Virtualization Using Distributed Computing to Model Climate Change The search for extraterrestrial life with SETI@Home perhaps popularized the idea of distributed computing projects. Now NASA has plans to undertake a similar project, using that model not to look for aliens but to help perform research on climate change models. The initiative is called Climate@Home and is collaboration between NASA, over a… Audrey Watters View comments
Analysis Facebook Exec: All Media Will Be Personalized in 3 to 5 Years Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in New York today that in the next three to five years, a website that isn't tailored to a specific user's interest will be an anachronism, according to coverage from media industry blog PaidContent. "People don't want something targeted to the whole world--they want something that reflects… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
News Skype Deepening Enterprise Play With Avaya Partnership Somewhat overshadowed by today's news that Skype is partnering with Facebook comes a long expected announcement from the VOIP company: it is also partnering with telephony company Avaya to offer unified communication services. This follows Skype moving its business focused Skype Connect service out of beta. Of the "big three" unified… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Features The Short Lifespan of a Tweet: Retweets Only Happen Within the First Hour For some, Twitter is a social network and for others it is just a broadcast medium. Judging from the latest data from social media analytics and monitoring service Sysomos, for the majority of users, Twitter is indeed mostly a broadcast medium. After analyzing over 1.2 billion tweets, the Sysomos team found that only 29% of tweets actually… Social Frederic Lardinois View comments
Tips How To: Speed Up the WordPress Admin Panel on a VPS A few weeks back, I gave some tips for how to speed up WordPress on a VPS. Several readers suggested using WP-SuperCache. This is a good suggestion, but in my case, it didn't work. After a bit of investigation, I discovered that the load issues appeared to be coming from the WordPress admin panel. As far as I'm aware, WP-SuperCache won't help… Hack Ben Barden View comments