Entries for September, 2010
Inside Facebook’s Infrastructure
miller60 writes “Facebook served up 690 billion page views to its 540 million users in August, according to data from Google’s DoubleClick. How does it manage that massive amount of traffic? Data Center Knowledge has put together a guide to the infrastructure powering Facebook, with details on the size and location of its data centers, [...]
Inside Facebook’s Infrastructure
miller60 writes “Facebook served up 690 billion page views to its 540 million users in August, according to data from Google’s DoubleClick. How does it manage that massive amount of traffic? Data Center Knowledge has put together a guide to the infrastructure powering Facebook, with details on the size and location of its data centers, [...]
Cyber Command Will Miss Friday’s Operational Deadline
techinsider writes “The U.S. Cyber Command won’t be fully operational by Friday’s October 1st deadline. A major challenge appears to be staffing the command with qualified personnel, of which it will need over 1,000 skilled employees. General Alexander told Congress his leadership staff was in place but acknowledged there were challenges in bringing in people [...]
Easily Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs [Video]
Hard-boiled eggs are a great, protein-packed snack, but getting them out of their shells can be messy and cumbersome. Not so much if you use the method Tim Ferriss demonstrates in this video. More » Original post by Kevin Purdy
Crack the Ends and Blow to Easily Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs [Video]
Hard-boiled eggs are a great, protein-packed snack, but getting them out of their shells can be messy and cumbersome. Not so much if you use the method Tim Ferriss demonstrates in this video. More » Original post by Kevin Purdy
Chinese High-Speed Train Sets New World Record
shmG writes “A new high-speed train linking Chinese cities Shanghai and Hangzhou has set a fresh world record for train speed at 416.6 kilometers per hour on its trial run on Tuesday. The train is expected to cut the travel time by half, to 40 minutes for covering a distance of 202 kilometers between the [...]
Red Hat Urges USPTO To Deny Most Software Patents
Julie188 writes “The United States Patent and Trademark Office asked for public input on how it should use the Supreme Court’s Bilski decision to guide it when granting new patents. Not surprisingly, Red Hat took them up on it. The USPTO should use Bilski and the fact that the machine transformation test is ‘important’ to [...]