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Submission + - A computer programmer goes to Hogwarts

Submitted by

mountainman

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @09:53AM

mountainman writes: "I've written a short story in the Harry Potter universe about a brilliant young computer programmer who is invited by Professor Dumbledore to go to Hogwarts to try to make computers work in a magical environment. Slashdot readers may enjoy it. You can tell it's fiction because the protagonist has a girlfriend! (Although she dumps him in the second paragraph.) The story, entitled MagicSoft, is here:

http://www.heurtley.com/richard/magicsoft.html (128KB)"

Feed Microsoft Agrees to Buy Maker of Voice-Recognition Software (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Thursday March 15, 2007 @01:12AM

The deal to buy Tellme Networks was said to be worth more than $800 million, making it Microsoft’s biggest acquisition since 2002.

Submission + - OS X unable to write to large volumes using Samba?

Submitted by

groovemaneuver

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @03:58PM

groovemaneuver writes: "I'm the IT Manager of a small/mid-sized college network that consists mostly of GNU/Linux servers with a near 50/50 split of Apple OS X and MS Windows XP workstations. We have a Samba-based file server with a 4 TB RAID, and the WinXP boxes connect, read, and write normally. However, the Mac boxes can connect and read, but they see every share that is hosted on the RAID as having 0KB available, and refuse to write. As a test, we created an identically-configured share hosted on the server's OS drive (about 80 GB), and the Macs connected just fine. We also have a few GNU/Linux workstations, and they can all connect to the shares without issues. Is there a limit to how large a Samba share can be before Mac clients crap out? Are we the only ones dealing with this? Is there a known solution? (my Google skills are usually pretty good, but I couldn't find anything)"

Submission + - AMD2 Socket Lands on Mini-ITX

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @02:55PM

An anonymous reader writes: A Taiwanese motherboard maker has unveiled what it is the first mini-ITX motherboard built around AMD's new AM2 processor socket. Mated with a low-power, small-form-factor AMD processor, Albatron's KI690-AM2 could suit a variety of space-constrained consumer and embedded applications that can benefit from 64-bit processing. The board is based on an ATI RS690 chipset and incorporates dual SODIMM slots, supporting up to 2GB of memory. Suggested apps include car PCs, home theater PCs, and retail and industrial systems.

Submission + - PCI-Express External cabling standard announced

Submitted by

symbolset

on Friday February 09, 2007 @02:06PM

symbolset writes: "The PCI-SIG has announced the release of the PCI Express External Cabling Specification V1.0. This standard allows for transfer of data through an external cable at 2.5GT/s (For the x16 cable, 8GB/s) to a cable length of up to 10 meters. An update is expected to double this speed to 5.0GT/s.

A limited review is available on The Inquirer, with pictures. The products are apparently already in production.

Is this new standard likely to change the game for graphics adapters and RAID controllers? What other devices might benefit from a high speed external serial point-to-point connection?"

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