One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 29 October 2003

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Confessions of the World's Largest Switcher

After encountering roadblocks from Dell and IBM, Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan went to Apple, and 24 hours later, had a commitment to deliver--within two months--the G5's he'd need to build a Supercomputer. At this week's O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, Dr. Varadarajan reveals the details behind what it took to build Virginia Tech's G5 Supercomputer. Find out why he says you can expect to see a lot more G5 clusters in the future. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com]

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Logitech Inc. announced on Wednesday the Mac OS X compatible QuickCam Orbit. Built for video instant messaging, it boasts a mechanical pan and tilt feature and moves to keep a person's face automatically centered in the field of view. [MacCentral]

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International Red Cross cutting staff in Iraq
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cutting its staff in Iraq following a rash of suicide bombings, including one outside the agency's headquarters in Baghdad. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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Scoop: Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud [Daypop Top 40]

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"ICv2 News - Fox News Threatened to Sue The Simpsons" [Daypop Top 40]

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Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther") "isn't a huge improvement, but it's faster and loaded with small enhancements that'll make your Mac purr," Alex Salkever writes in the latest Byte of the Apple column for Business Week Online. [MacCentral]