EDITOR'S NOTE — Bilski and the Problem with Software Patents
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TECHNO-NEWS
The Discrete Fourier Transform
FEATURES
The SEMAT Initiative: A Call to Action
[author : Ivar Jacobson, Bertrand Meyer, and Richard Soley]
The best and the brightest form the Software Engineering Method and Theory initiative.
Secure Software Needs Careful Testing — And Lots Of It
[author : Herbert H. Thompson]
With fuzzing, we deliberately attack software with random data in search of unexpected responses.
Is Larrabee for the Rest of Us?
[author : Daniele Paolo Scarpazza]
Can non-numerical application developers take advantage of the new LRBni instructions?
Cloud Computing: Detecting Scalability Problems
[author : Gaston Hillar]
Intel's Parallel Universe Portal is a free developer's service in the cloud.
recls 100% .NET
[author : Matthew Wilson]
Implementing a 100% C# implementation of recls for .NET.
The One Instruction Wonder
[author : Al Williams]
Al builds a single instruction CPU that does everything via a move instruction.
A Build System for Complex Projects: Part 5
[author : Gigi Sayfan]
Gigi wraps up this article series by testing and extending the ibs build system.
Go: A New Programming Language from Google
[author : Gaston Hillar]
A concurrent systems programming language.
COLUMNS
Conversations
[author : Jonathan Erickson]
Jon talks with Google's James Wittaker about software testing in a virtualized world.
Book Review
[author : Mike Riley]
Professional Ubuntu Mobile Development by Ian Lawrence and Rodrio Cesar Lopes Bele.
Other Voices
[author : Mike Shepherd]
How developer managers can cope with the ever-shifting requirements of today's projects.