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Bush Lightens Supercomputer Export Restrictions

Posted by Hemos on from the gettinghte-power-out-there dept.

MrZeebo writes "According to a story on Yahoo! News, Bush has finally decided to lift the Cold War-era restrictions on how fast an exported computer can be. Now, computers as fast as 195,000 MTOPS (up from 85,000 MTOPS) can be exported to countries such as Russia, China, and Pakistan."

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  1. Bush blows it again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Troll

    First he uses an undeclared war to stomp on our civil liberties, now he's our selling high end technology so his business buddies can make some more money. I can't wait to hear what the military is going to say. They view selling our high tech as the same as selling arms to the enemy.