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US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144

bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."

Comment Not For Consumers (Score 1, Insightful) 405

Unfortunately, no such beast exists in the consumer market. For businesses, definitely.

The problem is, home phone systems are quickly becoming extinct. The market for an advanced home phone system may have been there 5-10 years ago, but not today. Cell phones have become so prevalent that most people under the age of 30 don't even get home phone service anymore. Landline subscribers for all major phone companies keeps going down year after year.

Investing R&D into an advanced home phone system would be equivalent to investing in a sharper color VHS technology. There's no point. This problem isn't the answer you wanted to hear, but it's the truth.

Comment Re:Anyone seen any android phones ? (Score 2, Interesting) 135

Currently in the US there's only the G1 from T-Mobile. I'm currently on Sprint and I got very excited when Sprint said they were going to be coming out with an Android based phone this year, only later to read that they feel the Android platform isn't ready yet.

Sprint will be the first provider with the Palm Pre though, which I think looks amazing. I'm hoping it gets a strong developer base for applications, because that's what is going to decide whether the phone is great or a flop.

Comment OneCare for Business? (Score 5, Insightful) 84

It looks like this is Microsoft's security suite for the business/enterprise environment, much like their OneCare is for the consumer market.

I'd be careful buying any security software from Microsoft, not only because of their "track record" when it comes to security, but because it's not their main focus. When you've got such big priorities as Windows, Office, xBox, ect, you can't expect them to produce and support a security suite very well.

They need to learn to leave the security products to those companies who specialize in it. They're the ones who do it day in and day out, and they're the ones who you can trust in an enterprise environment.

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