I tend to think of solid steel or titanium when I think of straight unix operating systems. They appear to me as the kind of thing you could beat with a baseball bat for hours on end and woud likely only result in a damaged bat.
Well I doubt I'll moving to HP-UX any time soon but the improved virtualization and file system clustering is enticing. And with HP toting the potentiality of "Server software in general runs 25 to 35 percent faster on version 3 because of the new compiler, and Java programs show even more, van der Zweep said." How can one help but be a little bit excited? Everything you ever ran in to as client will be circumvented by subverting the servers with your server system. Slow e-mail? Not when you get your 32 core HP-UX with 8 virtual OS's and DS3 line, all on minimum wage.
Plug and Drive
General Motors on Wednesday became the first automaker to commit to make a rechargeable hybrid vehicle, a move intended to distance the world's largest automaker from its reputation for producing gas-guzzling trucks.
GM pledges to make plug-in electric vehicle | CNET News.com
Good news on the GM front with the Chief Executive, Rick Wagoner, announcing that hybrid technology would be the key component to GM's turnaround strategy.
Their first planned item is a hybrid version of the Saturn Vue.
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Bio-degradable
Dune buggy blends with hot rod in the Mini BioMoke from BMW Group DesignWorksUSA. Like the Sandstorm, it features customizable body panels and an alternative fuel powertrain. What sets it apart is the palm tree seeds infused throughout its single sheet of biodegradable construction material. The designers envision a five-year life span, at the end of which "its body composts to promote tree growth and clean the air."
Images: Car concepts get the green light | CNET News.com
Just make sure you're competent behind the wheel before you get yourself bio-degraded. Know what I mean?
Plus point it looking awesome:
Technoshoeia
It was a cold and foggy afternoon the first time that Ulrike Krotscheck's Nike running shoes spoke to her.
These shoes are made for talking | CNET News.com
The latest and greatest in the shoe industry is the man monitoring shoes recently release by Nike and Adidas.
Nike's "Nike Plus" has a pocket on it made to hold the chip that comes with Apple's iPod nano + the Nike Plus iPod Sport kit. It can pipe in how far you've run straight in to your ears, pretty freaky eh?
With this will come the inovation of the Ultra Flipper, while not nailed down yet in technology, flippers will measure with some accuracy the distance swam allowing for some floatation inaccuracies.
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