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- The Collider and the Grid: Distributed computing made LHC possible
- So the LHC is turned on! And it works great. And we're still alive. I'm not gonna beat that horse today. See Ars for snark But a good IT angle here. LHC is really only possible because of the growth of grid computing....
- Tags: Data, Distributed Computing, Grid, LHC, Cloud Computing, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- LHC and Faith-Based Science
- Public reaction to the Large Hadron Collider is so ignorant and brain-dead we need a theory to explain what's going on. I asked Charles King at Pund-IT for a theory. He offered this: I believe that much of the public reaction to the LHC is grounded in...
- Tags: Science, LHC, Research & Development, Homeland Security, Business Operations, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Comcast offers really-broad band
- Comcast is rolling out high-speed Internet in the Twin Cities. High-speed as in 50Mbps downstream, but only 5Mbps upstream. And they say it can be turned up as high as 160Mbps downstream. Cost is $150 per month and they expect to deploy in 20 percent of markets by the end...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Network Administration, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Microsoft aims to win student developers' hearts with free dev tools
- Microsoft is trying a new tactic to get more students interested in developing for the Windows platform: It's going to give them the development tools for free. During a talk entitled "On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Giving Back" at Stanford University on February 19, Microsoft Chairman Bill...
- Tags: Developer, Student, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Could Apple loss be IBM's gain?
- Could Apple loss be IBM's gain?Question:Will Intel have to devote a great deal of expense to create chips for Apple?If this is true for IBM:An order for Mac chips falls somewhere between the two. Extensive development is needed for one customer, but is production really high enough to beat Moore's...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, IBM Corp., Apple Inc., chip
- Discussion threads 2005-06-09
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