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Monday, January 3, 2005
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Researchers Get EU Funding for Linux Project: "A distributed peer-to-peer application that helps system builders insert and mesh together software packages running across scores of PCs and servers, and an automated quality testing suite."
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A Look Ahead to Grid in 2005: 'Grid computing will continue to mature in 2005 with the acceptance of open standards, increases in complementary Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOAs), implementations at Fortune 1000 companies, and the continuation of "big science" experiments.'
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Airlines have serious trouble with computers: 'Schneier warns that fault-ridden computer systems could be intentionally exploited, putting more than revenue at risk. He says, "If this kind of thing could happen by accident, what would happen if the bad guys did this on purpose?"'
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2004: The year in space and astronomy: "Nearby Mars grabbed the most dramatic headlines. After landing on opposite sides of the planet in January, NASA's rovers Spirit and Opportunity each turned up evidence that water had altered the planet's surface in the past. [...] In 2004, several space missions were launched, including a mission to Mercury and one to study the universe's most powerful explosions. That suggests 2005 will be another spectacular year for the field."
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Bandwidth should scare Microsoft: "Microsoft is trying to perpetuate the days of local computing, and I feel they are moving in the wrong direction. [... The] momentum is likely to shift to the other fighter [^] in this case, cheaper, better-prepared applications such as Linux, Firefox, and other Open Source applications available for free." But what about latency? You can't exceed the speed of light, and thus it takes a fraction of a second for information to travel from servers to clients. And there will always be delays in the processing. However, I must admit that the response time of Google Suggest is impressive.
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