Delivering Video Over IP Networks Delivering broadcast and multicast video, on-demand media, and personalized content with a consistently high quality of experience (QoE) is no small task. Mon, 16 Apr 2007
Designing User Interfaces for Cooperating Devices It's hard enough to design a user interface for a standalone product. But when you have two devices that must work in concert, the level of difficulty multiplies. Mon, 16 Apr 2007
It is now three months since SCO filed a lawsuit against IBM, and a month since SCO declared "Linux is an unauthorized derivative of UNIX," yet we still don't fully understand SCO's claims. BYTE.com contributing editor Trevor Marshall recently sat down with SCO Senior Vice President Chris Sontag, and was told that SCO not only "owns" AIX, IRIX and Linux, but it also has its eyes on BSD. Mon, 16 Jun 2003
Power Management for Mobile Devices With the convergence of new computing, communication and entertainment applications on wireless handsets, power demands are increasing rapidly, yet the capacity of batteries cannot keep up. Mon, 6 Mar 2006
BS7799: Up to Standard The UK's BS7799 guidelines can help a company create and maintain effective security policies. Mon, 8 Sep 2003
Why Is SCM So Complicated? Will merging changes, configuring releases, and tracking defects ever be easy? Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Bluetooth Security Is Bluetooth any more secure than 802.11b? Or are the days of costly cellphone and PDA viruses nearly upon us? Mon, 19 May 2003
PMA 2003 Show Report BYTE.com's resident shutterbugs Ernest Lilley and David Em went to the Photographic Marketing Association's annual event in Vegas this year. They found that the world of photography's gone thoroughly digital end to end, from initial shutter release to final print. Along the way, they learned a lot about the latest in image sensors, color management, and displays. Mon, 24 Mar 2003
CES 2004: Still Growing This year’s Consumer Electronics Show delivered home media convergence at prices we can almost afford. While industry trade shows shrink, CES keeps on growing as digital media matures for the consumer. Mon, 19 Jan 2004
TTCN: A Test Description Language A formal, manufacturer-independent software testing notation may help us raise the bar on software quality. Mon, 17 Feb 2003
2008 International Mathematica Conference Dr. Dobb's interviews Wolfram Research's Theo Gray, co-founder and Director of User Interfaces, and Roger Germundsson, Director of Research and Development, about the upcoming 2008 International
Mathematica Conference.
How Do You Do Nightly Builds and Tests when there is No Overnight? Software Production in a Geographically Distributed Environment
Attend this Webcast and find out how to overcome common build-test-deploy challenges that affect all members of a distributed team, including:
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<li> Slow build and test cycles, broken builds, and other factors that hamper distributed team productivity</li>
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Thursday, September 25, 2005 " 11am PT / 2pm ET
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In this volume of Best of BYTE, we explore the emergence of some heuristic algorithms. Although we have only scratched the surface of this intriguing subject, we hope we've suggested the potential of the synthesis of heuristics and algorithms.
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