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And, obviously, it use Linux. Mercury Computer makes a Dual Cell-based Blade Server for scientific-military-research purpose. Specifications: Dual Cell BE Processors PPE core: IBM® 64-bit PowerArchitecture™ L1 cache size: 32 KB instruction; 32 KB data L2 cache size: 512 KB SPUs: 8 Local memory size: 256 KB Registers: 128 x 128 bits wide EIB: 192 GB/s aggregate bandwidth Processor internal clock speed: 3 GHz Processor-to-memory bandwidth: 24.0 GB/s Processor-to-processor coherent interface: 20 GB/s in each direction ...

Official NetBeans 5.0RC1 page. Source, alessiopaolucci.com. Here are some of the cool features in this release: Developing NetBeans Modules Matisse GUI Builder Servers Web Frameworks Web Services Editor Enhancements Code Completion Refactoring Version Control Debugging Other Usability Improvements New NetBeans Add-on Packs Personally, I prefer Eclipse much too much. But, also Eclipse would make a Matisse-like GUI editor… 😢

In August 2005 I was thinking about purchasing Apple quotes: $43/45 was a good price for my wallett ;) . My Bank, instead, wants from me “things that I don’t have” (other moneys) to allow me to operate on the US market. Today is a good day but, if I had purchased some Apple quotes at that time, now I would be rich 😢 . The title? See at here for comparation between Apple and Dell on US market. ...

A big one: Linux Shortcuts and Commands. An italian book that have a dedicated chapter: Linux Facile. Source: OSSBlog.

Linux, as we can expect from the linux-comunity, are ready for the EFI system that will substitute the old BIOS system on our (x86) machine. EFI is the boot-system used on the new MacIntel machine, presented from Apple at Jan 10. What it means? It means that we can install and run on EFI-enabled machine every Operating System, also which that does not “understand” EFI (WinXP is the biggest example). Here the home page of elilo, the EFI linux boot loader.

A collection of howto on Gtk+ on the rich DeveloperWorks website from IBM. 2 articles are available right now: Why use Gtk+? How to use Gtk+ Source, OSSBlog.

… but on the package will be the lovelly logo of Intel Core Duo. And, Apple will not join, by now, the Intel Viiv project. But, why? :?:

Microsoft, because of the STOP to development of Windows Media Player for MacOSX, make a page on our site where we can download a nice thing: a plugin for QuickTime aims to view Windows Media Files. Seems to be a good product: I will update you soon. The plugin is Flip4Mac. The company behind this piece of code is Telestream, that sell other plugins to import/edit WMF. I have a question: M$ is the richest company in the World and… needs third-part plugin to make our file-formats viewable on MacOSX? It’s a Joke? :| ( :lol: )

From: xyz@abc.123 Subject: Powerbook support Date: January 10, 2006 4:55:31 PM ET To: Apple Tech Support Hello, I purchased a new Powerbook three weeks ago. It was working fine until a few hours ago when you announced the new Intel-powered MacBook Pro at MacWorld and I started to cry. “Four to fives times faster,” I sobbed, “a built-in iSight, and a brighter, wider screen."… This Apple User purchased a new Powerbook but, because of the lauch of MacBook Pro, now he say at Apple Care “can you send me a new MacBook Pro as a replacement, please?” ...

!= This funny article is here: http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm. Thanks to KM.