March 2007
Intel promises fast Penryn chips in 2007 →
Intel Corp. will begin producing its next-generation “Penryn” processors by the end of 2007, using greater power efficiency to push improved Core 2 and Xeon chips to speeds over 3 GHz, the company said Wednesday.
Cisco develops smart, mobile robots for wireless... →
Cisco has developed a set of small smart robots, which can act as wireless communications relays, that sense when a mobile user is moving out of service range, and can follow the user to maintain connectivity.
2006 Operating System Vulnerability Summary →
Each operating system was scanned several times to determine risk at various stages of deployment. First, a vulnerability scan was performed during the installation phase of the operating system. While the operating environment present may not represent the binaries being installed, a successful attack during installation could subvert the operating system prior to its first boot. An second scan...
Flexibile scheduling in Ruby →
While threads are easy to use, they are still not very intuitive. After some searching, I stumbled across the OpenWFEru project, which implements a really nifty standalone-ready scheduler.
“Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy’s army without battle …....”
“Metaprogramming is the writing of programs that write or manipulate other...”
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem ...”