Development

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The Great Debate on Graphic Design Certifications in the U.S.

May 23, 2012

To be certified, or not to be certified. That is the question. The myths, legends and misconceptions that come with certification are as vast as the...

5 Steps to Creating a Successful API

May 03, 2012

It is the nature of software development. Developers create software with the end user in mind. It seems pretty simple, but sometimes those users are also...

Moving from Flash to HTML5

March 23, 2012

In November 2011, Adobe announced that it would discontinue development of its Flash Player for mobile devices after the release of Flash Player 11.1 for...

Native App or Mobile Web App?

March 19, 2012

Mobile technology has transformed the development landscape over the past few years, and it's still anyone's guess what changes the next few years will...

Patching the Future: New Challenges in Software Patching

March 09, 2012

By February 2011, Anup Ghosh, a security expert and founder of Invincea, had had enough. Patching, the decades-old process by which computer programs,...

Computer Programming: From Machine Language to Artificial Intelligence

February 08, 2012

Programming languages were used even before computers were invented. For example, a player piano scroll, that long roll of encoded paper tape, is...

The Pioneers of Computer Programming

January 31, 2012

Unlike some inventions like the airplane (Wright Brothers) and telephone (Alexander Graham Bell), the creation of computer programs isn’t tied to any...

What is the difference between artificial intelligence and neural networks?

November 18, 2011

Artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial neural networks (ANN) are two exciting and intertwined fields in computer science. There are, however, several...