PC Magazine - Time to Rescue Old Code:“Recently, I suggested in my online column (go.pcmag.com/opensourceosx) that if Apple ÂÂever switches to the Microsoft Windows OS, it should put the Mac OS X code in the public domain as open-source. This would keep its usefulness alive and provide good coding ideas that can be used elsewhere. [...]
informitv - Telco television changes channels of distribution:“Telecommunications giant AT&T is reported to be spending $4.6 billion to provide television over broadband in up to 20 American markets by the end of 2006, reaching up to 19 million homes in over 40 markets by the end of 2008. Can it compete with cable and satellite [...]
TWICE - Appeals Court Ruling Goes Against EchoStar:“‘While consumers are free to choose to read the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle or any other newspaper regardless of where in the United States they live, broadcasters successfully orchestrated passage of special interest legislation which prohibits consumers from watching network channels originating in other markets, except [...]
MySQL 4.1 introduces spatial functionality in MySQL. This article describes some of the uses of spatial extensions in a relational database, how it can be implemented in a relational database, what features are present in MySQL and some simple examples.
Often the spatial functions are called geographic information system (GIS) functions, because GIS applications are [...]
When going from basic conceptual design of a system to more detailed design, one of the questions is where to locate functionality, e.g. calling certain helper applications and invoking specific operations. (Note: I am not talking about basic “toolbar functionality†such as Saving here, which should usually be available system wide.) When discussing those issues, [...]