You Say Ubiquitious, I Say Embedded

Editor's Note

You Say Ubiquitious, I Say Embedded

Call it what you want--pervasive computing, ubiquitious computing, mobile computing, sentient computing. Whatever. It's still embedded systems to me.

Dr. Dobb's TV

Accelerated VS2005 App Building
Scott Swigart uses the MenuStrip, ToolStrip, and WebBrowser Controls in Visual Studio 2005 to quickly build a sample web browser with just a few clicks.

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Dr. Dobb's Podcasts

Is Ruby on Rails Ready?
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Bidirectional Debugging: Coming and Going...
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Design your own memory using ABEL
Some circuits are harder to design than others. Often it's the tools that are the problem; using the wrong tool can make life harder than it needs to be. This article shows you how to design an SRAM using a schematics and ABEL hardware-description language.

Dr. Dobb's Agile Newsletter
Database regression testing: Isn't it time to bring quality to data management?

Interface: More Emergency Exit Books
If you had to abandon ship, which three books from your technical library would go in your "ditch bag"? Industry notables pick their must-saves—will you agree?

The Craftsman: isTooHotForMe!
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New & Noteworthy: Merrily Down the Stream
See what's new in Accurev 4.0. Also, bone up on Java with the new edition of Thinking in Java.

Web Content Management Systems: Beyond the Buzz
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A New Beginning
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Social Design
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