There are plenty of methods to catch and fix bugs before a piece of software is shipped, but Microsoft is testing a new one that may be a wee bit invasive for developers: biometrics. A Microsoft Research paper entitled “Using Psycho-Physiological Measures to Assess Task Difficulty in Software Development” details experiments with developer biometrics, or … continue reading
Microsoft is launching one conference to rule them all. As part of its new unified strategy, the company is combining previously standalone conferences including the SharePoint Conference, Lync Conference, Exchange Conference, Project Conference, and TechEd North America into an inaugural, unified Microsoft commercial technology conference from May 4-8, 2015, in Chicago. Julia White, the general manager … continue reading
#1: πfs It’s a file system in Pi. Developed by Philip Langdale, πfs takes one of the most important constants in mathematics to simple, compressed file storage. Πfs applies a disjunctive sequence to files, converting all files into metadata stored in a metadata directory. It’s a data-free file system for the metadata-driven world. #2: Realm … continue reading
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has followed up his lengthy inspirational memo on Microsoft’s future with a harsh dose of reality, promising layoffs of up to 18,000 employees over the next year. In a brief e-mail to Microsoft employees this morning titled “Starting to Evolve Our Organization and Culture,” Nadella explained that the “strategic alignment” of … continue reading
Oracle has announced a new tool called Oracle Big Data SQL, designed to break down data silos of separate platforms by integrating a single SQL query across multiple databases, including Hadoop, NoSQL and the Oracle Database. The tool runs on the Oracle Big Data Appliance platform, which integrates Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution. Big Data SQL leverages … continue reading
#1: Awesome Go Following in the footsteps of Awesome PHP and Awesome Sysadmin, feature in a previous GitHub Top 5 , is a list, curated by Thiago Avelino of awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software. From databases, machine learning and testing to third-party APIs, web frameworks and tools, Awesome Go has something for all your Go programming needs. #2: Awesome Python … continue reading
“Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime.” – programmer Chirag Gude Programmers in search of some higher wisdom in pursuit of better code need not trek to a temple atop a Tibetan mountain. … continue reading
To mark the start of the next fiscal year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent out a lengthy memo to employees laying out, among other things, a proposed reorganization of the company, a renewed focus on devices and services and a call to action to “reinvent productivity.” The memo, entitled “Bold Ambition & Our Core,” talks … continue reading
Just over a month after the release of CTP 1, Microsoft has officially released another community technology preview of the next version of Visual Studio, codenamed “14.” Visual Studio director of program management John Montgomery announced the release of Visual Studio “14” CTP 2 in a blog post, explaining that the new preview, which Microsoft … continue reading
About a year ago we told you that WebRTC, an open project enabling real-time communication on web browsers, was the future of enterprise communication. Bringing real-time audio and video communication to the browser opens up myriad possibilities for instantaneous connection and data exchange the likes of which Skype and FaceTime haven’t even scratched the surface.Yet before … continue reading
Facebook is researching how to replace C++ with this statically typed language on its back end systems … continue reading
Updated versions include new OData access protocol features and Windows Phone 8.1 API support … continue reading
