JAUS

JAUS stands for Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems. JAUS is a component based message passing architecture that defines a data format and methods of communication between computing nodes.

In order to ensure that the architecture is applicable to the entire domain of current and future unmanned systems, it is built on the five principles of – vehicle platform independence, mission isolation, computer hardware independence, technology independence and operator use independence.

Learn more about it @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAUS

and

http://www.jauswg.org/

Military Simulations Get Real

From the COTS Journal:

http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/home/article.php?id=100781

.Net Micro Framework

A short introduction to the .Net Micro Framework @ http://blogs.msdn.com/netmfteam/archive/2007/11/12/building-a-thermostat-with-the-microsoft-net-micro-framework.aspx

with more @ http://www.sjjmicro.com/SJJ_Articles.html

IT Challenges in India

From the Forbes Magazine:

http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/29/mitra-india-outsourcing-tech-enter-cx_sm_0229outsource_print.html

and its rebuttal:

http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/mitra-india-outsourcing-tech-enter-cx_pf_0305outsource_print.html

Salaries in India

From the Forbes Magazine:

http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/20/hewitt-india-salaries-markets-econ-cx_rd_0220markets01_print.html

and

http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/20/hewitt-india-salaries-markets-econ-cx_rd_0220markets01_print.html

Free Virtualization Products

VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh Hosts and can run Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 200, Windows NT, and many Linux flavors as guests. It is available @ http://www.virtualbox.org/

VirtualBox uses the free (but not open-source) processor emulator QEMU. It provides system emulation for Windows, DOS, Linux, and BSD. It is available @ http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/

Windows Automotive

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms858196.aspx

Adventure

More Statues

Seoul, Korea



Cadiz, Spain



Brussels, Belgium



Potsdam, Germany


Bratsilava, Slovakia



Oxford, England

When Things Go Wrong

A Critical Evaluation of MOSS Search

An interesting article on SharePoint 2007 from the April 2008 issue of the KM World Magazine @ http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/A-critical-evaluation-of-MOSS-search-41336.aspx

A useful diagram of the SharePoint 2007 search architecture may be found @ http://sharepointsearch.com/images/searcharchitecture.gif

Project Problems in Chip Design

In the March 24, 2004 issue of EE Times we read:

"... the unspoken truth in today's complex world of system-on-chip (SoC) design is that most ICs will neither be developed nor delivered on time.

In fact, 89 percent of IC development projects miss their deadlines, according to Ron Collett, president and CEO at Numetrics Management Systems.

Consulting firm Accenture reports a similar trend, citing a range of schedule delays from as little as 3 percent to as much as 30 percent in IC development."

2 Data Visualization Tools

Miner3D has released the version 7.0 of its Miner3D data analytics and visualization software. This release supports interactive & flexible data models and uses the ribbon bar and context menus. One neat feature is the unsupervised visual data clustering - Kohonen's Self-Organizing Maps.

Eye-Sys is a visualization tool for complex data; it can manipulate many different data sources, including text files, 3D models, databases, and streaming data. It also provides an SDK and visual programming environment for the creation of custom scripts.

Wipro Goes West

Wipro Ltd. is eyeing expansion in Europe and the U.S. as part of the next phase of globalization. The $5 billion IT services firm plans to open two new software development centers in the U.S. and is studying a sizable acquisition in technology R&D in Germany.

Renegade Economics

Interesting report on the current problems of the world economy - note the imlicit implications for off-shoring @

http://media.pimco-global.com/pdfs/pdf/WP007-090607%20Renegade%20Economics%20FINAL.pdf

Free Cyclomatic Complexity Tool

There's a free Eclipse plug-in available @ http://eclipse-metrics.source forge.net/ for measuring Cyclomatic Complexity.

Complexity Digest

Complexity Digest has been successfully networking the complexity community since fall of 1999. Find it @ http://www.comdig.com/

The Myths and Realities of Code Portability

Interesting article from the COTS Journal @ http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/home/article.php?id=100767

Jott

Jott converts your voice to email, text, reminders, lists, and appointments.

Check it out @ http://www.jott.com

It's free!

Resources for Collective Intelligence

Collective Intelligence - Wikipedia @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_intelligence

MIT Center for Collective Intelligence @ http://cci.mit.edu/index.html

Handbook of Collective Intelligence @ http://scripts.mit.edu/~cci/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Blog of Collective Intelligence @ http://www.community-intelligence.com/blogs/public/

Artificial Collective Intelligence @ http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/is/AR/tasks/ColInt.html