Supercomputers with 100 million cores coming by 2018 The race is on to make supercomputers as powerful as possible to solve some of the world's biggest problems -- everything from climate change to the need for ultra-long-life batteries for cars, running fusion reactors with plasma that reaches 150 million degrees Celsius and creating bio-fuels. Holiday gift ideas: home and office gear Just because you have a fancy new computer doesn't mean that you're totally set on your technology acumen. You gotta trick out the rest of your office (either at home or at work) with the latest gear to help supplement that fancy new system. Here's some of our favorites from the past few months: HP not all about 3Com: OEMs Voltaire 10G Ethernet switch On the heels of its $2.7 billion bid to acquire 3Com and its data center switching portfolio , HP this week entered into an OEM arrangement to resell Voltaire's 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch, 40 Gbps QDR InfiniBand director switch and management software. Microsoft's new lab pushes social networking boundaries Microsoft's Lili Cheng's passion is making things that solve real problems, so as the leader of the company's new FUSE Labs she fully expects to blur the line between pure research and product development. Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7's activation process, continuing a long-running battle with Microsoft, which has blocked such tactics in the past. Network-based e-mail Ready for prime time? In the prior newsletter, we raised the question of whether the time is here or past due for moving email from local PCs back to the network. This time we want to continue the discussion by looking at some of the key questions that need to be addressed. Microsoft starts recruiting for Windows 8 Microsoft is currently looking for employees to help shape Windows 8, despite the fact Windows 7 has only just launched. 10 Fascinating Facts about Black Friday Like it or not, it's coming soon. Black Friday is only days away, and the 2009 edition of Busiest Shopping Day of the Year will boast some impressive bargains. Here are ten things you should know: November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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