Modern Art Beowulf Cluster
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Contributed by Ryan on Saturday January 18, @03:24AM
from the i-should-have-majored-in-art dept.
Constance Imfield writes, "A bored grad student at Lauzon State College created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old 286 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college.
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Dennis on Saturday January 18, @01:00AM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
Joanna Sypher writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'pull-down menus'. Not good!" Stuart Pack pointed out an article in MSNBC about a patent on floppy diskettes held by Network Solutions. Dozens of people sent linkage to a CNN column entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Senator Farrell. Finally, Marlene sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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Is Snoium.com In Trouble?
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Contributed by Mike on Saturday January 18, @12:34AM
from the the-truth-is-out-there dept.
Analysts are worried about Snoium.com, which is not only in financial trouble but has been acting very erratically lately. Instead of laying off employees that they don't need, they've increased their workforce by 31% even though in a few months they'll start bouncing payroll checks. According to some, the company is doomed because it had a business plan written on a napkin. So what gives?
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Mike on Friday January 17, @10:09PM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
jared.sullivan writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'hypertext documents'. Not good!" hlund pointed out an article in TechWeb about a patent on floppy diskettes held by Adobe. Dozens of people sent linkage to a Wired News editorial entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Senator C. R. Pette-Bagger. Finally, Shannon Shimek sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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What's Going On With My.Bugle.Com?
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Contributed by Mike on Friday January 17, @08:40PM
from the holy-cow dept.
Financial experts are worried about My.Bugle.Com, which is not only in financial trouble but has been acting very strange lately. Instead of laying off employees that they don't need, they've increased their workforce by 39% even though in a few months they'll start bouncing payroll checks. According to some, the company is doomed because it intended to get rich from selling out to Microsoft even though they didn't have a product. So what gives?
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Contributed by Dennis on Friday January 17, @06:01PM
from the i-can't-believe-it dept.
Another day, another dotcom bites the dust. This time it's Shxh.Com. This article in TechWeb analyzes the latest victim in the dotcom downturn, suggesting that the company failed because it didn't try to convert the large number of visitors into paying customers.
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Why Qualcomm Should Buy Verate.Com
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Contributed by Mike on Friday January 17, @03:18PM
from the a-match-made-in-hell dept.
This feature over at PC Week argues that Qualcomm should merge with Verate.Com. Why? Because "Verate.Com is on the verge of bankruptcy."
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Ryan on Friday January 17, @02:32PM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
Imedkeat writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'pull-down menus'. Not good!" Dalamclay pointed out an article in CNN about a patent on rectangular computer cases held by AOL. Dozens of people sent linkage to a InfoWorld op-ed entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Representative Lobb E. Ist. Finally, coatithi sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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Did Somebody Say 578 Gigabytes?
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Contributed by Mike on Friday January 17, @01:50PM
from the drool-drool-drool dept.
Maxtor has done it again. According to this Salon.com article, they've patented new technology that will allow them to produce a 578 gigabyte hard drive the size of a penny. I remember back in the Good Ole Days when we walked uphill both ways to school and used computers that had 6 megabyte hard drives... Things have really changed since then.
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Dell Unveils UltraActiveStore(r) Hard Drive
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Contributed by Mike on Friday January 17, @01:26PM
from the i-want-one dept.
Dimitrius writes, "In this Wired News article, Dell CEO Brandy Rowland talks about new advances in hard drive technology which could quadruple storage density." Of course, it's still vaporware, but man that would hold a lot of MP3's!
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Did Somebody Say 757 Gigabytes?
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Contributed by Ryan on Friday January 17, @11:49AM
from the stuff-to-drool-over dept.
Hewlett Packard has done it again. According to this InfoWorld article, they've patented new technology that will allow them to produce a 757 gigabyte hard drive the size of a molecule. It's vaporware at this point, but I'm drooling already!
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Modern Art Beowulf Cluster
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Contributed by Dennis on Friday January 17, @10:39AM
from the i-should-have-majored-in-art dept.
Sheri Pletcher writes, "A bored grad student at Edwin MacPherson College created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old 386 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college.
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Linus Releases Kernel 2.5.32 To The World
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Contributed by Mike on Friday January 17, @08:45AM
from the download-compile-reboot dept.
According to Ollie Dedrick, the latest, greatest version of the Linux kernel is now available at a download site near you. You know what to do.
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