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Take the

We've had a couple surveys over the years here at insideHPC -- we've done shirt surveys and asked you what we could change to make things better -- but as we were...

Putting people first: working together with user-led organisations
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Putting people first: working together with user-led organisations

This document from the UK Department for Health outlines the benefits that local authorities, and their residents, enjoy when they work with user-led organisations...

On engineering and design: an open letter
From Putting People First

On engineering and design: an open letter

Microsoft Research Principal Scientist Bill Buxton calls for engineers and user-experience designers to learn to appreciate one another: “End-user satisfaction...

Business Intelligence in Downturns
From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence in Downturns

CapGemini recording on the value of BI in business downturns. Notable mentions of operational optimization using BI and allied analytical methods. By Stephen...

CACM Launches Website
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CACM Launches Website

I have reported on this a number of times during its test, but now The Communications of the ACM has formally launched their new web site. The Press release here...

"Facebook and academic performance: Reconciling a media sensation with data"
From Apophenia

"Facebook and academic performance: Reconciling a media sensation with data"

In mid-April, journalists heard about a student poster at the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting called "A Description of Facebook Use and...

ACM rolls out new Communications website, which features Putting People First
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ACM rolls out new Communications website, which features Putting People First


SIGIR
From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

You can now register for SIGIR 2009! Here are the details from the registration page: Registration fees for ACM members are as follows: $695 for the main three...

SIGIR
From The Noisy Channel

SIGIR

You can now register for SIGIR 2009! Here are the details from the registration page: Registration fees for ACM members are as follows: $695 for the main three...

Apple Secretly Securing Silicon
From insideHPC

Apple Secretly Securing Silicon

Following our coverage of Apple’s recent hiring of Bob Drebin, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal [print addition] that elaborated a bit on Apple’s recent...

links for 2009-05-01
From Wild WebMink

links for 2009-05-01

Entire New Zealand Copyright Act to be scrapped "The Copyright Act was written in the pre-internet age, and does not address any...

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences!
From The Noisy Channel

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences!

Apologies for the lull in blogging this week, but it’s been a busy week in what looks to be a busy spring (and summer!) of conferences related to information access...

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences!
From The Noisy Channel

Conferences, Conferences, Conferences!

Apologies for the lull in blogging this week, but it’s been a busy week in what looks to be a busy spring (and summer!) of conferences related to information access...

Twittering With Mathematica
From The Eponymous Pickle

Twittering With Mathematica

The latest Wolfram blog post is Twittering with Mathematica. Would you have expected a mathematics and visualization package to be able to interact with the API's...

Eadline on
From insideHPC

Eadline on

Douglas Eadline has a piece at Linux Journal this about frameworks that allow users to create HPC applications without MPI. He outlines a spectrum of implementation...

Official Release: Rackable Systems Receives Court Approval to Purchase Silicon Graphics
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Official Release: Rackable Systems Receives Court Approval to Purchase Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics has released an official statement regarding the recent filing and subsequent purchase by Rackable.

Hand Sanitizers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hand Sanitizers

Johnson & Johnson's hand sanitizer Purell is of course getting a good ride recently. They have special news and related information. Should they be playing other...

InsideTrack: deposits, stalking horses, Bull(s), and parachutes in the SGI Rackable
From insideHPC

InsideTrack: deposits, stalking horses, Bull(s), and parachutes in the SGI Rackable

One of the legal documents from the proceeding today in bankruptcy court is making its way out to employees. Rackable CEO Mark Barrenchea filed an affidavit in...

Rackable Featured on CNBC Tech
From insideHPC

Rackable Featured on CNBC Tech

Rackable Systems was featured on yesterday’s CNBC Tech Effect news spot.

InsideTrack: SGI notifying customers that the Rackable acquisition has been
From insideHPC

InsideTrack: SGI notifying customers that the Rackable acquisition has been

SGI has begun notifying customers that the judge in its bankruptcy case approved the sale of SGI to Rackable during the hearing today in district court. The deal...
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