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Kernel Developer Improves Binary Heap Performance by Order of Magnitude. |
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By taking virtual memory into account, and working hard to minimize page faults, this kernel developer was able to greatly improve real world performance of this industrial strength data structure.
From the article: "Would you believe me if I claimed that an algorithm that has been on the books as "optimal" for 46 years, which has been analyzed in excruciating detail by geniuses like Knuth and taught in all computer science courses in the world, can be optimized to run 10 times faster?"
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New Open Source BitTorrent Protocol |
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Check out this article from Ars about a self throttling BitTorrent protocol that has recently been open sourced. According to the article, "the new protocol will remove the need for ISPs to throttle or block BitTorrent traffic and could also potentially boost download performance in some cases." |
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Chrome 5 Stable for PC, Mac, and Linux |
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Google announced on their blog this morning the new stable release of Chrome. The Linux and Mac versions were brought out of beta and are declared stable with this release. For more details check out what the Chrome Blog and Google Blog have to say.
Also, if you haven't already, you might want to check out this video of Chrome's performance on Google's unique speed tests. |
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Android 2.2 looks to be Awesome! |
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At Google IO today, Google unveiled just how awesome Android 2.2 is going to be. Codenamed "Froyo", this new version will feature a just-in-time compiler, offering huge speedups to the entire platform. 2.2 also natively features apps to sd, wifi tethering, numerous browser updates, flash, and more! Check out what Ars has to say. From the way it looks, if we flash to 2.2, all of our wildest dreams will come true.
--Ann D. Roid |
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Admin who kept SF network passwords found guilty |
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This is a great example of why separation of duties and having a backup network administrator is so important. Sometimes the network admins feel that they are “god” of the network.
--Minny Strater
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