Gartner’s top 10 technologies for 2008: SOA precursors; fabric computing; Real world Web; WOA

Gartner outlined its top 10 strategic technology areas for 2008 and many roads lead to service oriented architecture.The top 10 is off to the right and there aren’t any huge surprises. Who didn’t see green IT and virtualization being listed? But what’s notable are all of the SOA precursors to be found. Business process modeling (No. 3), metadata management (No. 4), mashups and composite apps (No. 6) and Web platforms (No. 7) all add up to SOA down...

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Post-VS 2008-Technology: LINQ to XSD and LINQ to Stored XML

Today, Shyam Pather, Principal Development Lead on the Data Programmability Team at Microsoft, is giving a presentation on LINQ to XML: Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight, and Beyond at the XML 2007 Conference in Boston. He talks about the current and future technologies surrounding LINQ to XML.The first two parts of the presentation cover LINQ to XML basics and the current advanced XML features:LINQ to XML classes (XDocument, XElement, XAttribute, XNamespace, XName) VB XML Literals Intellisense Support Helpful Operator Overloads Cast Operator on...

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A unique collection of amazing stuff from around the world

In the revolution of miniature of computers, the scientists are ahead with blue-tooth technology... See the forthcoming computers within ur pockets .....This pen sort of instrument produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on flat surfaces from where you can just carry out the normal operations you do on your deskt...

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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 released

Some stuff it includes:Some new WPF designer stuff (not sure what though - not really my area) ADO.NET Entity Designer Office MFC stuff (not sure if it also includes TR1, these two were bundled together earlier on in the year) Some improvements for the JavaScript support Background compilation for C#Also you will need SP1 to use VS2008 with SQL Server 2008 which was released a few days ago.Originally posted at http://msmvps.com/blogs/gbarnett. Please post all comments there. Thanks, Granvil...

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A bit late...Pex 0.6 (with x64 support) released

I've not looked at Pex (Program EXploration) yet but it seems pretty interesting. The previous version 0.5 only supported x86.I watched the Channel9 video on Pex a while back now, and have been following it via word of mouth for a long time so when 0.5 dropped it was pretty exciting...until I found out it didn't support x64.Nikolai Tillman has some more information on the 0.6 release, of particular note "64-bit support: Pex 0.6 installs on 64-bit Windows (but cannot analyse 64-bit-only code)"Originally posted at http://msmvps.com/blogs/gbarnett....

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Apple blows world away with amazing new ‘iPhone’

Steve Jobs had done it – he’s wowed the world with the next generation iPod called ‘iPhone’ due in the US June 2007 – a widescreen iPod, phone and Internet device that’s not only all-in-one, but is the world’s thinnest phone at 11.6mm, runs desktop class apps and much, much more. It’s the gadget of the decade! Totally, utterly, jaw-droppingly amazing.Related stories Wow: Apple's MobileMe going third party?! Yahoo! board completes restructure Apple pulls Push Notification Service support in latest iPhone Firmware Beta Happy Birthday Debian Rogers...

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Under The Hood - Matt Pietrek

PDC05 - Amazing C++ futures talk Just went to Herb Sutter's talk on C++ futures. Really rocking stuff! Check out the slides for TLN309. (Sorry, no link yet. I hope to update it when I get it.)The first few minutes were on general improvements to the language including future ISO standard additions.The coolest thing here at first glance is the "auto" keyword, which is a shortcut that lets you avoid typing in the whole bloody type declaration for a variable declaration when its type can be inferred from the assignment. For instance:before:foo::iterator...

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Intel C++ Compiler v10.1.015 MACOSX

ntel® C++ Compiler Professional Edition offers the best support for creating multi-threaded applications. Only the Professional Edition offers the breadth of advanced optimization, multi-threading, and processor support that includes automatic processor dispatch, vectorization, auto-parallelization, OpenMP*, data prefetching, and loop unrolling, along with highly optimized C++ templates for parallelism, math processing, and multimedia libraries.The...

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Amazing Concept Computer Puts The Real World Inside The Internet

Holy smoke! This concept design from Mac Funamizu should be made today. The unnamed project uses a camera, scanner, GPS and see-through display to assimilate just about anything.Point it at a street or landscape and it will use position and visual information to work out what you are looking at, and then pull down any relevant information from the internet. Then you can click on your image to zoom and explore in further detail. The floor-plan of...

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Amazing Computer Techical Support help Calling

These "silly tech support calls " have been around in e-mails and online since the dawn of tech support. They are always fun to read. I'm in the mood for a good laugh. How 'bout you?**********Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can't get my diskette out. Tech support: Have you tried pushing the Button?Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck. Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.Customer: No, wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet... it's still on my desk... Sorry....**********Tech support: What kind of computer do you have? Female...

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What’s Your Favorite iMac Tip?

Yeah… I have a new iMac. Isn’t she gorgeous? I’ve been looking at getting one for awhile, to use for a machine to live stream. The live stream has been being powered using a Mac Mini that’s kind of old. It’s just underpowered, and not easy to keep everything going. So anyway, the iMac is going to run the chat and stream, and hopefully everything will run much more smoothly. I’m not sure how it will all be set up at this point, but I’m happy to have new options. I have to thank Ponzi, who gave this to me for my birthday. As a Geek, you can never...

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Top 10 Tips to Keep Your Windows Vista Computer Running Smoothly

Are you using Vista on your computer? If so… have you had any issues with the performance, and how your computer actually runs? These tips were sent in by a community member by the name of Elis. When I used to be on Windows XP, I always had the problem of keeping my computer running smoothly. Now that I,’m on Windows Vista the job has become much easier. Although Vista uses more resources, somehow I think it has been brilliantly built if running under optimum specs. So here is my top 10 tips on how to keep windows vista running smoothly. His...

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New Tech for Computers in 2008-2010

New Tech for Computers in 2008-2010 * DisplayPort - more anti copying protection and new plug , supports high def * USB3 - more anti copying protection and new plug , supports faster speed * CPU's that have more cores * Intel CPU's that have memory controllers on board * WiMax Wireless (different from 54g) * SD cards with bigger sizes used as os drives more. * Multi-touch touch screens * 10g Ethernet Anyone else heard of new things for Computers that Ive missed...

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Top 100 Universities for Computer Science

1. Stanford University ---- ckgaa@forsythe.stanford.edu2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ---- mitgrad@mit.edu3. University of California - Berkeley ---- gradadm@eecs.berkeley.edu4. Carnegie Mellon University ---- apps@ece.cmu.edu5. Cornell University ---- engr_admissions-mailbox@cornell.edu6. Princeton University ---- gradinfo@cs.princeton.edu7. University of Texas - Austin ---- adgrd@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu8. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign ---- application@ece.uiuc.edu9. University of Washington ---- uwgrad@u.washington.edu10. University...

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Apple Computer's iMac With a Transparent Screen

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Qwest CEO among Candidates for Motorola's Top Post.

By Barbara Rose, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business NewsOct. 8--Richard Notebaert, Chairman and CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc., is among several candidates contacted in the search to replace Motorola Inc. CEO Christopher Galvin, according to sources familiar with the search.The job would be a homecoming for the 55-year-old telecom veteran, who led the former Ameritech Corp. until its sale to SBC Communications Inc. in 1999 before jumping to equipment maker Tellabs Inc. as C...

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A Post-Katrina Computer Makeover

See Comments (1)Hurricane Katrina may have been a 2005 news event, but it's still affecting millions of people well into 2006, including this week's Hook Me Up subject Jerry.The hurricane's destruction had a major affect on tourism, causing Jerry to lose his job as a web designer for the New Orleans tourism site. But as a true survivor, Jerry made do with his available resources, specifically a $40 computer he purchased on Craigslist.Jerry is now working as a freelance web designer and trying to get his true passion up and running: an Internet...

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Howto: Delete undeletable files in Windows XP

That’s right: This is for Windows. Don’t get all huffy. I learned something new today while I was at work, and I’m going to share it. Not everything has to do with Ubuntu. Okay, most everything does, but it’s only obliquely this time.I work on a PC that has several user accounts, and some of them are quite old — outdated is a good word for them. Some of them are two or three years old, and haven’t been used in a long time. I can tell, of course, by perusing the Documents and Settings folder. (Some people really should empty their IE cache before...

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Things to do with an old computer

In all the time I’ve been pitching old computers as viable machines, I’ve never taken up the issue of what you can actually do with an old computer.There are two reasons for that. First, it’s been beaten to death. Every blog in every corner of every Web page has a list of wacky ideas for old computers. Hamster cages. Barbecue grills. Bird nesting boxes. Kitchen clocks. You name it. Search for “old computer” on Ixquick and you get a frothy mess of blogs and know-it-all Web sites giving you ideas.Second, it’s not my goal to give you ideas for an...

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Howto: 16-second boot on 550Mhz Celeron with Crux

I’ve mentioned a few times that my Thinkpad boots in under 16 seconds to an Openbox desktop, but I haven’t ever really shown how. It takes a little while to arrange a system that runs that fast, but if you’re interested and you have a few days to spare, these are the best suggestions I can make.Before you try something like this, you should be able to handle everything described in the Crux Handbook, including setting up a network, building a custom kernel, configuring your hardware and partitioning a system drive. And of course, all from the command...

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Howto: Set up Hardy for speed, v1.0

This is version 1.0 of “Howto: Set up Hardy for speed.”This guide is a collection of tips and tweaks for Ubuntu Linux 8.04. The content comes from tutorials and speed suggestions found on the Ubuntu Forums and elsewhere. The material has been collated and narrated, and arranged with links to external resources or supplemental information.The guide describes how to set up a faster Ubuntu 8.04 system, with an eye on machines that predate Pentium 4 models or require non-default settings to achieve better performance. Please read the Welcome pages...

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Install Ubuntu from USB

I’ve been banging my head against the wall for the past year, looking for a solution on how to get Ubuntu to install from a USB flash drive.The underlying idea is to avoid CDs, thereby giving an option to machines lacking CDROM drives, or with defective drives. I’ve run into more than one laptop that needed an optical drive replacement that might have benefitted from the install CD on a USB stick.It would also benefit multiple installations, and maybe open an option for customized installation setups.That’s what it looks like on paper anyway. In...

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Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship

This is a guest post by Scott Shane as a follow up to his entrepreneurship test. He is the A. Malachi Mixon Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of seven books, the latest of which is The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By. Many entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about entrepreneurship, so here are ten of the most common...

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