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  • Taking virtualization to the next level

    Margaret Lewis of AMD talks about the future of virtualization, multicore servers, and the challenges of managing multithreaded environments. Forbes.com has the interview.

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    Huge utility boxes, some nearly the size of refrigerators, have residents and local officials up in arms. Companies like Comcast and AT&T find themselves defending plans to install more, CNN.com reports.

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    Population Density Dictates Broadband Service Quality by Peter Sevcik and Rebecca Wetzel

    We have discovered a direct mathematical correlation between population density and broadband access quality. We both recently spent time in the wilds of Montana and Maine, and noticed that local broadband speeds were noticeably slower than on our home turfs in Massachusetts and Virginia. As it...

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