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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Noisy Channel
Free Advice to the NYT: Monetize Community
I just read in The Observer that the New York Times is considering two plans to charge online users: One includes a “meter system,” in which the reader can roam...
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A Modest Proposal: Three-Strikes for Print "Yes, if banned from using print, some students will be unable to do their school work...
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The Wolfram Cometh
If you’re curious about Wolfram Alpha but tired of reading second-hand reports and third-hand hysteria about it, then be assured that your wait for first-hand access...
From The Noisy Channel
The Wolfram Cometh
If you’re curious about Wolfram Alpha but tired of reading second-hand reports and third-hand hysteria about it, then be assured that your wait for first-hand access...
From insideHPC
Second week
Hey kids, we have another winner in the “Bribery is Fair Play” survey contest! A lucky reader in the UK was selected at random from the pool of people who have...
From insideHPC
Supercomputing behind
We’ve mentioned Wolfram Research’s new computational portal, Alpha, here before. A post at the company’s blog for the new product touches on some of the computational...
From insideHPC
New
SiCortex has announced two new entrants in their “Science to Science” webcast series. First, on May 26 Purdue University
From The Eponymous Pickle
WolframAlpha Query Example
I had the chance to use Wolfram Alpha for a simple query today. I needed to know the number of cellphones in use in a number of European countries. So I posed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Publishing your Blog on the Kindle
You can now publish your blog for pay on the Kindle. More details on the Beta here. And more commentary on the idea.
From insideHPC
NEC Exiting Japan-Backed Supercomputer
NEC Corp announced today that it will withdraw from a Japanese government-backed supercomputer project.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future is Mobile
Excellent piece in Communities Dominate Brands on The 8 C's of Cellphones. The 8 C's the different dimensions of mobile and how they have evolved. ' ... the industry...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Your Brain on Architecture
In Fast Company. Or really its about constructing a space. A genius loci or spirit-of-the-place that influences us. Yes, it is different when one walks downAcademy...
From insideHPC
EU fines Intel
There is a lot of conversation about this, and most of it isn’t directly HPC related, so I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this decision but it seems like...
From insideHPC
Britain establishes green IT
The British Computer Society is establishing a certificate program in green IT. From an article at Enterprise IT Planet: The British Computer Society is seeking...
From insideHPC
Green IT
Enterprise IT Planet has posted their weekly roundup of all things green. I’ve picked out a couple of items that may be of interest to you HPC readers out there...
From insideHPC
SiCortex Closes on Latest Funding
SiCortex has closed on its latest round of funding.
From insideHPC
NITRD Act passes
Sorry guys, somehow I missed this when it happened on Tuesday. Melissa Norr at the CRA’s policy blog didn’t, however, and neither did Dan Reed. The CRA’s post contains...
From insideHPC
Cray Appoints New Principal
Cray has announced the appointment of a new principal engineer within the office of the CTO.
From insideHPC