Stories by: Mark Hall

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    When programming for NASA, contingencies pile up 03/06/2008 08:19:05

    Suppose you were developing software that would run about 50 to 60 operational tasks simultaneously, including the management of multiple mechanical and digital devices. That'd be reasonably complex. Now consider that any time a task stumbled, the software would have to correct itself. That would mean thinking ahead for every possible contingency that could affect all running tasks and designing in self-healing capabilities. That's much more complex.
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    Giving iPhone its moment in history 03/06/2008 08:38:15

    There are moments in history that place one-to-many communications media in pivotal roles. These events ("Where were you when you heard...?") become elemental markers in history not just because of the enormity of what happened, but also because of how they were conveyed to the world.
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    More data? Get used to it 15/08/2007 13:21:45

    As part of the IT team at the Virginia State Police department in the U.S., Lt. Pete Fagan's job is to ensure that criminal investigators, police officers in the field and other authorities get the most accurate, timely and detailed crime-related information possible. Crime never stops, so the data volumes are huge, dynamic and getting bigger every day.
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    WWDC - Apple touts new OS, users like new hardware 08/08/2006 07:56:41

    Apple Computer Monday stepped up its criticism of Microsoft's Windows operating system and revealed numerous new features to its planned spring 2007 release of Macintosh OS X 10.5, or Leopard. But it was the hardware shown here during the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote address by CEO Steve Jobs that had most people talking.
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    Eclipse blots out the future 05/07/2006 14:33:08

    Eclipse blots out the future... for other Java integrated development environments (IDE). In a poll of software developers last December, BZ Research found that 65 percent of the 621 respondents were using the open-source Eclipse IDE for coding in Java.
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    Analysis: After Gates, the new world of Oz 16/06/2006 09:25:07

    Microsoft is officially handing its future to Ray Ozzie, who is replacing Bill Gates as the company's chief software architect. Over the next two years, Gates will be giving up his responsibilities to Ozzie and Craig Mundie. But it's Ozzie who gets the role of chief software architect (CSA), the most significant of the jobs Gates is relinquishing.
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    Palm claims a secure handheld future 24/11/2003 09:40:48

    In his keynote address at Comdex in Las Vegas Wednesday, PalmSource CEO David Nagel argued that many of the obstacles to ubiquitous wirelessly connected handheld devices have been resolved, paving the way for "a new era in computing."
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    Industry group agrees on XML model 20/11/2001 08:41:00

    With so many versions of XML being promoted, it's no surprise that a standard for the standard was announced on Monday.
 
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