29th November 2009 Archive

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Of NVIDIA and hybrid computing

Making hay until Larrabee shines?

At SC09, it was hard to travel the floor without running into hybrid computing in some way, shape, or form. In fact, you couldn’t swing a cat without hitting someone or something related to using accelerators to maximize performance. (I know this because I actually did bring in a cat to test this theory… an actual live cat… well …

HPC Blog 29 Nov 08:57
Serial slurry fetish man jailed again

Lock up your manure

A middle-aged man with a sexual fetish for farm waste was sent to prison after a breaching a restraining order that banned him from being around a farm he has terrorised for years. David Truscott, 40, was arrested after he broke into a farm he targeted, and covering himself in slurry, before masturbating, The Telegraph reports …

Bootnotes 29 Nov 08:59
Finns fail to warm to 2.6GHz auction

Ofcom: 'Gulp'

Ofcom may be sweating at the news that the Finnish auction of 2.6GHz raised only €3.8m. The regulator is hoping to raise a lot more when the same spectrum is auctioned off in the UK next year. Earlier auctions in Sweden and Norway raised €230m and €29m respectively, with the Norwegian figure reflecting the limited application …

Mobile 29 Nov 09:02
Cartoon smut law to make life sucky for Olympic organisers

Internet + iffy logo = Ha ha!

Government zeal in pursuing anyone suspected of harbouring paedophilic tendencies may shortly rebound – with unintended consequences for the 2012 Olympic logo. Earlier this month, the Coroners & Justice Bill 2009 received the Royal Assent. This Act was another of those portmanteau pieces of legislation for which the current …

Law 29 Nov 10:02