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Photos: iRobot's new 'robust' Roomba

New Roomba 500 series vacuuming robot gets corners and takes direction without sucking in rug fringe or loose wires.On Wednesday, iRobot plans to release a new generation of vacuuming robots to the public.CNET News.com got a chance to test out iRobot''s new Roomba 500 series ahead of time and got...

Tags: Robots, photograph, iRobot Corp., iRobot Roomba, subsystem, robot, Roomba 500, modularity, dust, dirt, homeowner, firmware, staff writer, incarnation, C, CEO, battery, Web

Image galleries 2007-08-21

Cisco plans network software overhaul

Cisco plans network software overhaulModular software everywhere.Strange that even a company like Cisco is using modulare software in their new stuff as it improves stability. The only company that doesnt use modular software is still trying to add features. Is this a hint to all software producers?As hardware gets cheaper,...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Now Let, modularity, software, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-04-22

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VirtualBox 3.0.12 (Windows)

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Features: Modularity: VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design,Virtual machine descriptions in...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-17

The perfect computer?

I have to admit...that I did not read past the title. Suffice it to say that there is no such thing as the perfect woman, perfect car, perfect meal, perfect computer or perfect anything. Individuals' needs and tasted are just too varied. Too trueTo mirror the above post, there is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Brownouts, computer, perfect computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Google Web Toolkit 1.7.1 (Mac)

Google Web Toolkit GWT is an open source Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. Writing dynamic web applications today is a tedious and error-prone process; you spend 90% of your...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Google Web Toolkit, AJAX, Web Browsers, Programming Languages, Java, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Software Development

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Should Apple make its own TV?

yes!I have been looking for a smart tv for a while and it came only as a PC connected to a big monitor.Somebody has to break the ice, and, if it's Apple, more power to them.No!Can you imagine an Apple TV:It will be priced twice as much as any other...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., TV, Apple TV

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computingThis was a move to ...... put the IT industry on hold the way Microsoft has done for years.Now it's, let's wait and see what Google is going to come out with.Anticipation is making you wait? That's...

Tags: Operating systems, OpenOffice, NOW IT, Google Inc., Chrome, Chrome OS, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Microsoft plug and play father of open standards

Open standards are great, open source is better, but real progress starts with plug and play modularity. Which the health IT industry, through CCHIT and the HIMSS trade group with which it is joined at the hip, is fighting tooth and nail. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Open Standard, Microsoft Corp., Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy

Cybercrime, what cybercrime and millions of dollars in profits?! A newly released paper presented by Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio at this year's  Workshop on the Economics of Information Security 2009 entitled "Nobody Sells Gold for the Price of Silver: Dishonesty, Uncertainty and the Underground Economy" debunks...

Tags: Web, Credit Card, Seller, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Cybercriminal, Economy, Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Eclipse Ajax Tools Framework faces termination

Eclipse Ajax Tools Framework faces terminationmore likely M$ FUDThis project is not terminated because of lack of interest, but because it was asimilated by other earth shaking projects.Ajax = deadman walking junkIt's a con-game, and real developers have long figured it out.AJAX: Too many moving partsThe biggest complaint I have...

Tags: termination, Eclipse, AJAX

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

The desktop fight you've all been waiting for

The desktop fight you've all been waiting for*yawn*Tried both, and they're both Windows/MacOS wannabes. I'd much rather get the real thing.If you wanna go for free and cheap stuff, they're fine, but if you're able to pay for Windows - Windows 7 will beat KDE any time.Yeah! The fight of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux-on-the-desktop, KDE, desktop, GNOME, KDE 4.2

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

The desktop fight you've all been waiting for

The eternal battle for the Linux desktop: Which GUI reigns supreme, GNOME or KDE? It really pisses me off when a writer comes up with an idea before I do. It pisses me off even more when I know they wrote it better...

Tags: Desktop, GNOME, KDE, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Is a modular Windows 7 a good thing?

Is a modular Windows 7 a good thing?Modularity is a sign of excellent software engineeringAlways has been.Of course it's a great thingThe question is whether or not this is truly modular, or are they just masking the the front end of the underlying technology.This is the OS I've been waiting...

Tags: Operating systems, modular Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Is-a, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

PPoPP 2009 wrap-up

The 3-day Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP 2009) conference ended last week with a session on parallel compilers and tools, another on high end computing software, and a keynote by ACM fellow Jack Dennis. Although the last day was a short one, it was not light on content....

Tags: Compiler, Memory, Conference, Los Alamos National Lab Roadrunner Computer, Composability, Flash Memory, Processors, Productivity, Development Tools, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-02-23

TOGAF 9: Take control of your IT architecture

As part of the 21st Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference here in San Diego this week, The Open Group has delivered TOGAF version 9, a significant upgrade to the enterprise IT architecture framework that adds modularity, business benefits, deeper support via the Architecture Development Method ADM for SOA and cloud, and...

Tags: Open Group, Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF 9, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition A Technical Overview

Integrating data and applications throughout the enterprise and presenting them in a unified view is a complex proposition. Not only are there broad disparities in technologies, data structures, and application functionality, but there are also fundamental differences in integration architectures. Many organizations address these diverse needs with a broad palette...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Data Integration, Productivity

White papers 2009-02-01

Analyst:

Analyst: SOA in 18 months -- in contextJoe, While I [b]am[/b] bullish on the concepts that [i]constitute[/i] SOA (modularity, distributability, discoverability, sharability, loose coupling), I am less bullish on the name "SOA" given how it has wound up meaning just about anything anyone wants it to mean.As for the "18...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Financial accounting, SOA, SEC

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Time for SOA 'Outliers' to reshape service orientation?

Time for SOA 'Outliers' to reshape service orientation?Over 10,000 hours spent on SOAUh..., I started in 1977 as a programmer. Since my first little tiny program I had in mind: modularity, binding versus coupling, generic (shareable, reusable, stateless, autonomous) functions, business focus... It was a kind of natural thinking to...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, service orientation

Discussion threads 2009-01-24

When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary tale

When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary taleIt's the ticket booking traffic, st...!What they don't tell you, is that the 10 CMS servers were handling the business-critical ticket booking traffic - incl. peaks during special-offer newsletter blasts.RE: When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary taleThis article is clearly biased against Linux."The general...

Tags: Operating systems, Content management, Groupware, UNIX, Collaboration, OPEN SOURCE, SharePoint Solutions, Linux, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-17

Installing and Running QNX Neutrino on an Embedded System

This paper is a quick-start guide to the QNX Neutrino operating system, with special consideration given to VersaLogic products. It can help to familiarize new users with QNX and avoid some of the common pitfalls encountered during installation and operation. QNX Neutrino is the latest offering from QNX Software Systems,...

Tags: Operating System, Embedded System, VersaLogic, QNX Neutrino

White papers 2009-01-01