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AMD Releases Open-Source R600/700 3D Code-> 0

Submitted by lldmer on Monday December 29 2008, @05:06PM

lldmer writes "Phoronix has reported AMD released open source code for 3D acceleration on R600/700 GPU's:

Since earlier this year we have been waiting for AMD to release documentation and/or code on the ATI R600 series concerning 3D acceleration so that the open-source Linux drivers can begin to support the newer ATI graphics processors. It has taken longer than expected for AMD to complete and release this information, but it's now available. AMD has released the fundamental Linux code needed to begin fostering the development of an open-source R600 3D driver. Furthermore, this code also concerns the latest R700 series of graphics processors! The microcode for the newest GPUs has also been released.
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Linux 2.6.27 Out 452

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 09 2008, @10:58PM
from the not-all-fancy-like-gnu dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Linux 2.6.27 has been released. It adds a new filesystem (UBIFS) for 'pure' flash-based storage, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation support for ext4, multiqueue networking, data integrity support in the block layer, a function tracer, a mmio tracer, sysprof support, improved webcam support, support for the Intel wifi 5000 series and RTL8187B network cards, a new ath9k driver for the Atheros AR5008 and AR9001 chipsets, more new drivers, and many other improvements and fixes. Full list of changes can be found here."

Algorithms Can Make You Pretty 288

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 09 2008, @05:48PM
from the too-late-for-me dept.

caffeinemessiah writes "The New York Times has an interesting story on a new algorithm by researchers from Tel Aviv University that modifies a facial picture of a person to conform to standards of attractiveness. Based on a digital library of pictures of people who have been judged 'attractive,' the algorithm finds the nearest match and modifies an input picture so it conforms to the 'attractive' person's proportions. The trick, however, is that the resultant pictures are still recognizable as the original person. Here's a quick link to a representative picture of the process. Note that this is a machine-learning approach to picture modification, not a characterization of beauty, and could just as easily be used to make a person less attractive." Note: As reader Trent Waddington points out, the underlying research was mentioned in an earlier story as well.

Boston University Working On LED Wireless Networks 179

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 09 2008, @01:43PM
from the line-of-sight dept.

Madas writes "This article on Absolute Gadget details how researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering are working on devloping wireless networks that use LED lights instead of normal radio waves. This research apparently has other uses in the automobile industry. Apparently the LEDs could warn you if the driver in front has put the brakes on so could avoid hitting the car in front. Personally, I'd use the vision balls that are in my thought box."

No IPv6 For UK Broadband Users 298

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 09 2008, @12:19PM
from the not-now-love-not-now dept.

BT (the incumbent telephone company in the United Kingdom) are in the process of spending millions of pounds on upgrading their network to an all-IP core. However, they have failed to consider 21st Century protocol support, preferring to insist that IPv4 is enough for everyone. Haven't they noticed the IPv4 exhaustion report yet?

Comment: The birds and the bees (Score 1) 2

by Paapaa on Friday October 03 2008, @04:43AM (#25243599) Attached to: How do I talk to 4th graders about IT?

I have found "The Birds and The Bees" approach the best when talking about "IT"...

FSF Releases AGPL License For Web Services 276

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 19 2007, @11:55PM
from the when-view-source-isn't-enough dept.

mako writes "The Free Software Foundation has released the Affero General Public license version 3. The license is essentially the GPLv3 with an added clause that requires that source code be distributed to users that interact with the application over a network. The license effectively extends copyright to Web applications. The new AGPL will have important effects for companies that, under the GPL, have no obligation to distribute changes to users on the Web. This release adds the license to the stable of official FSF licenses and is compatible with the GPLv3."

From Gutsy Gibbon to Vista, a crazy tutorial!-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2007, @05:42AM

An anonymous reader writes "On TuxJournal.net, one of the most famous Italian GNU/Linux online magazine, you can read one of the best tutorial on the net to customize your Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon to get the Windows Vista Style. A crazy tutorial from crazy boys in five parts: PART1 — PART2 — PART3 — PART4 — PART5. This is what you'll get. Have fun!"
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World's Fastest Computers.....Run LINUX-> 0

Submitted by Louie's Mom on Friday November 16 2007, @08:45PM

Louie's Mom writes "In a short article that probably won't shock most /. readers, Linux-Watch is reporting that the world's top three supercomputers are powered by Linux. The third fastest actually runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. But that's just the top three. Out of the top 500, 426 depend on Linux."
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The Future of the Linux SCSI Subsystem 0

Submitted by LinucksGirl on Friday November 16 2007, @04:07PM

LinucksGirl writes "The Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) is a collection of standards that define the interface and protocols for communicating with a large number of devices. Linux provides a SCSI subsystem to permit communication with these devices. This article introduces you to the Linux SCSI subsystem and discusses where this subsystem is going in the future."