Computer Scientists Break Terabyte Sort Barrier
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:07:14 -0700
Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego broke “the terabyte barrier” – and a world record – when they sorted more than one terabyte of data (1,000 gigabytes or 1 million megabytes) in just 60 seconds. During this 2010 “Sort Benchmark” competition – the “World Cup of data sorting” – the computer scientists from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering also tied a ...
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Former Midlander offers math, science camp for kids
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:16:48 -0700
Inspired by her experience with Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering as a student, Lee High School graduate Katrieva Jones Munroe developed a week-long camp to get youngsters interested in math, science and technology.
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What You Want: Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:19:29 -0700
Meet Caterina Fake, the creative spark behind Hunch. Her big idea? Develop a web service that knows what you want before you even want it.
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