Microsoft has just officially jumped into Cluster Computing market using Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. What is going to happer with Grid Computing market which is widely adopted by hardware major vendors, e.g., IBM, Sun, and EMC.

There have long since been many smaller players actively providing Grid and Grid-like products for Windows operating systems. Digipede for example, has recently received accolades for its Digipede Network Grid computing solutions for the Microsoft .NET platform. It is not hard for one to imagine Microsoft leveraging these companies in any way its massive bankroll desires. We"ll possibly start to see some of this MS Grid ecosystem unfold in the first half of "06, when Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 ships (MS already has already announced a partnership with Platform around the release.

Since 3 days ago, My AdSense Status in Google Sidebar bundled with always shows "Invalid Username/Password" no matter what I tried. Fortunately, I have just got a popup said that AdSense Status has been updated! to version 1.1 for fixing this problem and added support for searchs and referals. Wow!

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I spent about one week to install Sneak Preview SAP NetWeaver 04 on my PC. I encountered a timezone problem during installation and login failure problem after installation. Finally, I found a perfect procedure to avoid all possible problems.

System Environment

1. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
2. Physical Memory 1 GB
3. Free Space in C: 50 GB
4. This machine is just a part of workgroup. It is not a member of domain.

Installation Steps

1. Make sure that you have installed main memory at least 512 MB. Otherwise, increase virtual memory to 1 GB

Scott Braker wrote A Look at Grid Computing Part I, and Part II. He works for SAP Labs as a Product Manager for the SAP Web Application Server specializing in Web AS Applications, Web Dynpro, systems and Portal topics. Prior to working working as a Product Manager for SAP Labs, Scott worked as a Senior Applications consultant for SAP EP RIG.

Google released  last month under BSD style license. Today, one month later, it is going to be officially adopted by Psi and Gaim since Sean Egan, the developer of Gaim, are working for Google. As a result, it is possible to see cross application voice call as well as mobile devices and Google Talk. Most of all, P2P applications could make use of Google Talk proposed protocol in innovative ways. Read "" for more details.

Wow! This is what you could expect after seeing  and its . Nobody knows that someday we could see all Google service on Mobile. Actually, it is the same

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