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MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, today launched MySQL Cluster, a new open source database clustering technology for applications requiring continuous availability. MySQL Cluster combines the MySQL? database with a clustering architecture to deliver 99.999 percent availability to mission-critical database applications. It is the first affordable, enterprise-scale database clustering software.

This is very cool! Five 9s reliability in an open source database. Great for those “mission-critical” hobbies =) It looks like its released under a dual license, one open source and one commercial license for software vendors and commercial MySQL customers.

Full press release here.
MySQL Cluster FAQ

This article is a news item about a scientist who is predicting a large earthquake in southern California sometime before September 5th.

A US geophysicist has set the scientific world ablaze by claiming to have cracked a holy grail: accurate earthquake prediction, and warning that a big one will soon hit southern California.

Its both scary and good news rolled into one. A big quake in a heavily populated are will not be a good thing, but if the science behind it is valid, then we have a new method of predicting earthquakes months ahead of time. That will save a lot of lives if used properly.