Archive for December, 2009
Pondering Programming Language Requirements For Software QA Testing
As someone who has been in software QA (that’s software testing/bug finding) for over 13 years I’ve often read job listings where the requirement listed knowledge of a particular programming language. As such whenever I talk with someone (recruiter, HR person, etc.) about such jobs I always ask why there is such a requirement. There […]
AT&T Calls them HOGS!
Smartphone usage ruining the net. Apple Tablet coming in March. Net usage is 3.6 zetabytes per year. Twitter dev conference announced. Bats ruining it for the rest of us. sun Oracle still being debated., Nokia to close stores. Brought to you by eHarmony. Go out this week! Check it out at www.eharmony.com using the code […]
Russia Lurks
Google Goggles is some odd real-time search. Russian to exploit cap and trade. Virgin Galactic will roll out rocket shortly. JooJoo tablet hits the scene. Apple does buy or will buy LaLa. Ixys buys Zilog. MSFT drops family pack. Why? iPOD touch session usage higher than with iPhone. Eric Schmidt lax on net privacy. Web […]
Another e-Reader on the Loose
Acer bumps Dell to number three in world PC sales. Dell then add Ross Perot Jr. to its board. Oracle may do something weird with MySQL. Bing dies for an hour. Nvidia begins to complain about Intel. Hearst going digital? BenQ has an e-reader. Idiot takes pictures of self with cell phone. Phone emails pics […]
Google Lurks
Google promoting a new public DNS. What are they up to? Google also looking at the real estate market and how to profit from it. Odd ideas about Bing. Intel rolls out 49-core chip. Motorola invests in multi-touch. Swipe credit cards with phone. Nokia freaked out over Smartphone market. Brought to you by eHarmony. Go […]