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TopCoder is running a developer contest for ESPN to write an algorithm that predicts the outcomes of college football games for the sports network. The winner gets $50,000. Score.
Data checks in... but it won't check out! No, not really; data management is just more of a pain than you might expect. To use Google App Engine today, you need to use a Python API to export from its proprietary data store. But soon, Google says
A German scientific institute migrated to Linux and open-source software to monitor global seismic activity data for compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty.
Do you think that LINQ is just another in a long series of odd Microsoft technologies? This database-meets-software-development technology could easily save your development staff time and avoid complexity!
A conversation with Capital One Senior Director David Harmony
The package delivery company's telematics system gathers data from 200 vehicle-related elements on its brown delivery trucks. After a successful test, UPS is rolling out the system to 11 new markets in 2008.
A new court-appointed leader proposes a plan to speed up deployment of new technology to reform California's prison healthcare system.n
Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six days. IT is part of the court-ordered prescription to ensure doctors do no more harm. Part 1 of 3.
A Forrester Research report offers a rare look inside a multimillion-dollar Oracle database negotiation and how one bank held its ground on a critical contract clause that's typically "not up for negotiation" with software vendors.
In a satisfaction survey comparing features from Oracle, IBM DB2, Informix Dynamic Server, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Sybase Adaptive Server, 1,400 developers were most satisfied by Oracle.
One digital cartographer, taking pictures every 8 meters from his van, gathers about 20GB per day of mapping data.
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