Friday, March 25, 2016

Looking Ahead to the GPU Technology Conference

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team congratulates Dan Olds on becoming a Partner at OrionX. Then they go on to preview the GPU Technology Conference coming up April 4-7 in Silicon Valley.
GTC is the largest and most important event of the year for GPU developers. Join us this year as we showcase the most vital work in the computing industry today - Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, Virtual Reality and Self Driving Cars. GTC attracts developers, researchers, and technologists from some of the top companies, universities, research firms and government agencies from around the world.
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Friday, March 4, 2016

Dell Acquistion of EMC Nears Closure

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at Dell's acquisition of EMC, which is expected to close soon pending regulatory approval.

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Monday, February 22, 2016

Should Apple Decrypt the iPhone?

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at Apple's fight against a court order to decrypt an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
The government contends that a 1789 law called the All Writs Act compels Apple to honor a search warrant and assist the authorities in getting access to unlock and decrypt the iPhone 5C used by Syed Rizwan Farook in the San Bernardino shooting in December. The government contends that phone might contain crucial evidence in the case.
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday evening said the US government's legal position on encryption backdoors was setting "a dangerous precedent.” If a back door is created to crack this particular phone, bad guys will be able to exploit it.

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Speeding Up Your Network with a New Router

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at why it pays to upgrade your home networking gear.
  • Henry doubled his download performance to over 80 Mbps just by upgrading his router. His shopping tip is to buy the device with the fastest processor.
  • Dan continues to get lousy performance and even though his devices are just a few years old. Dan recommends the SmallNetBuilder site for howto articles and shopping recommendations.
  • Rich is pretty happy with the stock router from CenturyLink and has put the Amazon Echo onto his Christmas list.
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