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IBM on Thursday said it's building a specialized-version of the mainframe that would incorporate the Cell processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3 videogame console. The new computer is designed to power 3-D virtual environments for online gaming, business collaboration, mapping, and other applications requiring intensive data processing.

The project, which includes the help of Brazilian online game company Hoplon Infotainment, is meant to develop a new, and potentially lucrative, use for the mainframe, which has traditionally been used in banking, manufacturing, and other industries that need to process hundreds, if not thousands, of transactions a second.

The mainframe is an ideal platform for virtual environments, particularly online gaming, because of its ability to run multiple processors for computing-intensive applications, while also handling millions of simultaneous users, according to IBM. "As online environments increasingly incorporate aspects of virtual reality — including 3-D graphics and lifelike, meaningful real-time interaction among many simultaneous users — companies of all types will need a computing platform that can handle a broad spectrum of demanding performance and security requirements," Jim Stallings, general manager for IBM System z, said in a statement.

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Note : Remember , somebody sometime ago had said " Mainframes are dead " — anybody remembers ??  The person who said it might not have even thought of utilizing the power of Mainframes upto this extent ..anyway .. Long Live IBM ..Long Live Mainframes. 

This video could be the most creative commercial ever seen. Awesome but really a strange styled commercial , something never ever seen by me..It showcases a child who’s ability to gain knowledge never ceases. One of the fantastic commercial ever seen by me !!
The video emphasis about Open Source. ” Future is Open ”

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Too much digitalization leads to this !! donna where we are heading to !! 

The IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center) , a partnership betweeen the FBI and the NW3C (National White Collar Crime Center) issued a report for the year 2006.

It has come up with interesting statistics, including the Top 10 IC3 Complaint Categories:

 Microsoft released the feature-complete, third beta for Windows Server "Longhorn" on April 25, which is also the first public beta of the software.

New and improved features in Beta 3 include the following:

• Windows PowerShell is now included in the product.
• Active Directory Federation Services improvements allow customers to implement new policies and make it easier to set up a relationship between trusted partners.
• The Server Core installation option now comes with additional roles and enhanced functionality, such as print services and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.
• The Server Manager console includes additional remote administration tools to provide a more integrated management environment.
• Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, now on by default, provides a persistent and more secure environment beginning at installation.
• NAP is integrated with Microsoft Update and Windows Update to enable administrators to decide which updates are critical and set policies accordingly. It also has a new administrative interface for simplified setup, scalability and better performance.

AMD Recommending Windows !!

"AMD encourages customers to download the beta and begin their evaluations today. As a next-generation operating system, Windows Server 'Longhorn' is designed to take advantage of the innovative features of the AMD Opteron processor, including 64-bit, multicore, virtualization and power management," said Joe Menard, the corporate vice president of software strategy at AMD. 

The product remains on track for release to manufacturing in the second half of 2007, and the beta code can be downloaded here.

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wow..what a figure !! its awesome..That's what makes Gliese special

Some Facts : 

- Like Earth, it is a small planet — 1.5 times Earth's diameter.

- Planets of that size are not blobs of gas but rocky.

- It also orbits its parent sun at a distance where liquid water could exist (the estimated temperature is between 0 and 40 degrees).

- And liquid water could mean life.

- Maybe the first potentially habitable planet.

- We don't know if it's got an ozone shield or anything like that.

"There's probably millions or billions of them out there, but this is the first one to be found," said Malcolm Walter, director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University. "I don't think we know enough about it yet. It's still early days. I don't think we can say anything about interstellar life."

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