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Axum: Another piece of Microsoft's parallel programming puzzle

Axum: Another piece of Microsoft's parallel programming puzzleThis Just InMicrosoft has shipped a new codeword. Let me rephrase, Microsoft has moved from a beta codeword to a release candidate codeword and is set to ship the new codeword barring any last minute codeword conflict. By "ship" Microsoft means "leak" and...

Tags: Development tools, Mike Cox, Cognitive Dissonance, Microsoft Corp., programming

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Pulse provides novel training and tools configuration resource to aid in developer education, preparedness

MyEclipse maker Genuitec developed Pulse last year to monitor and update the most popular Eclipse plug-ins, but Pulse also has a powerful role in making Java training and tools preferences configuration management more streamlined, automated and extensible. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Education, Academia, Developer, Java, Eclipse, Training, Plug-in, Tool, Pulse, Pulse Website, Productivity, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-08-21

The killer apps of academia

The killer apps of academiaMy suggestionsNice list. However, what's Windows Live Mail doing there, when there's the Great Gmail? :-)Another favourite application: normalize the volume of your mp3's with mp3gain. There is a Windows version here:http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.phpAnd there's also a Linux version. The Linux version is available in the repositories...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Word processors, academia, killer application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Matlab, OpenOffice, TeX, Linux-version

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Microsoft ponies up for academia

Microsoft ponies up for academiaEducation receives a huge boost...Academia needs to get down and thank their lucky stars that Microsoft is getting involved and helping out. My rep said it is all about converting minds both young and old to the awesome power and unbridled elegance that will be the...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, rep, Microsoft Corp., school cafeteria, academia, ROI

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Academia's quest for the ultimate search tool

Academia's quest for the ultimate search toolIs there anyonethat is NOT trying to reinvent search? Geez, this must be the hundreth time I've read about this. I'll believe it when I see it - and maybe, JUST maybe, you won't have to pry my Google from my cold, dead fingers...

Tags: SEARCH, PRODUCTIVITY, academia, search tool, tool

Discussion threads 2005-08-15

Sarbanes-Oxley in Higher Education: Bringing Corporate America's "Best Practices" to Academia

Whether Sarbanes-Oxley should be applied to non-profits in general, or to institutions of higher education in particular, will be decided by others. This paper will explore the ways in which its "spirit" is consistent with the aspirations of academia, and suggest ways that colleges and universities - public as well...

Tags: Education, Academia, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Drexel University, Best Practice, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2005-02-25

Sun plots push for open-source tools

Sun plots push for open-source toolsWaste of time..I gave a lecture at a highly respected technical school the other day about programming. One of the students asked me: "What language/platform should I use, Java or .NET?". After I stopped laughing, I told the guy ".NET!". With academia turning away from...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Java development tools, open source, Microsoft .NET, Java, academia, Sun NetBeans, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-12-04

Academia gets creative with Web services

Academia gets creative with Web servicesM$ have brainwashed MIT![The ideas for tracking bus locations or performing technical experiments over the Web came out of a joint research program between Microsoft and MIT]I heard that M$ have been shun out of this state government.Why are these MIT a$$holes still dealing with...

Tags: Channel management, Web services, iCampus, StartUp, Microsoft Corp., Web service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Web, academia

Discussion threads 2003-10-27

Additional Resources

Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?

I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Desktop Linux, Computer, Super-Casual Web Surfer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-11

L0phtCrack 6.0.7 (Windows)

L0phtCrack is back. It's time to audit your passwords. L0phtCrack 6 is the award-winning password audit and recovery tool for Windows and Unix passwords. Security experts from industry, government, and academia agree that weak passwords represent one of the ten most critical internet security threats, and are receiving more attention...

Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, L0phtCrack, L0phtCrack 6

Software downloads 2009-10-05

Hey, Princeton! You should have waited for Sony

Had a quick question for you?I use a lot of pdf files. Are you satisfied with the way the Sony device renders the pdf files?RE: Hey, Princeton! You should have waited for SonyOr at least wait for that new one I saw on the news yesterday. The Irex?Either way, they...

Tags: book publisher, Adobe PDF, academic material, Princeton, Sony Corp., Kindle 2

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

What if my kid went to Dawson's School of Online Learning?

As long as you are not teachingOtherwise they would be in a class called Google101.AcronymsYou gotta be careful about acronyms. SOL is a common acro for s**t-outta-luck. With the D in front, you get: da**-s**t-outta-luck. Not what you should use for a school, is it? And you can't use just...

Tags: E-learning, training and certification, Sol, education, Dawson, online learning, Harvard

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Resolver One 1.6.5 build 4777 (Windows)

Resolver One is an Excel-compatible spreadsheet designed for programmability and reliability. It's programmable in Python, and integrates easily with .NET. Resolver One is used by companies in the financial, oil exploration and pharmaceutical industries, and in academia.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Resolver Systems, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, .Net, Development Tools, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2009-09-21

Who's developing Linux?

A few questionsI'm not very surprised, but I do have a few questions.1. With Academia you mean not a company, but universities all over the world? Linguistically, it would appeal to the classical Latinist in me... :-)However, in that case, I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of kernel input...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux Kernel Development, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Justice says $1.9 million verdict is constitutional

Are there no restraints built into the constitution ...... concerning punishments fitting the crime when it comes to statutary law? Does this mean that it is perfectly legal for Congress to pass a law stating that it is e.g. okay to amputate a man's hands or even hang him, if...

Tags: Financial accounting, RIAA, activist judge, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

The American Textbook Accessibility Act

The American Textbook Accessibility ActChris, you're dreamingThe only way this is going to get a Federal charter is if someone with enough muscle gets to skim rents.None of the players have enough concentrated political pull to overcome the others who would gang up to block the monopoly play, so it's...

Tags: Vertical industries, American Textbook Accessibility Act, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

A Good Year for Security Collaboration

Guest Editorial by  George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat.  Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conficker Working Group, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996

Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996People were looking for ideas back in 1993I was working at the Apple Media Research Lab in Boulder in 1993. Steve Outing, also based in Boulder, started the Online News mailing list in 1994. Anyone who was involved with digital...

Tags: Operational accounting, Silicon Valley VC

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Cloud grows globally: Russia, South Korea, and Malaysia join Open Cirrus

A global, multiple data center, open-source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research, Open Cirrus was started last summer by HP, Intel Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. The goal is to “promote open collaboration among industry, academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in...

Tags: Data Centers, Government, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-12

The ultimate green data center reference design?

Microsoft vs. Intel in netbook operating systems. Cisco vs. Hewlett-Packard in the data center. Traditional high-tech rivalries and partnerships are certainly up for grabs right now. So I found this story about a proposed $100 million data center facility in Massachusetts, a project likely to include Cisco and EMC in...

Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-11