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Intel Talks 1000-Core Processors 326

Posted by samzenpus from the we're-gonna-need-a-bigger-heat-sink dept.
angry tapir writes "An experimental Intel chip shows the feasibility of building processors with 1,000 cores, an Intel researcher has asserted. The architecture for the Intel 48-core Single Chip Cloud Computer processor is 'arbitrarily scalable,' according to Timothy Mattson. 'This is an architecture that could, in principle, scale to 1,000 cores,' he said. 'I can just keep adding, adding, adding cores.'"
Government

New Bill Would Put DHS In Charge of 'Critical' Private Networks 193

Posted by Soulskill from the too-big-to-404 dept.
GovTechGuy writes "A new bill unveiled Wednesday by House Homeland Security chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to enforce federal cybersecurity standards on private sector companies deemed critical to national security. The Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2010 authorizes DHS to establish and enforce risk and performance-based cybersecurity standards on federal agencies and private sector companies considered part of the country's critical infrastructure. Such firms include utilities, communications providers and financial institutions."
Crime

Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange 298

Posted by CmdrTaco from the this-will-never-end dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is likely to be detained for questioning over his alleged connection to a rape case. The Director of Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has requested the District Court of Stockholm to detain Assange, claiming that they have not been able to meet with him to accomplish the interrogations. 'I request the district court of Stockholm to detain Mr Assange in his absence, suspected of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion,' Ny said in a statement."

Paper on open-source Development Method

Posted by CmdrTaco from the stuff-to-read dept.
Ludvig A. Norin writes "We are working on a paper discussing open-source software development methodology. It is almost finished, and in hope of getting feedback before it is ready to hit the road, we thougt you Slashdot readers might have a thing or two to say. Read more about it, and read the paper itself, at the site of the announcement. "

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