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Which platform: Cathedral or Bazaar?
The traditional and open-source development models can coexist, the Industry Standard's Larry Borsato says. Here's how.
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Microsoft adds workflow to cloud-based SOA platform
In an open beta stage for almost a year, BizTalk Services acts as a hosted service bus for connecting applications across the Internet.
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Google offers Android updates only to challenge winners
A Google employee's accidental e-mail reveals that updated Android software development kits have been offered to winners of a coding contest, while the broader community of developers has been complaining about a lack of SDK updates.
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NASA: Ancient Mars had lakes, rivers and possibly life
Data sent to NASA scientists from the latest unmanned mission to Mars is showing that the planet was once awash in rivers, lakes and deltas.
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Opinion: Mobile applications and the future of IT
Were not yet at the point where applications can move freely between the wired and wireless domains. But there is significant progress to report in moving toward this goal, Craig Mathias says.
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NASA: Robotic arm on Mars Lander shuts down to save itself
NASA programmers hope that code sent to Mars yesterday can re-start the Mars Lander's robotic arm so it can return to duty before cold weather forces an end to the mission.
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After rejecting standards war, virtualization vendors start supporting common spec
Virtualization vendors are trying avoid a standards battle by supporting a common interoperability specification, which Citrix is using in new tools for building virtual appliances.
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Open-source quality tester out in alpha
The system, developed in Europe, uses metric-based assessment techniques to discern quality characteristics.
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NASA: Robotic arm gives Martian soil a zap
NASA scientists are using an electric fork and atomic force microscope to further analyze soil, air and liquids gathered by the Mars Lander on the northern pole of the red planet.
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Aussie students win software-design contest
Team SOAK created an integrated software and hardware platform designed to help farmers achieve sustainable use of their land.
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Borland adds tools aimed at making application development more transparent
Borland is announcing three tools, scheduled to ship in the fall, that are designed to give IT managers as well as business managers more visibility into application development processes.
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Yahoo's plan to open its search index draws mixed reviews
Some in the blogosphere note the move could spawn a group of smaller search engines to take on Google's market share, but others note it could put Yahoo's own search business at risk.
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How to get started in virtual-world operations
A service provider can help you build a virtual-world environment for your network operations or data center. However, there's a lot you can do on your own that's comparatively easy and affordable.
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Developer fixes 33-year-old Unix bug
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YACC, Unix, and programming advice from a Bell Labs veteran
Bell Labs alumni Stephen Johnson tells about the creation of Yet Another Compiler Compiler (YACC), and offers some advice to programmers as well: You can't rewrite a program too many times.
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The new face of R&D: What's cooking at IBM, HP and Microsoft
The talk at IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Research is all about "open innovation." Is that a feel-good catchphrase or the R&D strategy of the future?
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'Smart bomb' nanoparticles stop cancer's spread
A joint project undertaken by scientists, doctors and nanotech engineers at UCSD may have repurposed a previously ferocious chemo drug into one that operates more efficiently and with fewer nasty side effects.
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Lab test: Climb aboard Ruby on Rails
InfoWorld reviews Rails IDEs and the editors with Rails bundles. Most of the Rails IDEs discussed here will work well with the current Rails and rake gems -- with only minor annoyances.
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