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Web Servers Getting Naked, For Weight Savings 101

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 11, 2009 @08:06PM from the community-standards dept.

1sockchuck writes "Cloud computing is causing servers to get naked. HP today announced a 'skinless' server optimized for customers packing thousands of servers into cloud or HPC environments. This follow the lead of SGI/Rackable, which ditched the cover when it introduced bare bones servers for its CloudRack (previously discussed here). HP says the skinless design makes servers far lighter, which is apparently an issue when shipping them by the rackload."

HoloVizio 3D, Holodeck 1.0 to Some, Makes Its Debut 127

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday June 09, 2008 @04:07PM from the getting-there dept.

TaeKwonDood writes to tell us that another step towards Star Trek's Holodeck technology has been taken with the advent of HoloVizio 3D. Allowing users to see and manipulate objects in 3D without the assistance of goggles, this distributed system shows a lot of promise. "The HoloVizio is a 3-D screen that will allow designers to visualize true 3-D models of cars, engines or components. Better yet, gesture recognition means that observers can manipulate the models by waving their hands in front of the screen. The function offers enormous scope for collaboration across the globe."

Gamespot's Editorial Problems in Perspective 79

Posted by Zonk on Monday January 21, 2008 @09:34PM from the good-guys-finish-last dept.

Sam Kennedy is a guy you can respect. As the Editor of the 1up site, he's overseen some great features and some unbelievable breaking news; he also has a great point of view on the games industry. So his massive blog entry posted today talking about Gamespot's sad state of affairs post-Gerstmann-gate is something you should take seriously. Sam runs down the sordid affair itself, the changes to C|Net and Gamespot management that led to unreal expectations at Eidos, and what this could mean for the future of game reviews. "Shortly after Gerstmann was fired, I got a call from a friend at one of the major nationwide news networks asking me what I knew about what happened, as he was considering trying to pitch a story to his editor. You want to know what it was? 'Game Reviews: can they be trusted?' Basically, 'You're a parent and you're going to buy a videogame for your kids this holiday season, but can you trust those reviews you're reading on the web?' That's why this story matters so much. Gerstmann-gate ... made him want to give the industry a nice kick in the pants. I applaud his motives, but again, it's a shame to have this sort of doubt hanging over us all."

Comment Re:What is a grocery store? (Score 1) 484

by MaxPowerDJ on Tuesday January 15, 2008 @09:22AM (#22049152) Attached to: Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts

Well, In Costco you can get it delivered if you order $500 or more worth of merchandise and fax the order in. This is in Puerto Rico, so it might be a regional thing.

Submission + - Is open source recession proof? (zdnet.com)

Submitted by DaMan on Monday January 14, 2008 @08:25AM

DaMan writes: An interesting question posed over on ZDNet — Is open source recession proof?

"So, how might a recession affect open source software? Well, first off, I think that any business model that relies on volunteers could certainly see interest decline if times get tough. There are a lot of businesses that rely on people working for them for free because they get a pay check somewhere else, and I think that a recession would make people question working getting any dollars in return."

Submission + - Hubble finds double Einstein ring (presscue.com)

Submitted by Einstein Duble on Thursday January 10, 2008 @01:20PM

Einstein Duble writes: A very rare phenomenon found with the Hubble Space Telescope may offer insights into dark matter, dark energy, the nature of distant galaxies, and even the curvature of the Universe, according to an international team of astronomers who are reporting at the 211th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas. The team led by Raphael Gavazzi and Tommaso Treu of the University of California, Santa Barbara, found the double Einstein ring as part of the ongoing Sloan Lens Advanced Camera for Surveys (SLACS) program.

Submission + - Web Snapshots Are Nabbed for Commercial Uses (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by whoever57 on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @02:41PM

whoever57 writes: The Washingtopn post has a story about Hollywood studios using photos grabbed off the web without permission. This particular story describes the case of a photo of a dog that was used by Fox. The photo had been uploaded to a personal blog and tagged "all rights reserved".

Submission + - OLPC developing dual-boot Windows, Linux OS (computerworld.com) 1

Submitted by Ian Lamont on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @11:44AM

Ian Lamont writes: The OLPC Project and Microsoft are developing a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on the laptops, according to an interview with Nicholas Negroponte. The article is thin on details, as the OLPC/Microsoft talks are apparently at an early stage. Could this be the end of the OS wars in Nigeria and other developing countries?

McCain, Clinton Win New Hampshire 724

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @09:34AM from the its-that-time-again dept.

Well the title says it. I figured some of you guys might be interested in the results of New Hampshire. Next week is Michigan, where I live. Somehow I don't expect any of the campaigns to ring me up.

Feed Engadget: CompactFlash Association showing off CF card with SATA interface (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Friday January 04, 2008 @12:32PM

Filed under: CES, Storage

Well, wouldn't you know it. Nearly half a year after we first heard that CompactFlash SATA cards were in the works, we're finally getting some confirmation. The CompactFlash Association will be showing off a CFast connector and package at CES 2008, and the SATA interface included will purportedly provide interface data rates up to 3Gb/sec -- quite a bit swifter than the 133MB/sec that PATA serves up now. According to Mr. Shigeto Kanda, the CFA chairman of the board, the "development of a CompactFlash card with a SATA interface" will enable CF to "maintain dominance in the non-consumer (embedded systems, single board computers, data recorder, etc.) markets" as well as in those fancy DSLRs / camcorders. Per usual, there's no word on when this stuff should make the leap from show floor to store shelf.

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Submission + - Science "can prove the universe is a simulatio

Submitted by holy_calamity on Friday January 04, 2008 @09:24AM

holy_calamity writes: A New Zealand physicist has written a paper saying that physicists should seriously explore the possibility the universe is a giant virtual reality simulation. He says that the existence of quantum phenomena could be due to the underlying digital nature of the simulation and also claims his VR hypothesis can explain relativity, the big bang and more. It should be possible to perform experiments to prove the hypothesis too. He reasons that if reality was to do something that information processing cannot, then it cannot be virtual.

Submission + - Facebook Widget Installs Zango Spyware (net-security.org)

Submitted by BaCa on Friday January 04, 2008 @08:32AM

BaCa writes: A malicious Facebook Widget actively spreading on the social networking site ultimately prompts users to install the infamous "Zango" adware/spyware. The tremendous success and lightning fast expansion of Facebook empowered the social networking giant with an impressive user base. Needless to say, in a digital world where web traffic equals money, such a user base attracts spammers, virus/spyware seeders, and other ethic-less online marketers like honey would attract flies.

Feed Engadget: I-O Data reveals array of HDL-GS NAS drives (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @12:52PM

Filed under: Storage, Networking

I-O Data isn't just worried about the longevity of your pocketable storage -- oh no, it's quite concerned with availability of data in your domicile, too. In an effort to ensure that every computer on your network has fair and unbridled access to external storage, the firm has unveiled a line of HDL-GS NAS drives that include 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 1TB editions. Each LANDISK drive plays nice with Windows and OS X-based systems, touts an integrated USB port and includes a gigabit Ethernet jack, too. Beyond that, this crew is pretty run-of-the-mill, but you can pick one up to suit your needs in mid-December for ¥24,360 ($221), ¥26,565 ($241), ¥31,080 ($282) or ¥74,655 ($676), respectively.

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Headband Gives Wearer "Sixth-Sense" 234

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday September 19, 2007 @03:32PM from the use-the-force dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist reports on a headband developed at the University of Tokyo that allows the wearer to feel their surroundings at a distance — as if they had cats whiskers. Infrared sensors positioned around the headband vibrate to signal when and where an object is close. There are also a few great videos of people using it to dodge stuff while blindfolded."

Submission + - AT&T to Help MPAA Filter the Internet (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by

Save the Internet

on Wednesday September 19, 2007 @03:18PM

Save the Internet writes: "Ars Technica is reporting that the MPAA is trying to convince major ISPs to do content filtering. Now, merely wanting it is one thing, but the more important point is that "AT&T has agreed to start filtering content at some mysterious point in the future." We're left to wonder about the legal implications of that, but given that AT&T already has the ability to wiretap everything for the NSA, it was only a matter of time before they found a way to profit from it, too."

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