programming
RSS programmingWhy CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News There's no point in spending a fortune on proprietary systems or programming frameworks that don't move with the times. It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a... [28 Oct 2009]
YouTube presses play on Channel 4 top shows
News The agreement will see programming from Channel 4's catch up service 4oD made available for free through YouTube. The broadcaster's best-known shows such as Skins, Hollyoaks, The Inbetweeners and Peep Show will all... [16 Oct 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Co-founder of Acorn Andy Hopper told silicon.com that he believes the BBC - with its easy to grasp Basic programming language - offered an experience that is missing today. Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn... [07 Oct 2009]
WebDefend and the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
White Paper The WebDefend web application firewall is an advanced web application security solution that offers customized, behavior-based security for every protected application. WebDefend uses a patent-pending profiling system and multiple,... [05 Oct 2009]
Implementation of SSL Using Information Security Component Interface
White Paper Various security APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are being used in a variety of application areas requiring the information security function. However, these standards are not compatible, and the developer must... [04 Oct 2009]
TV Production Company Customizes Accounting System to Streamline Business Operations
White Paper RDF-USA is a subsidiary of RDF Media, a global TV production company headquartered in London that has produced programming for TV networks in the United States, the United Kingdom, and several other countries. [01 Oct 2009]
SafeNet Sentinel Hardware Keys Secure Software Assets of Tacony Corporation
White Paper Sentinel has reduced programming time and facilitates accurate distributor management. The Tacony dream started in the family's basement selling and servicing sewing machines. Over the years, the company anticipated and... [01 Oct 2009]
Larry Ellison
AS Profile The deal secured the Unix-based Solaris operating system and Java programming language for Oracle - and may leave IBM wondering what might have been. As CEO of Oracle, Ellison hasn't made it onto the Agenda Setters list... [29 Sep 2009]
Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News It's free for third-party sites to implement, and with only a few exceptions, sites working with Facebook Connect code it in through the social network's application programming interface, or API, rather than ink a... [21 Sep 2009]
Leading Independent Media Production and Distribution Company Leverages .tv Domain Name as a Catalyst for New Business Initiative
White Paper The Los Angeles, California headquartered company is the largest independent producer/ distributor of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations in the country. Entertainment Studios,... [19 Sep 2009]
Google's Android gets new functionality baked in with Donut SDK
News The latest release also adds a text-to-speech API (application programming interface) for developers to use in building applications, as well as support for a newer version of the Android Market and an improved search box. [16 Sep 2009]
The PlusCal Algorithm Language
White Paper Algorithms are different from programs and should not be described with programming languages. The only simple alternative to programming languages has been pseudo-code. PlusCal is an algorithm language... [16 Sep 2009]
Implementation and Use of Transactional Memory With Dynamic Separation
White Paper The paper introduces the design and implementation of Dynamic Separation (DS) as a programming discipline for using transactional memory. The approach is based on the programmer indicating which objects can be updated in... [16 Sep 2009]
BCDEdit Reference
White Paper BCD abstracts the underlying firmware and provides a common programming interface that can be used to manipulate the boot environment for all systems running Windows Vista or later versions of Windows. [16 Sep 2009]
Taking the Heat Off Transactions: Dynamic Selection of Pessimistic Concurrency Control
White Paper The paper describes the implementation in the Haskell programming language, and examines its performance with a range of micro-benchmarks and larger programs. This paper investigates feedback-directed dynamic selection... [16 Sep 2009]
