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Network and Security Protocols
Sun Labs Fellow Radia Perlman discusses security, network protocols, and the focus of her current research.
February 27, 2007
Debugging Asymmetric Multi-core Applications: Part 1
In the first of a three part series Intel's Julien Carreo describes a typical asymmetric multi-core application and the typical problems encountered in such a system.
February 27, 2007
UK High-End Computing Project Underway
The High-End Computing Terascale Resource (or HECToR) will soon be available for researchers at UK universites, and Numerical Algorithms Group will be providing computational science support to its users.
February 26, 2007
Using the Linden Scripting Language
The Linden Scripting Language is where Second Life begins.
February 23, 2007
The SmoothPicture Algorithm
dThis white paper will discuss Texas Instruments (TI) SmoothPicture technology. A diamond grid Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) is coupled with an optical actuator to produce smooth, film-like picture in a DLP technology-based rear projection display system while revealing the entire resolution of the input image.
February 21, 2007
Building Business Processes in Windows Workflow Foundation
The Windows Workflow Foundation lets you design workflows for business processes and then build apps from them. In this example, Scott designs a console app in the workflow designer that prompts the user for a username and password.
February 21, 2007
Add Video To Controls And 3D Surfaces With WPF
The amazing visual richness available in Windows Presentation Foundation makes media integration not only possible, but incredibly exciting!
February 20, 2007
Dr. Dobb's Agile Newsletter
AMDD and TDD go hand-in-hand
February 19, 2007
Rich Internet Applications
Rich Internet Applications form the basis for the next generation of the Web. We size up the strengths and weaknesses of adopting RIAs, which can offer gains in productivity, agility, decision-making and ease of support.
February 16, 2007
Optimizing Video Over Wireless with Performance and Architecture modeling
New modeling tools for system architects make designing Wi-Fi and UWB over video systems a lot easier.
February 15, 2007
Enterprise Architect Graduates & 2007 Codie Award Finalists
The first graduates of Telelogic/Carnegie-Mellon Enterprise Architecture program have recieved their certification. In other news, the SIIA has released its list of finalists for the 2007 Codie Awards.
February 12, 2007
Generate FPGA Accelerators from C
A simple FFT, generated as hardware from C language, illustrates how quickly a software concept can be taken to hardware and how little you need to know about FPGAs to use them for application acceleration.
February 8, 2007
WPF Interoperability
Mixing up Windows Presentation Foundation with Win32, Windows Forms, and ActiveX
February 6, 2007
Fixed vs. Floating Point: A Surprisingly Hard Choice
Which is better: a fixed-point DSP or a floating-point DSP? The answer may surprise you--and so may the reasons. This article shows how to make the right choice, using two $5 DSPs as examples.
February 6, 2007
The Areas of Their Expertise
Sometimes sticking with what you know is best.
February 5, 2007
Developer's Notebook
New development products and new releases of existing ones.
February 5, 2007
Developer Diaries
From start-ups to global enterprises, developers face similar problems—and turn to similar solutions.
February 5, 2007
The Trouble with Software QC
Many organizations still use sheer manpower to find defects in software, instead of employing methodologies to measure effectiveness.
February 5, 2007
It All Comes Down to the OS
Did you hear the one about the operating system...?
February 5, 2007
Agile Documentation Strategies
Documentation is an important part of every system, agile or otherwise.
February 5, 2007
MyMap: A Portable API for Maps
This API lets you switch from one map provider (like Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft) to another with minimum changes to your source code.
February 5, 2007
Practical C++ Error Handling in Hybrid Environments
Gigi shows how to interface your exception-handling code to other software components that practice different error-handling methods.
February 5, 2007
Bringing the Desktop Application to the Web
To move a desktop application to the Web, Conor settled on a set of AJAX-based controls from Telerik.
February 5, 2007
Debugging Makefiles
John shares practical debugging tips he's used to debug real-world Makefiles.
February 5, 2007
Move to a 'Human' Semantic Enabled Network: Part II
Here's Part II of an overview of the Semantic Enabled Network, its architectural components, characteristics, and practical applications to unlock new opportunities as organizations migrate toward the human network.
February 5, 2007
Virtualization Picks Up Steam
Tying together disparate disk systems in the data center is now taking on a new sense of urgency with the meteoric growth of server virtualization.
February 5, 2007
The Challenges of Nextgen Multicore Networks-on-chip Systems: Part 1
In the first in a six part series based on their book "Networks On Chips," Luca Benini and Giovanni De Micheli describe the architectural, programming and debug challenges of nextgen multicore networks-on-chips. This week: Why on-chip networking?
February 5, 2007
The Road to Our Scripting Future
Lightweight languages are primed to make huge inroads into the corporate market.
February 2, 2007
Whither Operating Systems?
Michael considers the future—if there is one—of operating systems as we know them.
February 2, 2007
Java and Open Source Software Roundtable, Part 1
The state of Java and Open Source Software is the focus of this panel discussion that includes Amit Pandey of Terracotta, Mark Brewer of of Covalent Technologies, Neelan Choksi of Interface21, and Ken Drachnik of Sun Microsystems. Part 1 of 2.
February 1, 2007
Java and Open Source Roundtable, Part 2
The state of Java and Open Source Software is the focus of this panel discussion that includes Amit Pandey of Terracotta, Mark Brewer of of Covalent Technologies, Neelan Choksi of Interface21, and Ken Drachnik of Sun Microsystems. Part 2 of 2.
February 1, 2007
Designing Custom Embedded Multicore Processors
There are "multi" paths a designer can take to get the needed performance.
February 1, 2007
Implementing Reliable Embedded Ethernet Connectivity
There are lots of ways to integrate Ethernet. Depending on the requirements of your system, you must make the proper tradeoffs.
February 1, 2007
Service Modeling Language Manages IT Assets
The SML standard establishes a common vocabulary for disparate tools and has the backing of a number of big vendors.
February 1, 2007


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