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.
Carnegie Mellon 'Last Lecture' prof's 3D computer programming tool to be updatedJuly 31st, 2009 'Last Lecture' prof's program to be updatedPITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University will release an updated version of the animation-based software developed by late "last lecture" professor Randy Pausch to teach computer programming. Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor and pioneer of virtual reality research, was involved with the Alice software project.
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.
PayPal set to become global payment platformJuly 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - PayPal is set to become the first truly global platform for payment. San Jose-based PayPal, which is a company of eBay, announced Friday that it plans to open its online payment platform to third-party developers.
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.
Oracle: Justice Dept OK's Sun acquisition; go-ahead still needed from European CommissionAugust 20th, 2009 Oracle: Justice Dept OK's Sun dealSAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.
China's Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web site to carry science, nature featuresJuly 28th, 2009 China's Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web siteBEIJING — Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading search engine, and the Discovery Channel launched a Web site Tuesday to carry nature and science features, adding to rivalry in China's competitive Internet market. The site — discovery.baidu.com — will raise the Discovery Channel's profile in China, which restricts foreign access to its vast television audience.
Justice Dept says OK to Oracle's $7.4 billion deal for Sun; approval still needed in EuropeAugust 21st, 2009 Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun dealSAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.
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.
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.
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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