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- FSF issues WorldLabel challenge for regular hack-a-thons
- Bring in developers for a weekend to MIT or the FSF offices, get together for a weekend, work together. That strengthens the community, it forms a bond, they can crack out work that needs to be done. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Free Software Foundation, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Underwater robot moves like an helicopter
- MIT researchers have started to test a new underwater robot that can hover in place like a helicopter. The two-meter-long Odyssey IV will be able to move autonomously up to depths of 6,000 meters at a speed of 2.5 meters per second. But unlike other underwater robots, it will be...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-28
- EXCLUSIVE: C-SPAN launches gadget-fueled 'Debate Hub' as social, political destination
- If you love using your gadgets -- and you're fired up about this year's election -- have I got a site for you. Less than 24 hours before the first debate, C-SPAN, the cable network known for airing non-stop, unfiltered coverage of government proceedings, has unveiled its...
- Tags: Site, Twitter, C-SPAN, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Using tree power to prevent forest fires?
- Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT think it's possible to use the energy generated by trees to power a network of wireless sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. These sensors are equipped with off-the-shelf batteries that can be slowly recharged using electricity generated by the trees themselves. 'The...
- Tags: Researcher, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Sensor, Tree, Mershin, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?UPGRADE YOUR NETWORK!You are certainly paid enough money to provide the services you are SUPPOSED to provide.If you can't, leave the business and let someone else step in. Please...RE: Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?Nope. Its still unreasonable. They are still taking an antiquated...
- Tags: INTERNET, Comcast Corp., Robb, QoS, Internet Engineering Task Force
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Kids NetLinks NSA for Kids Browser (zip)
- Kids NetLinks NSA for Kids Browser provides instant access with 1 click buttons to the top games and learning pages on NSA.com for kids. Play flash games, view the online museum, and play cryptography games. All flash enabled and completely functional browser for free. This version is the first release...
- Tags: Cryptography, Web Browser, Kids NetLinks, Games, Digital Security, Web Browsers, Security, Personal Technology, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-09-18
- VMware enlists Cisco to help supercharge virtualization
- Now that virtualization has evolved into a proven data center solution, attention is turning to how to optimize it to improve performance and make it scalable to thousands of systems. In partnership with VMware, Cisco wants to play a major role in taking virtualization to the next level, and on...
- Tags: Data Center, VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Is HP working on a proprietary Linux fork?
- Is HP working on a proprietary Linux fork?The key line is thisin the linked article[i]albeit they are far less popular that Windows-based options[/i]Why would HP want to send their customers over to Dell?If they go the proprietary route......they might as well work with the HP/UX they own, than the GPL-encumbered...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux, Dell Computer Corp., TripleII
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Kids NetLinks CIA for Kids Browser (zip)
- Kids NetLinks CIA for Kids Browser provides instant access to the top CIA links for learning, fun and games on the CIA.gov site. Over 10 buttons give 1 click access to online games, maps, and virtual museum. All within a fully functional browser with flash capabilities built in. This version...
- Tags: CIA, Web Browser, Kids NetLinks, Games, Web Browsers, Personal Technology, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-09-16
- How to archive on disk drives
- How to archive on disk drivesDo you have some references to backup your claim?I am curious, do you have any references to backup your claims? 12 months?I have never heard of this before and interested to see the research.RE: How to archive on disk driveswell it is known that...
- Tags: NEW Drives, disk drive, disk, FireWire, tape
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Yes, we know it's a problem. No, we have no budget.
- A survey by data center infrastructure company Voltaire indicates that while a vast majority of data center professionals believe that running a green data center will become a mission-critical agenda item, they haven't set aside the money to support it. Close to 90 percent of the executives...
- Tags: CIO, Data Center, Voltaire Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- iRobot's Brooks starts worker bot company
- Even as iRobot won a wide-open contract with the Army, the company's part-time CTO, Rodney Brooks, left the company to start a new robotics firm, Cambridge-based Heartland Robotics. The new company is focused on industrial robotics, which logic would dictate would put...
- Tags: iRobot Corp., Robotics, Bot, Worker, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Can computers sort data like humans?
- According to U.S. researchers, it is possible to train computers to discover trends and order in large datasets like we do since our childhood. The new algorithm, which was developed at the MIT, may impact the field of artificial intelligence. This model can help computers recognize patterns like we do....
- Tags: Algorithm, Data, Structure, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Engineering, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-30
- The Mysterious City: Golden Prague (exe)
- Enter the world of Mysterious City: Golden Prague as your peaceful morning is interrupted by a frantic knock on your door. Your beloved professor has gone missing from the museum where he was last seen. With only a week until the magnificent golden clock is scheduled to open, it's up...
- Tags: Prague, Museum, SpinTop Games
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Open Source, Dtrace, and tuning
- Open Source, Dtrace, and tuningComment.I knew a guy who only drove old Renaults. He did this, because he knew he could fix them. The cars had presented him many occaisions on which he was able to prove this.I, on the other hand, drive Audis, because I beleive I'll never have...
- Tags: Performance management, Databases, OSS, DTrace, performance problem, performance, MySQL, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- The news on Intel's Nehalem; chips with integrated GPUs up next
- Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at the Intel Developer Forum this week, was expected. Nehalem isn't a single product, but a family of...
- Tags: Core, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Nehalem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Intel Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag orderThere was no trespassAs stated above, this was a case where a public agency didn't want researchers to reveal their security holes for fear of being exposed to malicious hackers. The students themselves merely identified the holes, likely exploits and suitable repairs. They provided...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, SECURITY, Hacking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
- Great way to end a Tuesday! Federal Judge George O'Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T's CharlieCard system. The T's operator, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, had sought a five-month extension on the ban -- until their vendors...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, T, MBTA, Productivity, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
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