Tech.co.uk: You lose 2.5 days a year to slow loading Web sites. For me, those days are March 17, March 18, and half of March 19. There’s a 60-hour gap where I have absolutely no recollection at all about what I did, where I was, or why I’m covered in tapioca pudding. For some reason, [...]

Dejan Jelovic: Why Java Will Always Be Slower than C++ We’ve covered this topic before, with Carol Schiraldi’s article on why game developers tend to use C++ instead of Java, and in our interview with ID Software’s Timothee Bessett. Slow applications – especially if they are slow because they’re “chatty” or if multiple instances of [...]

NetworkWorld: Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service A stray cigarette butt landed on a mattress under the Longfellow Bridge between Boston and Cambridge which cut the OC-192 connection between Boston and New York for Internet2. The damage to the academic network was repaired within four hours. [Chris] Robb, [co-author of the Internet2 Network Upgrade Blog] writes: [...]

Internet Pulse: Internet Health Report Ever wonder what the latency is between Internet backbones? This chart updates the latency between the major Internet links – as I write this, the Verizon & Global Crossing link is showing 179ms of latency. Not good. You can also use it to play Network Performance Bingo. ZDNet: ‘Keeping the [...]