 Kilo units per hour and is spread across 36 sq m.

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This week on "Best Of Indie Games," we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week.

The goodies in this edition include the Flash version of Ben Pettengill's Metroidvania-styled platformer The Moonkeeper, a retro-styled, overhead-view racing game for Windows, the sequel to PikPok's delightful iOS puzzler Monsters Ate My Condo!, plus a pick from Indie Royale's latest Oktoberfest Bundle.

Here's some recent highlights from IndieGames.com:

Game Pick: 'LD24 X0ut' (X-0ut, freeware) "The winner of the fun and overall jam awards from Ludum Dare 24, X-0ut's LD24 X0ut for Windows is an epic horizontal shmup that is as demanding on computer specs as it is on player skill. Great music, a thrusting narrative and the ability to destroy companion cubes are a few highlights from X-0ut's latest jam entry."

Game Pick: 'Nikki and the Robots' (Joyride Laborotories, commercial indie) "Nikki and the Robots stars the wall-jumping, robot-controlling, cat suit-wearing Nikki, who must use her abilities to solve a wide variety of physics-based puzzles throughout each level."

Game Pick: 'Vitrum' (9heads Game Studios, commercial indie) "Vitrum puts players in control of an android that can harvest energy from colored crystals in order to flip gravity and create mid-air platforms, among other abilities. The game includes more than 45 levels, including a set of unlockable Insane stages."

Game Pick: 'Little Racers: Street' (Milkstone Studios, commercial indie) "Originally released for the Xbox Live Indie Games service back in January, Little Racers: Street includes more than 30 upgradable cars, and supports up to 12 simultaneous players across a variety of online multiplayer modes."

Game Pick: 'The Moonkeeper' (Ben Pettengill, browser) "The Moonkeeper consists of several single-screen challenges that connect to form a large explorable game world. While you're equipped only with a pea shooter at the game's outset, you'll encounter a variety of upgrades during your quest to destroy 5 mutation pods."

Game Pick: 'Snayke' (Alexander Szpakowski, commercial indie) "Alexander Szpakowski's multiplatform release Snayke takes the Snake formula and adds a puzzle twist. While traditional rules hold, players can't run into themselves and must eat the blocks, Snayke adds multiple block types: teleporters, bombs, sequentials, reversals, and more."

Game Pick: 'Super Monsters Ate My Condo!' (PikPok, commercial indie) "Super Monsters Ate My Condo! features the same mechanics as the original game, but play sessions are now limited to two minutes in length. The change makes gameplay considerably more frantic, and new additions like equippable boosts and special condo types provide plenty of new twists."

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The AEC-6877 comes with two DDR3 1066/1333/1600MHz SODIMM slots to support a maximum of 8GB of memory. Featuring superior connectivity with two DisplayPort, one VGA, one DVI-D, two Gigabit Ethernet, one RS-232 port, one RS-232/422/485 port, one PS/2 Keyboard, one PS/2 Mouse port and independent Mic-in/ Line-in/ Line-out, the AEC-6877 provides extremely fast connections for enhanced efficiency with rich I/Os. The AEC-6877 offers two 6Gb/sec SATA connectors that can support RAID 0,1,5,10, and a CFast slot for external storage. Optional wireless features can be added via a mini-Card slot and additional functions can be added via one PCIe x4 or two PCI expansion slots. The powerful and passively cooled AEC-6877 embedded computer can operate in 0~60C (with airflow) environments. Designed with a wide voltage input range of DC 9~30V and offering four types of power protection: Over-Voltage, Low-Voltage, Short Circuit and Surge Protection, the AEC-6877 is well protected to operate in harsh manufacturing environments with unsteady power supply or variance in grounding.

In modern day manufacturing facilities, the relentless drive for higher productivity and quality, together with the ever increasing complexity of the products, fanless computing systems with highest processing power, fast connectivity, designed with expandable slots are in high demand. This is where the AEC-6877 comes into play, said Alan Chou, Product Manager of AAEONs Panel Appliance Automation Division. The AEC-6877 also offers three independent Full HD displays, supporting DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL 1.1. This allows multiple monitoring or large display boards to be supported in the shop floor for the display of 2D/3D images or videos.

Intelligent Remote Device Management and Device Monitoring For effective remote device management, the free AAEON Hi-Manager program can be installed on each deployed AEC-6877, allowing BIOS-level remote management from a remote console. Hi-Manager can also be installed on an AEC-6877 to monitor other AAEON devices. For individual device monitoring, the free Hi-Safe program with its user-friendly monitoring interface can be installed.

Group Management using Hi-Manager The AAEON Hi-Manager is a powerful tool based on the Intel Active Management Technology 8.0 (iAMT 8.0) and has backward compatibility with earlier versions of iAMT. This allows users to locate all iAMT devices in the intranet, power On/Off target devices remotely, set power On/Off scheduling, arrange device groupings for better management, offer event logs and timer settings, recover systems, remote KVM management and access to target device hardware information for asset management. Hi-Manager can be installed on all AAEON platforms and can remotely manage AAEON client devices that use Intel Q77, QM77 and HM76 chipsets and running Microsoft Windows XP, Window 7 Operating Systems.

Status Monitoring using Hi-Safe The AAEON Hi-Safe is a free and powerful hardware-based program geared toward SDKs for UIs running Microsoft Windows Operating systems. It provides an easy way to develop the end users own UI software to monitor vital System information such as those for the processor, RAM and VGA. It monitors received data from the Super I/O, fan, temperature and voltage, offers configuration options for Digital I/O pin direction and data, provides watchdog timer and fan speed settings, SMBus base address detection and device ID settings, optional monitoring of UPS data information, and offers two modes for backlight display control if one uses the LVDS interface. Being based on the user interface SDK, no coding is needed and customers can create their own customized user interface by downloading the function codes provided by AAEON.

For more product information, please contact AAEON regional sales representatives or visit http://www.aaeon.com.

About AAEON AAEON Technology, Inc is a leading manufacturer of advanced industrial and embedded computing platforms. Committed to innovative engineering, AAEON provides integrated solutions, hardware and services for premier OEM/ODMs and system integrators worldwide. Reliable and high quality computing platforms include industrial motherboards and systems, industrial displays, rugged tablets, PC/104, PICMG and COM modules, embedded SBCs, embedded controllers and related accessories. AAEON also offers customized end-to-end services from initial product conceptualization and product development on through to volume manufacturing and after-sales service programs. AAEON is an Associate member of the Intel Intelligent Systems Alliance.

Press Contact AAEON Technology Inc. Ashley Liu TEL: +886-2-8919-1234 # 1110 Email: Ashley1Liu@aaeon.com.tw http://www.aaeon.com

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The AEC-6637 comes with a DDR3 1066/1333/1600MHz SODIMM slot to support a maximum of 8GB of memory. Featuring superior connectivity with two 5 Gb/sec USB3.0 ports, one Full HD display via VGA, two Gigabit Ethernet, three RS-232 ports, one RS-232/422/485 port, one Line-out, the AEC-6877 provides extremely fast connections for enhanced efficiency with rich I/Os. The AEC-6637 offers a 6 Gb/sec SATAIII connector that can support a 2.5 HDD for storage and also offers a CFast slot that can support Cfast card for storage. Optional wireless features can be added via a PCIe 3.0 mini-Card slot that supports 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. The powerful and passively cooled AEC-6637 embedded computer can operate in -10~60C (with airflow) environments. Designed with a wide voltage input range of DC 9~30V and offering four types of power protection: Over-Voltage, Low-Voltage, Short Circuit and Surge Protection, the AEC-6637 is well protected to operate in harsh environments that have unsteady power supply or variance in grounding.

In modern day demanding manufacturing facilities, smart buildings and transportation, compact and fanless computing systems with the highest processing power and the fastest available connectivity are in high demand, said Jackie Huang, Product Manager of AAEONs Panel Appliance & Automation Division. This is where the AEC-6637 fits right in the picture.

Intelligent Remote Device Management and Device Monitoring For effective remote device management, the free AAEON Hi-Manager program can be installed on each deployed AEC-6637, allowing BIOS-level remote management from a remote console. Hi-Manager can also be installed on an AEC-6637 to monitor other AAEON devices. For individual device monitoring, the free Hi-Safe program with its user-friendly monitoring interface can be installed.

Group Management using Hi-Manager The AAEON Hi-Manager is a powerful tool based on the Intel Active Management Technology 8.0 (iAMT 8.0) and has backward compatibility with earlier versions of iAMT. This allows users to locate all iAMT devices in the intranet, power On/Off target devices remotely, set power On/Off scheduling, arrange device groupings for better management, offer event logs and timer settings to wake up devices at specified times, recover systems that have crashed from virtual CD-ROM, remote KVM management, and access to target device hardware information for asset management. Hi-Manager can be installed on all AAEON platforms and can remotely manage AAEON client devices that use Intel Q77, QM77 and HM76 chipsets and run Microsoft Windows XP, Window 7 Operating Systems.

Status Monitoring using Hi-Safe The AAEON Hi-Safe is a free and powerful hardware-based program geared toward SDKs for UIs running Microsoft Windows Operating systems. It provides an easy way to develop the end users own UI software to monitor vital System information such as those for the processor, RAM and VGA. It monitors received data from the Super I/O, fan, temperature and voltage, offers configuration options for Digital I/O pin direction and data, provides watchdog timer and fan speed settings, SMBus base address detection and device ID settings, optional monitoring of UPS data information and offers two modes for backlight display control if one uses the LVDS interface. Being based on the user interface SDK, no coding is needed, and customers can create their own customized user interface by downloading the function codes provided by AAEON.

For more product information, please contact AAEON regional sales representatives or visit http://www.aaeon.com.

About AAEON AAEON Technology, Inc is a leading manufacturer of advanced industrial and embedded computing platforms. Committed to innovative engineering, AAEON provides integrated solutions, hardware and services for premier OEM/ODMs and system integrators worldwide. Reliable and high quality computing platforms include industrial motherboards and systems, industrial displays, rugged tablets, PC/104, PICMG and COM modules, embedded SBCs, embedded controllers and related accessories. AAEON also offers customized end-to-end services from initial product conceptualization and product development on through to volume manufacturing and after-sales service programs. AAEON is an Associate member of the Intel Intelligent Systems Alliance.

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High prices plus competition from smartphones and tablets mean that ultrabook PCs are failing to sell in high numbers.

Ultrabooks, the super-slim, super-light, super-quiet notebook PCs that were meant to revolutionize the market are failing to entice users away from other gadgets.

Hopes had been high that 2012 would be the year that these ultra-portable computers really took off and sales of 22 million units were predicted. However, the latest IHS iSuppli Compute Platforms Topical Report, published Monday, shows that these estimates were way off the mark and due to a combination of ineffective marketing, competition in the market and their comparatively high cost, only 10.3 million ultrabooks are now predicted to ship by the end of the year.

"So far, the PC industry has failed to create the kind of buzz and excitement among consumers that is required to propel ultrabooks into the mainstream," said Craig Stice, the report's author. "This is especially a problem amid all the hype surrounding media tablets and smartphones. When combined with other factors, including prohibitively high pricing, this means that ultrabook sales will not meet expectations in 2012."

Issues surrounding marketing and price can be overcome -- especially as ultrabook sales increase -- but competition from tablets and smartphones can only be addressed through new features and functionality that consumers want or need. And in this respect, the report is optimistic, noting that Intel, the microprocessor giant whose chipset and specifications define the term ultrabook, has been busy unveiling new capabilities for future models. These include touchscreen technology, voice recognition and a host of GPS and motion sensors -- technologies that are key drivers of the success of tablets.

In particular, manufacturers including Acer, HP and Dell have high hopes for convertible' ultrabooks which, via detachable or rotating screens, can be turned into tablets, or have touchsensitive screens, giving users the best of both worlds. For example the Acer Aspire S7 can be opened to 180 and has a 10-point touch display optimized for the forthcoming Windows 8. Meanwhile the Dell XPS Duo 12 has a screen that can spin within its outer frame so that it can be on the inside or the outside of the computer.

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DC Entertainment is getting ready to unleash an all-out super-villain assault, just in time for Halloween. One of many villainous stops along their road to world domination brings them to the pages of the DC Nation comic. GeekDad has an exclusive look at a Know Your Super-Villains mini-poster and accompanying whos who guide that will be featured in DC Nation books in October. Can you name more than your kids?

(Geek Cred Warning: You can scroll down for the villain names, should your geek-o-meter fail you.)

Kids can continue to test their super-villain smarts by visiting DCNation.com to take a mastermind quiz and participate in a poll to select the vilest villain. Plus, you dont need access to the Bat Computer to get the entire lowdown on this superstitious and cowardly lot; all you need is the DC Nation app to gain exclusive access to a full set of super-villains secret files in a special Halloween collection.

Still havent had your fill of maniacal clowns, feline femme fatales, and narcissistic businessmen? Why not follow your favorite baddies to their other destinations such as the New York Comic Con, a lucky fan sweepstakes, and a fan-favorite DVD release?

DCComics.com will host a month-long super-villain website takeover that includes art by Ryan Sook, and elaborate super-villain character pages. In addition, fans can enter the Super-Villains Big Score Sweepstakes on the site, where one grand prizewinner will win super-villain themed prizes including special collectibles and original artwork.

DC Entertainment will also give fans the chance to be one of the super-villains at New York Comic Con with a special green screen photo-op at the DC Entertainment booth. Fans attending the con, from October 11-14, can strike their most evil pose alongside Bane, The Joker, Lex Luthor and more in an interactive photo booth. As a souvenir, youll get to take home an awesome super-villain cover from the photo shoot.

Next month will also see the release of the first annual super-villains DVD collection, which arrives in stores on October 16. A 2-disc collection, DC Comics Super-Villains: The Jokers Last Laugh collects 13 action-packed episodes, featuring some of the best moments from the Clown Prince of Crimes career.

It certainly looks like its a good time to be bad, right? Now, if youll excuse me, I have to go dig out my old DC Halloween specials and brainstorm how Im going to get to New York for my Villains United meeting.

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MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stability has taken hold for the nation's top high school football programs this week, as the top 15 teams in the USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 national high school football editorial rankings, led by No. 1 Manatee (Bradenton, FL), remain unchanged from the previous week for the first time this season.

The USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 rankings appear in today's print edition of USA TODAY Sports and are also available online at USA TODAY High School Sports (www.usatodayhss.com).

While the upper half of the Super 25 remains intact, two new schoolsCoppell (Texas) at No. 20, and Dr. Phillips (Orlando, FL) at No. 25make their first appearances in the Super 25 this year, with both teams having reeled off five straight wins to open their respective seasons.

The USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 is now in its 30th year as the most prestigious high school ranking platform in the nation. Gatorade is the Official Fuel of the Super 25 rankings platform, which includes computer rankings of every major high school football, baseball, boys and girls basketball and boys and girls lacrosse team in the nation.

Coppell (5-0) enters the rankings at a strong No. 20 after defeating Texas rival Allen HS, the No. 16 team in the Super 25 last week, 27-24 in overtime on Friday behind two passing TDs and one rushing TD from quarterback Colby Mahon. Dr. Phillips, also 5-0, takes over the No. 25 spot after its convincing 35-18 win over DeLand (FL), in which RB Eric Harrell ran for 153 yards and a TD.

Following is the complete listing of this week'sUSA TODAY High School Sports football rankings.

USA TODAY High School Sports High School Football Super 25For Week of October 1, 2012

1. Manatee, Bradenton, Fla. (4-0)2. John Curtis, River Ridge, La. (5-0) 3. Byrnes, Duncan, S.C. (6-0) 4. Santa Margarita, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (5-0) 5. DeSoto, Texas (5-0) 6. Bellevue, Wash. (5-0) 7. De La Salle, Concord, Calif. (5-0) 8. Katy, Texas (4-0) 9. Camden County, Kingsland, Ga. (5-0) 10. Butler, Matthews, N.C. (6-0) 11. Colerain, Cincinnati (6-0) 12. Vista Murrieta, Murrieta, Calif. (5-0) 13. Eden Prairie, Minn. (5-0) 14. Trinity, Louisville (6-0) 15. Goose Creek, S.C. (6-0) 16. Hoover, Ala. (5-0) 17. St. Ignatius, Cleveland (6-0) 18. Bergen Catholic, Oradell, N.J. (3-1) 19. Bishop Gorman, Las Vegas (4-1) 20. Coppell, Texas (5-0) 21. Carmel, Ind. (7-0) 22. Good Counsel, Olney, Md. (4-1) 23. La Salle, Wyndmoor, Pa. (5-0) 24. Ensworth School, Nashville (7-0) 25. Dr. Phillips, Orlando (5-0)

For more information on the Super 25, visit USA TODAY High School Sports.

The USA TODAY Sports Media Group encompasses all sports initiatives across USA TODAY and Gannett's more than 100 well-known local media brands. It also includes the sports photography service U.S. Presswire, USA TODAY High School Sports and USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI).

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Billion-color, 2560x1440 resolution display

Consumer electronics manufacturer ViewSonic announced its latest 27-inch professional grade monitor -- the VP2770-LED. The super IPS display offers professionals indigital photography, architecture, computer engineering and design nearly80% more pixels than a standard 1080p display.

The 27 VP2770-LED Super IPS LED monitor features a WQHD (Wide Quad High Definition) 2560 x 1440 resolution with 3.7 million pixels. The new display provides native support for 1.07 billion colors, a high 20,000,000:1 contrast ratio, super wide 178 / 178 viewing angles, and high compatibility with most third party color calibrators on the market.

DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual-Link DVI and VGA inputs are available, along with four USB 2.0 ports to support peripherals. In addition, VP2770-LED gives users with full ergonomics including height adjust, swivel, tilt and pivot, plus 80MM VESA mount compatibility for optional wall mounting functionality.

The display will be available in North and Latin America this month for an suggested retail price of $799. A worldwide launch has yet to be announced.

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'I would recommend this to people who have a taste for adventurous and exciting books' This book is all about a boy called George, his friend Annie and her dad Eric (a scientist) and their adventures in space. They travel there by a super computer Cosmos. In this adventure, Annie has a message from aliens and she and George travel into space with their friend Emmett at Ground Control to find out ...

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A former hedge fund analyst told U.S. senators on Thursday that another Flash Crash in financial markets could come at any time as a result of super high-speed computer trading.

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It is simply a matter of time before we have another catastrophe of the same magnitude or worse than the Flash Crash, Lauer said in his prepared testimony.

The next time it happens, we may not be so fortunate with regard to the timing it was only luck that the Flash Crash didnt start in the morning, inciting markets around the world to crash, or at 3:45 p.m. EST, with the market closing after the drop, but before it could recover. If this were to happen, there would be an overnight exodus from the market with disastrous consequences for the U.S. economy.

Lauer said he personally experienced the panic of high speed market lurches as he sat on the global equity trading desk of a futures trading firm on May 6, 2010 the day of the so-called Flash Crash, in which the market plunged, and then rebounded again sharply in a matter of minutes.

As I watched the market crash, I witnessed something unthinkable: the market simply disappeared. For what felt like an eternity, but was more likely 30 seconds to a minute, there were no bids or offers displayed in the market for major stocks and ETFs such as SPY (the S&P 500 Index ETF

Lauer argued that all the volatility that has resulted from the Flash Crash and similar disasters in individual stocks and IPOs is causing retail investors to flee the market.

The flight of the retail investor during a period of incredible stock market returns is a sure sign that this exodus is a result of mistrust rather than economic conditions, he said in prepared testimony. Since the Flash Crash in May 2010, over $283 billion has flown out of the U.S. Equity markets. Over that time period, the S&P 500

The Senate also heard from supporters of high frequency trading, who argued that millisecond level transactions help markets find the correct prices for stocks and other equities quickly.

Over the last four years, I have witnessed an unprecedented number of claims that our markets are horribly broken, unfair and dangerous, said Chris Concannon, executive vice president of Virtu Financial. These claims tend to be short on facts and evidence, but long on press coverage and book deals. Our market is not perfect. And it has recently experienced some dramatic mishaps. But, despite its flaws, it is a market that has withstood the most unprecedented volatility and repricing of equity values in our lifetime while maintaining the same levels of pricing efficiency.

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Bangalore: India is on a mission to become the country to home world’s fastest super computer by 2017. According to Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), the premier R&D organization of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DietY), the super computer it is designing would be 61 times faster than the present world’s top Sequoia(developed by IBM), which has top ...

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The U.S. Navy has successfully flight tested a new mission computer that will expand the performance of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler. The new Type 4 Advanced Mission Computer (AMC) increases computing power and accelerates image and mission processing functions. Those advances will support new systems being incorporated onto the aircraft, including a Distributed Targeting System, Infrared Search and Track, and a new high-definition touch-screen display.

"The Type 4 Advanced Mission Computer puts game-changing computing power directly into the hands of the warfighters who fly the Super Hornet and Growler," said Kevin Fogarty, director of Boeing F/A-18 and EA-18G Mission Systems. "Working collaboratively with the U.S. Navy and our industry partners, we are increasing combat capability with an affordable, evolutionary approach to technology advancements." The new AMC was tested on a Navy F/A-18F during a 90-minute flight at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, CA, verifying that it met critical safety and system requirements. Additional testing is planned. Boeing will deliver to the Navy the first Super Hornets and Growlers with the Type 4 AMC in 2014. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is Boeing's principal supplier for development of the AMC. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a low observable, multirole aircraft that performs a multitude of missions, including air superiority, day/night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter escort, and close air support. The EA-18G Growler is the only air combat platform that provides full airborne electronic attack capability along with the targeting and self-defense capabilities derived from the F/A-18E/F Block II Super Hornet.

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A team led by Professor Simon Cox at the University of Southampton built a super computer using 64 Raspberry Pi computers. The rig housing is made with Lego blocks. It doesn't get more geeked-out... Drop to Full Story below

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A team led by Professor Simon Cox at the University of Southampton built a super computer using 64 Raspberry Pi computers. The rig housing is made with Lego blocks. It doesn't get more geeked-out than this.

Professor Cox says As soon as we were able to source sufficient Raspberry Pi computers we wanted to see if it was possible to link them together into a supercomputer. We installed and built all of the necessary software on the Pi starting from a standard Debian Wheezy system image and we have published a guide so you can build your own supercomputer.

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The racking was built using Lego with a design developed by Simon and James, who has also been testing the Raspberry Pi by programming it using free computer programming software Python and Scratch over the summer. The machine, named Iridis-Pi after the Universitys Iridis supercomputer, runs off a single 13 Amp mains socket and uses MPI (Message Passing Interface) to communicate between nodes using Ethernet. The whole system cost under 2,500 (excluding switches) and has a total of 64 processors and 1Tb of memory (16Gb SD cards for each Raspberry Pi).

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Published: Aug. 9, 2012 at 5:09 PM

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The New York City Police Department unveiled a super computer system created to help police better track criminals, officials said.

The system, called the Domain Awareness System and unveiled Wednesday, was developed jointly by the NYPD and Microsoft Corp., the New York Daily News reported.

"We're not your mom-and-pop police department anymore," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "We are in the next century. We are leading the pack."

Police officers will have access to the city's more than 3,000 street cameras and all of the department's databases through the one system, said NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

"For years, we've been stovepiped as far as databases are concerned," Kelly said. "Now, everything that we have about an incident, an event, an individual comes together on that workbench, so it's one-stop shopping for investigators."

Because the police department played a key role in developing the system, should Microsoft sell it to other cities across the country, the NYPD will get 30 percent of the proceeds, the New York Post reported.

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