Interview of a B.Tech. Computer Science GraduateFebruary 3rd, 2008 I just finished interviewing a candidate with B.Tech. in Computer Science from W.B.U.T.
UPCRC Illinois Offers Summer School for Multicore ProgrammingApril 15th, 2009 Programmers with little or no exposure to parallelism have an opportunity to learn about multicore programming at the UPCRC Illinois Summer School to be held June 22-26, 2009 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Coursework will provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of multicore programming, offer hands-on experience with the use of multicore languages and libraries, and introduce emerging research topics.
Teenager techie set for his fourth book releaseFebruary 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The twists and turns of dingy lanes in Old Delhi's Kasab Pura take you to a one-room rented accommodation where one of the country's youngest cyber wizards and 'ethical hacker' Sahil Khan lives. He is now getting ready for the release of his fourth book.
robo.in launches RoboCAMP in Bangalore from April 13April 1st, 2009 robo.in, a venture of Thinklabs, founded by a group of IIT Bombay alumnus, in the field of educational robotics, today announced the launch of RoboCAMP, a summer camp which aims to offer a wholesome robotic learning system which will help kids learn science and technology in more practical and fun manner. The camp will start from April 13 at three venues namely at Cunningham Road, Indira Nagar and Jayanagar.
Sun To Change Stock Ticker Symbol to JAVAAugust 23rd, 2007 Kind of gives you a clear indication where Sun (NASDAQ: SUNW) is headed, doesn't it? It does give me a warm feeling too knowing Sun is so much committed to Java, a language I have been working on since 1996. The change will go into effect on Aug.
Sequence Your Genome "Cheaply"August 9th, 2005 Researchers George Church and colleagues at Harvard Medical School said they had found a faster and cheaper way to sequence your genome (the entire DNA code of a person, plant or other organism) for only about $2.2 million. They hope to reduce the cost to $1,000 per genome.
Userful and ThinNetworks Announces World’s Largest Virtual Desktop DeploymentFebruary 20th, 2009 Userful Multiplier has been much talked about for its innovation that could virtually turn 1 ordinary PC into 10. This time the company has joined hands with ThinNetworks to supply 356,800 virtualized desktops to schools in all of Brazil's 5,560 municipalities.
Bamboo keyboards provide eco-friendly option to computer usersApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nowadays, keyboards made of bamboo are a rage in China, as they provide a more environment-friendly alternative to the usual keyboard made of plastic. As hi-tech brings conveniences and also pollution to the modern world, people who have a keen awareness of ecological protection are looking for green ways of living to offset the negative impact of advanced technologies.
California company alleges stolen code used in new Chinese filtering softwareJune 13th, 2009 Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code
SAN FRANCISCO — A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code. Solid Oak Software of Santa Barbara said Friday that parts of its filtering software, which is designed for parents, are being used in the "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software that must be packaged with all computers sold in China from July 1.
Personal Outsourcing: Outsource Your To Do ListJune 4th, 2007 Overseas outsourcing has transformed U.S. economy. Now some families are adopting outsourcing for personal tasks, getting them done for a fraction of what they would cost at home.
Simple Innovation for Translator for WebFebruary 23rd, 2008 Translator for Web sites is a much requested feature from our clients. We have started development on it.
China unlikely to overtake India in outsourcing in a hurry: US expertFebruary 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - China is unlikely to overtake India in outsourcing business anytime soon and it would take not one country but a lot of small ones to knock it off the top, according to a US expert. 'China is pretty far behind India and even places like the Philippines and Eastern Europe.
China Vows To Purify InternetJanuary 26th, 2007 Chinese Communist Party big shot Hu Jintao today announced China's intention to maximise the economic potential of the web, while seeking to "purify the internet environment", Reuters reports. The comments came as the party's politburo met to cast an eye over China's burgeoning internet - boasting 137m registered users at the end of 2006, up by almost a quarter from 2005, according to China Internet Network Information Centre figures released yesterday.
Two more directors resign from Satyam boardDecember 28th, 2008 BANGALORE - Satyam Computer Services Monday announced the resignations of director Vinod K. Dham and non-executive director Krishna G.
Pure Java Emulation of x86 with Fully Virtual PeripheralsFebruary 16th, 2008 JPC is a pure Java emulation of an x86 PC with fully virtual peripherals. It runs anywhere you have a JVM, whether x86, RISC, mobile phone, set-top box, possibly even your refrigerator! All this on top of security and stability of Java technology and cross-platform capability.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
As per the language question, the answer is NO since 1958 and Algol 58.
Quite sad …
September 15th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
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