No, seriously. Cat brain. Apparently IBM has managed to reverse-engineered and simulate the complexity of a feline’s brain. The team also mentioned that it’s a very huge step towards opening the pandora box of Artifical Inteligence: the human brain. And the scariest part? According to one of the scientest, Darmendhra Modha, following the advancement of processing power, they will have enough firepower to simulate our brain by 2019. That’s, uh… barely 10 years from now.  Ten, short years. Better rewatch my Terminators DVD collection…
Read more: Popular Mechanics, MercuryNews, Gizmodo

On less scarier news, Square-Trade – an after-trade warranties company – released the analysis of their research of the most robust brand of laptop, based on the frequency of their warranty-claimed over 3 years and 30,000 laptops. If you think Apple is top-spot, then think again.
Read the full article: InfoWorld

Last but not least, Nvidia’s latest offering to the gaming industry, the Geforce100 – codename Fermi – is getting ready to be released. There’s only speculation and rumours so far, but apparently one of the staff twitted (I really should have a twitter)(no I don’t) a picture of a running card. Dx11 capable? Oh yes please. Picture below.
Read here: Endgadget

And here’s something to cap everything off: new Mario games for Wii. Man, now I really wish I have a Wii. Old school FTW!! This game is sooo full of win
Wired Article