A Look at AJAX and Web 2.0
Dror Matalon discusses the AJAX standard, the differences between AJAX and Web 2.0, and AJAX development toolsets. (MP3, 4:53 mins.)
February 28, 2006
The Challenge of IP Protection in China
Outsourcing to China can entail taking steps to protect your business and assets, and provide for enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
February 27, 2006
Refactoring in the Document Outline Window
The Document Outline Window in Visual Studio 2005 is a hierarchical view of the controls on a form, but it's not just read-only. You can use it to "visually refactor" an app by reordering controls into containers with unhooking the event handlers.
February 20, 2006
New Ada Standard on the Horizon
Robert Dewar explains some of the changes that the Ada 2005 standard will bring to the programming language. (MP3, 4:11 mins.)
February 16, 2006
Book Reviews
Aspect-Oriented Analysis and Design: The Theme Approach; Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers; Jerry Pournelle Recommends...; Recent Releases
February 15, 2006
Geeksta rappers rhyme tech talk
The worlds of computer science and rap don't often mix, and that's probably a good thing. But since the tech industry was built on innovation, we think Armand Navabi and Dan Maynes-Aminzade are a couple of guys who deserve a look--and a listen. Their innovation blends the world of PhD candidate in computer science with the rough and raunchy world of hard-core rap. The result is a sweetly groovin', code-rich, sometimes very non-PC music genre known as CS Gangsta Rap, aka
February 13, 2006
Hall of Fame Inductees and ACM-ICPC World Finals
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation list of inductees for 2006 includes Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn, Willard Boyle, and George Smith among others. Also, the 30th Annual World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest will take place in April. (MP3, 2:55 mins.)
February 13, 2006
When Meetings Turn Hazardous
Warning: Meetings Can Be Hazardous to Your Team's Well-Being; Management Tip: Solicit Team Input on Performance Reviews; Last Month's Poll: 2006 Management Resolutions; This Month's Poll: Does Your Team Request Peer Input?;On the Web: Articles and Top Resources
February 8, 2006
Algorithm Accuracy and Artificial Vision
Researchers at Ohio State have found a way to determine, in advance, which algorithms are best in a particular circumstance; a researcher in Spain has developed an improved artificial vision edge-detector technique. (MP3, 3:39 mins.)
February 6, 2006
Take My Build, Please
Build tools finally get some respect from Electric Cloud, and two new tomes shed light on SOA and Java security. Also keep revision under control with AccuRev's CVS Health Checker and let Enerjy CQ2 spruce up your Java Metrics.
February 1, 2006
Sweet Predictability
To tame the increasing complexity of software and meet growing reliability requirements, you need a new discipline. The Personal Software Process shows you how to track your own quality and productivity, and allows you—and your team—to accurately predict success.
February 1, 2006
Of Interest
February 2006 Of Interest.
February 1, 2006
To Tame the World
SEI joins GM to expand CMMI into a global business process improvement model. Also, shout it out with a new Feature Funhouse, and peruse Amazon's top 10 on hardware.
February 1, 2006
The Opposite of Dogma
Fifteen years ago, heretical design principles spurred fresh ideas.
February 1, 2006
Feedback
In which our readers stay awake worrying about outsourcing, coordinate Katrina, gab about Gantt, go it alone, and wrangle with religion.
February 1, 2006
The Human Factor
The CEO is nothing more than a hired hand, J.P. Morgan used to say. Today, we laud CEOs and ROI, but the human element is tough to tie down with mere numbers.
February 1, 2006
Sudoku & Graph Theory
Understanding graph theory is central to building your own Sudoku solver.
February 1, 2006
Danger, Danger!
Do the best teams get the most difficult projects? When our reengineering effort is derailed in favor of another project, we must rebuild trust before we can get to work.
February 1, 2006
Who's Better, Who's Best?
Our intrepid apprentices continue to experiment with Java generics in their spare time; however, the normally superior Avery gets his comeuppance when Alphonse puts derivatives and superclasses to the test.
February 1, 2006
Examining uC++
uC++ was designed to provide high-level concurrency for C++.
February 1, 2006
Reining in IT
Effective IT governance improves your ability to deliver software that meets your stakeholders' needs; without it, your team may go rogue and ignore management's directives.
February 1, 2006
Beyond Agile: Smart
Agility depends too heavily on tacit knowledge, but the Unified Process is too encyclopedic. The answer? Virtual mentors that learn along with their physical peers.
February 1, 2006
Scaling Down
As agile techniques proliferate, process products aim to answer fresh needs for flexible options. We check out three pioneering tools and a streamlined beta of an old standby.
February 1, 2006
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