Posts Tagged ‘network’

Crowdsourcing virus protection?

If you haven’t heard, Google is releasing Chrome OS sometime late next year.  They say that users of this operating system will not need to worry about viruses or malware.
Bruce Schneier, a (the?) expert on technology security, said this could not be done, and he further clarified that a completely virus-free OS is impossible, though [...]

Posted by jonsmock on July 10th, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags: , , ,  •  2 Comments

Answer Engine built on Mathematica

Wolfram Alpha launched late Friday night.  What’s notable about WA is that it tries to actually answer your question, not simply find a page to answer it (so it’s an Answer Engine, as opposed to a Search Engine).  Looking at the High Scalability page, WA boasts over 10 trillion pieces of data and over 50,000 [...]

Posted by jonsmock on May 19th, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags: , ,  •  No Comments