Neel Somani, a researcher and technologist from the University of California, Berkeley, has seen firsthand how big traffic spikes can trip up even top tech companies. They use distributed systems, ...

This application implements a decentralized file-sharing system using IPv4 multicast for host discovery and file queries, combined with TCP for reliable file transfers. Network nodes communicate ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

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The current distributed shared storage is based on PFS deployment, and due to its design characteristics, it cannot fully utilize the performance of distributed storage. It is unknown whether other ...

Debt claims are a vehicle for conspiracy-laced demands and vendettas against politicians, judges and public employees. Allegations that government officials owe activists money or property is a tactic ...

Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue. Search-and-rescue efforts after ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...