14th May 2011 Archive

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• Google-code-as-a-service: Go on App Engine

  Python, Java, and a custom tailored suit

  In beginning, you could only use Python with Google App Engine, the online service that lets you run applications atop Google's famously distributed infrastructure. Then, after countless requests from developers, Google added a Java runtime to the service. And now the company is adding a runtime tailor-made for the service. …

  Cloud 14 May 00:31

• PlayStation Network hack launched from Amazon EC2

  Cloud economics strikes again

  The hackers who breached the security of Sony's PlayStation Network and gained access to sensitive data for 77 million subscribers used Amazon's web services cloud to launch the attack, Bloomberg News reported. The attackers rented a server from Amazon's EC2 service and penetrated the popular network from there, the news outlet …

  Cloud 14 May 01:10

• LG 42 LW650T 42in passive 3D TV

  Review Smart TV with disposable specs

  When LG threw its weight behind passive 3D at this year’s CES, shockwaves rippled around the TV market. The brand used the show to rail against the dangers of Active Shutter 3D technology, enraging its rivals who cried foul. Passive aggressive: LG's 42 LW650T Suddenly the consumer electronics industry found itself teetering …

  reghardware 14 May 07:00

• An introduction to static code analysis

  What, why and how

  So, by some misfortune, usually instigated by "management" or by "tradition", you are stuck with a C/C++ program to maintain. Not only do you get the positives of speed, you also get the negatives of the lack of memory management. How do you know what is lurking underneath the templates and calls to new and malloc? How do you …

  Developer 14 May 12:00

• 'Upgraded' Apple iMacs lock out hard drive replacement

  Updated Unless you enjoy eternal fan noise

  Expanding on its efforts to remove all user control over the innards of its iDevices, Apple appears to have made it difficult to swap out the hard drive in its latest line of iMacs without finding yourself listening to screaming, interminable fan noise. In a posting on his company's blog, an Other World Computing rep says that …

  PCs & Chips 14 May 14:17