***Pentagon

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Who said pointers and indirections are too abstract? Here’s a study about some study at Pentagon that proves this wrong. Enjoy… http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/this-is-not-a-joke-government-issues-study-of-a-study-about-studies/

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C beats Java again

Once again, C beats Java as the most popular language. http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/report-c-beating-java-as-most-popular-language/145414

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Discovering beauty

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The Large Hardon Collider is up and running again and it is already produces some results. No, there is still no sustainable evidence of Higgs bosons, mini-black holes, super-partners, strangelets, etc. Yet. But there is something new. After seeing some … Continue reading

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Bird GPS

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If you are planning to by a GPS for your new car, you may wish to check a cheaper option – your parakeet… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17855194 It was known for a long time that the birds have a sense of direction, but … Continue reading

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Salute, Discovery!

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Today’s last flight of space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral, FL to its new permanent home at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC marks an end of an era in the US space exploration program. With ever-tight … Continue reading

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Geeky side of Harvard

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Number of Harvard undergrads with Computer Science concentration soared from 95 in 2010 to today’s 169. It may be just because of one good course, “Computer Science 50″, taught by Prof. Morrisett. Or maybe Harvard is just catching up with … Continue reading

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When it comes to books, Java is still the leader

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Despite taking a respectful #2 place behind C in the recent news, Java is still the leader of the pack when you measure it by book sales according to this article. O’Reilly’s unique approach shows Java book sales are up … Continue reading

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Computer science majors are still in demand

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The latest statistics from this academic year’s enrollment show that number of undergraduate CS students grew nearly 10%. The number would be even higher if not for the caps some universities issued due to lack of faculty, etc. Hopefully, the … Continue reading

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Java 8 schedule announced

Java 8 is expected to be released on September 2013. Here’s the schedule from Java lead release manager: http://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/4056-schedule-for-java-8.html

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Java bows to C

This just in…Java loses its top spot it its grandfather, C. It’s not like there is a higher demand in C, it’s rather Java’s downward trend that makes these two languages switch places at the top. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Java-Drops-From-Top-Programming-Language-Spot-C-Rules-626622/

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