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Harnessing a multicore future

Last week's PDC was about more than just Microsoft's new cloud initiative Windows Azure and the next version of Windows (Windows 7). It also concentrated on what Microsoft is doing to assist programmers to tackle the big shift to multi-core computers. Harnessing the power of multi-threaded programming will...

Tags: Multi-core, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll, Processor, Microsoft .NET, Construct, Transistor, LINQ, PDC, Moore, Windows Workflow Foundation

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Documenting Software Architecture, Part 4: Develop the Functional Model - Moving From the Abstract to More Detailed Constructs

In this series, learn why and how one should document software architecture. In this paper, learn how to develop and document the macro-level design artifacts of the functional aspects of the system's architecture. The functional model view addresses the techniques one can use to decompose the problem domain into a...

Tags: Software, Construct, Artifact, Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management

White papers 2008-07-29

CASL 4.3 (Windows)

Do you have an idea for a new PDA application but not sure where to start? You've come to the right place. CASL Compact Application Solution Language is an easy to use Windows Integrated Development Environment IDE that allows you to build applications for the PalmOS®, PocketPC / Windows Mobile...

Tags: Application, Construct, WAGWARE, CASL Download, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows, Pocket PC, PDAs, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-07-04

CASL 4.3 (Mobile)

Do you have an idea for a new PDA application but not sure where to start? You''ve come to the right place. CASL Compact Application Solution Language is an easy to use Windows Integrated Development Environment IDE that allows you to build applications for the PalmOS, PocketPC / Windows Mobile...

Tags: Construct, Mobile, CASL Download, Palm OS, Pocket PC, PDAs, Mobile Operating Systems, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-07-03

Additional Resources

Fraction Plugin 2.0 (Mac)

Fraction Plugin for REALbasic allows you to construct programs which can handle fractions much like doubles and integers are handled. Fractions are represented by two integers as num/den. Exact calculations using rationals are now possible with REALbasic. You can use the arithmetic operators +, -, *, / with any combination...

Tags: Fraction, Apple Macintosh, Integer, Plug-in, Robert Delaney, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-11-08

You'll be far better off in a future without enterprise software

As per usual...you give no concrete examples only ethereal ideas that go nowhere. You talk about services as though it is something other than software. Everything you propose goes back to the fact that you still have to have infrastructure and software before you can even get started. You use...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Tools & Techniques, Middleware, SOA, software, hardware, enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Celerity 7.8 (Windows)

Celerity is a powerful application for analyzing C/C++ files.It can process millions of source code lines. It supports standard C/C++ (and K&R style of sources as well). For each project, it shows the source files, include files, source and include files, indices of lexical elements, includes, include-by's, all macros, macros...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Definition, Integrech Software Solutions, Celerity, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Navy Field: Resurrection of the Steel Fleet 1.274 (Windows)

Navy Field is a massively multi-player online game based upon actual WWII naval battles. We have created graphically engineered models of actual WWII ships, weapons, aircraft, and munitions from Germany, the United States, U.K, and Japan to use in these battles. Players are asked to construct ships, add armament combinations,...

Tags: SD Card, Ship, Microsoft Windows, SD EnterNet, Memory, Flash Memory, Games, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-30

fp Plugin 2.5 (Mac)

Using my own fp multi-precision engine, fp Plugin for REALbasic adds two new data types, BigInteger and BigFloat. Except for available memory, there is no limitation on the size of a BigInteger. BigFloat is a multi--precision floating point number. You can set both the internal precision and the decimal output...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Robert Delaney, Data Type, BigFloat

Software downloads 2009-10-28

PCLTool SDK 8.795 (Windows)

PCLTool SDK is a collection of tools to convert complex all levels of HP PCL text, raster and vector files into bitmap formats (TIF, in-memory DIB, PCX, DCX, BMP, XPS and PNG) or vector formats (in-memory GDI, .PDF, WMF and EMF) with matching TrueType fonts for those used to create...

Tags: Dynamic-link Library, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, PNG, Page Technology Marketing, PCLTool SDK, PCLTool

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Two Views of the Software Market

A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...

Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Customer Intimacy wins in SAP SI's and Channel Partners

Yesterday, several bloggers at the SAP TechEd conference in Phoenix had an opportunity to speak with Zia Yusuf, EVP, Global Ecosystem & Partner Group of SAP. I asked Zia what characteristics typify the best SAP partners. He rattled off five qualities that the best systems integrators and...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Firm, Channel Partner, Business Services, Strategy, Supply Chain, Product Development, Management, Business Operations, Research & Development, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Curio 6.1 (Mac)

Curio is the premier mind mapping, brainstorming, and project management application designed to promote visual thinking. Using Curio's innovative freeform interface and tools, you can intuitively gather, associate, and recall your ideas, while easily managing all the notes and documents associated with your project. Curio's extensive feature-set includes tools to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Curio, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Acorn co-founder talks early computers

Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper told silicon.com that he believes the BBC Micro - with its easy to grasp Basic programming language - offered an experience that is missing today. Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn Computers and currently head of the computer laboratory at the University of...

Tags: Co-founder, British Broadcasting Corp., Computer, Andy Hopper, Productivity, BBC Micro, ARM, early computers, Nick Heath silicon.com

News items 2009-10-12

Two new tomes offer tips to guide your Green IT strategy

Believe it or not, I have a stack of 10 business books on my desk right now, begging to be read and reviewed. Two are pertinent for the loyal Green IT folks in the GreenTech Pastures, so I felt it appropriate to mention them as a scan some of the...

Tags: Strategy, Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Google suggests making Ajax content crawlable

Yesterday I "spoke" about this problem in another website's forumHmmm... perhaps they saw my post and decided to start addressing the problem and my question?Here is my post from that other site:http://tools.devshed.com/showblog/40106/Meta-Tags-Still-Useful/"Static content vs. Dynamic content" Web pages whose content is basically static might have...

Tags: Storage, Databases, AJAX, Google Inc., database, meta tag, Web page, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

MailTags 2.3.1 (Mac)

With MailTags installed, you can add comments, due dates, projects and priority to your messages right inside your mail viewer window. You can then use this metadata as the basis for Spotlight searches, Smart Mailboxes, and Mail Rules. For example, you can create a Smart Mailbox that will show you...

Tags: Message, Apple Macintosh, InDev, Scripting Languages, Process Improvement, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Quality, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-10-07

minimalwords 1.1 (Mac)

Minimalwords is a little experiment of ours. A minimalistic audio-visual experience that lets you focus on your task. Your goal is to select letters out of the letter-mix and construct words of the given length. Select exactly the number of letters that is required and always select them from left...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Letter, dev.LUX GbR, Minimalwords, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-07

P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education

Honesty not intelligence"One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed."One of the things that has always bothered me about ZDNET and its file-sharing posts: the...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P legislation, music, file-sharing, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-02