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Allocating and Scheduling Hard Real-Time Tasks on a Parallel Processing Platform: This paper addresses the issues of scheduling and allocation/configuration of a point-to-point parallel system, for safety-critical hard real-time systems. Three specific topics are considered: an analysable computational model that has sufficient expressive power whilst retaining flexibility for allocation; a scheduling approach that allows the worst case response times for each...; Tags: Parallel Processing, Allocation, Case Study, University Of York; White papers 2007-12-01

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Your computer as your singing coach: Israeli researchers have developed an electronic ear to coach vibrato technique. Until now, the quality of a vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- could only be judged by voice experts. Now, a Tel Aviv University research team 'has successfully managed to train a computer...; Tags: Researcher, Quality, Teacher, Computer, TAU, Productivity, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-05
12 terabytes of YouTube data: 12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...; Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose: Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...; Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Dirty Split (exe): Dirty Split is a classic point&click adventure game with a modern twist. You play as a private investigator who must prove a murder suspect's innocence. Your journey will take you to 1960ies Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York.The game features a very distinct graphical style and an original jazz...; Tags: Dreamagination, Dirty Split, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-07-03

Around the World: New York (exe): Enjoy the spectacular view of New York City at the end of the 19th century featuring one of its most famous landmarks, the Brooklyn Bridge. Being the longest suspension bridge in the world upon completion, it has become an iconic part of New York's skyline. Take a walk across the...; Tags: New York, Astro Gemini Software; Software downloads 2008-07-03
Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency: They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...; Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Automobile Company, Plug-in, Fuel Cells, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Matasano ships Web-based firewall manager: The firewall is one of the few security tools that has been proven to be very effective at improving a company's security posture. However, staying on top of policies -- and responding to change requests -- while trying to manage multiple firewalls from different vendors can be a never-ending nightmare...; Tags: Web, Network, Matasano Security, Network Firewall, Playbook, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Linspire sinks under Xandros waves: Linspire sinks under Xandros wavesOkay, Dana - Explain the Canada non sequiterIs Xandros Canadian? Is Linspire? Are you?If Memory Serves Me Correctly . . .. . . Xandros -- as well as the company from which is spun off, Corel -- was originally based out of Ottawa. Of course,...; Tags: Xandros, Linspire; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain: Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-01
ThomsonReuters' OpenCalais increments to version 2.1: The Calais team over at ThomsonReuters reported the release of Calais version 2.1 earlier today, adding some new entity types, enhanced relevance ranking, integration with Yahoo! Pipes and a revised version of their Gnosis browser plugin that now includes compatibility with Internet Explorer. It's good to see...; Tags: ThomsonReuters, Web Browsers, Team Management, Internet, Management, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer: So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...; Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-01
About that cellular interference...: So... maybe it is a real problem. Pedram Amini top picture on the right, noted researcher and reverse engineer, posted an article to the Tipping Point DVLabs blog on some interesting observations he made on cellular interference. From the article, Pedram comments on the discovery: "I had...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Researcher, Laptop Computer, Pedram Amini, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Online Rule: Online RuleWhoever has the last word winsSomebody says that your posted file is their idea and then what.Drop the forum before they ruin your DVD writer but leave your file there as proof.RE: Online RuleAlways have at least two completely separate email accounts: one for the office and one for...; Tags: INTERNET, E-mail, Online Rule; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Google curbs essay-writing service advertisements: Corporations over time gain social responsibility for the products they release: Microsoft and their report abuse features, Facebook and their privacy settings, and now Google are adding more to the list. I spoke some time ago about plagiarism, more on a positive note, considering the use of...; Tags: Google Inc., Essay, Advertisement, Plagiarism, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA: Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...; Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Goodbye, XP. Hello, Midori: June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It's also a good day thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece to start looking ahead to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Midori, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Achieving magical results in IT: Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...; Tags: Strategy, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
"Family Guy" creator and Google team up: It's unknown what kind of money was involved in the deal, but Google has teamed up with the creator of Family Guy to create two minute episodes of a new cartoon called "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". MacFarlane will take a percentage of the profit made by advertising...; Tags: Google Inc., Team, Advertisement, Google AdSense, MacFarlane, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-06-29
Blade.org makes energy efficiency a rallying cry: The powers-that-be at Blade.org (now representing close to 200 companies) have made advanced energy efficiency the focus of some of the organization's collaborative working groups. The consortium actually has latched onto what it's calling three megatrends that it highlighted at its recent conference in New York:...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Collaboration, Kell Systems, Data Centers, Groupware, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-29