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Is the Relational Database Doomed? 344

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 13, 2009 @05:12PM from the just-more-tools-in-the-bucket dept.

DB Guy writes "There's an article over on Read Write Web about what the future of relational databases looks like when faced with new challenges to its dominance from key/value stores, such as SimpleDB, CouchDB, Project Voldemort and BigTable. The conclusion suggests that relational databases and key value stores aren't really mutually exclusive and instead are different tools for different requirements."

Radio Controlled Cyborg Insects At MEMS 2009 46

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @05:39PM from the why-does-she-have-a-hammer? dept.

Frankie Modellismo writes "During MEMS 2009, a Micro Electro Mechanical Systems conference taking place in Sorrento (near Naples in Italy), the University of California, Berkeley showed a wireless system to control a live rhinoceros beetle. The researchers controlled the movement of the beetle thanks to six electrodes installed in the insect's brain. The rhinoceros beetles can carry up to 3gr, and fly carrying the control module that weighs a little more than 1 gr." The page is in Italian, but the pictures speak for themselves.

Comment I wish... (Score 1) 849

by necrostopheles on Thursday January 15, 2009 @12:00AM (#26461025) Attached to: South Carolina Seeking To Outlaw Profanity

it had been Indiana. That would've been fucking awesome.

Comment Penny Arcade (Score 1) 420

by necrostopheles on Wednesday August 13, 2008 @11:00PM (#24594069) Attached to: Password Resets Worse Than Reusing Old password

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/7/12/a-wider-perspective-on-flavor/

Submission + - Work expirience at Yahoo, Google and MS compared

Submitted by

dgtlmoon

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @01:53AM

dgtlmoon writes: "Fun and juicey short article on various work expiriences at Yahoo, MSN and Google as an internet, dont miss the fab graph at the bottom comparing them! And the classic interview questions — "Can you tell me what was the most difficult bug you faced while programming and what you did to resolve it?" isn't "My programs don't have bugs.""

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