News tagged with programming language
Google Releases DIY Android App Inventor (w/ Video)
Jul 12, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has announced a new software development program that lets anyone develop an application for Android devices; it’s called the App Inventor for Android. Google says the software is intended ...
Machines that learn better
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May 18, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last 20 years or so, many of the key advances in artificial-intelligence research have come courtesy of machine learning, in which computers learn how to make predictions by looking ...
3 Questions: Mitchel Resnick, Creator of Scratch programming language
Apr 28, 2010 |
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The free, open-source Scratch programming language, developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab by a team led by Mitchel Resnick, has found great popularity around the world as a way ...
Stanford parallel programming course available online for free
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Apr 22, 2010 |
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Through a new course posted online for free, the Stanford School of Engineering and NVIDIA Corp. will give a big boost to programmers who want to take advantage of the substantial processing power of the graphics processing ...
JooJoo not ready to challenge iPad
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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You may not have heard about it amid all the iPad hype, but another take on the tablet has also started to reach consumers' hands: the JooJoo.
Carnegie Mellon releases ROBOTC2.0 programming language for educational robots
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy announces the release of ROBOTC2.0®, a programming language for robots and an accompanying suite of training tools that are easy enough for elementary students to use, but powerful ...
Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 10, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers should not play dice. That, to paraphrase Einstein, is the feeling of a University of Washington computer scientist with a simple manifesto: If you enter the same computer command, you should get ...
No catastrophes please, it's software modelling
Jan 29, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a development platform that will enable applications to tackle the enormous and increasing complexity of modern computer science. It promises better quality at a lower price.
Oracle completes acquisition of Sun Microsystems
Jan 27, 2010 |
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(AP) -- Oracle says its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems has been completed.
Easy-build wireless networks
Jan 18, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Networks that monitor life-threatening situations or improve environmental efficiencies will be easier and cheaper to develop and operate, following the creation of a single middleware solution ...
Researchers developing techniques to strengthen the security of information systems
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 05, 2010 |
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As computers increasingly transfer patient medical records and other sensitive information, a group of computer scientists at Kansas State University is doing basic research that will help designers keep such information ...
Brussels welcomes Oracle's concessions in Sun bid
Dec 14, 2009 |
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The EU's competition watchdog on Monday welcomed concessions made by US business software giant Oracle over its bid for Sun Microsystems, saying the deal is now likely to be approved.
Google Go gets going (w/ Video)
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.
White House opens Web site programming to public
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze - you won't notice a thing.
'Last Lecture' prof's program to be updated
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- 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.
