Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Welcome to the new millennium

I played Pong when it came out.  Now, Pong has a new face, called Plasma Pong.  TBO reports on the game, which can download and play.  Very cool.

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A Little Privacy, Please -- [ DATA PROTECTION ]: Scientific American

Scientific American has a brief article on Latanya Sweeney, a researcher at MIT who is dedicated to increasing data privacy.  The read is interesting, but now I want more on her and her work - when I find it, it comes here. 

A Little Privacy, Please -- [ DATA PROTECTION ]: Scientific American

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer

Very cool, if it's real - desktop supercomputing with an easy programming model.  The UMD site has the same story, with a direct link to name the technology.  I'd rather see the API set the guy has come up with. 

Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer