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Revisiting Amdahl's Law

An anonymous reader writes "A German computer scientist is taking a fresh look at the 46-year old Amdahl's law, which took a first look at limitations in parallel computing with respect to serial computing.

USMNT on World Cup Qualification Roll, but Questions Still Remain

After picking up an amazing nine points from three games this month in World Cup qualifying, the United States men’s national team is on track to not only qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but to top the CONCACAF hexagonal once again.

Chelsea Transfer News: Why Acquisition of Andre Schurrle Will Haunt Blues

Midfielder Andre Schurrle is a rising star in the world of soccer, so Chelsea is likely quite happy with its recent acquisition of the German national. Due to surplus of talent at his particular position, however, the Blues ultimately won't get their money's worth out of him.

Realistic Draft Targets for the Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz have three draft picks in the 2013 NBA draft and prospects like Miami's Shane Larkin or Germany's Dennis Schröder could be in play for them.

They have the rights to two first-round picks (No. 14 and No. 21), and one more in the second round (No. 46).

Germany's ruling coalition on course for re-election: poll

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their junior coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), are on course to win enough votes to form a narrow majority, a poll showed on Wednesday, before an election on September 22.

Britain's response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up Simon Jenkins

Snowden's revelations are causing outrage in the US. In the UK, Hague deploys a police-state defence and the media is silenced

On Monday the Guardian carried a story that British intelligence had spied on delegates at two G20 summits, those chaired by Gordon Brown in 2009.

Altering Text In eBooks To Track Pirates

wwphx writes "According to Wired, 'German researchers have created a new DRM feature that changes the text and punctuation of an e-book ever so slightly. Called SiDiM, which Google translates to 'secure documents by individual marking,' the changes are unique to each e-book sold.

Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland offer after rival bid: report

(Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group Plc has raised its preliminary offer to buy Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG, a day after U.S. media group Liberty Global Plc made a rival bid, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the bid.

Snake of Nightmares Opens Door, Flops on Ground like Big Drunk Taffy

Meet Julius. Julius is a female python who lives in your nightmares and also Germany (or, at least, she did when this video was uploaded to the Internet three years ago).

Vodafone 'raises offer for Kabel Deutschland' following Liberty bid

Vodafone is understood to have raised its preliminary offer for Kabel Deutschland after US cable giant Liberty Global made a surprise offer for the German television business earlier this week.