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Entries for November, 2008

Chrome TestShell build for MacOS X

I received some private messages as a response to this post about a CrossOver version of Chrome; apparently I’m not the only one interested in seeing Chrome run on the Mac. So I took the time to build the Chromium TestShell for MacOS X; it’s not a full-fledged browser yet, but it’s built from the […]

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Comparing the costs of cloud computing to traditional servers

While browsing through Amazon’s EC2 documentation I suddenly wondered whether using their servers would make sense from a financial perspective, so I figured I’d actually do the math on a couple of their offerings. Amazon’s basic offerings are: Small Instance (Default) 1.7 GB of memory, 1 EC2 Compute Unit (1 virtual core with 1 EC2 Compute Unit), 160 GB […]

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Sprint and Cogent reconnect, but for how long?

Earlier today, Sprint has reestablished its connection to Cogent; Renesys thinks this will be a temporary link until the issue is settled in court: The fact that Sprint has reconnected this indicates clearly that they intend to fight this battle in court rather than in the routing tables or in the court of public opinion. […]

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Which internet are you on?

Just a week ago, this might have been a stupid question; but since a couple of days, there are three internets. Or more, depending on how you look at it; but essentially there are now three worldwide networks: The “Internet”; a computer network that allows any computer connecting to it to communicate with any other […]

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