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Wednesday Jul 02, 2008 Million Messages Per Second read more Just catching up with the morning news... Check this out: Sun Microsystems Tuesday said it has broken the million-messages-per-second barrier for the Thomson Reuters Market Data System, a platform widely used by Wall Street financial houses to aggregate data and complete trades. "We've broken the 1 million messages per second barrier using off-the-shelf Intel-chip hardware and Solaris 10," says Ambreesh Khanna, CTO for Sun's financial services division. "Reuters Markets Data System is widely used to aggregate information, and algorithmic trading is one reason market data has more reason to focus on latency." Full story. Share this post \| \| \| \| 08:12AM Jul 02, 2008 \| Comments[0] Friday Jun 27, 2008 Go Play Inside! read more There's a great story that just moved on the Sun Developer Network on How Java Plays With Scripting Languages. It provides a comprehensive picture of how Java plays with scripting languages to leverage the advantages of both technologies. It's summertime, people. (well, for me at least) :-) Read the story , then go play inside. Mary Share this post \| \| \| \| 07:38AM Jun 27, 2008 \| Comments[2] Thursday Jun 26, 2008 Things I Want to do this Summer read more A kid in my life recently made a list and tacked it to the refrigerator. Here's what it said: Things I Want to do this Summer Play with new things Have new adventures Decide who is a good friend Decide who is not a good friend Use my slip 'n slide Buy a golf club and balls Throw some parties Finish my math packet HAVE TONS OF F-U-N You know, I think that's a pretty good list... :-) Mary Share this post \| \| \| \| 08:51AM Jun 26, 2008 \| Comments[1] Tuesday Jun 17, 2008 Lights, Camera, Action! read more The big summer movie season is getting under way here in the US. Let me be the first to give two thumbs up to Get Smart. Get Smart, the much anticipated sure-to-be-blockbuster, is already my favorite and I haven't even seen it yet. (Making me as qualified a critic as all those other Hollywood types :-) Why do I love it so?! Here's a hint. Get Smart, featuring Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell, is also starring the Sun Storage Tek SL8500 Modular Library System. Let's see that again: :-) Wanna know my favorite part of all this? The part that makes marketing girl inside me want to do a bust-a-move-happy dance? The ROI on this product placement is supremely high. The "I" in that little equation... Share this post \| \| \| \| 08:41AM Jun 17, 2008 \| Comments[3] Tuesday Jun 17, 2008 Meet the Author in Second Life read more Cay Horstmann will be talking about his new book Core Java Volume II - Advanced Features and its predecessor Core Java, Volume I in Second Life at 9 a.m. PT It's a Press Author Chat with Cay Hortsmann in Second Life hosted by the Sun Developer Network. How many times do you get to have a little 1:1 Q&A with the author of one of this summer's hottest titles? Especially when that little 1:1 Q&A action comes in the form of your avitar talking to his avitar? (my avitar; so you'll know which one is me) :-) Don't miss it! Share this post \| \| \| \| 07:48AM Jun 17, 2008 \| Comments[1] Monday Jun 02, 2008 Big Buck Bunny read more The movie Big Buck Bunny was released this weekend. Big Buck Bunny from Blender Foundation on Vimeo. Pop Quiz! Q: What's my favorite thing about Big Buck Bunny? (other than that) :-) A: It was rendered on Sun's Network.com There's a detailed blog entry w/more information Here. If press releasees are more your style, you'll find that here Enoy the movie! Share this post \| \| \| \| 02:00PM Jun 02, 2008 \|