Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog

Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog: "if you write a blog that fairly assesses the machine's performance (positively or negatively), send us a pointer, we're likely to let you keep the machine"

Linked from - Madville.com - How to Spot a Pet Emergency, or When to Call 911 on Spot.

Linked from - Madville.com - How to Spot a Pet Emergency, or When to Call 911 on Spot.

New Scientist Breaking News - Mathematical proofs getting harder to verify

New Scientist Breaking News - Mathematical proofs getting harder to verify: " the large statements of mathematics are so complex that we may never know for sure whether they're true or false"

2005 Linux Symposium --

2005 Linux Symposium --: "Linux Virtualization on Virtual Iron VFe
Alex Vasilevsky "

EBN - The Future Of Linux: A Virtual Success

EBN - The Future Of Linux: A Virtual Success: "While VMware and Xen are busy about the job of carving up single servers for many guest OSs, Virtual Iron aims to move beyond the single server environment into what we might normally think of as a clustered environment. With Virtual Iron's VFe 1.0, a single OS image can run on a fraction of a processor, as is typically done with VMware and Xen. In the other extreme, it can also run on as many as 16 CPUs simultaneously. To make this magic happen with commodity hardware, Virtual Iron requires that a Topspin Communications InfiniBand switch connect all systems participating in the virtual system"

Ken Novak's Weblog

Ken Novak's Weblog: "turn a host of Linux servers into a single virtual server"

2 workers have chips embedded into them

2 workers have chips embedded into them

The Pros and Cons of Virtual Machines in the Datacenter

The Pros and Cons of Virtual Machines in the Datacenter: "The Pros and Cons of Virtual Machines in the Datacenter"

Techworld.com - Q&A: Power chip inventor speaks out

Techworld.com - Q&A: Power chip inventor speaks out: "High volumes are extremely important if you want to stay in the processor business"

DailyTech - AMD To Show Quad Core Running on Current Platforms

DailyTech - AMD To Show Quad Core Running on Current Platforms: "AMD has updated its statement and now says that quad-core processors will only be compatible with Socket-F platforms. While Socket-F does support single-core and dual-core processors, it will be the only 'current' socket to support quad-core. Unfortunately, Socket-F platforms are not currently shipping to consumers. AMD clarifies that it meant no user who uses a Socket-F platform with a single-core or dual-core processor will have to change boards in order to use upcoming quad-core processors."

SI.com - Writers - John Rolfe: Steve Smith experiences payback - Tuesday January 24, 2006 2:49PM

SI.com - Writers - John Rolfe: Steve Smith experiences payback - Tuesday January 24, 2006 2:49PM: "While watching Steve Smith fuss, fume and sit stone-faced through "

Put Up Or Shut Up - Brian's Brain - Blog on EDN - 400000040

Put Up Or Shut Up - Brian's Brain - Blog on EDN - 400000040: "Here's the fine print on that retail market share data:
a) It's US-only
b) It doesn't include the bulk of the business market, which is largely Intel-loyal
c) It only includes desktop PCs....hot-selling and fast-ramping laptops aren't comprehended, and
d) It doesn't include direct sales....i.e. Dell."

Intel to AMD: Gimme 65!

Intel to AMD: Gimme 65!: "AMD will likely be a year behind Intel in rolling out this 65 nm technology and, perhaps, it will take even longer to get to mass production."

Steve Smith is NFL�s most amazing show - NFL - MSNBC.com

Steve Smith is NFL�s most amazing show - NFL - MSNBC.com: "Steve Smith is NFL�s most amazing show"

Joel on Software

Joel on Software: "�Don�t start a business if you can�t explain what pain it solves, for whom, and why your product will eliminate this pain, and how the customer will pay to solve this pain. The other day I went to a presentation of six high tech startups and not one of them had a clear idea for what pain they were proposing to solve.�"

Delete a song from a playlist

Delete a song from a playlist: "When you remove a tune from the Library, iTunes doesn't always offer to delete the song's file from the hard disk. Here's why: iTunes has a default folder for the music it knows about. On the Mac, this folder is in your User directory at Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/, and on Windows, it's located inside My Documents at My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\. Not every song file in iTunes needs to be in this default folder. Any song file can be added to the iTunes Library, no matter what folder it's in. If it's in the default folder, iTunes assumes it owns the file, so it offers to delete the file when you remove it from the Library. If the file is not in the folder, iTunes figures it belongs to somebody else, so it shows good manners by not deleting it."

Help me help iTunes not to be stupid | Ask MetaFilter

Help me help iTunes not to be stupid | Ask MetaFilter: "I forget where I read this - but here's a solution that worked for me (similiar to the initial link posted):

1 - backup the itunes xml and database files
2 - Do a find and replace in the iTunes xml file to update all of the song locations
3 - open the itunes database in a text editor, delete everything, and save. (simply deleting the database file does not work)
4 - open up itunes - it will rebuild the library file from the xml."

POWER to the people

POWER to the people: "Released in 2003: 276 million transistors per processor
Like the POWER3 and POWER4, the POWER5 unifies the POWER and PowerPC architectures. The POWER5 is also based on the 130-nanometer copper/SOI process, and features communications acceleration, chip multiprocessing, a larger L2 cache, a memory controller on the chip, simultaneous multithreading, advanced power management, eFuse (morphing) and hypervisor technology. IBM servers built with the POWER5 feature up to ten LPARs capable of running up to 256 independent operating systems on the higest end. POWER5 processors can be found hanging about in iSeries and pSeries servers, as well as in the first IBM entry-level UNIX/Linux box, the OpenPower? line. IBM introduced the POWER5+? processors, which are built with a 90-nanometer process similar to that used with the Cell Broadband Engine, in 2005. POWER5+ ups the clockspeed significantly -- on a smaller die"

Free Programming and Computer Science Books

Free Programming and Computer Science Books: "Free books on technology subjects"

The Rings of Power: Intel's VT-x Technology and the Secrets of Virtualization

The Rings of Power: Intel's VT-x Technology and the Secrets of Virtualization: "Intel's VT-x Technology and the Secrets of Virtualization"