News tagged with programming language

Excel programming for nonprogrammers

Microsoft’s Visual Basic programming language lets Excel users customize their spreadsheets in all kinds of time-saving ways, but few people take advantage of it. Although designed to be intuitive and ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

An oracle for object-oriented programmers

In the last 40 years, the major innovation in software engineering has been the development of what are called object-oriented programming languages. “Objects” are, effectively, repositories for ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Computer learns language by playing games

Computers are great at treating words as data: Word-processing programs let you rearrange and format text however you like, and search engines can quickly find a word anywhere on the Web. But what would it ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Google Releases DIY Android App Inventor (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has announced a new software development program that lets anyone develop an application for Android devices; it’s called the App Inventor for Android. Google says the software is intended ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

Google Go gets going (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.

Technology / Software

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 7 weblog

Google cleared in Oracle suit on patents (Update)

Google won a major victory Wednesday as jurors sided with the Internet giant in a high-stakes court battle over patents with business software titan Oracle.

Technology / Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques

Two years ago, Martin Rinard's group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposed a surprisingly simple way to make some computer procedures more efficient: Just skip a bunch of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Google wants Oracle copyright trial rematch

Google on Wednesday confirmed that it wants a new trial on the copyright portion of a legal battle being fought with Oracle in San Francisco federal court.

Technology / Business

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google violated copyright, but no damages: jury

A jury ruled Monday that Google violated copyrights owned by Oracle Corp. for the Android mobile platform, but failed to agree on whether damages should be awarded in the high-profile trial.

Technology / Business

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Oracle, Google gird for trial on Android dispute

Oracle and Google are digging in their heels as they prepare for an upcoming trial.

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Programming language can't be copyrighted: EU court

A computer programming language cannot be protected by copyright, the adviser to the EU's top court said on Tuesday in an opinion that could affect the competitive IT industry.

Technology / Business

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 22

Google Dart debut sparks chatter of JavaScript coup

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the news appeared earlier this week that Google was unveiling a new programming language, Dart, for developers. tech blogs ignited with talk of how Google is staging a JavaScript coup. ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Python bindings snake into global arrays toolkit

While many of us don't want anything to do with snakes, for some, a certain kind of Python—the computer programming language, that is—is the preferred option. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A Lego robot that can make you Micky Mouse shaped pancakes (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robotics is a serious science, but like all of the most serious things in this world it does have a fun side too. Sometimes a robot, with all of its advanced equipment and the intense hours ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Firefox 5 beta released for desktop, mobile

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of Firefox 5, a popular cross-platform web browser, now has release versions ready for both the desktop and the mobile browser user groups. The beta does not have many noticeable ...

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog