40 years of Unix, and a PS3 cluster

40 years of Unix:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8205976.stm

The computer world is notorious for its obsession with what is new – largely thanks to the relentless engine of Moore’s Law that endlessly presents programmers with more powerful machines.

Think then what the Unix operating system deserves because in August 2009, it celebrates its 40th anniversary. And it has been in use every year of those four decades and today is getting more attention than ever before.

This is pretty cool, too:

Linux running on a cluster of PS3’s through a virtualization layer from Sony’s OS:
OS software Updates: http://www.genomeweb.com/blog/linux-updates-take-note

This page hosted by the North Carolina State University, where the first academic computing cluster of PS3s was built, will go into some more detail about what is all about.