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Thursday, 21st April 2011

The Bubble's Legacy: Big Data Tools

First of all, let's leave aside the issue of whether we're in a bubble or not, and just assume that we are. Ashlee Vance has an excellent piece in Business Week looking at one tragic aspect of this bubble: too many mathematicians are flocking to Silicon Valley to work for companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga to work on advertising…

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SimpleGeo Open Sources 20 Million Places

If this week's Where 2.0 conference is proof of anything, it's that developers are excited about creating location aware mobile apps. One of the biggest barriers to creating a place-aware app, however, is getting the ball rolling - you need place data. Place and location, though hand-in-hand, are two different things and SimpleGeo, a…

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Brief: Getting the Most Out of Mission Critical Apps with VMware vSphere on Intel Xeon Processors

What does it take to get the best performance out of a mission critical app? You need scalability, availability, and a security foundation to really make it all work. In this brief, learn how VVMware vSphere running on the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series delivers unmatched performance on four-socket, eight-socket and even larger servers.

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New York Times Paywall has 100k Subscribers

Since instituting its metered paywall in late March, The New York Times has 100,000 paid subscribers to it website, according to a Times' article on its own earnings statement. The number does not include print subscribers, who get access to unlimited articles on the website, or promotional launch offers, according to a tweet from Times' senior VP…

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Ceylon: A New Enterprise Development Language From Red Hat Developer Gavin King

Ceylon is a new enterprise development language being developed by Red Hat employee Gavin King. The team plans to release a compiler later this year. King detailed the project at QCon Beijing 2011, and slides from his presentation were published earlier this month. When finished, it will run on the Java Virtual Machine and feature static typing…

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