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Free and open source software key for multicore hardware

Press Release,

New Zealand, February 3, 2014.

Free and open source software key to taking advantage of multicore hardware

Free and open source software will almost undoubtedly be the way to manage hugely powerful multicore computers says Nicolas Erdody.

The organiser of Multicore World 2014 Conference at Aucklands AUT on 25 and 26 February, says computer engineers are beginning to get to grips with writing programs to effectively handle many cores on one chip (multicore), which dramatically increases computing processing power.

But theres many different approaches to how to provide these instructions, and weve assembled a world-class range of speakers to outline these software advances, which so far havent matched the massive hardware increases by computer-chip manufacturers, says Erdody.

For IT managers, CTOs & CIOs, computer engineers and developers and anyone with even a hint of interest in where computing is heading, this conference will be invaluable.

Among the speakers is Associate Professor Manuel Chakravarty of the University of New South Wales who will illustrate how the Accelerate open source framework delivers a competitive multicore performance with a fraction of the effort of alternatives.

The Lead Data Technologist at Germanys codecentric AG, Pavlo Baron, will explain why their approach is to use Java Virtual Machine (JVM) as a way to deal with multiple millions of events per second in a multicore environment.

New Zealands Catalyst IT, who are also one of the conferences sponsors, will have its Cloud Engineer Ricardo Rocha describe some of the significant shifts that have occurred in data storage systems, where new interfaces aim to relax, and speed up, some of the traditional access protocols.

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Feb. 2: Denis McDonough, Tim Scott, Julian Assange, Rich Lowry, Robert Gibbs, Gwen Ifill, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Chuck …

Before getting through this. Gwen, one of the things that they're doing in the governor's office is hitting Wildstein hard, right?

GWEN IFILL:

Hard.

DAVID GREGORY:

Really hard. I mean they're putting up five things you should know that includes, as a 16 year old kid, he sued over a local board election.

GWEN IFILL:

That did not strengthen my faith in their argument, the idea that you're going back to high school in order to make your case, that this isn't a good-- his big mistake in his two-hour press conference was attacking Wildstein based it on saying he was a loser in high school. And so now that's coming back up again?

DAVID GREGORY:

Yeah.

GWEN IFILL:

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U.S. Treasury Goes Easy on the Bitcoin

No federal licenses required to mine or trade, although state licenses may soon be necessary

Bitcoins are a popular decentralized digital "cryptocurrency", an encryption-based form of virtual currency. Based on proof-of-work on the SHA-256d hash, the digital payment form pioneered the field for later cryptocurrency, when it was launched by a programmer or group of programmers calling themself "Satoshi Nakamoto". Even with the emergence of several competitors, Bitcoins remain the world's most-used cryptocurrency, with the current global pool of Bitcoins estimated to be worth $10.89B USD at current exchange rates.

For all the excitment, it's a rather confusing time for those who mine or invest in Bitcoin, in terms of what to expect in the U.S. in terms of taxation and regulation.

I. "Clairifications" Answer Some Questions, Raise Others

Currently federal taxation of Bitcoin income is anything but clear. Bitcoins' backers are still in the dark in the U.S. as to whether the U.S. will treat the popular cryptocurrency like a foreign currency (less taxes) or like capital gains from investment (more taxes).

Regulation on a federal level is a bit more clear. The U.S. Senate scrutinized the cryptocurrency late last year in Nov. 2013, but declined to regulate it.

This week the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) release a pair of announcements following in the Senate's line, stating that it would not regulate the majority of Bitcoin users. Comments the federal agency:

The second states that a company purchasing and selling convertible virtual currency as an investment exclusively for the companys benefit is not a money transmitter.

The rulings further interpret FinCEN's March 18, 2013 Guidance to address these business models.

FinCEN Bitcoin Jan Clarification Release 1 by jasonmick

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