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The tattered history of OOP

This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...

Tags: Message, Software, Object-oriented Programming, Smalltalk, Idea, Data, Object-oriented, Unix, Object, Alan Kay, Way Object-orientation, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-02

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Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Web addresses to exend to non-English languages

Domain spoofing opportunity?I always wanted to know what they will be doing against this: http://www.z?net.com/ is actually a false domain because '?' is a Cyrillyc Small Letter Komi De insted of a Latin 'd'.Entering it in a browser causes an error today, but what will happen if they legalize non-latin...

Tags: Channel management, Keyboards, English Language, non-English-language, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Splendid City Sports Scheduler 6.7.3 (Mac)

Splendid City Team Sports Scheduler, and Sports Scheduling Software System is useful for people who organize team sports or game events. Use it to manage and publish sports schedules of any size and complexity. Automatically create high quality double or single elimination tournament brackets, round-robin league schedules, swiss round tournaments,...

Tags: Web, Team, Apple Macintosh, City Sports Inc., Web Site, Niagara Software, User Experience, Time Management, Web Site Development, Team Management, Games, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Management, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-31

Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down

Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

JumpBox for the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System 1.1.5 (Mac)

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that's been under active development for over 15 years. An enterprise class database, PostgreSQL boasts sophisticated features such as Multi-Version Concurrency Control MVCC, point in time recovery, tablespaces, asynchronous replication, nested transactions savepoints, online/hot backups, a sophisticated query planner/optimizer, and write...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server, PostgreSQL, JumpBox, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Cacidi Extreme Barcodes CS4 (Windows)

Cacidi Extreme Barcodes CS4 allows you to create barcodes directly in your InDesign document by simply selecting the barcode type and entering your data in the barcodes palette. A large selection of barcode types. You can choose from all the most frequently used types of barcodes, including EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A,...

Tags: Barcode, Cacidi Systems, Cacidi Extreme Barcodes CS4, Quality, Microsoft Windows, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Nokia 2705 Shade - black (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Nokia ShadeMost of Nokia's recent cell phones for the U.S. market haven't been too exciting. Sure, the company gave us the odd Nokia Twist last month, but we're more likely to see functional handsets like AT&T's Nokia Mural 6750. Verizon's new Nokia Shade 2705 certainly is part of that...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, Nokia Corp., phone

Product reviews 2009-10-27

Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?

Location?38.921473?N 77.066946?WYep, same here ...... stonewalled at every turn. With you ...... I can see, because you've been pulling on Microsoft's scab lately. But in Ed's case, I don't know why they would treat him like that.^o^Message has been deleted..Believe it or not ...... it makes little difference. The...

Tags: upgrade media, reverse engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Pocket Universe for iPhone 1.8.2 (Mobile)

Pocket Universe for iPhone is the ideal astronomy program for those keen to learn about the night sky. The unique display is generated dynamically depending on your location and time, and then rendered in 3D for a super fast response - flick the sky and it spins around you. You...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Constellation, Mobile, Craic Design, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Facebook settlement: Kill Beacon, pay $9.5 million into fund to promote online privacy

A class action suit over Facebook's controversial Beacon program today received preliminary approval PDF by a U.S. District Court, bringing an end to the Beacon service and giving the company an option of clearing the matter without long - and expensive - court proceedings. The proposal calls...

Tags: Facebook, Online Privacy, Settlement, Class Action, Beacon, Class Action Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Windows 7 will shine in medicine

not convinced by touchI have a touch phone & a tablet.Frankly, never use the tablet, use keyboarded machines instead, and hanker for a phone with buttons again and not a slide phone.If you want to try to look cool, I can understand having one, but really, they are pretty awkward...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Startrek, Microsoft Windows 7, tablet, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Global warming promises more hunger, more innovation

Hopefully not a repeatThe idea of GM foods is found most abhorrent in the nations with some of the worst food problems? Also, did anyone notice that the FPRI report indicates that more than 50% of the world's agricultural green house emissions are generated by the primitive natural agriculture...

Tags: global warming, climate change, food

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Cacidi Barcodes CS4 (Mac)

Cacidi BarCodes CS4 allows you to create barcodes directly in your InDesign document by simply selecting the barcode type and entering your data in the BarCodes palette.A large selection of barcode typesYou can choose from all the most frequently used types of barcodes, including EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, ISBN, ISSN,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Barcode, Cacidi Systems, Cacidi BarCodes CS4

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Zulu's Zoo 1.0 (Mac)

Help Zulu`s Zoo win a million dollar grant by making sure the zoo is absolutely the best operated zoo in the country! Find and feed the animals, clean up the habitats by collecting trash, and explore a wide range of Hidden Object scenes, to succeed. Play fun and exciting mini-games,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zoo, Macgamestore, Zulu, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-17

Access and smart DRM will make Google Editions a key player in Ed

Epub format is winningJust about every reader except the Kindle can display books in the .epub format. Unlike pdf, text in epub can be easily reflowed for different screen sizes and font sizes. Do you see any serious challengers to epub?Of course reflowing does give rise to a problem -...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Peer to peer (P2P), digital-rights management, Google Inc., Microsoft Access

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium

Google Wave, the new and highly anticipated workflow/group collaboration mashup web application which is in limited alpha test has left me underwhelmed. Over the weekend I became one of the lucky few to receive a Google Wave invite. I was excited, overjoyed, and...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Google Wave, Collaboration, Wiki, Groupware, E-mail, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-14

MB Tibetan Mala Oracle 1.0 (Windows)

MB Tibetan Mala Oracle is based on the Tibetan Mala or prayer beads being used as an object of divination. The mala consists of 108 beads or tenwa and is is used for meditation and prayers. This oracle gives an insight into your current position, the support from the Gods...

Tags: Situation, Bead, MysticBoard, Mala, MB Tibetan Mala Oracle Software, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Indigo 4.1.1 (Mac)

Indigo is a home control server that integrates INSTEON and X10 hardware devices. Save money, conserve water, and reduce electrical usage by automating your home with Indigo's unlimited scheduling and control logic. Using Indigo's built-in Web server, you can access and control your home from anywhere using any modern Web...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Indigo

Software downloads 2009-10-10

Motorola Barrage (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Motorola BarrageMotorola has a long history of creating durable cell phones, but with the occasional exception, they've ended up at Nextel. As we've long encouraged Moto to spread the rugged love, we were glad to see it launch the Motorola Barrage for Verizon Wireless. So named (or so we...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, feature set, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless, Motorola Barrage

Product reviews 2009-10-08