From the IDG internet news feed: Google’s Android mobile platform uses its own virtual machine for Java and not Sun’s Java Micro Edition platform. Google and Sun may Android’s virtual machine is named Dalvik. The article quoted Stefano Mazzocchi, a developer and board member at Apache Labs, who is quoted saying that Sun may not have […]
From time to time someone asks me what Philippe Kahn is doing. After he left Borland, Philippe successfully started (and sold) two companies, Starfish Software and LightSurf Technologies. He is now the CEO, Chairman, and Co-founder (with Sonia Lee) of Fullpower Technologies. He is also a successful sailboat racer with his Pegasus Racing team.
Fullpower Technologies has been in […]
Five robotic vehicles have completed the 132 mile DARPA Grand Challenge desert race today. The field included 23 autonomous robotic vehicle entries trying to win the $2 million DARPA prize. Last year no vehicles finished the course, and several had spectacular failures. The vehicles leave the starting line at time intervals. The winner is the vehicle […]
I just could pass up this new item (probably the most covered techie item this past week). The "Jerk-O-Meter" cell or VOIP (voice over IP) phone software program being developed by MIT researchers. The software analyzes the speaking patterns of the cell phone user and rates the level of involvement in the conversation. Using speech […]
Still on the road visiting with developers. I have now found my way to Arnhem for the SDC 2005 conference. At the conference we are going to show a technology preview of Delphi support for the .NET Compact Framework. Stay tuned for how registered Delphi 2005 customers can get their hands on the preview compiler.
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