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Submission + - First Picture of Planet Orbiting Sunlike Star? (bbc.co.uk) 1

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DigitumDei

on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @08:06AM

DigitumDei writes: "It appears scientists may have obtained the first ever image of a planet orbiting a sun like star.
From the article:
The planet itself lies out at a great distance from its parent star: about 330 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun. By comparison, the most distant planet in our Solar System, Neptune, orbits at about 30 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
Dr Matt Burleigh, from the University of Leicester, UK, commented: "This is a very good candidate for a first picture of a planet orbiting a normal star."

Submission + - Intel launches first six-core processors (custompc.co.uk)

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arcticstoat

on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @07:29AM

arcticstoat writes: "Intel's six-core Dunnington CPUs were one of the worst kept secrets of this year, but the launch is now official and Intel has spilled all the beans about its first six-core CPUs. The new 7400 series of Xeon CPUs can feature up to six 45nm cores, as well as up to 16MB of Level 3 cache. As well as this, a server motherboard can chain up to 16 of these CPUs together, making for an incredible total of 96 cores in one machine. At the top of the heap is the Xeon X7460, which has six cores clocked at 2.66GHz each, 16MB of Level 3 cache and a toasty TDP (thermal design power) of 130W. However, the lower-clocked 2.13GHz Xeon L7455, which also has six cores and 12MB of Level 3 cache, has a much lower TDP of just 65W. This is quite an achievement, as it means that each core effectively has a power level of just under 11W."

Submission + - High-end developers choose commercial Linux (pcauthority.com.au)

Submitted by Bridger on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @06:30AM

Bridger writes: Developers are choosing commercial, rather than non-commercial, distributions of Linux when it comes to building high-performance or mission-critical systems, according to new research. Evans Data Corporation questioned 400 open source developers last month and found that non-commercial Linux distributions are still favoured for web development and embedded systems. The survey found that Ubuntu is the most popular distribution (24 per cent of respondents), followed by Red Hat Linux (21 per cent) and Red Hat Enterprise (19 per cent).

Submission + - Storms and Video Streams

Submitted by

Dr_Ish

on Sunday September 14, 2008 @01:30PM

Dr_Ish writes: "Living in an area that has been in the blast zone for Hurricanes Gustav and to a lesser extent Ike, keeping up to date on what is happening can be important during and after the events. In 2005, during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, one of the best ways of keeping informed was via live video streams from local TV stations and national media. Often times broadband connections would remain live, even after the power had gone out. This year though there has been a noticeable change. The increasing use of Silverlight and Windows Media formatted streams has made it increasingly difficult to find streams that can be used on non-Windows (i.e. Linux) computers. It is bizarre to be able to get news more easily from the BBC, than from local stations. This seems to be an increasing trend. Other than having a special Windows set up for such events, do any slashdot readers have any suggestions on how to deal with this issue? During times of crisis, this could be important."

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