Network Adapter Keeps Talking While a PC Is Asleep

Al writes "Researchers at Microsoft and the University of California, San Diego have developed a network adapter that lets a computer enter sleep mode without disrupting the network connection. The adapter, dubbed Somniloquy (meaning to talk in one's sleep), consists of a gumstix running embedded Linux, 64MB of RAM and a 2G SD memory card, connected via USB. The adapter keeps the network connection going and the researchers have also developed a simplified IM client and bittorrent client that carry out more complicated tasks autonomously, only waking the computer if, for example, an actualy IM is received or a download is completed."

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Slashdot editor's demonstrate.....

[jdb2]

.....their incompetency once again.

Apparently Timothy doesn't understand how to use Google, or, dare I say, even the Slashdot "Old Stories" search

Almost the exact same story was posted on Monday, April 27 .

jdb2

Re:Microsoft using Linux?

[bmajik]

if the work came out of MSR, they have a very high degree of platform & technology autonomy.

MSR is basically academia, without classroom requirements. There are some product unit partnership projects where obviously a focus on shipping/evolutionary MS platforms or technologies make sense for the problem domain, but more abstract problems are often solved entirely with non-MS tools.

Re:Microsoft using Linux?

[SatanicPuppy]

Both of you need to chill. Embedded linux is practically the standard for networking and routing devices...If they'd used anything else it would have been weird and worth of comment.

Using something else would have been like having something other than an RJ45 port on it.