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Beowulf Screensaver (zip)

Beowulf is a 2007 motion capture film loosely based on the Old English epic poem of the same name. The cast includes Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Alison Lohman, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Brendan Gleeson, and Angelina Jolie. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, Cast, Wallpaper Screensavers, Beowulf

Software downloads 2008-04-10

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Unixfication II

Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...

Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Inventor of Beowulf Cluster Exposes Young Minds to High-Performance Computing

The Louisiana State University Center for Computation & Technology CCT is working to address the decline in the number of undergraduate students choosing computer science as a field of study. At its HPC Boot Camp, CCT used Dell HPC solutions based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to educate students...

Tags: Student, High-performance Computing, High-performance, Professional Development, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Career, Management

Case studies 2008-02-01

Technology finally turns fantasy into reality

Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk has found the perfect mashing of technology, fantasy and reality to fulfill his dream of owning a sports franchise. There are probably enough readers of this site who, bored with their jobs, their sniveling, ignorant bosses and the fact that none of their...

Tags: Team, Fantasy, Director, Ebbsfleet United, Chris, Team Management, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-19

SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award

SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" awardRE: SiCortex wins Dev ConnectionNow we know what will be required to run the next version of Windows.Licensing costsThis is the sort of innovation that can not happen under Windows. Apart from the fact that Windows won't cluster, can you imagine the per-processor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Processors, SiCortex, Dev

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

Beowulf: Prima Official eGuide (exe)

Walkthrough: Comprehensive walkthrough of the entire game. Moves: Info on performing advanced combos, parries, and skills, as well as finishing moves. Maps: Detailed layouts of every level and dungeon. Bonus Content: Huge pullout poster of exclusive art, exclusive art section, developer interviews, and more! Legacy System: Learn the Legacy System...

Tags: Legacy System, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-11-14

Build a $2,500 supercomputer

Supercomputing Costco-style In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov. Today you can build a more powerful machine for less than $2,500 in an 11" x 12" x 17" box. That works out to less than $100 per gigaflop as of January, 2007 ...

Tags: Performance, Supercomputer, Microwulf, Millicomputing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Evergrid -- High Performance Computing in the Enterprise

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with representatives of Evergrid, a company that focuses on how to apply high performance/grid computing techniques in enterprise computing environments. Since I've spoken to many companies attempting to deploy open source tools, such as Beowulf or Grid Engine, in commercial data centers, I...

Tags: virtual processing software, Managing virtualized environments, high performance computing, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Warp speed file serving with pNFS

Files: quickly getting bigger. Networks: slowly getting faster. Something's got to give. Here's the scoop.Parallel NFS: standards-based parallel file servingThe Network File System NFS is the oldest NAS Network Attached Storage protocol. Developed by Sun in the '80s and made an open standard, NFS makes files on the network available...

Tags: Clusters, Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Ya, you know, what he said

Back in May of last year someone using the name "high end crusader" [HEC] did an HPCwire interview with Thomas Sterling, a Faculty Associate at the Center for Advanced Computing Research at the California Institute of Technology. Sterling had a lot of interesting stuff to say. Heres...

Tags: HEC, computing, Thomas Sterling

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Amsterdam to evaluate open source

Amsterdam to evaluate open sourcewise move:)PowerPoint is Open Office's Best FriendYears of trying to get budget for Microsoft Office met with surprise just at year end for those dealing with American Bar Association lawyers. Vista users have been trained to save their documents in PowerPoint format because Vista Word format...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, open source, Microsoft Windows Vista, OpenOffice, Microsoft PowerPoint, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Just how bad is the first Vista security flaw?

Just how bad is the first Vista security flaw?What a cop-out!"while the message box bug can crash Windows XP, its roots in the Win32 API dating back to Windows 3.1"So, Vista is just a bunch of re-compiled old code? Why does it cost four times more than Win95 did? Oh,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, Microsoft Windows, Win32, operating system, 32-bit, flaw

Discussion threads 2006-12-27

Double helixes of nano-ice

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln UNL have used computer modeling to find double helixes of nano-ice molecules that resemble the structure of DNA and self-assemble under high pressure inside carbon nanotubes. Of course, these computer simulations need to be confirmed by real experiments. But the scientists think their discovery...

Tags: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, helix, DNA, nanotube, molecule, computer

Blog posts 2006-12-16

Oracle to offer Red Hat Linux support

Oracle to offer Red Hat Linux supportOne more step towards adoption...just another step forward. More and more people and businesses are waking up to the truth that is Open Source. ]:)Oracle to offer Red Hat Linux supportBad move for Oracle. Red Hat is a sinking ship right now. ...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Linux, Linux, MySQL, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze

Chip breaks speed record in deep freezespace exploration>"" and cryogenically froze the chip at minus 451 F. It's about as cold as things get. An extremely cold temperature like that is found naturally only in outer space, ""

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, chip

Discussion threads 2006-06-20

Linux vendors are swimming against the current.

Linux vendors are swimming against the current.On the MoneyPC OEM's do not make their money on the hardware sales. They make it upselling to accessories and add on software. With Windows there are a host of applications that can be sold to the consumer. They also make...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux-vendor, Linux, Microsoft Windows, MySQL

Discussion threads 2006-06-19

Microsoft wraps up code for 'supercomputer' Windows

Microsoft wraps up code for 'supercomputer' WindowsSkynet is a few years behind MSat this pace, when will the nuclear devastation begin? Oh well, we've still got Sun.MS & Super-computer in the same sentence?Now, that's funny! Hey ZDNet, thanks for the best laugh I've had all week!Everyone elseEvery other...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Management, window, Skynet, software, Microsoft Corp., supercomputer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

Characterizing the Performance of Overflow on Linux Beowulf Architectures

Linux PC Clusters are a cost effective platform for parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD applications. In this paper, the authors compare the performance of the Overflow application on multiple clusters. Different networking architectures, from inexpensive switched Fast Ethernet to high performance networks like Myrinet interconnect, are considered in the performance...

Tags: Linux, Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2006-01-12

AMD winning the 64-bit marketing race

AMD winning the 64-bit marketing raceIronicallyThings can actually run slower in 64-bit land because of the extra bits you're pushing around. So, for basic day-to-day users you could be better off running an Athlon 64 with a 32-bit version of Windows.Now for the high-end world the dual-core Opterons are...

Tags: Network technology, 64-bit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., marketing, Intel WAS, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-12-27

Hackers find first Xbox 360 cracks

Hackers find first Xbox 360 cracksWell that didn't take longThe same will happen to Intel's upcoming DRM.... err security hardware.Copies"The copies are useless, at least for now, because further Xbox safeguards prevent playing of the copies, and the games also won't run on a PC."Sure they won't.Why try so hard...

Tags: Game players, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, software, Microsoft Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2005-12-16