Category: Computer Operating Systems Processors Software Storage

First new cache-coherence mechanism in 30 years: More efficient memory-management scheme could help enable chips with thousands of cores

A fundamentally new approach to cache coherence has been released — the first in more than three decades. Whereas with existing techniques, the directory’s memory >>>

Posted: September 10, 2015 in Computer, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Storage

Chrome removes support for Java and Silverlight plugins – Myce.com

Google’s Chrome browser no longer supports NPAPI plugins including Java, Unity and Silverlight. Support for the plugins has been removed in version 45 of the >>>

Posted: September 8, 2015 in Internet, Software

Quipper Is a Language To Program the Nearing Quantum Computing Future

We’re circled back to the beginning of computing, which means creating everything again. NBD. Source: Quipper Is a Language To Program the Nearing Quantum Computing >>>

Posted: August 23, 2015 in Computer, Quantum Physics, Software

Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads | News | Geek.com

Adobe’s Flash plugin might have had its place on the web years ago, but the last few years have been marked by a move away >>>

Posted: August 21, 2015 in Computer, Security, Software

How YouTube killed an extension with 300,000 users

Streamus, the Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a serious music service, has been neutered by Google after a long battle between the company and >>>

Posted: July 21, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Operating Systems, Social, Software

Probabilistic programming does in 50 lines of code what used to take thousands

Probabilistic programming does in 50 lines of code what used to take thousands.

Posted: April 13, 2015 in Computer, Software

$250K: That’s what Lenovo earned to RAT YOU OUT with Superfish • The Register

$250K: That's what Lenovo earned to RAT YOU OUT with Superfish • The Register.

Posted: March 6, 2015 in Computer, Security, Software

Rogue Router Firmware Chaos #Backdoor | Entrust:Blog

Rogue Router Firmware Chaos #Backdoor | Entrust:Blog.

Posted: February 28, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security, Software

Microsoft fixes ’19-year-old’ bug with emergency patch

BBC News – Microsoft fixes '19-year-old' bug with emergency patch.

Posted: November 12, 2014 in Computer, Security, Software

Credit card numbers – test resource for programmers

Graham King » Credit card numbers.

Posted: October 11, 2014 in Computer, Software