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- Project description: GPU is a Gnutella client for sharing files and CPU-resources. Our objective is to develop a robust framework for distributed computing on a peer-to-peer grid. We hope to support peaceful, open and free research and to build a cheap internet supercomputer |
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- Project administrators: akoese, artee, astronic, dangermaus, seeschloss, simbasabi, wppetersen |
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- When Kmart and Sears announced their merger, systems integration got hardly a mention-which may come back to haunt the new retail giant. |
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- Microsoft's consistent release cycle is having a huge impact on enterprise security management, though worm writers are focusing on the regularity. |
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- Startup Cassatt looks for success in on-demand computing by tapping experts, using commodity technology and 'Colllage' software, the company's flagship product. |
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- New offerings from Kana Inc. and FrontRange Solutions Inc. will give enterprises more options for enhancing and expanding customer service and support operations. |
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- Friends and family track marine marathoners on Web with Cisco-built WLAN. |
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- In addressing integration needs, company created foundation of a service-oriented architecture. |
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- Pyx Technologies Inc. is expanding its thin-client support of the protocol deep into wireless and personal computing environments. |
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- Telephone services set to experience shift in focus. |
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- Hewlett-Packard rebounded from a shaky third quarter when it announced a 26 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit last week. |
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- SBC Communications and Microsoft signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement last week to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft's TV IPTV Edition software platform. |
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- NEC Solutions America is shipping a version of its blade server bundled with a fault-tolerant version of Linux. |
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- Motorola's newest high-end cell phone, the half-inch-thick RAZR V3, is now shipping in the United States from Cingular Wireless. |
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- Samsung Electronics last week introduced its SCX-4720F monochrome multifunction printer. |
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- The New Orleans Police Department is rolling out a new mobile ticketing system that combines handheld devices and portable printers to speed the ticketing process, as well as traffic court. |
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- Army Corps of Engineers builds Web-based app to aggregate water-level information gathered along the Mississippi River. |
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- AT&T Wireless merger has some users asking questions. |
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- New features include a static code analysis tool, a defect detector and an analyser that checks for conformance to Microsoft's .Net Framework. |
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- The debate comes down to the question of whether releasing details about flaws before patches are ready serves any legitimate purpose. |
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- New capabilities are intended to help mainframes keep up with the times. |
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- Constitutional law experts and attorneys are debating whether Maryland's governor violated the freedom of speech of two newspaper reporters when he banned state officials from talking to them. The (Baltimore) Sun has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Robert Ehrlich in federal court, calling the order a "blatantly unconstitutional gag order." |
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Slint Tour (Dec 06 2004 17:39 GMT) - The dates so far: March 11 - San Francisco, CA / Great American Music Hall March 12 - Seattle, WA... |
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- Sometimes I just want to shoot darts at MS Word. It crashes often mostly due to the normal.dot file becoming corrupted. This file has the default settings for Word including... |
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QBQ! Review (Dec 06 2004 17:39 GMT) - I finished QBQ! and the review has been posted.... |
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- I’ve talked about the use of blogs and message boards in the past as a tool to find out what is being said about a company. It’s also helpful when... |
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- I dumped the security code plug-in. It was hopeless. Instead, I found this excellent article that explains the different types of comment spam and provides 10 ways to fight it.... |
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- I’m one of them. I’ve been bought. Marqui has assimilated me, but I still retain control over my opinions. |
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- Comments are off as I can’t figure out what has gone wrong and spammers managed to crashed the server spamming my blog. Luckily, my host is fabulous and immediately put... |
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- -sigh- I’ve spent a lot of time working on scode trying to figure out what has gone wrong as the image in comments no longer appears. I’ve chmodded, ensured things... |
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- Yesterday, I posted a story of how I applied QBQ! in responding to a customer’s email. It’s good that I had a positive attitude and didn’ |
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- I know this blog’s comments are broken. I am looking into it. I never gave them permission to take a vacation. : |
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- The November issue of eNewsletter Journal went out today. A reader alerted me to an embarrassing mistake and how the order form for the blog needs improvement. Here it is... |
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- I do a holiday letter every year and send them to friends so they know what’s happening with my family and I ask them about theirs. Though addressing the envelopes... |
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- Still need four more people to sign up and complete the offer for a freeIPod. My friend is helping since my account screwed up due to their very strict rules.... |
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- Shouting markup? What’s that? Markup that’s in all uppercase? |
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- Just like the author of this article, I wasted a lot of money staying with the same Web host company since I started meryl.net. I was afraid to change because... |
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In Memoriam (Dec 06 2004 17:39 GMT) - In Memoriam Glenn Elliot January 10, 1968 - November 13, 2004 You are loved and missed very much.... |
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- Posted by spurgeon 12/6/2004 |
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- Posted by spurgeon 12/6/2004 |
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- Hey, folks. I'm looking to try to cut back on my own blogging to take care of my daughter and maybe sleep on occassion. I'm looking to try out a few guest bloggers this weekend. If you are interested, please post your interest in the comments section and link to some of your writing from elsewhere. Thanks!... |
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- Compensation for the Berkshire rail crash is to come from general motorists' insurance because the driver of the car involved had no traceable policy. |
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- A woman who set her flat ablaze, then told firefighters she wanted to kill herself, is jailed for four years. |
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- Ken Livingstone offers to take control of Hampstead Heath in order to save its historic swimming ponds. |
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- Three men are arrested in connection with the death of a man who fell into an offal pit at a Staffordshire meat processing plant. |
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- A court watches footage of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare before they were killed at a New Year party. |
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- Two women protest on an Army building over plans which could see a Yorkshire regiment being disbanded. |
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- Passive smoking kills about 200 people under the age of 65 in the North East every year, according to a report. |
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- Tickets are on sale for holiday destinations from a new air operator in South Yorkshire. |
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- A lorry driver is jailed for 18 months for causing a fatal accident when he fell asleep at the wheel. |
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