Archive for March, 2008

Intel and Microsoft invest in University research in parallel computing

Friday, March 21st, 2008

 This week, Microsoft and Intel announced that they have committed $20 million for parallel computing research at University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Andrew Chien (Intel Research) in his blog post said "I can’t help but feel the excitement and optimism that accompanies the launching of a […]

JavaWorld editor’s Java IDE choice threaded conversation - let them know you use JBuilder

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Have your voice heard. Take a minute and tell the editor and readers of JavaWorld that JBuilder is your IDE of choice by posting comments to the informal survey thread on the JavaWorld forums. Go to http://www.javaworld.com/javaforums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=98484 and leave your comments.
Athen O’Shea, Editor, JavaWorld.com posted the original message to start the thread.  The discussion is attached […]

MIT’s 2008 list of 10 emerging technologies

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

MIT’s Technology Review magazine presented it’s 2008 special report listing 10 emerging technologies "that we think are most likely to change the way we live".  Two, on the list, that I have been "jonesing" for are Offline Web Applications (I prefer the term Rich Internet Applications, or RIAs) and Wireless Power.
For RIAs, Technology Review highlights Kevin Lynch, Chief […]

Ruby scalability?

Friday, March 14th, 2008

When I am talking with customers, analysts, and press about Ruby and Rails the inevitable question about scalability comes up.  Last week at the Software Development conference and expo there were many lively discussions in the halls and also the birds of a feather sessions.  Last month I took part in a Japan Ruby Community […]

CodeGear and David I on the Shareware Radio show…

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Shareware Radio interviewed me last July in Denver Colorado at Shareware Industry Conference (now called the Software Industry Conference) 2007. The conference takes place each summer somewhere in the US.  It is a small but important conference for ISVs and Micro ISVs – many who use CodeGear products and build applications using native code. I was a speaker […]


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