RSS Digest: Week Ending 03-Dec-2010

Java

Java's System.identityHashCode
http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2010/11/javas-systemidentityhashcode.html

Java for HPC (High-Performance Computing)
http://www.dzone.com/links/r/why_java_is_increasingly_being_used_for_hpc_highp.html

Using a PipedInputstream and PipedOutputstream
http://www.certpal.com/blogs/2010/11/using-a-pipedinputstream-and-pipedoutputstream/

Java Fast Sockets: Enabling high-speed Java communications on high performance clusters
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/java-fast-sockets-enabling-high-speed-java-communications-on-high-performance-clusters/1327

Fast Sockets, An Interprocess Communication Library
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/fastSockets.html

Java Performance Tuning: Tips November 2010
http://www.javaperformancetuning.com/news/newtips120.shtml


Technology

Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/hard-disks/363226/western-digital-caviar-green-3tb

Programmer Competency Matrix
http://www.starling-software.com/employment/programmer-competency-matrix.html

WikiLeaks embassy cables: download the key data and see how it breaks down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-cables-data