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- Method
- In object technology, a method is the processing that an object performs. When a message is sent to an object, the method is implemented. See object-oriented programming.
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- The case for Scala
- Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....
- Tags: Function, Method, Functional Programming, Language, Scala, Seq, List, Scala System, HQ9+, env:Env, David J. Biesack, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- The Shield Deluxe 2009 (exe)
- The Shield Deluxe 200p combines reactive antivirus and spyware detection methods with the latest proactive technologies to provide your computer with the most effective protection against malicious programs. The product is simple to install and set up, while offering advanced users a range of versatile settings for fine-tuning the program....
- Tags: Method, Antivirus, PCSecurityShield, Shield Deluxe 2009, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security
- Software downloads 2008-11-05
- InScribe had sliding text entry a decade before Swype, what's the big deal now?
- TechCrunch50 was held this week and there was lots of excitement in the press about the Swype text input method. After checking out the Swype site I could have sworn I already saw this same technique used a few years ago where I even tried it out and wrote about...
- Tags: Method, Swype, Keyboards, Productivity, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Tablets, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- A new method to study origin of life
- U.S. researchers at Penn State University have developed a new computational method to understand how life began on Earth about four billion years ago. According to the scientists, their method 'has the potential to trace the evolutionary histories of proteins all the way back to either cells or viruses, thus...
- Tags: RNA, Method, Team, Penn State, Protein, Virus, Biotechnology, Team Management, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Management, Security, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- MB Divination I (exe)
- MB Divination I is a comprehensive divination software that lets you understand the esoteric world of divinatory methods. This combination includes different methods of practicing divination. Each has its own charm and people find comfort in different methods. The program has been designed keeping in mind the average Internet user....
- Tags: method, mysticboard, internet, tools & techniques, management
- Software downloads 2008-08-06
- A super-resolution x-ray microscope
- Swiss researchers have developed a very-high-resolution x-ray microscope. Their approach combines two well-known microscopy techniques, coherent diffractive imaging CDI and scanning transmission x-ray microscopy STXM. As a result, the new system offers both the high penetration power of x-rays and high spatial resolution. This method will allow other scientists to...
- Tags: Method, Microscope, Researcher, Imaging, Image, Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, X-ray, EPFL, Document Management, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Discrete LQ Rate Control for MPEG2 Video Streaming System
- This paper proposes a novel rate control system by applying the Discrete Linear Quadratic rate control method DLQ to transmissions of MPEG2 streams in IP networks. The paper gives out the detail deduction for disturbed-DLQ-regulator problem and the corresponding methods to implement the results into media streaming rate control. Study...
- Tags: Method, MPEG-2, Academy Publisher, Digital Video, Digital Media, Networking, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Bogemic Grid (exe)
- Bogemic Grid ActiveX is a customizable grid control for COM/.NET programmers that allows to create spreadsheet applications with a printing support, scripting, and charts. Written using C++ and ATL, Bogemic Grid ActiveX is a lightweight with numerous properties, events, and methods. Version 1.2 includes the following updates: added new interface...
- Tags: Method, Grid, Spreadsheet, Bogemic Sofware, Bogemic Grid ActiveX, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-04-09
- QuickHorse '08 Horse Racing Software (exe)
- QuickHorse '08 Horse Racing Software will automatically access free programs and results from the Internet. This feature alone will save time and money. QuickHorse also imports Pay Data. Watch as QuickHorse takes your specific entries, then automatically tunes one of 4 handicapping methods, or your own home built custom handicapping...
- Tags: Software, Method, Feature, QuickReckoning, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-03-19
- How do I... Use threading to increase performance in C#? (Part 2)
- Part 1 of this series demonstrated basic usage of the ThreadPool object and demonstrated a few different techniques that you can use with the ThreadPool. One of the main disadvantages of the ThreadPool is that you send a method to it and you never know when the method has completed....
- Tags: Method, Performance, Zach Smith, C#, Productivity, .Net, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2008-03-03
- OPTIsend Mail (rar)
- OPTIsend Mail opts automatically for the most economic method of mailing. OPTIsend Mail is the perfect solution to communicate with your target group. The program combines three methods of communication. OPTIsend Mail is able to automatically email, send a fax or print a letter no matter what type of information...
- Tags: Method, OPTIsend Mail, Fax, E-mail, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-02-19
- A scientific Oscar goes to Stanford
- On February 9, 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give its ten Scientific and Technical Academy Awards for the year. One of them will go to a professor of computer science at Stanford University who worked with scientists from Industrial Light & Magic. They'll receive this...
- Tags: Method, Particle, Stanford, Computer, Oscar, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- BlackBerry Patent app proposes improvements for meeting invite emails from BlackBerry calendar
- A new BlackBerry Patent app just published today would make it easier than it currently is to generate emails containing invites for future meetings from the BlackBerry Calendar. Then, the technology would also provide recipients with an email interface they can reply to the recipient with....
- Tags: Method, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Patent App, E-mail, Handhelds, Online Communications, Hardware, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Ways to improve device backlighting described in new BlackBerry patent app
- Technology described in a newly published BlackBerry Patent application would improve the quality of BlackBerry device backlighting by using "hot spot filters" to better managing overly "bright spots." The Patent app, 0070291507, is entitled, Method and Device To Improve Backlit Uniformity. ...
- Tags: Method, Colour, Compensation, Hot Spot, Substrate, RIM BlackBerry, Image, LCD, Hot Spot Filter, Abstract, Monitors & Displays, Benefits, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Website Lead Generation for Efficient Successful Prospecting
- As increasingly information is gathered using the Internet instead visiting trade shows or other events, where face to face meetings and conversations are possible, the potential buyer stays unknown for the Sales and Marketing teams. They have no clue and no starting point, thus missing out many lead opportunities. A...
- Tags: Method, Web Site, Visitor, Engago Technologies, Web Site Development, Public Relations, Web Technology, Marketing Research, Internet, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sales
- White papers 2007-11-30
- Password Management Using Doodles
- The average computer user needs to remember a large number of text username and password combinations for different applications, which places a large cognitive load on the user. Consequently users tend to write down passwords, use easy to remember and guess passwords, or use the same password for multiple applications,...
- Tags: Method, Password Management, Password
- White papers 2007-11-15
- New nanotechnology fabrication techniques
- A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes an important advance toward industrial-scale production of nanodevices (scroll down to item #4). With this new technique, 'zinc oxide nanowires are grown in the exact positions where nanodevices later will be fabricated, in a way that involves a minimum number of...
- Tags: Technique, Method, American Chemical Society, Nanotechnology, NIST, NW, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Load Balancing and Data Locality in Adaptive Hierarchical N-Body Methods: Barnes-Hut, Fast Multipole, and Radiosity
- Hierarchical N-body methods, which are based on a fundamental insight into the nature of many physical processes, are increasingly being used to solve large-scale problems in a variety of scientific/engineering domains. Applications that use these methods are challenging to parallelize effectively, however, owing to their nonuniform, dynamically changing characteristics and...
- Tags: Method, Load Balancing, Productivity, Performance Management, Network Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking
- White papers 2007-10-22
- BlackBerry Patent app boosts ability to simultaneously work with voice and data applications
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application entitled Advanced Voice and Data Operations in a Mobile Communications Device describes a technology that greatly eases these related processes. The Patent Abstract provides at least some insight into what is being proposed here: ...
- Tags: Method, Application, Phone, Step, Mobile, Network, Telephone Call, Voice, Data, Information, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile Device, Computer, Wireless, Patent Abstract, Data Item, Invention, Voice Component, Phone Number, Caller Identification Information, Wireless Connector, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- Sudoku Pocket (exe)
- A Pocket PC/Windows Mobile version of the classic puzzle game, Sudoku Pocket contains thousands of games at various difficulty levels. To make it easy to fill in the puzzles Sudoku Pocket has multiple input methods so you can choose the input method you prefer.You can also choose from the many...
- Tags: Method, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-10-10
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