Oak Ridge National Labs uses AMD and Nvidia chips for world’s biggest supercomputer (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:Oak Ridge National Labs uses AMD and Nvidia chips for world’s biggest supercomputer  —  The Oak Ridge National Laboratory plans to create what could become the world’s most powerful supercomputer based on a Cray supercomputer with 18,000 microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices and an equal number of Nvidia graphics chips.


Top Secret Intranet: How U.S. Intelligence Built Intelink – the World’s Largest, Most Secure Network

Product DescriptionUsing the example of “Intelink”, the classified worldwide Intranet for the intelligence community, this book is one of the first on current intelligence operations written by an “insider”. The CD-ROM includes sample Intelink software demos relating to collaboration tools, security products, and other applications…. More >> Top Secret Intranet: How U.S. Intelligence Built Intelink [...]


World’s First BitTorrent Certified Digital TV Launches (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:World’s First BitTorrent Certified Digital TV Launches  —  Early 2011 BitTorrent Inc., the company behind the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, launched a new all-in-one ecosystem for BitTorrent-certified products codenamed Chrysalis.  —  By using a certified application users can search …


Security in Virtual Worlds, 3D Webs, and Immersive Environments: Models for Development, Interaction, and Management

Product DescriptionAlthough one finds much discussion and research on the features and functionality of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), the 3D Web, Immersive Environments (e.g. MMORPGs) and Virtual Worlds in both scholarly and popular publications, very little is written about the issues and techniques one must consider when creating, deploying, interacting within, and managing them securely. [...]


Internet World’s Internet Security Handbook

Product DescriptionThis guide shows the user how security concerns affect their Internet usage. The book provides a brief history of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and other encryption software distributed free on the Internet. Also included is a discussion of security risks and initiatives to improve security…. More >> Internet World’s Internet Security Handbook