Editor's Note
Robots Are All the Rage--Again
Robots are all the rage--again. For whatever reasons, robotics has recently moved from the lab to the headlines, with new tools and programs poping up like C3PO's sensor.
Designing Games? Don't Forget Psych 101
Good games need more than great graphics. Sure, you need your math, your video card, and your controller--but a background in psychology and sociology is helpful too.
In the News
Microsoft And Yahoo Get Instant Messaging Ready To Carry Heavier Freight
Microsoft and Yahoo's upgraded IM apps include calling, video, and easier sharing of files. It could make them even more tempting for business use.
Microsoft Unveils Robotics Studio
The early release targets academic, hobbyist and commercial developers with a toolset for building applications that can run on a variety of robotics computing platforms.
Germany Rules RoboCup
Germany dominates the world of soccer-playing robots.
Security Vendors Spot Second Excel Bug
After security vendors reported a second zero-day bug in the popular business application, Microsoft is recommending several different defensive strategies.
Dr. Dobb's Podcasts
MS Live Labs Grants Awarded and Tiny BioSensors Created at Cornell
Microsoft Live Labs has announced 12 grant recipients for the Accelerating Search in Academic Research campaign; see research.microsoft.com/ur. Engineers at Cornell university have developed tiny sensors to monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure, and temperature; see www.cnf.cornell.edu. (MP3, 2:55 mins.)
Updating Smart Clients with ClickOnce
Brian Noyes talks about how .NET 2.0's ClickOnce can be used to create intelligent, dynamic and secure remote updates of Smart Client apps. Brian also compares Test-Driven-Development (TDD) to Interface-First-Development. (MP3, 17:45 mins.)
New Features
Microarchitecture Performance
Improved throughput in energy-efficient designs for multicore processors and other high-performance systems.
Book Excerpt: Better Game Characters By Design
The following is an excerpt from Better Game Characters By Design: A Psychological Approach, published by Morgan Kaufmann (ISBN 1-55860-921-0).
Lock-free Interprocess Communication
Interprocess communication is an essential component of modern software engineering. Often, lock-free IPC is accomplished via special processor commands. Here's a way around that.
Profiling Windows C++ Applications with Microsoft Excel
Profiling an application is necessary when you want to learn more about how it runs and where its bottlenecks are.
Dr. Dobb's Agile Newsletter
Test-driven development is the combination of test first development and refactoring.
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