Leaving Blogger

All, after a few years of publishing my blog on the Blogger service provided by Google, I've decided to move to a paid blog with my own domain name hosted by Wordpress. Whilst Blogger is a great free blogging service, lately I have been reading about Google deleting people's accounts, for non-fee paying users Google has little accountability and it is difficult - if at all possible - to restore accounts later.

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RSS Digest: Week Ending 12-Aug-2011

Java

Collections Library for millions of elements
http://vanillajava.blogspot.com/2011/08/collections-library-for-millions-of.html

Memory Barriers/Fences
http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/07/memory-barriersfences.html

Inter Thread Latency
http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/08/inter-thread-latency.html

Eliminate False Sharing
http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217500206


Web

What’s the Fastest Web Browser in the Real World? Chrome
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/08/whats-the-fastest-web-browser-in-the-real-world-chrome/

RSS Digest: Week Ending 29-Jul-2011

Java

Disruptor
http://disruptor.googlecode.com/files/Disruptor-1.0.pdf

Hidden Java 7 Features - System and Process CPU Load Monitoring
http://sellmic.com/blog/2011/07/21/hidden-java-7-features-cpu-load-monitoring/

Top 15 java threading interview questions asked in Investment banks
http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2011/07/java-multi-threading-interview.html

The LMAX Architecture
http://martinfowler.com/articles/lmax.html

Dissecting the Disruptor: Why it's so fast (part one) - Locks Are Bad
http://mechanitis.blogspot.com/2011/07/dissecting-disruptor-why-its-so-fast.html

Dissecting the Disruptor: Why it's so fast (part two) - Magic cache line padding
http://mechanitis.blogspot.com/2011/07/dissecting-disruptor-why-its-so-fast_22.html

Processor Affinity - Part 1
http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/07/processor-affinity-part-1.html

Write Combining
http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/07/write-combining.html

JavaOne 2011 Content Catalog is Available
http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/07/javaone-2011-content-catalog-is.html

Java 7 has released!
http://blogs.oracle.com/javase/entry/java_7_has_released

Java SE 7 Features and Enhancements
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jdk7-relnotes-418459.html

RSS Digest: Week Ending 22-Jul-2011

Java

Java Collection Performance
http://java.dzone.com/articles/java-collection-performance

Tracing Java Applications with BTrace
http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/07/tracing-java-applications-with-btrace.html

Java SE 7: Final Release
http://mreinhold.org/blog/java-se-7-fr

JavaOne Content Catalog
https://oracleus.wingateweb.com/scheduler/eventcatalog/eventCatalogJavaOne.do?ts=1311150560194

How to get C like performance in Java
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/07/how-to-get-c-like-performance-in-java.html


Technology

Download 'Jenkins: The Definitive Guide'
http://www.wakaleo.com/download-jenkins-the-definitive-guide

Roles in the IT World
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/07/roles-in-it-world.html

Computing without Processors
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2000516

RSS Digest: Week Ending 15-Jul-2011

Java

Introducing Java 7
http://www.slideshare.net/myfear/introducing-java-7

Java SE 7 Documentation
http://download.java.net/jdk7/docs/

7 new cool features in Java 7
http://sellmic.com/blog/2011/07/08/7-new-cool-features-in-java-7/

JRockit GC in Action
http://java.dzone.com/articles/jrockit-gc-action

Incorrect Core Java Interview Answers
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/07/incorrect-core-java-interview-answers.html


C++

All about 64-bit programming in one place
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2011/07/07/all-about-64-bit-programming-in-one-place/


Programming

JP Morgan supercomputer offers risk analysis in near real-time
http://www.cfoworld.co.uk/news/technology/3290497/jp-morgan-supercomputer-offers-risk-analysis-in-near-real-time/

ACE revisited
http://nighthacks.org/roller/jag/entry/ace_revisited

RSS Digest: Week Ending 08-Jul-2011

Java

Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors - 2011
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/07/top-25-most-dangerous-software-errors.html

JDK 7: Release Candidate
http://mreinhold.org/blog/jdk7-rc


Programming

Erlangs parallelism is not parallelism!
http://jlouisramblings.blogspot.com/2011/07/erlangs-parallelism-is-not-parallelism.html

RSS Digest: Week Ending 01-Jul-2011

Java

Avoiding Classic Threading Problems
http://drdobbs.com/tools/231000499


Technology

Sony VAIO Z Series (2011) review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/368422/sony-vaio-z-series-2011

RSS Digest: Week Ending 25-Jun-2011

Java

Top 5 free Java ebooks
http://www.mkyong.com/featured/top-5-free-java-ebooks/

What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html

How to upload your artifacts to Maven Central?
http://www.codinginahurry.com/2011/04/24/how-to-upload-your-artifacts-to-maven-central/

A Method for Reducing Contention and Overhead in Worker Queues for Multithreaded Java Applications
http://today.java.net/article/2011/06/14/method-reducing-contention-and-overhead-worker-queues-
multithreaded-java-applications

Garbage collection with Automatic Resource Management in Java 7
http://javawithswaranga.blogspot.com/2011/06/garbage-collection-with-automatic.html

Java Heaps and Garbage Collection with some Zazz
http://codedependents.com/2011/06/10/java-heaps-and-garbage-collection-with-some-zazz/


Unix

Efficiently Navigating Directories on UNIX
http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/06/efficiently-navigating-directories-on.html


Technology

Palicomp Phoenix i5 Z68 Warrior review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/368095/palicomp-phoenix-i5-z68-warrior

RSS Digest: Week Ending 10-Jun-2011

Java

Java SE 6 Update 26 is released!
http://blogs.oracle.com/javase/entry/java_se_6_update_26

Moving to OpenJDK as the official Java SE 7 Reference Implementation
http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the


Technology

Google Publishes C++, Go, Java and Scala Performance Benchmarks
http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/06/cpp-go-java-scala-performance-benchmark.php

Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig?
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/367813/windows-8-could-it-be-more-than-lipstick-on-a-pig

Apple Introduces iCloud
http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/library/2011/06/06icloud.html

New Version of iOS Includes Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Twitter Integration Among 200 New Features
http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/library/2011/06/06ios.html

Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition 2TB
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/storage-appliances/367861/iomega-home-media-network-hard-drive-cloud-edition-2tb

Will 10 GigE Finally Go Big in HPC?
http://insidehpc.com/2011/06/08/will-10-gige-finally-go-big-in-hpc/

RSS Digest: Week Ending 03-Jun-2011

Java

Quick(er)sort, Parallelism, and Fork/Join in JDK7
http://www.deftitlenil.com/2011/04/blog-post_05.html


Technology

Comparison of Protobuff, Thrift, Avro, etc
http://tech.puredanger.com/2011/05/27/serialization-comparison/

Chillblast Fusion Tranquillity review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/367696/chillblast-fusion-tranquillity/specifications

RSS Digest: Week Ending 27-May-2011

Java

MapReduce: A Soft Introduction
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/05/mapreduce-soft-introduction.html

JRockit is Now Free (and Other Java License Updates)
http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/jrockit_is_now_free_and

A Facelift for the Java Regular Expression Unicode support
http://blogs.oracle.com/xuemingshen/entry/facelift_for_the_regular_expression


Technology

Rumour mill No.2: Apple's iPhone '5' to be called '4S'?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/may/16/iphone-4s-4g-5-apple-naming


Science

Amateur captures glittering all-sky view of the cosmos
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/05/amateur-captures-glittering-al.html

RSS Digest: Week Ending 13-May-2011

Java

How Garbage Collection differs in the three big JVMs
http://blog.dynatrace.com/2011/05/11/how-garbage-collection-differs-in-the-three-big-jvms/

Easy Red-Black Trees
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/05/12/easy-red-black-trees


Technology

Life inside Apple: Fortune article reveals anger, management and 'top 100' club
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/may/09/inside-apple-fortune-steve-jobs-business-management

Will Apple grab Samsung’s game-changing display?
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/05/13/will-apple-grab-samsungs-game-changing-display/

RSS Digest: Week Ending 06-May-2011

Java

Java SE 6 update 25 brings faster server startup
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Java-SE-6-update-25-brings-faster-server-startup-1235273.html


Technology

Sony admits 25m more accounts at risk
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/367078/sony-admits-25m-more-accounts-at-risk

Amazon to launch tablet "in second half of the year"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367084/amazon-to-launch-tablet-in-second-half-of-the-year

Apple takes wraps off Sandy Bridge iMacs
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367099/apple-takes-wraps-off-sandy-bridge-imacs


Finance

4 billionaires at Glencore
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2011/05/4_billionaires_at_glencore.html

RSS Digest: Week Ending 28-Apr-2011

Java

3 Free E-Books on Java for Beginners
http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/04/free-e-books-on-java-for-begin.php

High Performance Computing
http://drdobbs.com/high-performance-computing/229402193

Java SE 6 Update 25
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u25releasenotes-356444.html

The Azul Garbage Collector
http://www.infoq.com/articles/azul_gc_in_detail


Science

Has the LHC found a hint of the Higgs boson?
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/04/has-the-lhc-found-a-hint-of-th.html


Technology

Free eBook: Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing
http://insidehpc.com/2011/04/26/free-ebook-introduction-to-high-performance-scienti%EF%AC%81c-computing/

Steve Jobs responds to iPhone tracking concerns, and accuses Google
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/apr/25/steve-jobs-responds-iphone-tracking

Fury as Sony takes a week to admit credit-card hack
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/367024/fury-as-sony-takes-a-week-to-admit-credit-card-hack

Ubuntu Linux 11.04 review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/366910/ubuntu-linux-11-04

RSS Digest: Week Ending 15-Apr-2011

Java

Some insights from Oracle on the their plans for Java
http://www.java7developer.com/blog/?p=307


Technology

Intel, Micron Extend NAND Flash Technology Leadership, Introduce Industry's Smallest, Most Advanced 20-Nanometer Process
http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/04/14/intel-micron-extend-nand-flash-technology-leadership-introduce-industrys-smallest-most-advanced-20-nanometer-process?cid=rss-90004-c1-266345

RSS Digest: Week Ending 08-Apr-2011

Java

DZone Meets The Well-Grounded Java Developers
http://java.dzone.com/articles/dzone-meets-well-grounded-java

Next step on the road...
http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/next_step_on_the_road

Java founder Gosling joins Google
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2011/110328-gosling-joins-google.htm

Cliff Click in "A JVM Does What?"
http://jeremymanson.blogspot.com/2011/04/cliff-click-in-jvm-does-what.html


UNIX/Linux

My Bash Profile - Part V: Prompt
http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-bash-profile-part-v-prompt.html

My vimrc
http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-vimrc.html


Technology

Informatica, HP, and Mellanox/Voltaire Benchmark Report
http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/informatica-hp-and-mellanoxvoltaire-benchmark-report/

AMD: quad-core Llano outshines Sandy Bridge
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/366544/amd-quad-core-llano-outshines-sandy-bridge

Evaluating Multi-core for HPC
http://sicorp.com/blogs/75-evaluating-multi-core-for-hpc

Dell XPS 15 (2011) review
http://cdn.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/366409/dell-xps-15-2011

Samsung SyncMaster C27A750 review
http://cdn.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/monitors/366613/samsung-syncmaster-c27a750

Intel unveils next-generation Xeons with ten cores
http://cdn.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/366562/intel-unveils-next-generation-xeons-with-ten-cores

RSS Digest: Week Ending 25-Mar-2011

Java

The Performance Paradox of the JVM: Why More Hardware Means More Failures
http://docs.media.bitpipe.com/io_25x/io_25445/item_394514/Azul_TheServerSide_SO%23033729_Expert-Tip_031611.pdf

Java Tip: Find process id of running Java process
http://boxysystems.com/index.php/java-tip-find-process-id-of-running-java-process/

The impact of Garbage Collection on Java performance
http://blog.dynatrace.com/2011/03/24/the-impact-of-garbage-collection-on-java-performance/


UNIX/Linux

My Bash Profile - Part IV: Functions
http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-bash-profile-part-iv-functions.html


Technology

May’s Law and Parallel Software
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/8422/

Apple iPad 2 review
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/tablets/366115/apple-ipad-2

Satellite snaps extent of Japan's post-quake blackout
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/03/extent-of-post-quake-blackout.html

New Intel Turbo Boost Technology
http://drdobbs.com/blogs/high-performance-computing/229301335

Nintendo 3DS: the essential guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/mar/22/nintendo-3ds-review

Firefox 4 finally ready to roll
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/366235/firefox-4-finally-ready-to-roll

iPad 2 Arrives in 25 More Countries This Friday
http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/library/2011/03/22ipad.html

CUDAfy - General Purpose GPU Development on .NET
http://insidehpc.com/2011/03/23/cudafy-general-purpose-gpu-development-on-net/

RSS Digest: Week Ending 18-Mar-2011

Java

Java SE 7 Documentation
http://download.java.net/jdk7/docs/


Networking

Network savvy trading with Solace and Arista LANZ
http://www.solacesystems.com/company/partners/network-savvy-trading-with-solace-and-arista-lanz


HPC

Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications
http://www.lbl.gov/cs/CSnews/CSnews31111.html

RSS Digest: Week Ending 11-Mar-2011

Java

Generating Java classes dynamically through Java compiler API
http://accordess.com/wpblog/2011/03/06/an-overview-of-java-compilation-api-jsr-199/

JVM Performance - Part III - Concurrent Maps
http://java-persistence-performance.blogspot.com/2011/03/jvm-performance-part-iii-concurrent.html


Algo Trading

Snake Oil Salesmen, Java, General Relativity and Low-Latency Trading
http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/7495


Technology

Hardware Accelerated FIX Order Cancel System
http://www.wallstreetfpga.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=12

Network Interface Card Latency
http://www.wallstreetfpga.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=5

Apple releases iOS 4.3 ahead of iPad 2 arrival
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365854/apple-releases-ios-4-3-ahead-of-ipad-2-arrival

RSS Digest: Week Ending 04-Mar-2011

Java

Java Bytecode Fundamentals: Using Objects and Calling Methods
http://www.zeroturnaround.com/blog/java-bytecode-fundamentals-using-objects-and-calling-methods/

Performance tuning @ JFokus
http://kirk.blog-city.com/performance_tuning__jfokus.htm

The Azul Garbage Collector
http://www.infoq.com/articles/azul_gc_in_detail

Nondeterministic Floating-Point Conversions in Java
http://www.exploringbinary.com/nondeterministic-floating-point-conversions-in-java/

Java Synchronization (Mutual Exclusion) Benchmark
http://www.baptiste-wicht.com/2010/09/java-synchronization-mutual-exclusion-benchmark/

JavaOne and Oracle Develop 2010
http://www.oracle.com/us/javaonedevelop/index.html

JVM Language Summit 2010
http://wiki.jvmlangsummit.com/Main_Page


Technology

Thunderbolt: The Fastest Data Connection to Your PC Just Arrived
http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/02/24/thunderbolt-technology-the-fastest-data-connection-to-your-pc-just-arrived

The essential tools for IT pros in 2011
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/365539/the-essential-tools-for-it-pros-in-2011

How long does it take to make a context switch?
http://blog.tsunanet.net/2010/11/how-long-does-it-take-to-make-context.html

Apple iPad 2 review: first look
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/03/02/apple-ipad-2-review-first-look/

Apple staffer: wait for iPad 3
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365659/apple-staffer-wait-for-ipad-3


Football

I'm a romantic, says Xavi, heartbeat of Barcelona and Spain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/11/xavi-barcelona-spain-interview