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Stroke UX, Synthetic Life and BMW: Geometry and Functions In N Adaptions
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Git 1.5.6 released
Git 1.5.6 has been released, and there are a lot of usability fixes and tweaks which should make the
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Eating The IT Elephant - Book Review
Achieving Project success over the last 30 years has been difficult! Reports on various studies released over the last 5 years state as little as 30% of complex projects succeed. Although this number is climbing, very large projects (300 – 500 man ye
Involving The Team In Bug Fixing Shares Knowledge
A large part of improving the quality of software is knowledge sharing (indeed it is one of the basic tenets of Lean). In most organizations when a bug is submitted it is usually delegated to the developer who wrote the original code.  Paul Pagel’s
The Misnomer of Best Practices
One evening after sessions at the Better Software Conference, Dan North and I got into a discussion regarding the phrase ‘Best Practices’ and concluded that this term was actually a misnomer. Let’s take a non-software analogy; wearing a seat belt in
Glitch Watch - Gate change at ATL
So I was coming back from Atlanta yesterday and, as I arrived a bit early at the gate, settled in to read my RSS feeds. I picked a spot that was far enough away from the gate not to be too crowded, while at the same time allowing me to keep an eye o
The Dreyfus Model - Back In The Spotlight?
The Dreyfus Model shows the 5 stages of skill acquisition possible through experience of a subject. Created by Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus in 1980 while researching AI, the model was popularized by Dr Patricia Benner in the mid Eighties in her work on
Glitch Watch - Locked out by software glitch
Residents living in a city-owned apartment complex in Nottingham, England, were locked out of their homes on Tuesday of this week after a new security system was installed. Property manager Nottingham City Homes was installing security upgrades, inc
Glitch Watch - Verizon published 12,500 unlisted numbers
Verizon blamed a software glitch this week for the fact that it published approximately 12,500 unlisted phone numbers in a Washington County, MD phone directory. The company stated that it is taking steps to make amends to affected customers, anywhe
Is Java Dying? - No Way!
After reading several blogs and comments on the demise of Java, I felt compelled to post some interesting facts. Only a small percentage of developers go to conferences like JavaOne. These people constitute the majority of those who read, write and
Product Announcement
After much thought, we have decided that selling Java development tools is not a viable business model for us. Several recent events have helped us reach this conclusion: At JavaOne this year, free tools completely dominated the sessions. The exhibi
Glitch Watch - Incorrect debt ratings at Moodys
As if the financial world wasn’t in enough turmoil already, it has been revealed that programmers at debt rating company Moody’s made a “coding error” that overrated several debt products in early 2007. The products affected
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Secrets Of The Masters: Core Java Job Interview Questions
aruna wrote: Hi, Could you please send me the interview questions in java,jsp,struts,jdbc,c orejava for 1+ yers of experience as software engineer. Thanks you,
Citrix & Dell Partner on Server Virtualization
Jason wrote: There is a company called Expand Networks that has a unique solution to improving the performance of RDP, Citrix and other thin clients used in Virtualization environments where data is sent to distributed network environments. http://www.expand.com/Pro ducts/Free-Evaluation.asp x
Good Questions & Excellent Answers: SYS-CON.com Resumes Its Role as Premier i-Technology Resource
Hugh Caernarvon wrote: Welcome back, you looked like Gruyere cheese there for a moment!
Microsoft's Back; Takes a Whole New Approach to Yahoo
Search News Desk wrote: Microsoft issued a short, murky statement Sunday afternoon saying it has suggested a limited alignment with Yahoo. It does not explain its proposal. Perhaps it's thinking along the lines of the deal Yahoo is supposed to be negotiating with Google, perh...
SOA Viewpoint: Have We Got It All Backwards with Software Assembly?
Bill Swanson wrote: Yes, Ford paid a "little bit better", just twice as much as other workers in the same industry: http://history1900s.about .com/od/1920s/p/henryford .htm
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Why Do 'Cool Kids' Choose Ruby or PHP to Build Websites Instead of Java?
Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while: Why do 'cool kids' choos
Red Hat Makes Its Numbers
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Presens IT Conducts Open Source Survey with Red Hat
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Red Hat Frees its Certificate System
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