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Go with the generic

Go with the genericNever take statinsA multi-billion dollar industry based on mass-confusion of correlation with causation. What folly!I've been against statins from the outset. People look at me funny when I insist cholesterols are a good thing. Apparently no one educated them that cholesterol comprises about 99%...

Tags: Insurance, statin, Niacin, generic

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Go with the generic

It was fun this morning, watching the contortions of the morning anchors as they tried to spin the bad news about Zetia without admitting the plain, simple truth. If your cholesterol is high go with the generic. While Zetia and Vytorin, which combines Zetia...

Tags: Generic, Zetia, Insurance, Branding, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-31

The big pharma credibility gap

Whenever I visit my family doctor the candyman is there. The candyman is my nickname for my doctor's drug rep, or "detail man." His candy consists of samples. Sometimes, if my symptoms are right, I get some. Candymen may have more to do with your medical visit than...

Tags: Generic, Industry, Doctor, Fiction, Candyman, Oxfam, Strategy, Corporate Law, Management, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-17

YouRipper (exe)

YouRipper offers users the ability to easily download videos from these sites and save them as an industry standard flash movie (*.flv). In addition, YouRipper can also generate the necessary HTML or Javascript to Embed these videos into a Webpage, blog or MySpace page, using a generic, fully customizable video...

Tags: Generic, YouTube Inc., Video, Video Player, Corporate Communications, Media Players, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-02-15

Cut code bloat: Reuse algorithms with generics in C# 2.0

Essential C# 2.0 offers programmers a concise yet comprehensive guide to C#, including features new to C# 2.0. This sample chapter from the book focuses on one of these powerful new features, generics, which will significantly transform C# 1.0 coding style by facilitating code reuse, especially reuse of algorithms....

Tags: Algorithm, Generic, Addison-Wesley, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Book chapters 2006-07-12

Java Tech: Generics and You

How much do one know about generics? Based on his amount of generics knowledge, is the person comfortable with having to maintain another developer's generified code, should the project manager tell him to do so? Perhaps he has not taken the time to determine how much he knows about generics...

Tags: Generic, Programming Languages, Java, Strategy, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management

White papers 2005-11-10

Pre-Compilation for .NET Generics

The Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime CLR supports pre-compilation in order to help avoid the slow application start-up times and unnecessarily high memory usage often associated with Virtual Machine VM execution, However, Version 2 of the .NET Common IL CIL also supports generics, i.e. type parameters for data and code,...

Tags: Generic, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Productivity, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2005-10-14

Learning Java: Generics

Java generics are a very powerful and useful addition to the language. The common usage is very simple and compelling: generics make collections better. As person begins to write more code using generics he or she will find that the code becomes more readable and more understandable. Generics make explicit...

Tags: Generic, Usage, O'Reilly Media Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Book chapters 2005-05-11

Enhancing Development and Performance with C# 2.0 Generics

Generics allow you to define data structures, without committing to actual data types. This results with significant performance boost, and higher quality code, because you get to reuse data processing algorithms without duplicating type-specific code. In concept, Generics are similar to C++ template, but are drastically different in implementation and...

Tags: Performance, Generic, .Net, C#, Performance Management, Application Servers, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts

Use generics to create faster, more concise, and more elegant code in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005

Discover why generics may be the most important new feature of Microsoft Visual Basic and other .NET languages in this sample chapter from Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language. In a nutshell, generics give you the ability to define a class that takes a type as an argument. Depending...

Tags: Generic, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Book chapters

MSDN Webcast: MSDN GeekSpeak: Generics in Visual Basic With Jim Duffy (Level 200)

In this webcast of MSDN geekSpeak, the presenter, a Microsoft Visual Basic Most Valuable Professional MVP, clears up just about any questions the developers have about generics in Visual Basic.

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Generic, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Webcasts

Additional Resources

My Media Converter (exe)

My Media Converter is a powerful and easy-to-use media converter for popular videos and audios. It can convert almost all media format, such as iPod / iPhone / AppleTV, PSP / PS3, Zune, Mobile Phone / Smart Phone / Pocket PC, Flash Video, VCD / SVCD / DVD / DV...

Tags: Phone, Video, MyMediaSoft, Corporate Communications, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, Digital Video, Digital Media, Digital Music, Marketing, Handhelds, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends keywords to serve malware

In an underground ecosystem that is anything but old fashioned when it comes to abusing legitimate web services, cybecriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google's Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct...

Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Malware, News Story, Blogging, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Creative Commons for students

Creative Commons for studentsminors...One thing to bear in mind is that minors cannot license or re-license their own work without their parent's consent. Students can in some cases simply pull down content from the web and re-use it -- if the use is covered by "fair use" -- which...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Creative Commons

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit

Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuitTime will tell.....However knowing Apple I have my doubts about the suits success. Still if they do loose the case there is nothing stopping Apple from switching processors again. So far that tact hasn't hurt business any.Pagan jimTheftThis is an abstraction, you're going...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Xohm Unveiled In Baltimore, not BAWA

This morning Sprint launched its long-awaited commercially-available Xohm service in its Baltimore Market. Xohm is Sprint's brand for its WiMax service, which follows the 802.16e standard. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5...

Tags: Sprint Xohm, Price, Sprint Communications, Modems, Hardware, Components, Lisa Pierce

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Semantic Technology's place in the enterprise; key, but low-key ?

Last week saw over 200 researchers, advocates, implementors and practitioners of Semantic Technology descend upon the delightful Austrian capital for the second European Semantic Technology Conference ESTC. Smaller than the more established Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose and nestling uncomfortably close both spatially and temporally to...

Tags: European Commission, Verizon Communications Inc., Technology, Conference, Semantic Web, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Live coverage of the T-Mobile G-1 Google Android announcement

Live coverage of the T-Mobile G-1 Google Android announcementGPS supportRumors have been that the G1 does and does not include an onboard GPS. This is a wonderful feature on the iPhone and enables credible real-time navigation and location-based services. Hope to get a positive confirmation regarding GPS on the G1...Wath...

Tags: GPS, Product marketing, Cellular phones, goggle, T-Mobile, T-Mobile G-1 Google Android, T-Mobile G-1 Google Android announcement, UMA

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Intel Tops Dow Jones Sustainabilty Index (again)

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index DJSI results for 2008 are out, and although I'm not a huge fan of corporate sustainability beauty pageants, this one is probably the most credible measure of performance yet. That said, the DJSI is a far from perfect measure of corporate sustainability performance and contribution towards...

Tags: Sustainability, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Intel Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhere

Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhereMy guess is......they're touting the Microsoft and Windows brands, not a particular product.Carl RapsonRE: Microsoft'sOh boy, I'm sure these ads will be just as over analyzed and picked apart in every minute detail like the first two. The point...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Adrian, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-19