The new digital photography systems -- both the cameras themselves, and the associated editing tools -- will increasingly change how serious amateurs and other high-end consumers will make use of images, Richard prophesies.
Polish Your Image (Part II)
Richard Dalton
Putting images online and getting them back is easy -- compared to the challenge of naming, indexing, and finding images. But as we find more reasons to want to use digital images, the need for image-management tools grows, suggests Richard.
The Great Debate: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL Common industry perceptions of MySQL and PostgreSQL aren't as true with the current generation of releases as they used to be. DBAs, developers, and IT managers and decision-makers will benefit from this presentation and live Q&A about the pros and cons of using PostgreSQL or MySQL, which will include a discussion about the ongoing trend towards using open source in the enterprise.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
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.
