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And then, we'll t By David Marshall Jan 13, 2007 1 min Software Development How to interpret COBOL statistics Dear Bob …Consider the following items allegedly gathered from various Gartner reports:* There are 310 billion lines of legacy code operating in the world (65% of all software).* Five billion lines of new COBOL code are being written every year. * By Bob Lewis Jan 13, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry Budgeting for SOA Success I was a bit confused when this article, "Budgeting for SOA Success," my article, posted on the Computer World site. Indeed I remember writing it, but I thought it was for InfoWorld. My bad, I'm sure. Truth-be-told I need to pay more a By Dave Linthicum Jan 13, 2007 3 mins Software Development Offshoring: Money talks, programmers walk The hot debate currently going on in the online pages of InfoWorld Talkback in response to our news story "Survey: Offshoring does not cost developer jobs" misses the point. The TalkBack pages are filled with comments from software engineer By Ephraim Schwartz Jan 12, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry So where do those GPS maps come from? So while the Global Positioning System (GPS) definately was born of military applications; GPS applications in the civilian sector has expanded beyond anyones wildest imagination. Heck, I normally have a GPS navigation system when I travel and have By Brian Chee Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry The NOC Pet This smart WiFi bunny can read RSS feeds, websites, blog, get your attention about an incoming email or IM. Created by Violet of France the Nabaztag at first feels like a new cult toy like the pet rock, but could hop into the NOC By Brian Chee Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Web Tablets, is smaller really better? Web tablets seem to be split into pocket size like the Sony Mylo, and the Nokia 770/800 which are a bit too big for a pocket but still pretty small. I feel both seem to compromise on screen size while both being a bit too big to fit into a p By Brian Chee Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Comcast Has Its Limits Cable modem providers have always been a bit sensitive about how much their users upload, usually setting a rate cap to keep individuals from hogging all the bandwidth. One reader though recently discovered that Comcast also has its download limits, By Ed Foster Jan 12, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry A Programmer’s Toolbox, Part 1: Editing and C++ Development I work on several different kinds of projects, in several different programming languages, on several different platforms. You would think that I would at least standardize on one editor for all of them, but I haven't. If I wer By Martin Heller Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Software Development Speed Up Your SOAP with WS-MTOM For years those building SOAs have said that "SOAP is too slow" and Web Services are just the icing on the SOAP cake. However, as somebody who's out there in the SOA project world right now I think it's fair to say that many SOAs By Dave Linthicum Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Software Development All aboard: Galloping to CES Sensory overload ushers wave of nostalgia; plus, IT hiring on the rise? By David Margulius Jan 12, 2007 3 mins Software Development Technology Industry Customers lose when vendors refuse to patch Qualcomm will not close exploit hole, so Eudora WorldMail users are on their own By Roger Grimes Jan 12, 2007 4 mins Careers Patch Management Software Security Apple goes mobile, Disney’s less than noble The big question: Will Jobs ditch the jeans and the turtleneck? By Robert X. Cringely® Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Test Center Tracker: A triple dose of reviews Potent yet pricy bug catcher: Developer want bugs in their code about as much as chefs want flies in their soup of the day. Unfortunately, the former can be a lot more difficult to find and remove. Test Center analyst Andrew Binstock got to take an e By Ted Samson Jan 12, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Why Apple doesn’t care if Cisco sues over the name iPhone Why would Apple use a name, iPhone, for its cellular handset when Cisco trademarked the name for its VoIP phone years a go? My cynical guess is that Steve Jobs and his marketing department figured it this way. If they lose the trademark infringement By Ephraim Schwartz Jan 11, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Microsoft offers Orcas CTP Microsoft has released a January 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the planned "Orcas" release of Visual Studio. Orcas is Microsoft's next-generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System and the Web, Micr By Paul Krill Jan 11, 2007 1 min Technology Industry The floppy is dead. Long live the floppy! Today I ran across a dual-CPU HP DL145 G2 that was exhibiting some strange behavior. Although 12GB of RAM was installed in the box (three ranks of 2GB DIMMS per CPU), it was only booting with 6GB visible. Some poking around on HP's support site By Paul Venezia Jan 11, 2007 3 mins The Preposition Connection I just realized that yesterday I promised to talk about how prepositions get thrown into the mix. It's pretty easy really. Let's start out today's discussion with the difference between who and whom. Again, who is subjective, and whom By Sean McCown Jan 11, 2007 5 mins Databases Test Center Tracker: Dispatches from CES Gadgets and gizmos galore: Oliver Rist is braving the Vegas crowds at CES to bring you a taste of the portable future. Check out the fancy Flybook tablet, Packet8's VoIP deal (with nifty video phone), and Buffalo Technology's small-but-powe By Stephanie McLoughlin Jan 11, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry “SOA and BPM Converging”…Duh According to Forester, SOA and BPM are converging to the point that the "integration suite" market category is obsolete and is being replaced by emerging "integration-centric business process management suite" (IC-BPMS). You can s By Dave Linthicum Jan 11, 2007 3 mins Software Development Driving toward a faster boot Competing disk-drive technologies address Vista performance at CES By Mario Apicella Jan 11, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry Microsoft holds out on Home Server Company could have bolstered product's usefulness and security with existing solutions By Oliver Rist Jan 11, 2007 4 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry Good IT Grammar One of the things that's always gotten on my nerves is bad grammar. 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The webMethods Infravio X-Registry and Infravio X-Bro By Paul Krill Jan 10, 2007 1 min Technology Industry AJAX in Print My so-called office is getting smaller and smaller, because my books no longer fit on the shelves, and I don't really have room for more shelves. I'm making some progress clearing out old stuff, but it's hard because I still use some b By Martin Heller Jan 10, 2007 2 mins Software Development From The CES Show Floor #1 Okay, not really from the show floor because getting WiFi there is about as easy as finding a Snapple in the Mojave and grabbing a press room PC means a gladiator duel. 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Its public beta enables Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac OS X. By David Marshall Jan 10, 2007 3 mins Software Development InfoWorld’s Virtualization Executive Forum – Round Two InfoWorld recently sent out a press release announcing that it had set the agenda for their second Virtualization Executive Forum that will take place on February 12, 2007 at the Hotel Nikko, in San Francisco. The focus this year will be on "Ena By David Marshall Jan 10, 2007 4 mins Software Development Former Intel VP to Assist SWsoft SWsoft made an announcement that Richard Wirt, a former vice president, Intel Senior Fellow and general manager of Intel Corporation's Software and Solutions Group, will serve the company as Senior Technical Advisor. 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That new Apple iPod, for example, will be great for storing files, especially because your company won't allow you to take ho By Ephraim Schwartz Jan 9, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry Don’t Be A Tool Those of you who follow my blog know that I'm big on DBAs having something to offer your company other than just being an insurance policy should the DB ever go down. You should actually try to make things better for your users. One thing I like By Sean McCown Jan 9, 2007 2 mins Databases Good SOA…Like Good Wine…Takes Years to Perfect I caught this article on CRM today, highlighting some recent data around the state of SOA, and the potential value. Indeed, the core idea being: "The transition to SOA is a multi-faceted programme that will take many years to attain, but organiz By Dave Linthicum Jan 9, 2007 1 min Software Development Test Center Tracker: AJAX, Macworld, and CES, oh my! 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