A typical Telum-powered mainframe offers 256 cores at a base clock of 5+GHz.
US giants top tech industry’s $100M+ a year lobbying blitz in EU
The scale of the tech industry’s spending to influence the European Union’s tech policy agenda has been laid out in a report published today by Corporate Europe Observatory and Lobbycontrol — which found hundreds of companies, groups and business associations shelling out a total of €97 million (~$115M) annually lobbying EU institutions. The level of […]
After 18 Years, SCO’s IBM Litigation May Be Settled for $14.5 Million
Slashdot has confirmed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware that after 18 years of legal maneuvering, SCO’s bankruptcy case (first filed in 2007) is now “awaiting discharge.”
Long-time Slashdot reader rkhalloran says they know …
Linux 5.14 set to boost future enterprise application security
Linux is set for a big release this Sunday August 29, setting the stage for enterprise and cloud applications for months to come. The 5.14 kernel update will include security and performance improvements. A particular area of interest for both enterprise and cloud users is always security and to that end, Linux 5.14 will help […]
IBM PC、40周年を迎える
headless 曰く、IBM PC (IBM 5150) が 12 日、40 周年を迎えた(IBM のツイート、 IBM100 – The PC、 The Register の記事)。
IBM 5150 が発表されたのは 1981 年 8 月 12 日。価格は 1,565 ドルで、16 KB の RAM にディスクドライブなし、VisiCalc や EasyWriter といったアプリケーションを搭載していた。当時の IBM でエントリーレベルのコンピューターといえばミニコンピューター Syst…
The IBM PC Turns 40
The Register’s Richard Speed commemorates the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the IBM Model 5150: IBM was famously late to the game when the Model 5150 (or IBM PC) put in an appearance. The likes of Commodore and Apple pretty much dominated the…
和文のオープンソース・ゴシック体フォント「IBM Plex Sans JP」公開
IBMが24日、日本語に対応したオープンソースフォント「IBM Plex Sans JP」を発表した。同社が開発を進めている「Plex」の日本語対応版となっている。IBM Plex Sans JPはゴシック系のフォントで和文に対応、8種類のウエイト（文字の太さ）が用意されている。本問などにも使いやすいニュートラルなフォントとなっているが、線が交差するスミトリの部分にこのフォント固有の特徴がある。商用利用も可能で、OpenType、TrueType、Webフォントの3形態で提供されている（Plex v…
Noetic Cyber emerges from stealth with $15M led by Energy Impact Partners
Noetic Cyber, a cloud-based continuous cyber asset management and controls platform, has launched from stealth with a Series A funding round of $15 million led by Energy Impact Partners. The round was also backed by Noetic’s existing investors, TenEleven Ventures and GlassWing Ventures, and brings the total amount of funds raised by the startup to […]