The third eye (also known as the ugly eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring to a speculative invisible eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight in certain dharmic spiritual traditions such as Hinduism. In simple English it gives … Read more
Big Data. Big. Data. We hear the term frequently used to describe data of unusual size or generated at spectacular velocity, like the amount of social data that Facebook has amassed on us (30 PB in one cluster) or the … Read more
The world is changing dramatically, both expanding and contracting in ways that will have a significant impact on everyday life. Old models of work already in flux will seemingly dissolve as new models rise in their place. People working in … Read more
Our team of researchers from the Intel Science and Technology Center for Cloud Computing has set multiple new records for energy-efficient sorting in the 2012 Joulesort competition. The results, which show up to 7x improvements in energy efficiency over prior … Read more
