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Researchers at a Dutch university are conducting a study for the European Commission on the effect of software patents on innovation -- but the Commission is pressing ahead with plans to introduce the patents in Europe without waiting for the results of the research to be published.

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The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing
September 27-30, 2005
Burlington Marriott Boston, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
http://cluster2005.org
info@cluster2005.org

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Commodity clusters today provide a convenient and cost-effective platform for executing complex computation-, data- and/or transaction-centric applications. Many research and development challenges remain in all areas of cluster computing, including middleware, networking, algorithms and applications, resource management, platform deployment and maintenance, and integration of clusters into computational grids. Cluster 2005 provides an open forum for researchers, practitioners and users to present and discuss issues, directions, and results that will shape the future of cluster computing. This years event is to be held in and around Boston / Cambridge.

See the upcoming Call for Participation for more details.

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IBM is planning to introduce what could be the largest corporate blogging initiative so far, in a bid to encourage its 320,000 staff to become more active in online tech communities. The world's largest computer company has prepared a broad range of programs and online materials that staff can access to find out how they can start to blog. Behind the scenes, a small handful of technical innovators developed and deployed an internal blogging service that has grown in a period of just 18 months to just shy of 9,000 registered users spanning 65 countries, 3,097 individual blogs, 1,358 of which are considered active, with a total of 26,203 entries and comments -- all of which has been put together strictly through word-of-mouth promotion. And it's still just a pilot.

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South Korean Linux developer Haansoft has joined Open Source Development Labs Inc. (OSDL), a nonprofit industry group that promotes the use of the Linux operating system in enterprises, and will participate in OSDL's Carrier-Grade Linux working group, the group said Thursday.

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Two DB skills are better than one and can expand your potential compensation scale. If you've had experience with Oracle and now are starting or want to learn DB2 Universal Database, this article will help you leverage your previous experience and put you on the fast track for learning how to move data from one machine to another, or from one platform to another.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Rather than IT shops settling on one paradigm, mixed environments of commercial and open source software will prevail, Hewlett-Packard CTO and Chief Strategy Officer Shane Robison said Wednesday during a keynote presentation at the Software 2005 conference here.

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Groovy Builders allows you to side-step the details of markup languages and focus on your application content instead. Groovy Builders can mimic markup languages like XML, HTML, Ant tasks, and even GUIs with frameworks like Swing. They're especially useful for rapid prototyping. Groovy Builders are handy alternative to data binding frameworks when you need consumable markup in a snap.