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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 insideHPC
Star-P adds
This just in from Interactive Supercomputing today The Star-P imaging function library was developed with the help of Anona Labs, an Israeli software company specializing...
From insideHPC
Wired
I know we’re only a few days into 2009, but this is likely to me my favorite link of the year: an article at Wired.com that looks at supercomputing’s bad boys: That...
From insideHPC
SiCortex video in the Boston
There was an article in the Boston Globe last week about SiCortex. The web version features an interview with CEO Christopher Stone handling a node and pointing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Places of the Future
Fraunhofer Institute has put together some research in constructing a hotel room of the future. Marriott tried to do something that included lots of easy interconnectivity...
From Springenwerk Blog
IBM DB2 on the Mac with Ruby, Rails and Radiant
Last year ended with an amazing announcement: IBM DB2 for the Mac! I have worked with DB2 for years and it's a truly great database. Who would have thought that...
From insideHPC
LSU High-End Visualization
The LSU Center for Computation and Technology has announced details of the 5th annual HIgh-End Visualization Workshop.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wikinomics Blog
I see that the Wikinomics blog is up and running, with some interesting posts that expand their exploration of mass collaboration.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Empowering Students to Explore By Linking CS and Writing
As part of a recent discussion on the Rebooting Computing listserv Ursula Wolz made the following important observations about how to do effective outreach to K...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ten Blogs for Bloggers
Ten blogs every Blogger should read in from Zero to SEO.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Internet and the Press
How does the internet weaken the press? By an existence proof, the local paper delivered to the door is getting thinner by the day.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How do I automatically lock myself out of Google Mail?
I want to be locked out of Google Mail if I spent more than X hours in a given day on email. Anyhow knows how to do it? Right now, I spend about two to three hours...
From insideHPC
HPC and
Josh Simons at Sun recently took a trip to ORNL to talk with their System Research Team about work that both organizations are doing with respect to virtualization...
From insideHPC
Creative launches new
Their word, not mine. Anyway, Creative Technology (yup, the SoundBlaster people) made an announcement at CES last week about the launch of their new line of silicon...
From insideHPC
AMD plans 1PF graphical supercomputer for interactive content
Many announcements came out of CES last week, but not many of them have anything to do with us. Which is why AMD CEO Dirk Meyer’s proclamation that he is building...
From Putting People First
Book: Elsewhere, U.S.A.
Elsewhere, U.S.A. How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety by Dalton...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Phone Watches
Apparently there are a number of watch format devices that aim to replace smartphones. But as long as we use our fingers I wonder about their practicality. Above...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Roland Piquepaille Passes
UK correspondent Richard James informs me of the passing of emerging tech blogger Roland Piquepaille. I read much of what he read and he was an inspiration for...
From insideHPC
Deadline approaches to apply for time on the
From HPCwire Scientists, engineers, and other U.S. researchers have until Jan. 15, 2009 (12:00 midnight local times) to apply for allocations of high-performance...
From Wild WebMink