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1st International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems

Related link: http://www.cs.rice.edu/Conferences/IPTPS02/

The 1st International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS) aimed to provide a forum for researchers active in peer-to-peer computing to discuss the state-of-the-art and to identify key research challenges in peer-to-peer computing.

P2P Working Group looking to merge with Global Grid Forum

Related link: http://www.p2pwg.org/letter.html

In a Letter to P2PWG Members, the Peer-to-Peer Working Group considers joining the Global Grid Forum

What other groups are working on P2P standards? Is there some other group that you think P2PWG should merge with?

Tom’s Hardware Guide Audio Video Guide: DivX 5.0: From T-shirt To Dress Suit - The Garage Got Too Small

Related link: http://www.tomshardware.com/video/02q1/020315/index.html

Cool, simple explaination of codec features in DivX :-) and by extension, other MPEG-4 family codecs.

MusicXML Definition

Related link: http://www.recordare.com/xml.html

XML Standard for sheet music description and interchange. Too cool.

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Hacking with a Pringles tube

Related link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1860000/1860241.stm

Empty cans of Pringles crisps could be helping malicious hackers spot wireless networks that are open to attack.

Grid Computing: Advancing e-business into the future

Related link: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/events/grid.html

IBM is pursuing ‘grid computing’ instead of the peer-to-peer computing everyone else is doing.. of course, they seem to include web services and an Internet OS in that category… a good read.