I'm not sure that more compute power = more science breakthroughs (scientific research is kinda screwed up the way it forces scientists to always validate their hypothesis of lose grant funding) ... but it can't hurt.
This title doesn't match the one on The Register, but I think captures the important piece of news: Google appears to be exploring using the Portable Native Client to secure third-party native code running on their compute infrastructure.
I've always been wondering when/if Google would make this move, and they appear to have done it. If Google has the patience, PNaCL seems like a bold longterm play both to secure code on the client (more dubious because of browser fragmentation) and in the cloud.
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[ 6.2 ms ] story [ 23.5 ms ] threadI've always been wondering when/if Google would make this move, and they appear to have done it. If Google has the patience, PNaCL seems like a bold longterm play both to secure code on the client (more dubious because of browser fragmentation) and in the cloud.