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From Ars Technica: Microsoft publishes fancy-pants heterogeneous parallel GPGPU C++ AMP specification


Microsoft has published the specification for C++ AMP (Accelerated Massive Parallelism), its new system for heterogeneous parallel processing in C++. When Microsoft first announced C++ AMP in June last year, it said that it wanted to make the AMP specification open to all.

AMP has been developed by Microsoft with input from AMD and NVIDIA. Microsoft’s implementation allows AMP programs to use both the main CPU and Direct3D video cards (via the company’s DirectCompute API), though the specification should also permit OpenGL/OpenCL-based implementations.

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From Lifehacker: Google Cloud Print: It’s Actually Awesome, and Here’s How to Set It Up

Now that’s awesome!! I’m setting mine up!! 😀
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Google Cloud Print is an under-appreciated service that can send print jobs from virtually anywhere to a connected printer in any other location. Normally that involves tedious configuration on your network, but Cloud Print can do it in just a few minutes. It’s really easy to set up, and there are a few things you can do to extend its support beyond the browser to make all your printing tasks a lot easier. Here’s a look at what it can do, how you can set it up, and how to make it even better. More »


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