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How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.

How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.Scary link about the Scala language interview you providedThat sure doesn't instill confidence. All this talk about using a languange "you are passionate about" blew me way.You have a service here that is failing miserably in terms of performance, and these jokers...

Tags: C/C++, Firewalls, Programming languages, Blue Whales, Fail Whales

Discussion threads 2009-04-11

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Twitter: Can it make security a priority?

Twitter has been schooled by a 17-year-old hacker over a generic worm that has plagued the social messaging site.  The big question: Can Twitter take security seriously as it wrestles with uptime issues.  Dancho Danchev has a nice dissection of Twitter's worm issues. Twitter was hit with at...

Tags: Twitter, Dancho Danchev, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-14

News to know: Windows 7; Twitter; Satyam; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Satyam, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-13

How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.

Twitter's "Fail Whale" logo is cute, but solving the popular service's availability and scalability issues will be paramount if the web is to rely on it as a communications medium. So, I've been Twittering for a while. I was skeptical of the service...

Tags: Client-server, Scalability, Twitter, IBM Corp., Storage, Mainframes, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-10

Big Kahuna Reef 2 1.0 (Mac)

Go Hawaiian all over again! This spectacular and explosively charged match-game of adventure will captivate you as you dive with Humpback Whales, discovering new and exotic fish at every turn. Creative designers from around the world deliver over 750 of the most delightful and fantastical levels ever to be found...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Level, Macgamestore, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-06

CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberry

CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberryYour bias is showingYou are obviously biased against GW doubters. What are your credentials to make such a judgment?Tobacco - that's it neutrally!Obviously "what comes 'round goes 'round" applies. Trees and plants require CO2 to grow, so burning...

Tags: carbon dioxide, GW doubter, doubter

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

3D Killer Whales 2.1 (Windows)

Features: Realistic 3D mama and baby killer whales swim in deep blue rippling ocean waters. Watch as they spin and swim up, down and across the ocean and up and away into the vastness of the ocean. Contains real killer whale sounds. Want a soothing nightime scene? Just set the...

Tags: 3D, Screensaver, San Diego Screen Savers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-06

Leaked Intel Nehalem performance projections over AMD Shanghai

Leaked Intel Nehalem performance projections over AMD ShanghaiAMD is the top performerSorry dude, but the reality is that AMD chips perform a lot better than Intel chips at the same Hz.If you compare two CPUs at different speeds w/ different cash memory sizes, you are not comparing performance on the...

Tags: Processors, Intel CPUS, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., WARF, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

World Of Animals on Subscription Offer for Sony, Nokia, LG, Samsung (Mobile)

Out of the vast and mysterious kingdom of animals, World of Animals brings the relevant and valuable information for children. It is a must have for eager-to ?learn children. This informative guide contains 468 images which make learning, a fun experience for kids.Interesting information like Why Does a Sea Otter...

Tags: Sony Corp., Animal, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-21

Whaleback announces package to help cable broadband VoIP quality

 Your cable broadband provider may also be your VoIP provider.Here's betting some future lucky pennies that if they are not your VoIP provider, they sure want to be.That brings us to Whaleback Systems. You don't need to know them, but I do. They are a broadband Managed Service Provider, as...

Tags: News

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Lagoon 1.0 (Windows)

Play the deadly sea creature board game of Lagoon! Sharks, whales, and stingrays, "OH MY", await your command in the fight to the end! Swim into a sea of contradictions as you drift into the shimmering blue, crystal clear waters of a peaceful Lagoon and join an army of deadly...

Tags: Board, Microsoft Windows, Pleasure, Xdyne, Corporate Governance, Games, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology

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