Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have constructed the highest-resolution computer display in the world – with a screen resolution up to 220 million pixels - and they're keeping it all to themselves from the looks of the picture below.

P2P has a bad rap. Many associate the initialism with stealing content, not legitimately distributing it. Even more frustrating for those involved in the networking field is that file sharing is only one of the many interesting things one can do with a network of distributed computers. To work around the stereotype, many players have taken to referring to their P2P technologies using different terms. Content distribution networks being one of them.

I started my career in the middle of the VR hype. After working in the space for a year, I had an interview with a journalist who was convinced that within a year we'd be able to pop into a photorealistic world and interact with one another. At the time I was both amused an horrified that someone had bought into the hype.

By now I assume most people have tried out some form of virtualization.  Whether it be Microsoft's Virtual PC to create a security sandbox or a robust solution like VMWare to host multiple distinct servers on a single piece of iron, virtualization is making significant inroads.  

One of the strengths of the English language is its malleability. Spoken around the world, the language twists and turns, morphs and absorbs, in a constant state of evolution.

New devices that integrate television and computers are being brought to market. While this isn't new, the level of integration being achieved is starting to be quite impressive. The Meivo from Rock is pretty neat. It integrates a 22" panel, a PC running Vista, 4 digital tuners, two drives and WiFi. With a list price of approximately $2000US it's only slightly more than what the components would cost separately.

I recently read an interesting article in the ACM entitled Seven Habits of Highly Effective Technology Leaders by Stephen Andriole.  Stephen outlines seven habits – or best practices – that define successful technology leadership. I was pleased to see how aligned we are in our thinking, and how many we practice internally.  How many do you?Based on a study he’s been conducting since 2001, below is his list of best practices.

We’ve been using Knopflerfish for some time now and are big fans of the OSGi framework. It’s great to see it going mainstream, largely due to its adoption by the Eclipse framework as their mechanism to keep components in sync.

I recently stumbled across the work of Theo Jansen, a South African engineer & sculpture who creates wind powered kinematic sculptures. Worth a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyb80yvjGE