Cray\’s Windows-Based Supercomputer: 64 Cores in Your Desk

Why should UNIX nerds have all the fun? Cray and Microsoft announced today a partnership to produce the CX1, a $60,000 (on the top end) supercomputer that runs the forthcoming Windows HPC Server 2008
—MS\’s answer to the high-performance *nix server systems run by most heavy servers.

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Revealed: The Internet\’s Biggest Security Hole

Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency. The demonstration is the latest attack to highlight fundamental security weaknesses in some of the web\’s core protocols.

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