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- Singularity Summit 2007: The view from never, never land
- Guest post: This weekend I am at the Singularity Summit 2007 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. About 800 people showed up to hear about the issues related to a future in which humans won't be the driving force in delivering scientific and technological innovations, eclipsed cognitively...
- Tags: Mr., Church, Chris Matyszczyk, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- The IT behind the Cancer Genome Atlas
- This month the National Cancer Institutes Cancer Genome Atlas will start receiving tissue samples which will be used to map the genetic data embedded in cancer cells. The side effect...
- Tags: Utility computing, Software Infrastructure, Science, Open Source, IT Management, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- PS3 based super-computing cluster on Linux
- PS3 based super-computing cluster on LinuxNot yetThe PS3 is NOT made to be a computer. Important things like power supplies are not up to datacenter specs. Six hundred bucks is a bit pricey (you're paying for the Blu-ray) for a Cell - you could get 2 Xbox 360s for that...
- Tags: Network technology, Game players, Linux, processor, Sony PlayStation 3, gigaflop, truckload, teraflop, chip
- Discussion threads 2006-11-29
- DNA Day webcast helps inform students about biotech
- Teachers and students can celebrate the discovery of DNA on April 25, by logging on to a webcast called "Genomics: Towards a Healthier You," produced by the National Human Genome Research Insitiute. The webcast and live chat are part of a larger outreach project to celebrate National DNA...
- Tags: National, National DNA Day
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- The next little thing: replacing oil
- J. Craig Venter, the mecurial founder of Celera who can at least take credit for speeding up the pace of progress on the Human Genome, is back with a new project, the Washington Post reports: designing a bioengineered microbe that will allow sea plants to generate ethanol. And Venter...
- Tags: Aristides Patrinos, Venter
- Blog posts 2006-02-27
- Views from the smartest people in Sun's orbit
- A JavaOne panel with some of the smartest people orbiting Sun provided some insight into where Java, porgramming models, Google and man-machine relationships are heading. Guy Steele, a Sun Fellow and a key participant in Java's creation, talked about his latest language project, Fortress, which he described as "doing for...
- Tags: Fortress, Sun Microsystems Inc., Danny Hillis, Guy Steele
- Blog posts 2005-06-30
- Life Sciences Company Uses SQL Server 2005 to Enhance Full-Text Searches
- Metalife is helping researchers who are seeking new treatments and cures for a range of diseases. The company's PhenomicDB database provides a central repository for genetic information from the Human Genome Project and similar efforts. As the success of Metalife's database has grown, so has demand for support for concurrent,...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Life Science, Full-text Search, Metalife, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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