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Linux Today - Apr 04 3:37 AM
"'Computers are never fast enough.' That used to be the mantra of computer users everywhere. Then, CPU manufacturers hit the 1GHz barrier and, for most users, it stopped being true.Save to My Web

MIPS Technologies Licenses MIPS32(R) 24KEc(TM) Processor Core to Fangtek Ltd. for Mobile Phone Applications
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 05 5:00 AM
MIPS Technologies, Inc. , a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business applications, today announced that Fangtek Ltd., a leading provider of IC solutions for mobile devices with offices in the U.S. and China, has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc core to develop high-performance, cost-effective cell phone media processors.Save to My Web

IT Gets Creative At DreamWorks
Linux Pipeline - Apr 03 4:38 PM
Computer-generated (CG) filmmaking consumes an extraordinary amount of computational power. Rendering an entire feature-length animated film like Shrek requires more than 10 million CPU hours to complete. And with more than 10 films in various stages of production at any one time, the demand for high-end computing is one of the most challenging parts of our technology mission.Save to My Web

Implementing Mutual Exclusion for AJAX
On Java - Apr 05 4:08 PM
With the increasingly popular AJAX paradigm , a browser page can make requests for server data in the background while the user interface continues to be active in the foreground (hence the "asynchronous" in AJAX). However, the problem exists that these two activities are typically accessing common JavaScript and DOM data structures simultaneously.Save to My Web

Open source BI tool to target enterprise customers
InfoWorld via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 2:38 PM
The open source software model will continue its assault on traditional applications deployed by the enterprise when Pentaho unveils Business Intelligence Professional Edition Platform next week.Save to My Web

Postal expansion in Calabasas
The Acorn - Apr 06 8:52 AM
The U.S. Postal Service has announced that a new postal location has opened to meet the needs of residents of the Calabasas and Woodland Hills areas.Save to My Web

Updated Pentium, Conroe Pricing
AnandTech - Apr 04 1:09 PM
Intel has a few tweaks to the pricing structure for its next generation CPUs...Save to My Web

Rapport Kilocore - CPU with 1,025 Cores
I4U - Apr 04 6:44 AM
Silicon Valley start-up Rapport Incorporated shows a low power consumption CPU design with 1,025 cores dubbed Kilocore. 1,024 cores are 8-bit processors, while one is a PowerPC core. The design has about 10x higher processing speeds and lower pow... Save to My Web