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Electromagnetic Field Solver Suite Tools on Linux

10/31/2007  I
Relevance: 6.63
With the increase in complexity and data rates, modeling tools need to allow noise-free designs with fast turn-around times for many iterations in the design cycle. IBMElectromagnetic Field Solver Suite of Tools is a suite of full-wave and quasi-static electromagnetic field solver tools used to calculate the electrical parameters for interconnection and packaging design.
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OpenGL 3& DirectX 11: The War Is Over

09/17/2008  IIIIII
Relevance: 6.62
Given the prevalence of DirectX nowadays, we tend to forget that 10 years ago an all-out war was being waged between Microsoft and Silicon Graphics in the field of 3D APIs. The two companies were both trying to win over developers, with Microsoft using its financial muscle and SGI relying on its experience and its reputation in the field of real-time 3D.
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Interview with Eric S. Raymond

01/25/2008  II
Relevance: 6.54
Every field of knowledge has writing that defines the field. In the open source field one of the key essays is 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' by Eric Steven Raymond, or ESR as he is often known. In the essay Eric S. Raymond compares and contrasts the cathedral as a highly structured, highly organized approach of creating software against the faster adapting less structured bazaar like approach used in open source. In this interview Mr. Raymond talks about a number of the projects he is involved in.
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OLPC confirms field tests, other deets

08/23/2006  IIIIII
Relevance: 6.35
A spokesperson for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project on Aug. 22 confirmed to DesktopLinux.com a report that 500 field tests of its low-cost, portable, Linux-powered computers will begin in September, with working devices set to begin rolling off the production line in November.
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Open source technology is hungry for new college grads

08/09/2008  II
Relevance: 6.29
Many college graduates are finding it difficult to enter the information technology world with little or no work experience. There is no such thing as an entry-level position anymore, and more and more graduates are finding themselves in a catch-22 situation because of this. Searching the numerous jobseeker Web sites, such as dice.com, will return thousands of positions available in the IT field. But when you look closely, most positions, such as an entry-level software engineer, have a minimum requirement of at least one year's work experience in a related field. The search field criterion doesn't even offer a selection for graduates with less than one year's experience.
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Create an Autosuggest Field with XForms and Ajax

07/14/2007  II
Relevance: 6.11
XForms is a standardized technology that offers many simplification and optimizations that are complimentary to Ajax. In this article you will see some of the benefits ofusing Ajax and XForms together by implementing an autosuggest-form field, widely used today in web applications.
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Virtually Speaking: Reality Behind the Hype

09/03/2006  IIIIIIIII
Relevance: 6.07
It would be hard to ignore the zeitgeist growing around virtualization. In less than a decade, the playing field has gone from one company shouting into the wind to a market that had no idea what it was talking about to a packed arena - both in the stands and on the field. Today, the virtualization vendors are selling not just software to transform one physical box into several (or many) independently operating units, but also applications optimized for virtualization and management tools positioned for virtual environment.
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XP for OLPC is almost here

02/08/2008  I
Relevance: 5.49
It's not like anyone has asked for Windows XP to run on the Linux-powered One Laptop Per Child XO laptop, but Microsoft is getting ready to deliver it to us anyway. In an eWEEK news story by Peter Galli, Orlando Ayala, senior vice president of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, said Microsoft is conducting field trials to make sure that a modified XP Service Pack 2 will run well on the XO. According to Ayala,"We are encouraged by what we have seen of Windows on the XO machine so far, and field trials started at the end of January involving about 200 XO machines running a customized version of Windows XP SP2 with a reduced footprint image."
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Translate words with EuroOffice Dictionary extension

06/09/2008  III
Relevance: 4.97
Need a multilingual dictionary tool that allows you to quickly translate words and expressions without leaving the convenience of OpenOffice.org? Drop in the EuroOffice.org Dictionary (EOD) extension. Using EOD is dead easy. Since it's just a regular OpenOffice.org extension, you can install it by using the Extension Manager (Tools -> Extension manager). Once installed, the EOD adds a dictionary toolbar that gives you access to all dictionary features. Select the source and target languages from the drop-down list to the left, type the word you want to look up in the Word to Translate field, and the translation immediately appears in the Translation field. Both fields also act as drop-down lists.
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Being at the top isn't always a good thing, especially if your not ready to be.

02/23/2007  I
Relevance: 4.28
I am betting Andrew is cursing the millisecond in time that found his mouse finger clicking the"send" button at the bottom of that processing field. Up until that moment, we could only ASSUME he was a dunce. Now we have recorded proof.
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