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January 2004



Technology, Space and the Hubble

Saturday, 31 January 2004 10:04 P GMT-08
NASA's rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, really highlight one of the best uses of technology.  In a world dominated with techologies created to kill - here are two wonderful examples of technology that provide us with a glimpse of what we coul

NeoOffice/J : A Proto-type OpenOffice for the Mac

Tuesday, 6 January 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
Update : version 0.8 update provides clipboard support. I downloaded NeoOffice for Java recently. NeoOffice/J is free and turns out to be quite nice.  NeoOffice/J is intended for software engineers.  When I read the FAQ - my

Build Your Own Mars Rover

Tuesday, 6 January 2004 9:07 P GMT-08
How does one build a Mars Rover ?  Believe it or not there is not only a recipe but you can also simply download the code and instructions for building a rover.  At Buena Vista University, the Computer Science department has a Rover pag

Huge Improvements in Java Performance, JavaGrande and Challenging C++ Performance

Sunday, 4 January 2004 8:27 P GMT-08
Click image to view Java platform view. Java performance has really improved. In 2002 there was a very nice report that came from the JavaGrande group.  This group has a focus on large scientific, numeric and distributed applications.&n

Postcards from Mars and Java and Mars

Sunday, 4 January 2004 1:14 P GMT-08
We're back on Mars!  Congratulations to the Mars Rover team. In the most audacious technical feat seen since the last successful Mars rover expedition in 1997, the rover called Spirit was successfully landed on Mars.  If you don't know