The ultimate on-the-fly network

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John Anderson, an ornithologist, and three Berkeley computer engineers are installing an early version of a wireless sensor network in Great Duck Island. This cheap, mobile, and highly scalable technology, which is made possible by the shrinking of the microchip and advances in radio science, is the best hope for dispersing information in a range of environments.

Usage, Technology application, Sensors, Environmental movement, Environmentalism, Wireless networking equipment

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Immortal code: the CEO goes to trial. The programmers hit the street. And yet sometimes a piece of code is so elegant, so evolved, that it outlasts everyting else

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Software written by Janet and Jim Baker has survived the problems that overtook software executive Gaston Bastiaens and his company, Lerner & Hauspie.

Legal issues & crime, Financial management, Belgium, Executive changes & profiles, Legal/Government Regulation, Officials and employees, Computer software industry, Software industry, Company legal issue, Cases, Finance, Works, Company financing, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V., Bastiaens, Gaston, Baker, Janet, Baker, Jim

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The new X-men

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A new approach to writing software, called extreme programming (XP), is described and discussed. XP emphasizes constant feedback.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Computer programming, Market trend/market analysis, Software developers (Individuals)

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