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From insideHPC

ICCS offers free HPC

Found at HPCwire, news that the ICCS, hosted by the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, is offering free HPC education: The ninth annual International Conference... John West
From insideHPC | April 23, 2009 at 02:35 PM

From insideHPC

SC09

The latest edition of the SC09 newsletter is out; it’s not up on the website yet, but Rich Brueckner from Sun has linked to it here (thanks, Rich). Technical Panel... John West
From insideHPC | April 23, 2009 at 02:11 PM

From insideHPC

AMD reports Q1 2009, posts

Two days ago (sorry, I was on the road) AMD reported its first quarter results for 2009. Performance was down over 20% year over year, and they lost money, continuing... John West
From insideHPC | April 23, 2009 at 02:03 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Too Connected, Or Not Connected Enough?

A bit off my usual selection of topics, but an article by Bruce Perens about a cyber-attack on Morgan Hill, a small city in northern California caught my attention... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | April 23, 2009 at 01:25 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Too Connected, Or Not Connected Enough?

A bit off my usual selection of topics, but an article by Bruce Perens about a cyber-attack on Morgan Hill, a small city in northern California caught my attention... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | April 23, 2009 at 01:25 PM

From Putting People First

What on Earth are Anthropologists Doing Playing With Mobile Phones?

What on earth are anthropologists doing playing with mobile phones, asks Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS. “It’s widely recognised... Experientia
From Putting People First | April 23, 2009 at 12:43 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

GS1 DataBar

The GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS, Reduced Space Symbology) is a form of barcode, approved and promoted by the GS1 standards body which contains more data space and... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | April 23, 2009 at 01:26 AM

From insideHPC

SiCortex Honors Earth Day With Special

In honor of Earth Day, SiCortex has announced an interesting and unusual offer to those interested in purchasing new systems. John Leidel
From insideHPC | April 23, 2009 at 12:06 AM

From insideHPC

Panasas Announces New Product

Panasas has announced a new, broader product line of storage products. John Leidel
From insideHPC | April 22, 2009 at 11:56 PM

From insideHPC

Glimpses of AMD

AMD, today, released a press statement delivering some tidbits of tasty info on the next three years of core silicon coming out of Sunnyvale. John Leidel
From insideHPC | April 22, 2009 at 11:21 PM

From CSDiary

Are There 20 Top-10 CS Departments?

I’m on board a Delta flight bound for Pittsburgh right now. My curiosity got the best of me and so I plunked down some money (too much, really) to try out the airline’s... Peter Lee
From CSDiary | April 22, 2009 at 11:17 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Nature of Private Label Gains

This piece suggests that they have been underway for a long time and cannot be blamed on the recession. Also useful comments. A big challenge for major label CPG... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | April 22, 2009 at 09:59 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart to Double Solar Power

Wal-Mart is placing solar panels on their store roofs. Great idea and very good marketing. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | April 22, 2009 at 06:33 PM

From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

Thanks to Jeff Dalton for alerting me to SIGIR 2009 announcing the lists of accepted papers and posters. As Jon Elsas points out, the authorship looks quite different... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | April 22, 2009 at 04:36 PM

From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

Thanks to Jeff Dalton for alerting me to SIGIR 2009 announcing the lists of accepted papers and posters. As Jon Elsas points out, the authorship looks quite different... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | April 22, 2009 at 04:36 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution

The top story on Techmeme is the new push Google is making around profiles. You can get a sense of the reactions from links to the official Google post. Here is... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | April 22, 2009 at 02:11 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution

The top story on Techmeme is the new push Google is making around profiles. You can get a sense of the reactions from links to the official Google post. Here is... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | April 22, 2009 at 02:11 PM

From CSDiary

CMU Places 12th in World, 3rd in North America, at ACM Programming Contest

The CMU team of Tom Conerly (CS sophomore), Celestine Lau (ECE senior), and Alan Pierce (CS sophomore) placed 12th overall, 3rd in North America, in the ACM International... Peter Lee
From CSDiary | April 22, 2009 at 03:13 AM

From insideHPC

Lustre User Group Keynote + Lustre Roadmap

The Sun HPC Watercooler has pointed us to the keynote presentation video from the Lustre User Group meeting in Sausalito, CA. John Leidel
From insideHPC | April 22, 2009 at 02:34 AM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Federal Trade Commission Issues Proposed Breach Notification Rule

On April 16 the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule requiring entities to notify consumers in the event that the security of their electronic health...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | April 21, 2009 at 08:34 PM