Dr. Dobb's PodCasts

Antarctica: Eclipse Comes In From the Cold
Josh Reed discusses the Antarctic Geologic Drilling Program, and the important role that open source tools played.

Software Glitch Implicated in Mars Global Surveyor Failure
NASA Watch reports that NASA's Mars Global Surveyor stopped responding to commands a few months ago due to improperly coded software.

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.NET Casts

The Tour de Converter
Hosts Mark Baker and Nik Hemdal take a whirlwind tour of the issues with converting between VB.NET and C# with Dave Doknjas of Tangible Software Solutions touching on C# to VB.NET challenges like case-sensitivity in symbols and special considerations with ASP.NET page translation. (MP3, 14:40 mins.)

Challenges in .NET Functional Equivalence
Hosts Mark Baker and Nik Hemdal chat with Dave Doknjas of Tangible Software Solutions about how automatic translation software can achieve the goal of functional equivalence and how syntactic peculiarities of VB.NET and C# can complicate this goal. (MP3, 15:05 mins.)

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DDJ.com Online Exclusives

Back to the Future with AJAX
AJAX is an amalgamation of technologies that give web applications the look-and-feel of desktop applications.

Tomorrow's Software Factory--Today
If you read enough technology news, you are bound to run into the software factory. But just what is a software factory?

Research Papers & Reports

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Automating Excel Reports: Five Java-based Approaches
This white paper details five java-based approaches for automating excel reports - each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages.

Tapping into Spreadsheet Logic from Java: Four Server-Based Alternatives
This white paper details four Java-based approaches essential for eliminating the challenges of extending spreadsheet logic beyond a single desktop.

Real Time Disaster Recovery for SAP Live Demonstration
This demonstration highlights three of the components within the Unisys Real Time Infrastructure Suite: Safeguard, UAdapt and UOrchestra.

Advanced Corda CenterView Data Visualization for the BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform
BusinessObjects offers one of the most powerful and extensive BI solution on the market, Corda CenterView provides one of the most flexible and innovative solutions for data visualization.

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