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Otago becomes Sun Microsystems Centre of Excellence
By ADMINISTRATOR on July 26, 2008 (1:05:16 AM) America/Los_Angeles
The University of Otago has achieved a coup by becoming the first university outside of the United States to be selected as a Sun Microsystems OpenSPARC Centre of Excellence.
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IBM cements its supercomputing dominance
By ADMINISTRATOR on July 26, 2008 (1:04:29 AM) America/Los_Angeles
When it comes to supercomputing energy efficiency, IBM cannot be beaten -- that's according to the findings of the latest Supercomputing 'Green 500 List' announced by The Green500.org.
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Super-tree Shows Dinosaurs Did Not Evolve Quickly In Last 50 Million Years
By ADMINISTRATOR on July 26, 2008 (1:03:51 AM) America/Los_Angeles
It has long been debated whether dinosaurs were part of the ‘Terrestrial Revolution’ that occurred some 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous when birds, mammals, flowering plants, insects and reptiles all underwent a rapid expansion. An international study, led by the University of Bristol, shows that during their last 50 million years of existence, dinosaurs were not expanding as actively as had been previously thought and that the apparent explosion of dinosaur diversity may be largely explained by sampling bias.
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Mercury Computer Systems' Founder and Executive Chairman Jay Bertelli Retires
By ADMINISTRATOR on July 26, 2008 (1:03:02 AM) America/Los_Angeles
Mercury Computer Systems, a leading provider of high-performance computing solutions for image, sensor, and signal processing, announced the retirement of James "Jay" R. Bertelli as a Mercury employee and its Executive Chairman of the Board, effective July 25, 2008.
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