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Ultra Small SBC Report
Ultra Small SBC Report. LinuxDevices.com has a report
on the latest ultra small single board computers that are out.
Some are
smaller than credit cards, several fit in DIMM sockets, and all of them
are more powerful and have more memory than my desktop PC had just a
couple of years ago. These boards are based on a variety of CPUs
including the Intel x86, StrongArm, ETRAX, and Motorola PowerPC. If
you’re looking for a new SBC for your next robot, there are a lot of
good ideas here. [robots.net]
Even the best software won’t work without organisational changes
The Economist of April 12 2001:
Even the best software won’t work without organisational changes
Cites the book Mission Critical: Realizing the Promise of Enterprise Systems
by Thomas H. Davenport
United States v. Hubbell: Encryption and the Discovery of Documents
United States v. Hubbell: Encryption and the Discovery of Documents. University of Richmond Apr 16 2001 3:50AM ET [Computer security news]
Funny: Ballmer and Gates
Funny:
Video with Ballmer and Gates in the car nodding and humming to the nerdy tune. [Scripting News]
Remaking the Meeting-Cam
MIT Technology Review: Remaking the Meeting-Cam. Apart from cost, the presence of a cameraperson–usually an outsider–has a psychological impact that tends to change the dynamics of group meetings or lectures. The researchers attacked both problems by designing a system that mimics the actions of human camera operators. [Tomalak’s Realm]
All Science is Computer Science
George Johnson: All Science is Computer Science (New York Times)
Sun warns of data corruption problem with UltraSPARC III
Sun warns of data corruption problem with UltraSPARC III. Firmware update fix will result in performance hit [The Register]
