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RSS pointerLinux flaw bypasses security
News The exploit bypasses null pointer dereference protection in the mainline kernel, which could allow an attacker to gain root control of a system, Spengler wrote. In his notes on the source code, Spengler said that a... [21 Jul 2009]
Principles of Using Gauges in Executive Dashboards and Business Applications
White Paper Anyone who has ever worked with point and numeric multimeters can confirm that numeric meters are more convenient since one doesn't need to wait till the pointer stops, strain their eyes to match pointer... [14 Mar 2009]
Data Flow Analysis for Software Prefetching Linked Data Structures in Java
White Paper Previous work in software data prefetching for pointer-based codes uses simple compiler algorithms and does not investigate prefetching for object-oriented language features that make compile-time analysis difficult. [01 Feb 2009]
A Component-Oriented Language for Pointer-Free Parallel Programming
White Paper Today's programming languages typically have substantial deficiencies with regard to structuring and concurrency. To overcome these shortcomings, the paper has developed a new programming language that is based on a general notion of... [09 Jan 2009]
Inferring Aliasing and Encapsulation Properties for Java
White Paper There are many proposals for language techniques to control aliasing and encapsulation in object oriented programs, typically based on notions of object ownership and pointer uniqueness. Most of these systems require... [03 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How to delete sensitive data
Comment In all our IT systems the prevalent mode is for the delete function to remove the link/pointer/identifier, directory and/or location header. Written on BA289 flying from London to Phoenix, and dispatched to silicon.com a... [15 Dec 2008]
Object Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML
White Paper One is proficient in C++, Java or another OO language, one is designing class hierarchies, using inheritance, and manipulating complex pointer relationships to store the necessary links between your classes. [03 Dec 2008]
Google releases notes on Chrome security fixes
News The problem also meant a web page with that text as a hyperlink could crash the browser if a user hovered the mouse pointer over the link. Google has revealed details of two critical-risk vulnerabilities in its Chrome... [09 Sep 2008]
Black Belt Itanium Processor Performance: The Foundation (Part 1 of 5)
White Paper Understanding and resolving pointer ambiguation is important on all architectures and will always improve performance, but on Itanium architecture-based processors the payoff can be enormous, and help release the full... [31 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo After it detects a selection has been made with the laser pointer, the robot moves two cameras to look at the laser spot and triangulate its position in three-dimensional space. This month silicon.com senior reporter... [29 Apr 2008]
Preview Formats, Fonts, and Styles Before You Apply Them
White Paper For example, if the user is trying to choose a font in Microsoft Office Word, just move the pointer down the font list to see the effect of each font on any text that one has selected. When the user finishes previewing... [11 Apr 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo Ordering El-E to retrieve an item is as simple as shining a laser pointer on the object you want. The pointer can also be used a second time to tell El-E to put the object in a certain place or give it... [10 Apr 2008]
C/C++ Code Considerations With 64-bit WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
White Paper Applications running on the server can take advantage of this additional space if they are prepared to access addresses beyond what a 31-bit pointer can hold. WebSphere Application Server for z/OS first supported 64-bit... [09 Apr 2008]
Tuning C++ Applications for the Latest Generation X64 Processors With PGI Compilers and Tools
White Paper This paper presents further optimizations to this C++ application to allow packed, consecutive-element storage of vectors, some restructuring of loops containing neighborhood operations, and adding type qualifiers to some C++... [15 Feb 2008]
How to Make a Bootable CD
White Paper This will allow the author to build a Boot Volume Descriptor which contains an absolute pointer to the Boot Catalog, and will also allow the author to build a Boot Catalog with absolute pointers to the bootable images. [17 Jan 2008]
