Happy Tax Day! OK, maybe it’s not such a happy occasion, so today we’ll lighten things up with a story about a supercomputer created in a single day for a single purpose: to get on a list of the most powerful supercomputers on earth. Our editor was there not only to report on the event but also to help make it happen, and this week she offers a behind-the-scenes look. The result? The supercomputer crunched the benchmark test for 70 minutes until it proved too, um, taxing. The makings of a do-it-yourself supercomputer http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412widernetsupercomputer.html?net
Happy Tax Day! OK, maybe it’s not such a happy occasion, so today we’ll lighten things up with a story about a supercomputer created in a single day for a single purpose: to get on a list of the most powerful supercomputers on earth. Our editor was there not only to report on the event but also to help make it happen, and this week she offers a behind-the-scenes look. The result? The supercomputer crunched the benchmark test for 70 minutes until it proved too, um, taxing.
The makings of a do-it-yourself supercomputer
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412widernetsupercomputer.html?net
AirFlow takes new approach to WLAN market
You probably don’t own one yet, but the wireless LAN switch market is already so overcrowded that one start-up that had targeted the market last year has decided to back out and try something a little different.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0414airflow.html?net
ISPs to form national lobbying group
A group of independent ISPs, fearing they will be denied access to the broadband pipes owned by major cable and telecommunications companies, are forming a grassroots group to lobby Congress.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0415ispstofo.html?net
European Commission suspends Oracle-PeopleSoft review
The European Commission Thursday said that it has paused its anti-trust investigation into Oracle’s bid to buy rival Peoplesoft because it is seeking more information from Oracle.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0415eususpe.html?net
Today on Layer 8, no patching required:
Larry Ellison goes for the long ball; revenge of the anti-Mac gang; the Batmobile recall; and checking out the office of the future; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.
