JSON Activity Streams Spec Hits Version 1.0
Image via Wikipedia The Facebook Wall is probably the most famous example of an activity stream, but just about any application could generate a stream of information in this format. Using a common...
View ArticleGoal oriented visualizations? (via Erik Duval’s Weblog)
Image via Wikipedia Visualizations and their efficacy always takes me back to Edward Tufte‘s big hard cover books on Infographics (or Chart Junk when it’s done badly). In terms of this specific...
View ArticleKim Cameron returns to Microsoft as indie ID expert • The Register
Cameron said in an interview posted on the ID conferences website last month that he was disappointed about the lack of an industry advocate championing what he has dubbed “user-centric identity”,...
View ArticleApple patents hint at future AR screen tech for iPad | Electronista
Image via Wikipedia Apple may be working on bringing augmented reality views to its iPad thanks to a newly discovered patent filing with the USPTO. via Apple patents hint at future AR screen tech for...
View ArticleSeaMicro pushes Atom smasher to 768 cores in 10U box • The Register
Image via CrunchBase An original SM10000 server with 512 cores and 1TB of main memory cost $139,000. The bump up to the 64-bit Atom N570 for 512 cores and the same 1TB of memory boosted the price to...
View ArticleWhodunnit: An Exercise in Passive Voice (via The Daily Post at WordPress.com)
Point taken, try to limit the use of ‘to be’ + ‘verb’ + ‘by’. I’m probably more guilty of this than most. That and the use of probably. We've all heard the non-apology "mistakes were made." Chances are...
View ArticleTilera routs Intel, AMD in Facebook bakeoff • The Register
Tile64 processor from Tilera Facebook lined up the Tilera-based Quanta servers against a number of different server configurations making use of Intels four-core Xeon L5520 running at 2.27GHz and...
View ArticleSingle-chip DIMM offers low-power replacement for sticks of RAM | ExtremeTech
Image via Wikipedia Invensas, a subsidiary of chip microelectronics company Tessera, has discovered a way of stacking multiple DRAM chips on top of each other. This process, called multi-die face-down...
View ArticleAugmented Reality Start-Up Ready to Disrupt Business – Tech Europe – WSJ
Image via CrunchBase “We have added to the platform computer vision, so we can recognize what you are looking at, and then add things on top of them.” via Augmented Reality Start-Up Ready to Disrupt...
View ArticleAnandTech – Applied Micros X-Gene: The First ARMv8 SoC
APM expects that even with a late 2012 launch it will have a 1 – 2 year lead on the competition. If it can get the X-Gene out on time, hitting power and clock targets both very difficult goals, the...
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