Friday, May 17, 2013

Tech Review: Thursday, May 16, 2013


Data scientists: Hype or help?
  • scale is consistently one of the toughest problems in computer science
  • peta P 10^15 quadrillion
  • tera T 10^12 trillion
  • giga G 10^9 billion
  • mega M 10^6 million




Anonymous MSFT developer admits Linux is faster than Windows



Support Slow charging usb
  • usb 2.0 power output up to = 500 mA
  • usb 3.0 power output up to = 900 mA



Parallella Site




The Parallella board now runs Ubuntu!'
  • headless low power server
  • gigabit ethernet port is working
  • full Ubuntu desktop version is up and running
  • next effort to get Parallella to run as a standalone computer



Smart camera



Google snaps up Android mobile data company Behavio
  • 'open sensing' framework


Ubuntu working on new Linux application installer



Complex instruction set computing (CISC)




Reduced instruction set computing




Google sets up to challenge Amazon Web Services




Why tablets are winning

Fails to address why tablets are really winning.



Unmanned surface vehicle (USV)




Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV/UUV)


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