Archive for January 9th, 2008
Jan
9
Google's paper updated version about MapReduce, is available at ACM and mirrored, which provides new information about Google's scale. MapReduce is a software framework used by Google to "support parallel computations over large (...) data sets on unreliable clusters of computers". Google uses it for indexing the
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Jan
9
Windows Server 2008 shipping is getting close, if you have not done already, please download the latest build of Windows Server 2008 (see recent post of download instructions ) and test the applications which you have developed.
If your application does not work, there are lots of great resources that we have built to help you understand
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Jan
9
Google LatLong blog posted about new set of features and content for Sky in Google Earth. This update is particularly exciting, from views of the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum to exploring how the sky changes over time, there’s something to satisfy everyone’s interest in the stars.
Using NASA’s space telescopes, you can view how the universe
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Jan
9
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Jan
9
A Bay Area startup is planning to build data centers on cargo container ships, which would be docked at piers in major Internet markets. The company, known as IDS (International Data Security) says it plans to use biodiesel to power its generators and use heat from equipment to manage temperature on board the ships,
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Jan
9
The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday."We are working with them very closely to make a dual-boot system so
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Jan
9
Microsoft will not launch a product that competes directly with Apple's iPhone, Chairman Bill Gates said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "No, we won't do that. In the so-called smart phone business we will concentrate solely on software with our Windows Mobile program," Gates was quoted as saying in
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Jan
9
R680, the upcoming enthusiast graphics card from ATI that is, apparently, as fast as 1000 Cray-1s. We're not allowed to say exactly how fast that is, but maybe you want to hazard a guess. The details are all hush-hush but assume that what people have already written
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Jan
9
Owners of camera-equipped Windows Mobile devices can take photos, then send them over the air to their home media servers, thanks to software announced today by Axentra Corporation. Users can also play audio and video files remotely on phones or network-enabled PDAs, according to the company.
The mobile access capability is
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Jan
9
SWsoft on Wednesday announced the release of a beta version of Parallels Server, the company's server virtualization software. It's billed as the first virtualization software turn can run Mac OS X Server "virtualized" on the Mac.Parallels Server is an enterprise product from the same company that brought the Mac world its first
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Jan
9
TuneUp Utilities makes Windows faster, more secure, and comfortable. All important aspects of system configuration, security, cleaning and maintenance are combined under a modern graphical user interface.
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Jan
9
The adCenter team announced the release of Microsoft adCenter Add-in for Excel 2007 with integrated many of advanced keyword technologies and valuable data into Excel! to do your keyword research inside Excel 2007.
Product features:
Keyword Expansion – we have included 3 different expansion algorithms: campaign association, fast contained, and category simulation
Keyword Search Volume Historical and Forecast – we have included daily
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Jan
9
The Windows Security Center which is included with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista is a nice way of seeing the security status overview of your system but sometimes it makes mistakes after you have uninstalled one or more programs and replaced them with others. Here No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jan
9
If you think that all the changes that Microsoft is introducing with Windows XP Service Pack 3 are included into the official overview of the refresh, then you are sadly mistaking. The fact of the matter is that there is simply more than meets the eye, with the third and final service
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Jan
9
The audio system on Vista keeps track of the apps that are playing sounds (it has to, to be able to display the information on what apps are playing sounds :)). It keeps this information around for a period of time after the application has made the sound
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