FREE Subscription to Dr. Dobb’s Digest: Same Great Content, New Digital Edition
Site Archive (Complete)
Open Source FORUM | NEWSLETTERS


New Media in the Enterprise
Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other new communications mechanisms improve interaction among employees, customers and business partners, but the transparency can put your business resources--not to mention your reputation--at risk. Here's how to make it all manageable.
September 29, 2006
Migrating from 8-/16-bit to 32 bit: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Kavitha Sundaram reviews the factors that need to be considered when transitioning from 8-/16-bit MCU to 32-bit MPUs, highlighting Linux OS portability and the hidden costs involved in such migrations.
September 22, 2006
ARM Joins Eclipse Foundation
ARM Holdings plc, a developer of processor designs and related intellectual property, has joined the Eclipse Foundation, an open-source software development group.
September 21, 2006
Eclipse and C++ Come to Smartphones
Mike Trujillo discusses Nokia's Carbide.C++ development environments for Symbian OS based mobile phones. (MP3)
September 21, 2006
Open Source Perst Lite OODB For J2ME Devices Released
McObject has just released a micro-footprint version of the Perst open source, object-oriented embedded database for embedded systems and intelligent devices developed on the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME).
September 20, 2006
Review: AppWorx Enables Smoother Processing Of Business Apps
Most of the processing of business applications running today are executed in an asynchronous non-realtime batch mode. To oversee those jobs, companies employ operators and depend on job schedulers and scripts to execute complex systems. However, scripting large jobs is very expensive as it requires scripting experts, developers and operators to determine the execution paths.
September 15, 2006
Review: Security Cleanup For Ajax Apps
We look at four solutions -- Cenzic's Hailstorm, the SPI Dynamics suite, Finjan's Vital Security Appliance and Apache's XAP -- that can help developers mitigate the vulnerabilities posed by Ajax-based Web applications.
September 15, 2006
Boot a Dead PC with Nothing but a Thumb Drive
How to transform a tiny USB key drive into a rescue and recovery powerhouse.
September 11, 2006
Illusions of Safety
Buffer overruns—just maybe C's biggest bugaboo. Luckily, TR 24731 addresses the problem so that you can write fast, robust, and correct applications.
September 8, 2006
The SPAMMED Architecture Framework
The SPAMMED Architecture Framework Arnon presents here helps you identify the steps and activities you need to design, model, and build successful architectures.
September 7, 2006
How to Use Eclipse for C and C++ Development
Mike McCullough reviews briefly on the history of the Eclipse framework and provides details and perspective on new additions to the Web-based IDE, such as Eclipse Plugin Central (EPIC), Callisto, BIRT, and CDT
September 7, 2006
Parameterized Communication
Obol is a Lisp-like, domain-specific language for testing and experimenting with when constructing and using security protocols in real systems.
September 6, 2006
Gartner: Microsoft Must Embrace Virtualized OS After Vista
Microsoft cannot afford five-year gaps in between major OS releases, Gartner says, and the way around the delays in with modules.
September 6, 2006
Review: Use Windows For Unix Services
Want to run best-of-breed apps under both Windows and Unix? There's an option for doing this: Microsoft's Posix subsystem. It lets Unix apps think they are using regular Unix, but they are actually using Windows.
September 6, 2006
Inside the VSIPL++ API
VSIPL++ is a C++ API for high-performance computing. One unique feature of it is that it includes direct support for parallel applications.
September 5, 2006
Review: Citrix's Reign Might End 2X Faster
2X Software has released TerminalServer for Linux, which runs Linux and Windows desktop applications over any bandwidth connection. In conjunction with the 2X ApplicationServer, the product gives 2X a leg up on Citrix by virtually eliminating the need for expensive engineers and long installs to implement terminal services solutions.
September 5, 2006
The Coming Database Revolution
One of the most dramatic changes in the enterprise software market is coming to a database near you. This revolution heralds a shift to a mix of options that include open source databases, in-memory databases, and turnkey database/hardware bundles, among others. Although you may not want to rip and replace your current systems to take advantage of the coming database revolution, you may want to seriously consider one of these new options as you plan your new greenfield, database-intensive operations.
September 5, 2006
Open-Source Tools Ease C++ IC Verification
Verification engineer Mike Mintz (shown) developed two open-source programs aimed at helping IC designers do hardware verification with C++. He also co-authored a book on that topic.
September 4, 2006
Linux Surveys
Is Linux dying in the embedded space? Or is it healthier than ever? Surveys don't paint a clear picture.
September 3, 2006


Open Source Archive
2009 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2005 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2004 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1999 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1998 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec




MICROSITES
FEATURED TOPIC

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

INFO-LINK