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
Human-Targeted Denial of Service In the past, denial of service attacks have frequently been employed by
hackers to plague network services with spurious requests, while semantic
attacks have been used to dupe unsuspecting Internet users into various
get-rich-quick scams. A new possible class of attack would aim at services rendered by humans. Mon, 30 Jun 2003
The I/O Divorce In software development, input is in and output is out: While business logic, and the storage and manipulation of data are usually handled by experienced programmers, the task of reporting is often given to beginners. But what is this doing to the industry? Mon, 18 Oct 2004
UDDI: Is It Still Relevant? UDDI, the "red headed stepchild" of web services standards, is regaining significance with the rise of service oriented architectures. Mon, 7 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
CeBIT America 2003, Part 2 In Part 2 of the CeBIT America 2003 show report, Ernest and Alex review some nifty gadgets and tackle the big industry questions. Mon, 14 Jul 2003
Building Sentient Machines It's surprising how little code is required to outline the basic features of an intelligent, self-aware computer. Mon, 1 Dec 2003
Intelligent Distributed Surveillance Systems Human beings watching video screens can become fatigued after only 30 minutes, because they must pay attention even when nothing important is happening. Automated surveillance systems have the potential to ease this burden, but only if they can keep false positives to a minimum. A recent IEE conference offered a survey of the state of the art in intelligent distributed surveillance systems. Mon, 7 Apr 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> Communication difficulties, because of time-zone and cultural differences</li>
<li> Workflow challenges, like lack of documented procedures and build and test handoff problems</li>
<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.
