Monthly Archives: October 2009

Apple Discontinues ZFS Project

Matt | Published: October 26, 2009
Apple Discontinues ZFS Project Apple has replaced its ZFS project page with a notice that ‘The ZFS project has been discontinued. All signs point to licensing issues being the primary reason for Apple to cease development on the project. It is an unfortunate loss because ZFS was one of the more promising things I wanted to see [...]
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Google Prepares for Millions of Servers

Matt | Published: October 20, 2009
Google Envisions 10 Million Servers Google never says how many servers are running in its data centers. But a recent presentation by a Google engineer shows that the company is preparing to manage as many as 10 million servers in the future. The goal for Google in this case is to dynamically adapt to the requirements of [...]
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Apple Reports Most Profitable Quarter Ever

Matt | Published: October 20, 2009
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share. Amazing that in a weakened economy Apple, who basically sell a luxury brand of consumer electronics is [...]
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Dow Jones edges over 10,000

Matt | Published: October 14, 2009
Dow Jones industrial average tops 10,000 again The Dow is up a spectacular 53 percent from the 12-year low it reached in March, but it must rise 41 percent from its current level just to match its October 2007 record high. The psychology of round numbers may have some influence on conditions, but everything I’ve read [...]
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NPR Gets $3 Million Grant For Hyper-Local News Initiative

Matt | Published: October 4, 2009
NPR Gets $3 Million Grant For Hyper-Local News Initiative The new funding will allow a pilot group of a dozen NPR stations with the resources to provide in-depth, hyper-local news on a topic that is most relevant to the community where the station is located. The grants also allow the stations to hire new “journalist bloggers,” [...]
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