“A recent addition to Linux’s impressive selection of file systems is Ceph, a distributed file system that incorporates replication and fault tolerance while maintaining POSIX compatibility. Explore the architecture of Ceph and learn how it provides fault tolerance and simplifies the management of massive amounts of data.”
PC Pro reports that Intel this week is showing off a laptop running the company’s “Light Peak” connectivity standard initially offering transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps in both directions. The company previously demonstrated the technology using a prototype Mac Pro motherboard last year, but has now reduced the required hardware to fit inside a laptop enclosure.
Slashdot Ask Slashdot Story | Computer Competency Test For Non-IT Hires?
by josh Posted: Wednesday, 4/28/2010“As computers are used for more and more vital business functions, small businesses must have office employees who understand the dangers of, and how to recognize and avoid, malware, spam, and phishing. After having been stung by monthly virus cleanups at $75 an hour due to an otherwise competent office manager, my parents have realized they need to be aware of their employees’ computer skills beyond the ability to type a letter in MS Word currently the closest thing they have to a test of computer competence. The problem is, as a small business, they have no IT expert who would be able to judge a potential employee’s competency. I’m wondering if anyone knows of a good way to test these security/safety awareness skills, such as an online test, a set of questions, etc. I have already pointed them to Sonic Wall’s Spam and Phishing test, but it definitely does not cover all of the issues facing computer users.”
via Slashdot Ask Slashdot Story | Computer Competency Test For Non-IT Hires?.
For those of us around Apple for the launch of the 1984 Mac, things are awfully familiar.
In bringing that original Mac to market, Steve hit on a formula that worked for him. He keeps repeating it, and it seems to get better every time. It worked for the iPhone, and it worked for the iPad, too. Here are the necessary elements.
via Mac & the iPad.
Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and the long road to the iPad. – By Tim Wu – Slate Magazine
by josh Posted: Wednesday, 4/7/2010Slashdot Mobile Story | Researchers Convert Mouth Movements Into Speech
by josh Posted: Thursday, 3/4/2010“According to Cellular News, researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a method for mobile phones to convert silent mouth movements into speech. As recombu.com points out, the ‘potential for secret conversations just got huge.’ You could pass the time by making phone calls from the cinema without disturbing anyone. In noisy places like bars and clubs you could make yourself heard without having to shout.”
Slashdot Mobile Story | Researchers Convert Mouth Movements Into Speech.
Dozens of public high schools in eight states will introduce a program next year allowing 10th graders who pass a battery of tests to get a diploma two years early and immediately enroll in community college.
via New Plan Will Let High Schoolers Graduate Early – NYTimes.com.
Stanford’s robotic Audi to brave Pikes Peak without a driver
via Stanford’s robotic Audi to brave Pikes Peak without a driver.