Summer Solstice LinkfestTonight, at 8:00 EDT, our sun reaches it's highest point as seen in the northern hemisphere, we enjoy our longest day*, and summer begins. In honor of the sun, some links: Firefox: Yesterday I posted a link to an Information Week article about some enterprise's lack of entuhsiasm for the new Firefox browser. Well, Fred Paul saw that same article, and has no patience for that attitude: "The bottom line is that FF3 is a better browser. It's safer, faster, and easier to use than IE, with some really useful new features. And isn't it IT's job to help the organization use technology to be more productive, whether or not it's convenient for the IT department?... Big Iron: Information Week also toured Microsoft's new $550 million data center, under construction near San Antonio, Texas. The building covers 11 acres. But maybe you don't need that much computing power. In which case, you'd be better served with one of our 10 Supercomputers That Will Blow Your Mind. Meanwhile, at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, IBM scored top supercomputing honors with its Roadrunner, Blue Gene/L and Blue Gene/P systems. Be the Cube: This is why you need a supercomputer: the maximum number of moves needed to solve a Rubik's Cube has been coming down steadily over the last few years. Tomas Rokicki has got it down to 23. Break out those cubes and see what you can do. (Hat tip: Slashdot) New Software: This week's big software news was Firefox 8, but plenty more was afoot. Fahmida Rashid tests out Novell's OpenSUSE 11 and says it stands up well with Ubuntu and Fedora among Linux distributions. Lotus Symphony is back, and it's free. Skype 4.0 is emphasising new video features. Developers will welcome the Subversion 1.5 upgrade. Oh, the Economy Two posts from the Big Picture: A Perfect Recession Indicator. And what does it indicate? That we're in one. I almost like this one though: Chart of the Day: Consumer Sentiment Hits 28 Year Lows. Things have to start looking up--right? Have a great weekend! (* Though not our latest sunset! That comes June 27, at around 8:33 pm, according to Guy Ottewell's Astronomical Calendar 2008. Interestingly, the earliest sunrise was back on June 14.) Posted by Joe Caponi at 04:37 PM, June 20, 2008 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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