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Programming Error Results In Radiation Overdoses
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation. More »
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Microsoft’s Banning Memcpy() Functions in the Name of Security
8:30AM Jason Chen | Microsoft’s officially banning the Memcpy(), CopyMemory() and RtlCopyMemory() functions, meaning that if apps want to align with Microsoft’s Secure Development Lifecycle, they need to strip these out. More »
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Microsoft Axum Programming Language Focuses on Multi-Core Processor Development
4:18AM Jason Chen | The latest .NET-based programming language by Microsoft is Axum, which was previously known as Maestro. It’s neat because it’s aware of concurrent computing, the paradigm of having multiple processes or programs run simultaneously, which makes it optimal for taking advantage of multi-core processors. [MSDN via Slashdot] More »
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Apple’s iPhone Developer University Program Hits, Will Cost Unis Nothing
1:45AM Kit Eaton | Apple’s recently revealed its iPhone Developer University Program: it’s aimed at higher educational institutions who wish to introduce an iPhone/iPod touch developer curriculum, and supplies the iPhone SDK free of charge for up to 200 students. Basically it’ll mean that a class is a small developer company, able to share development apps within the team as they learn programming skills. Ultimately the school can also publish them through the App Store. You can either see this as a kind-hearted attempt by Apple to aid higher education, or a way of tapping into a rich vein of imaginative developers for new apps for the App Store. Either way, it’s interesting stuff, though for now it’s limited to accredited schools in the US. [Program page via AppleInsider] More »
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