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Transactional Memory: An Idea Ahead of Its Time

By Guest PostApril 10, 2012Science, Technologyamherst, ars technica, blue gene, brown university, buzz, computer, computer scientist, computing technology, core processor, eliot moss, hardware architecture, hardware computing, haswell, ibm, maurice herlihy, mike cohea, parallel processor, q supercomputer, richard lewis, transactional memory, university of massachusetts

Nearly 20 years ago, two Brown University computer scientists were working on a largely theoretical problem: How could multiple parallel processors make changes to shared resources safely and efficiently? Their proposal — transactional memory — is sparking fresh interest as a new generation of processors seeks improved power and speed.

In 1993, Maurice Herlihy and a colleague published a paper on transactional memory — a new, clever tactic in computing to deal with handling shared revisions to information seamlessly and concurrently. Few noticed.

Nearly 20 years later, transactional memory is an idea that’s now the rage in hardware computing, and Herlihy, computer science professor at Brown University, has morphed into a prophet of sorts, a computing pioneer who was far ahead of his time. Intel recently announced that transactional memory will be included in its mainstream “Haswell” hardware architecture by next year. IBM has adopted transactional memory in the Blue Gene/Q supercomputer. The original paper by Herlihy and Eliot Moss has been cited more than 1,300 times. (more…)

Free iPad App from IBM and Eames Office, Reinvents Iconic ’60s-Era Infographic on History of Math

By Guest PostApril 5, 2012Technology1964, ancient greeks, charles, chid apte, computer, eames demetrios, ibm, ibm mathematics, ipad app, jeopardy, los angeles, minds, minds of mathematics, modern mathematics, new york, peep show, ray eames, vintage, watson, world fair

*Vintage Timeline Designed by Charles and Ray Eames Continues to Inspire Interest in Math and Science*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 05 Apr 2012: To celebrate the history of math and its impact on the world, IBM has released Minds of Modern Mathematics, an iPad app that re-imagines a classic 50-foot infographic on the history of math created by husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames and displayed at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City.

The app, which can be downloaded from the iPad App Store, is an interactive vintage-meets-digital experience for students, teachers, and tech fans that illustrates how mathematics has advanced art, science, music and architecture. It reinvents the massive timeline on the history of math from 1000 AD to 1960 that was part of Mathematica: A World of Numbers…and Beyond, IBM’s milestone World’s Fair exhibit. (more…)

To Combat Identity Theft, Protect Computer

By Guest PostMarch 21, 2012Technologyanti adware, anti spyware, antivirus, computer, computer related deviance, identity theft, michael turner, michigan state university, online commerce, pirated music, pornographic images, software, thomas holt, triple threat combination

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Having a triple-threat combination of protective software on your computer greatly reduces your chances of identity theft, according to a study led by a Michigan State University criminologist.

In a survey of more than 600 people, the researchers found that computer users who were running antivirus, anti-adware and anti-spyware software were 50 percent less likely to have their credit card information stolen.

The study appears in the research journal Deviant Behavior. (more…)

Good Intentions Ease Pain, Add to Pleasure: UMD Study

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2012Culture, General, Healthbenevolent condition, business, business strategy, computer, electric massage, god, god and evil, good intention, intention, kurt gray, malicious condition, medicine, nurse, pain, parenting, physical experience, pleasure, power, real world applications, relationships, sooth pain, tender care, university of maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A nurse’s tender loving care really does ease the pain of a medical procedure, and grandma’s cookies really do taste better, if we perceive them to be made with love – suggests newly published research by a University of Maryland psychologist. The findings have many real-world applications, including in medicine, relationships, parenting and business.

“The way we read another person’s intentions changes our physical experience of the world,” says UMD Assistant Professor Kurt Gray, author of “The Power of Good Intentions,” newly published online ahead of print in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Gray directs the Maryland Mind Perception and Morality Lab. (more…)

Of Avatars and Virtual Meetings

By Guest PostOctober 16, 2011Technology3d digital visualization, apple, avatar, camera and microphone, computer, craig mundie, excel, kinect device, Microsoft, microsoft kinect, microsoft phone 7, microsoft tag, remote locations, Steve Jobs, Technology, university of toronto, xbox system

Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, brought news of Microsoft’s plans to merge the physical world with the digital word during an Oct. 6 lecture at the University of Toronto.

“The computer is being endowed with more and more human sensing-like capability,” said Mundie. “We think this will be the predominant way people will use computers in the future.” (more…)

Russia’s Kaspersky Antivirus Company to Conquer US Market

By PravdaJanuary 22, 2011Technologyamerican market, anti intrusion, anti spam, anti spyware, anti-virus, antivirus vendor, avz antiviral toolkit, computer, computer security company, eugene kaspersky, Europe, ga, general atlantic, kaspersky anti virus, kaspersky internet security, kaspersky lab, kaspersky mobile security, kaspersky pure, kav, kis, mobile device, natalia kaspersky, private equity firm, russia

Russia’s computer security company Kaspersky Lab, the fourth-largest global antivirus vendor, sold a large shareholding to US-based private equity firm General Atlantic. GA will become the second-largest shareholder of the Russian company, giving Kaspersky Lab an opportunity to improve its positions on the US market. The financial details of the deal have not been exposed yet, although it reportedly goes about 15-17 percent of the shares of the Russian company evaluated at $200 million. (more…)

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