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The iPhone Application Builder-> 0

Submitted by LBR9 on Thursday February 19 2009, @03:43PM

LBR9 writes "Why bother writing apps for Apple's iPhone when you can write an app to write the apps."
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Larrabee: Gamer or Game Changer?-> 0

Submitted by LBR9 on Thursday February 19 2009, @01:30PM

LBR9 writes "Wouldn't you know it. Just as we're starting to wrap our minds around the idea of parallel programming and multicore processors, Intel ups the ante with Larrabee, a many-core architecture that has the potential to change the game."
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Thomas Friedman, the Pollyanna of Globalism-> 0

Submitted by LBR9 on Wednesday February 18 2009, @08:44PM

LBR9 writes "New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman spends a lot of time globetrotting, and when it comes to emerging economies, he seems to always find something to like. In a column from last week, he used a tongue-in-cheek quote from The Indian Express as a springboard to launch a broadside regarding US immigration policy."
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A Conversation with Christos Papadimitriou-> 0

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on Tuesday September 16 2008, @01:24PM

LBR9 writes "Christos Papadimitriou is this year's recipient of the Katayanagi Prize for Research Excellence. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Dobb's and Christos discuss subjects ranging from the economics of the programming market to the "computer scientist as popular novelist.""
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Lock-Free Code: A False Sense of Security-> 0

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on Friday September 12 2008, @12:44PM

LBR9 writes "Writing correct lock-free code is harder than it looks."
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On Square Pegs and Reasearcher Bias: Women in Engi-> 0

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on Wednesday September 10 2008, @12:57PM

LBR9 writes "I originally started this article with the intention of simply razzing eWeek.com for printing the latest in an endless series of articles asking why there aren't more women in IT/Computing/Engineering/Whatever"
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OpenGL and Mobile Devices: Round 2-> 0

Submitted by LBR9 on Tuesday September 09 2008, @04:23PM

LBR9 writes "It's been a couple of years since Richard wrote about the intersection of OpenGL and mobile devices. And my word--the world has changed, thanks in part to devices such as Apple's iPhone."
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Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)-> 0

Submitted by LBR9 on Thursday August 28 2008, @05:22PM

LBR9 writes "Whatever development methodology you follow in embarking on a software project, you need to keep track of where you stand with all the requirements. In every project, Eric Bruno always introduces the concept of the requirements traceability matrix, a simple spreadsheet where each row of the spreadsheet is dedicated to a requirement to be implemented."
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Top Ten Reasons You Don't Need a Requirements Docu-> 0

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on Monday July 21 2008, @02:04PM

LBR9 writes "It's about time this collection of blogs got an example of pure, unadulterated snark. Example: A requirements document 'diverts your users' attention. Asking users what they want in an updated software application can be counter-productive. It takes their attention away from the real work they're doing and it forces them to think about what could be done better, faster or more efficiently..."
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Open ObjectRexx-> 0

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on Friday July 18 2008, @02:29PM

LBR9 writes "How many programming languages have lasted thirty (OK, 29) years and are still in widespread use? Rexx has evolved over the years, and has become object-oriented in the process, but as Jack Woehr points out, object-oriented with a difference."
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