The Economics of Programming Languages
Why do well-designed languages like Lisp fail to achieve widespread use, while clunky languages like COBOL continue to thrive?
Mon, 18 Apr 2005
Inside ClearType in Windows Longhorn
Maxim examines the clean, crisp typeface rendering coming up in Windows Longhorn, and presents source code in C++ for programmers wanting to do the same thing now.
Mon, 11 Apr 2005
ScanSoft Rekindles Dragon's Flame
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8, ScanSoft finally delivers on the promise of speech recognition software.
Mon, 11 Apr 2005
The Evolution of 3G Wireless Data Services
Sabyasachi Dey delves into the architecture of third-generation telecommunication systems.
Mon, 28 Mar 2005
PHP 5 at Work
PHP 5 includes new object-oriented features, integrated XML and web services support, a much-improved database option—and a few attractive computer science concepts that don't exist in other languages.
Mon, 14 Mar 2005
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