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Submission + - EC2 Performance and Hadoop Scalability (jesse-anderson.com)

Submitted by

eljefe6a

on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @03:00PM

eljefe6a writes: "Putting some numbers and data behind the Hadoop hype took a few months of research. I ran 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 20 node Hadoop clusters using Elastic MapReduce to check its scalability. As expected, Hadoop scales very well. I also run performance tests on EC2 instances. Then, I break down the ROI of Spot Instance market and cost per unit."

Submission + - Sony uses NFC to charge for using a power outlet (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @02:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: If you're used to using a free power outlet to charge your gadgets, be it at work, in a coffeehouse, or at the airport. The days of free power may be numbered. Sony has added an IC chip to its latest power outlet design, which can check to see who is connected and charge them accordingly.

It sees the intelligent power outlets being deployed across a range of public locations. For consumers, it means yet another cost to using (and charging) your gadgets when you're out and about.

Submission + - Windows Phone 7 App Easily Ported to Windows 8 (youtube.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @02:37PM

An anonymous reader writes: Video of game AlphaDrops ported from Windows Phone 7 in 2 weeks, using 90% of the code. Seems like it will be pretty easy to move applications from Windows Phone to Windows 8!

Submission + - Obama Budget Asks for 1% Boost in Research (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:00PM

sciencehabit writes: One of the big three research agencies appears to be lagging behind its doubling peers in the president's 2013 budget request released this morning. The $4.9 billion budget of the Department of Energy's Office of Science would rise by 2.4%, to $5 billion. In contrast, the National Science Foundation would receive a nearly 5% boost, to $7.37 billion, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology a hike of 13%, to $860 million. These three agencies were originally singled by President George W. Bush in 2006 for a 10-year budget doubling, a promise that President Barack Obama and Congress have repeatedly endorsed despite the current tough economic times.

Submission + - Cryptome Hit by Blackhole Exploit Kit (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:00PM

wiredmikey writes: Whistleblower site Cryptome has been hacked and infected by the Blackhole exploit kit. Just how the breach occurred has not been said. Cryptome co-founder John Young however told SecurityWeek that the site is in the process of cleaning everything up, and that process should be finished by the end of the day. Founded in 1996, Cryptome publishes thousands of documents, including many related to national security, law enforcement and military. On Feb. 12, a reader advised the site that accessing a file had triggered a warning in their antivirus about the Blackhole exploit kit. Cryptome examined the file and found this command at its end: . Subsequent analysis found thousands of files on the site had been infected. That a reader notified the site of the problem is in keeping with a recent finding from Trustwave, which reported that of the data breaches they investigated in 2011, only 16 percent of the victimized organizations were able to detect the breach themselves.

Submission + - MIT - an online learning platform (mit.edu)

Submitted by

OldHawk777

on Monday February 13, 2012 @02:31PM

OldHawk777 writes: "MITx http://mitx.mit.edu/ will offer a portfolio of MIT courses for free to a virtual community of learners around the world. It will also enhance the educational experience of its on-campus students, offering them online tools that supplement and enrich their classroom and laboratory experiences.

The first MITx course, 6.002x — Circuits and Electronics https://6002x.mitx.mit.edu/, will be launched in an experimental prototype form."

Submission + - Twitter gets satellite access (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by jimboh2k on Sunday February 12, 2012 @05:48PM

jimboh2k writes: Satellite operators Iridium and Thuraya have signed on to provide access for Twitter users outside of normal mobile coverage. The service acts like the SMS function already available on the social network, allowing users to tweet during emergencies.

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