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Queen Elizabeth Will Float the Biggest Marine Turbine Engine in History

The 109,000 HP Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C diesel engine is the largest and most powerful, but at 2,300 tons, any warship it’s attached to is going to have trouble outmaneuvering jellyfish, much less torpedoes. Instead, the British Navy is relying on a new gas turbine engine that, while only half as powerful as the RTA96, weighs 68 times less. More »

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Office 2013: Microsoft Cloud Era Begins In Earnest

snydeq writes “Microsoft’s release of Office 2013 represents the latest in a series of makeover moves, this time aimed at shifting use of its bedrock productivity suite to the cloud. Early hands-on testing suggests Office 2013 is the ‘best Office yet,’ bringing excellent cloud features and pay-as-you-go pricing to Office. But Microsoft’s new vision for remaining nimble in the cloud era comes with some questions, such as what happens when your subscription expires, not to mention some gray areas around inevitable employee use of Office 2013 Home Premium in business settings.” Zordak points to coverage of the new Office model at CNN Money, and says “More interesting than the article itself is the comments. The article closes by asking ‘Will you [pay up]?’ The consensus in the comments is a resounding ‘NO,’ with frequent mentions of the suitability of OpenOffice for home productivity.” Also at SlashCloud. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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This Is Why Vine Is Stupid

I don’t get Vine. I don’t give a looping turd about it. Every video I’ve seen so far is six seconds of jerky concentrated idiocy. I may be too old for this crap but I’m not alone—thanks, [ Willa via Laughing Squid via Petapixel ] More »

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Pentagon to boost Cyber Command fivefold, report says

Faced with rising cyberattack numbers and heckling by the likes of Anonymous, the Pentagon has decided to increase its staffing from 900 to 4,900 workers, according to the Washington Post. [Read more]

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BitTorrent Launches Dropbox Alternative

redletterdave writes “On Friday morning, BitTorrent launched the alpha test of a new, free public service called BitTorrent Sync, which allows users to securely back up and sync files over the Web using BitTorrent’s platform. Unlike competing services such as Box or Dropbox, BitTorrent Sync doesn’t store files on remote servers (which means that no third party has access to one’s files), and also has no storage limits other than what your devices can hold.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Cuba Turns On Submarine Internet Cable

angry tapir writes “A change in Internet traffic patterns over the past week suggests that Cuba may have turned on a fiber-optic submarine cable that links it to the global Internet via Venezuela. Routing analyst firm Renesys noticed that the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica began routing Internet traffic to Cuba’s state telecommunications company, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA). The Internet traffic is flowing with significantly lower latencies than before, indicating the connection is not solely using the three satellite providers that Cuba has relied on in the past for connectivity.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Time Warner: Netflix Is Unfairly Withholding High-Quality Content

Netflix is currently rolling out infrastructure to pump 3D and higher-quality HD content through the pipes to your home. But Time Warner is upset : it thinks that Netflix’s plan to only offer the new conent to ISPs that participate in its Open Connect initiative is unfair on consumers. More »

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