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FAA Flight-Plan System Has Long History of Problems
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:16 -0400
Investigations reveal that the 20-year-old, mainframe-based IT system has crashed several times in the last nine years and that the FAA has been planning its replacement for at least four years. But a new, next-generation IT system won't be on line until at least the end of 2008. Meanwhile, the old system creaks along on a wing and a prayer. - A major portion of the decades-old national air-traffic control system used to manage thousands of commercial and general aviation takeoffs and landings every day in the U.S. is has crashed multiple times under the 20-year strain of its 24/7 operations. As a result, industry analysts and a n...
Toshiba Tecra A9: Powerful Computing Today and Tomorrow
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:15:57 -0400
Small companies in competitive fields need exceptionally secure and durable laptops that pack top-notch wireless connectivity and productivity tools. The Toshiba Tecra A9, with its built-in EasyGuard® security features, delivers these critical elements and lets companies maximize their technology investment. - Video Content....
Toshiba Satellite Pro L300: Meeting Small Businesses Needs
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0400
Small-business workers need computing solutions that boost productivity and support their multiple tasks seamlessly. To find out exactly what theyre looking for, we surveyed 172 professionals in companies with 10-99 employees. The results reveal a growing demand for business-ready laptops that can be used reliably for years at a time. The Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 delivers all the major productivity and reliability features highlighted in the survey, and provides several innovations that help small operations take their business to the next level. - Video Content....
Phishing Cyber Gang Upgrades to Fast-Flux Botnet
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:00:39 -0400
According to researchers on the RSA FraudAction team, the Rock Phish gang has moved its infrastructure to the notorious Asprox botnet. Security researchers believe the move may precede an increase in phishing activity using the Asprox botnet. - Researchers at RSA, EMCs security division, believe the Rock Phish gang has upgraded its infrastructure to improve its ability to launch phishing attacks. According to the RSA FraudAction Research Lab, the Rock Phish group has moved its operations from its traditional botnet to the fast-flux infra...
IT3 with Eric Lundquist, Sept. 3, 2008
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:51:40 -0400
Software in standalone boxes, passwords and a belt full of personal devices will disappear over the next five years. In this episode of Three Things, Eric Lundquist explains why you will no longer buy standalone software from retail stores, why passwords are a poor substitute for security and geeks will no longer be identified by lots of devices hanging from a belt. - Video Content....
Douglas Crockford: 'I Want a Browser War!'
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:15:55 -0400
Douglas Crockford, a JavaScript architect at Yahoo and the man behind JSON, the JavaScript Object Notation, says he welcomes a browser war if it will bring innovation in the browser space and move the Web forward. Crockford says the browser war between Microsoft and Netscape moved the Web forward but introduced bugs into the network. However, this time standards and the marketplace will keep browser makers in line. Microsoft's complacency after winning the browser war opened the door for innovation by others such as Mozilla and now Google with its Chrome browser. - VIENNA, Va. Douglas Crockford, a JavaScript architect at Yahoo and founder of the JavaScript Object Notation, says he wants a browser war. Well, with Google's introduction of its Chrome browser Sept. 2 he just may have it. During a keynote at the Rich Web Experience conference here Sept. 4, Croc...

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Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:15:54 -0000
Faced with Windows Vista’s image problem, Microsoft has been working for more than a year to change the experience of buying and using computers that run its software.
Practical Traveler | iPhone E-Guides: Clueless in Cleveland? Use Your Thumb
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:36:35 -0000
From showing you the nearest sushi bar in London to telling you how to say “Where’s the toilet?” in Cantonese, travel apps for the iPhone are proving to be a useful tool.
Samsung Weighs Buying SanDisk
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:57:40 -0000
The memory chip maker said that it might buy a flash memory maker, SanDisk, in a deal that could reshape a struggling industry.

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CIA, FBI embrace 'Facebook for spies'
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:08:59 -0400
When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. But that's not the case at U.S. intelligence agencies, where bosses are encouraging their staffs to use a new social-networking site designed for the secret world of spying.
Asia pollution may boost U.S. temperatures
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:55:23 -0400
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eBay launches planet-friendly retail site
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:58 -0400
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Voting Technology Evolves In Electronic World
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400
Officials in many states are concerned about the reliability of electronic voting and are now moving toward systems that can provide a voter-verified paper trail. Larry Norden, author of The Machinery of Democracy, discusses the latest advances in voting technology.
Google Launches 'Chrome' Web Browser
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400
Internet search giant Google unveiled Chrome, a new piece of Web browser software on Tuesday. Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com, explains what Google's open-source browser can do, and why a search engine leader wants to get into the Web software market.
In 'Spore,' Players Create Civilizations From Cells
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:18:00 -0400
The creator of The Sims has a new game out. In Spore, players create their own worlds — starting from creatures the size of a cell, and evolving until an entire civilization springs up.

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One Laptop signs up with Amazon
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:44 -0000
Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.
Chaos at £20,000 petrol giveaway
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:17:46 -0000
There are reports of chaos at a petrol station which gave away £20,000 of petrol to promote a video game.
Zombie plague sweeps the internet
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:51:02 -0000
The number of home computers hijacked by hi-tech criminals leaps during the summer, says a security monitoring firm.

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Reuters Technology Week
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:06:17 -0400
Sep. 5 - A highly anticipated videogame, Spore, lets you rewrite the Book of Genesis as you create your own sci-fi society.
Sims creator launches 'Spore'
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:14:44 -0400
Sep 5 - Video game designer Will Wright says his latest game will enable users to create the worlds while learning about evolutionary biology.
Sony Reader launches in UK
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:59:51 -0400
Sep 4 - The Japanese electronics company is getting some help from Britain's biggest book chain for the UK launch of its electronic book.

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Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:23:17 -0000
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world....
Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps
By RACHEL METZ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:01 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases....
Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:54 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high....

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Apple watchers spot 'iPod Nano' photos
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:00 -0700
The rumor mill has long been predicting a longer, leaner new version of the iPod Nano, and now it's conjuring up some pictures.
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0700
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the TiVo HD XL, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50, and the Dish Network's newest digital TV converter box.
Explore Picasa's latest and greatest community shots
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:16:00 -0700
Picasa's got a brand new photo exploration page to let you browse user shots. There's even a game to figure out where photos have been taken.

 

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500 a386 - C programming library providing a virtual i386 running in protected mode.

Better String Library - A safe and fast string library. It's buffer overflow and aliasing safe, high performance. The library includes a robust C++ wrapper that uses overloaded operators and rich constructors to make the CBstring struct a natural and powerful string abstraction.
Meta Description: [ An alternative to the string library for C which is more functional and does not have buffer overflow overrun problems. ]

Cheap Threads - Open source C library implementing synchronous multithreading with prioritized scheduling and message passing.

Crusher Data Compression Toolkits - Cross-platform compression libraries. [Open source, Commercial]
Meta Description: [ High-performance, portable data compression libraries for Windows, OS/2, Unix, DOS, and Macintosh developers. Crusher's comprehensive API of 45+ functions, identical across all platforms, provides buffer compression, file compression, archiving, subdirectory support, wildcards, disk spanning, enc... ]

DateLib - A portable library for all kinds of date and time calculations, provides auto-analyzing date and time parsers.
Meta Description: [ The DateLib (TM) is a highly portable library for all kinds of date and time calculations offered by Dipl.-Inform. Kai Hofmann. ]

diet libc - A small, static libc optimized for small size.

djblib - Source-file library derived from the many fine software packages written by D.J. Bernstein; collects files from various packages into a central repository from which code is easy to use in new programs.

500 Embedded File System for Secure Digital (SD) Media - FAT12 and FAT16 ANSI C API libraries to implement file storage on SD removable media disks for Freescale embedded microcontrollers. The development environment is implemented for both Metrowerks Code Warrior and ImageCraft ANSI C compilers. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ Removable Emdedded FAT12 FAT16 DOS Flash File Storage HC12 ]

FFTW Home Page - Fast free C FFT library; includes multi-dimensional, real-complex, and parallel transforms.
Meta Description: [ A fast, free C FFT library; includes real-complex, multidimensional, and parallel transforms. Benchmarked against many other FFTs. ]

Fingerprint Verification System - An easy to use library that allows programmers to integrate fingerprint technology into their software without specific know-how. Fast, easy to use, and small; great for embedded systems. [Open source, MPL]

Flux - A library for integrated data storage and indexing, marshalling, transfer and encryption. It also features a slew of utility functions for various purposes. It is written in C, using the GLib paradigm. [Open source]

ForbiSoft - ForbiSoft DIB Library provides platform independent bitmap loading. ForbiSoft ToolTip Library provides platform independent tooltip display. Target Win32 or Windows CE with the same code. Shipped as source code and will compile with Microsoft eMbedded 3.0 and Visual Studio 6.0. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ The ForbiSoft Company provides platform independent Win32 and WinCE programming solutions. Check out our Lowcost DIB and Tooltip Libraries. ]

GNU Scientific Library - A free numerical library for C programmers. [Open source, GPL]
Meta Description: [ A free numerical library for C and C++ programmers, distributed under the GNU General Public license. ]

Gopt - An ANSI C library, for parsing command line arguments and options according to GNU standards. [Open source, GPL]
Meta Description: [ An open-source ANSI C library, for parsing command line arguments and options according to GNU standards. ]

IRCG - A library for dispatching messages to huge groups of users over an arbitrary number of separate communication channels in real-time using IRC protocol. [Open source]

jclassinfo - Information extractor and disassembler for Java classes. Backend code available as a C library. [Open source, GPL]

Levenberg-Marquardt non-linear least squares algorithms in C/C++ - Package containing double and single precision flavors of the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. Included are versions with analytic and finite difference approximated jacobians. [Open source, GPL]
Meta Description: [ Free C/C++ implementation of the Levenberg-Marquardt non-linear least squares algorithm ]

liberror - A library for C and C++ that solves the allegedly simply task of printing messages. Thus, it is essentially a feature-rich substitute for fprintf(stderr,...).

libESMTP - Library for Posting Electronic Mail: manages posting email using SMTP to a preconfigured MTA. Can be used as part of a Mail User Agent or other program that must post email. Free: GNU LGPL.

libspopc - A simple pop3 client library to be used by MDAs and/or MUA. one of libspopc's purposes is to help non-network-aware C developers to host easily a pop3 mail client in their programs. However, libspopc provides also a classical socket-level API for those who prefer. [Open source, LGPL]

libZI - A portable configuration file API that utilizes XML for data storage and retrieval. libZI provides a typesafe way of serializing configuration data into a file in a manner consistent to XML standards. [Open source, GPL]
Meta Description: [ libZI is a portable configuration file API that utilizes XML. It provides configuration information storage very similar to the Windows Registry or *.ini files. It is very light-weight and easy to use. ]

LZO - Portable high-speed lossless data compression library written in ANSI C.
Meta Description: [ LZO real-time data compression library ]

MAlib - C library for Media Analysis, Motion Analizing, Movie Architecture, and Media Authoring. [Open source, LGPL]
Meta Description: [ MAlib, --- Media Analysis library ---, malib homepage ]

mar - A library that manages archives using a simple binary file format designed to store meta and user data side by side. A mar file may be useful in situations where a full-scale database is unsuitable. [Open source, MIT License]

Math a la Carte - Collections of mathematical software in Fortan and C. Software is free for some uses and can be purchased for others. Much of the software was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Meta Description: [ Site for all things relating to computational mathematics. ]

Matrix2D - A library implements a set of functions allowing to manage bi-dimensional matrix with languages C and C++. Matrix2D contains also several functions of images processing. [Free for personal use]
Meta Description: [ The library Matrix2D implements a set of matrix processing functions for C and C++. ]

MyLibC - A glibc clon for windows.

Network Wrappers Library - An thread-safe, protocol independent UNIX networking API. [Open source, GPL]
Meta Description: [ Network Wrappers Library ]

Sglib - A generic library for C. It extensively uses the preprocessor for generic implementation of sorting algorithms on arrays, lists, sorted lists, red-black trees. The library operates on user types and does not depend on a particular memory management system. [Open source]

404 Simple CRC Algorithm in C - Can be used to calculate the CRC for networking simulations in C. It follows simple theory and as such isn't really suitable for live implementations.
Meta Description: [ Code snippet for a simple CRC function in C ]

SoftC Database Library - A library of programming tools for programmers who want to develop their xBASE applications in C without the limitations of using one xBASE language. Provides functions to access data, index and memo files for dBASE, Clipper and FoxPro. Supports multi-user access using native locking methods. . By AM Research.
Meta Description: [ Check out some of the best database and compression programmers' tools at this site. APIs for C and C++. Supporting Windows 3.x, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, DOS, Linux, Unix, Aix and OS/2 platforms. ]

Standard Function Library: SFL - By iMatix Corp., portable function library for C/C++ programs; many years development; written in ANSI C; ports: DOS, OpenVMS, OS/2, most Unix, Windows; full sources and documentation (HTML); given as Open Source software for the benefit of Internet community.

Template2doc - Library that allow generation of html page using templates. A template contain specific keywords that tell the routines where to insert data. Support insertion of table data.

404 The Dinkum C Library Reference - Large number of functions from the standard C library.

The Endpoint Library - Library for winsock applications.Currently only compatible with winsock v1.1.

The Program Base Library - The library includes a memory hash table implementation, a key file implementation, and an ISAM file implementation. [Open Source, GPL]

ubiqx - A free and open source library of simple programming utilities (written in C), including linked lists, AVL and Splay balanced binary trees, a simple caching system, Sparse Arrays. [Open source, LGPL]
Meta Description: [ Open Source and Free Software, code and resources ]

uClibc - C library optimized for embedded systems. Free: GNU LGPL.

UniquE RAR File Library - The URARFileLib is a platform-independent, small and fast static library for decompressing RAR files (RAR archives are created with WinRAR). Full RAR v2.0 file format support of all compression methods, including multimedia compression and encoding.
Meta Description: [ The platform-independent, small and fast static library for decompressing RAR files (RAR archives are created with WinRAR). Full RAR v2.0 file format support of all compression methods, including multimedia compression and encoding. ]

404 Vermont Views Plus - A C programming library for creating cross platform user interfaces across Unix, Linux, Posix, VMS, DOS and Windows.
Meta Description: [ Vermont Views: A Cross Platform Tool for creating sophisticated user interfaces. This C Library is 100% portable across DOS, Windows, Unix, VMS, Linux and Posix and comes packaged as a C library with over 700 API functions. ]

W3C Sample Code Library - A general-purpose Web API written in C

WM_MOTIF - C library allows developers to port code from Windows to Unix or Linux systems. By Software Uno.

xnprintf() family functions for C/C++ - A small source file for 16/32/64-bit compilers. Provides snprintf() and others. [GPL or modified BSD license]