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An Engineer's perspective looking back: 5 years [continued]

[continued from here] Asfar as anyone expected, at Launch Day we were already over the longestpart of the mission – development and testing. We'd spent 3 yearsdoing our parts to...

16 years 5 months ago

What Is Hot In Embedded

Theembedded industry has always been one of rapid change, even though itlags ‘behind’ the IT curve a bit. I have been working in the embeddedfield with some of the leading builders...

16 years 5 months ago

Palm Pre and WebKit

I've been following the Palm Pre story a bit the last few days. While the technical details are still pretty sparse, it appears that one of my predictions for 2009 is already...

16 years 5 months ago

Next-Generation Network Hardware and Software Can Play a Bigger Role in Helping Telecoms Get More Green

There is an interesting article in the December issue of theEconomist, “ How Green Is Your Network?”The article states that telecom networks and the devices they connect accountfor...

16 years 6 months ago

Five Years - an engineer's perspective looking back

Back in 1994, a few of us at WRS had the pleasure of working with JPL on amission based on a radical new concept: using CommercialOff-The-Shell (COTS) products to build a planetary...

16 years 6 months ago

Twitter vs. Facebook

I’mlooking for some advice on microblogging etiquette and usage. I haveboth twitter and facebook accounts, but I haven’t figured out when Ishould use twitter vs. facebook status...

16 years 6 months ago

Tech Support for Geeks

Overthe holiday break, I waited on the phone 30 minutes to hear a techsupport person sing Celine Dion in my ear while telling me to reset mycable modem. Ok, let me back up a bit. I...

16 years 6 months ago

Zune 30, Killed by Complexity

I first heard of it early New Years Eve, I guess. Hoards of Microsoft Zunes were committing mass suicide(a gruesome thought but the actual quote from the Slashdot article).Fears...

16 years 6 months ago

Five Years

FiveYears. It doesn't seem like much. About 1/20th of a long human lifespan. 20 times 90 days. The amount of time it takes (roughly) frombirth until entering school/pre-school...

16 years 6 months ago

Predictions for 2009

I’m not usually one to make predictions. It’s hard for me to tell the difference between a prediction and wishful thinking. But this article over at the Inquirer(still the best...

16 years 6 months ago