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Possible Hadoop Trajectories
Hadoop has spread rapidly in the last few years as a platform for parallel computation in Java, but we believe a lot of improvement will be required for serious production use in the science domain of a large national laboratory.
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Programming the Global Brain
Considering how we can improve our understanding and utilization of the emerging human-computer network constituting the global brain.
University of Florida Endangers CS Department
Four weeks into the academic tussle between computer science students and the administration of the University of Florida, the controversy surrounding a drastic restructuring of the school's CS department remains unresolved.
Microsoft and Intuit Abandon Merger
Microsoft Corp. and Intuit Inc. agreed to terminate their planned merger in order to avoid a Justice Department charge of violating antitrust laws. In the intervening three years, Microsoft continued to struggle against federal…
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