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Apollo 11 code goes ‘open source’
Google publishes the source code for Apollo 11’s on-board computers, which can be run in a specialised emulator to simulate your own lunar mission!
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Firefox to get multicore boost
Firefox is poised to get core software features that will allow it to make full use of multicore CPUs for faster performance.
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Microsoft launches Windows 7 developer blog
Last week Microsoft added a new blog to its army of sites offering Windows 7 information, this one is aimed at those developing software for the OS.
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HOW TO: Install IE6 on Vista/Windows 7
Does your workplace require you to keep running IE6 despite the fact that you, um, accidentally upgraded to IE7? Here's how to install IE6 on Vista (or Windows 2000/XP) and run it alongside IE7.
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Linus Torvalds on regression, laziness and having his code rejected
Want to know what happens if you suggest a way to fix Linux that might solve a major difficulty, but also introduce new problems? To quote Linus Torvalds: " I laugh in your face!"
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Google sacks staff as reality kicks in
Google is sacking engineers and other staff across the globe, but that rationalisation is not set to impact its Sydney engineering and development centre.
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Seven things all iPhone apps need
Thinking of making an iPod or iPhone app? Here's a list of things that will make it a success.
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SproutCore: Apple's path to iLife online?
It’s the meat behind MobileMe, but also just a taste of what SproutCore has to offer as a web application platform for everything Mac developers can offer
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We can transform single thread to multithread: Intel
IDF Shanghai | So you think parallel programming is a drag, huh? "Let us recompile your app to take advantage of all those cores", says Intel. Plus heaps of other juicy new stuff.
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Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux
Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux INTERVIEW | Linus Torvalds relates his plans for the future of Linux, including the 3.0 kernel [there probably won't be one], and which distro he personally runs on his home PC.
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Interview with Con Kolivas part 2: his effort to improve Linux performance on the desktop
Interview with Con Kolivas part 2: his effort to improve Linux performance on the desktop What ultimately drove Con Kolivas to exit the Linux developer community forever.
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Linux on Windows with Lina
Linux on Windows with Lina Between WINE, VMware, BOCHs and virtual machines, we're spoilt for choice when it comes to running Windows applications on Linux. But what about the other way around? Cygwin aside, there is another way.
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