Intel has released a utility to measure CPU power consumption. PowerTOP is for kernel 2.6.21 and beyond with the tickless idle (NO_HZ) feature enabled. From the PowerTOP site:
PowerTOP combines various sources of information from the kernel into one convenient screen so that you can see how well your system is doing, and which components are [...]
Computerworld reports that openoffice.org is brushing off Microsoft’s allegations that open source software infringes on 235 MS patents. MS general counsel Brad Smith said the free popular Open Office suite infringes on 45 patents.
This is an extraordinary and desperate act. I think it will backfire. Microsoft’s using a shotgun against open source.
– Louis Suarez-Potts of [...]
I’ve added a page about using bcrypt across different platforms. Since it’s highly portable (~125kb for the Windows version with zlib.dll) and very easy to use, there’s no excuse to not carry and use it to encrypt files and avoid scares like these on laptops and USB keys.
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