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Developers hate Perl
Published in News
Thursday, 02 November 2017 11:47

Developers hate Perl


… but Rust never sleeps

Software Developers really hate Perl followed by Delphi and VBA.

Apple developers and chipmakers are revolting
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Standing against the Steve Jobs's design disaster 


Apple developers are revolting against the terrible design of Steve Jobs and Jony Ive’s “ufo” headquarters.

Apple stuffed up the design of its space-ship
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Great for marketing – a nightmare for developers 

While the Tame Apple Press has been banging on about the wonderful the design of the new Apple $5 billion HQ , there are signs that it is not good for company developers.

Nvidia to train 100,000 developers on deep learning AI
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Courses in healthcare, robotics, self-driving cars, financial services and more

During Nvidia’s annual GPU Technology Conference this week in San Jose, California, company officials mentioned that efforts are currently underway to train over 100,000 developers in machine learning and artificial intelligence through its Deep Learning Institute.

Android O Beta program arrives later this month
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Notification Channels, Background Limits, Pro Audio and more

Android, the world’s most used mobile operating system, is getting an update from Nougat to a new item on the dessert menu labeled “O" for now, with the first public beta arriving for Nexus and Pixel owners later this month.

Google confirms death of Octane
Published in News
Monday, 17 April 2017 11:07

Google confirms death of Octane


No longer useful because developers cheat


Google has killed off its widely-used Octane JavaScript benchmark saying that it's no longer a useful way for browser developers to determine how best to optimise their JavaScript engines.

UK finance industry blighted by poor code
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Developers just not interested

Code penned for the finance industry, particularly in the UK is pants according to a new study.

AMD says that developers need to get a better handle on Ryzen
Published in PC Hardware


Performance differences  are more of a software issue


As the reviews of Ryzen came out, it is pretty clear that there are some test scenarios where Intel chips work slightly better, and AMD claims that is due to coding problems.

Apple revamps App store
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 09 June 2016 11:16

Apple revamps App store


Developers claim it is still too vampy

The Tame Apple Press is telling the world how happy developers are now that it has revamped its App store and reduced the fees it forces them to pay. However speaking to a few Apple developer, it appears that things still are not good in the Walled Garden of Delights.

Qualcomm releases new Connected Car Platform
Published in PC Hardware


Ready for proto-typing

Qualcomm has released its Connected Car Reference Platform so that the car industry to build prototypes for the next-generation connected car.