The Software Behind the Mars Phoenix Lander
Software running -- with no process separation -- on a BAE Systems RAD6000 single board computer that's configured with one 33 MHz RISC CPU and 128 MB... more »
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7 ways to prevent human error in the datacenter
If you've got a few servers you are responsible for, check out these tips to keep yourself from accidentally causing problems. Good stuff!
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OpenGL 3.0 Specifications Released
Khronos Group has announced the release of the OpenGL 3.0 API specification and the GLSL 1.30 shading language specification.
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Top 5 Laptops for Developers
Admittedly, the most sensible choice for developing web content is a desktop PC with one or a pair of large, high-resolution screens. But in some... more »
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Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream
Last year, x64 editions of Windows Vista were hard to come by and seen as mainly for early adopters. This year, with little warning, the tide seems to... more »
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e-Book: How to Survive the Multicore Software Revolution (or at Least Survive the Hype)
An irreversible shift towards multicore x86 processors is underway. Building multicore processors delivers on the promise of Moore's Law, but it... more »
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The Sorry State of Sound in Linux
Back in the old days, if you had a PC, there was only one card called "the sound card", which of course was the Sound Blaster 16. If you were playing... more »
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Free utility from Microsoft, to help you manage your Shared Computers
Windows® SteadyState™ 2.5 is now available on Windows XP and Windows Vista. Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet café,... more »
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Secure Design Using a Microcontroller (II)
The software trap is a programming feature used to capture an abnormal program running status. The general principle is to setup a trap for software,... more »
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Intel: an expensive many-core future is ahead of us
Intel has bad news for software developers. It's been hinted at already, but now the company has stated explicitly: it's not enough for software... more »
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Secure Design Using a Microcontroller (I)
The microcontroller is widely used in many devices, which works in environment. The microcontroller has to face the challenges from EMI, voltage... more »
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Intel says to prepare for 'thousands of cores'
Intel is telling software developers to start thinking about not just tens but thousands of processing cores.
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Java+WiiMote+Lego Mindstorms=WiiBot!
I'm on summer vacation right now, but there's always a little room for some Java programming, as long as there's a twist to it. Some time ago I bought... more »
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Impressive home networks
Most of us have at least one computer at home, some may even have a few. And then there are the ones that almost run their own data center at home,... more »
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Diminishing returns from virtualization will affect larger core count server sales
The key to the Sherlock Holmes mystery, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was this: Why the dog didn't bark? Why hasn't the so-called multicore crisis... more »
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Time for Genetic Programming?
The announcement of a petaflop computer has resurrected my dream of computers that write their own software and come up with their own ideas. That... more »
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New Adventures In Real-Time : An Interview With Greg Bollella
The Java Real Time Specification is bringing Java to new places, including the unsuspecting PLC market. This year at JavaONE, Greg Bollella introduced... more »
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RAM is the new disk...
Jim Gray, a man who has contributed greatly to technology over the past 40 years, is credited with saying that memory is the new disk and disk is the... more »
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Red Hat and Amazon Put JBoss In the Amazone's Clouds infrastructure
Red Hat has inked a SaaS partnership with Amazon.com to offer JBoss middleware as a hosted service. Red Hat disclosed that JBoss Enterprise... more »
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I love you Mr AMD Opteron Dual Core!
Here’s one simple reason why you can never EVER forget why site performance is so important.
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An Evolutionary Path for High Performance Heterogeneous Multicore Programming
The multicore era has opened the Pandora box of parallel programming environments. Closing it won't be easy.
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Get kids programming with Wowwee bots!
Getting children into science and technology is one of the big challenges facing UK education today. Getting kids into programming is even harder. Or... more »
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Slashdot: Best Chair For Desktop Coding?
Has there been any great progress in the state of the art (of sitting) since the last time readers sought recommendations for back-friendly chairs a... more »
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Building a Linux Box for $150
Wired how-to. Put together a decent linux box for less than $200.
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Kernal vs. Kernel in GridGain :)
Very few people actually know from where the word “Kernal” came about. Here’s a good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernal. When I was... more »
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