Feed news.com: Sony acquires Gracenote for $260 million (news.com)
The consumer electronics giant doesn't provide specifics about what it will do with Gracenote's media-identification technology.
Feed Science Daily: Protein C Levels Help Predict Risk Of Death In ICU Patients (sciencedaily.com)
A simple laboratory test to measure protein C--a natural anti-blood-clotting substance that also reflects the level of inflammation in the body--may offer a useful new indicator of the severity of illness and risk of death among critically ill patients.
Journal Journal: World's first Open Source Clustering Code - Soon by Sun 1
In a world first, Sun will open-source its clustering code. Since the first clusters (IBM) to the generally agreed upon best (OpenVMS), clustering code has long been considered a Secret Sauce in large scale and high-availability computing installations. Does this move by Sun put pressure on other vendors such as Microsoft?
Comment Re:Double Bah. (Score 3, Interesting) 699
Actually the Pro Keyboard I got with my Powermac G4 THREE years ago has a seperate island for those keys. Apple's keyboards have had a standard layout for a while now.
