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Wall Street Firms Seek Developers

According to website eFinancialCareers, IT workers now top the list of job titles in demand among Wall Street firms. More specifically, financial firms are looking to hiring programmers, especially those

Sending huge messages using WCF 4

You can send huge messages even upto 100MB using WCF 4. Here are the things you need to do in web.config in server side and / or app.config in client

How to Avoid Techie Tunnel Vision

You know you’re a hardcore techie if going to work would be perfect if it weren’t for all the damn users. If the business wasn’t bothering you with requirements then

Amazon Adds Billboards to Appstore

Amazon is adding large feature boxes it calls “Billboards” to the Amazon Appstore. Clicking on a billboard will take a user directly to an app’s listing in the Appstore. Amazon

Salesforce Adds Mobile Development Tools

At its Dreamforce conference, Salesforce.com made a slew of announcements, including unveiling new tools for building mobile apps for the Salesforce platform. Called “Salesforce Touch,” the mobile development tools will

Microsoft Exec Compares Windows 8 Programming to Bingo

The Register recently talked with Microsoft corporate vice president Soma Somasegar on the company’s plans for supporting development platforms. When asked about all the recent changes, Somasegar admitted, “We’ve had

Salesforce.com Revamps Heroku

Salesforce.com has updated its Heroku platform as a service with improved up support for Java. The company is now offering an Enterprise Java service that bundles together everything you need

COBOL, Programming Language of the Future

Do you like programming? Do you want a good salary? How about job security? I have a skill for you. Become proficient in this programming language and your career is

MasterCard Releases NFC Developer Kit

MasterCard has announced the availability of a new software development kit (SDK) for its PayPass near field communication (NFC) technology. It will allow mobile development firms and network operators to

Amazon Releases Its Own Maps API

Android developers working on Kindle apps have a new tool at their disposal. Amazon has added a Maps API to its SDK. The company hasn’t provided many details, but the

Google Releases Java-to-Objective-C Translator

Google has released a pair of new development tools. The first and most noteworthy is a new Java-to-Objective-C translation tool that will make it possible to write iOS apps in

If Not SQL, Then What?

In a recent blog post, I chided the NoSQL movement for naming itself after the absence of something. But not only is this naming approach for a broad market category

Ten Top PaaS Trends

Researchers at Frost & Sullivan say that platform as a service (PaaS) will be the next big area of competition for cloud computing providers. That could lead to rapid changes

converting a 64 bit number from little indian to big indian

#includelong long int INT_little_endian_TO_big_endian(long long int i){ return (((i&0xff)8)&0xff000000)|((i24)&0xff0000)|((i40)&0xff00)|((i56)&0xff));}int main(){ long long int num = 1,rev; if(*(char *)&num == 1) //if num is odd,compare with 1 other wise compare with

converting a 64 bit number from little indian to big indian

#includeint INT_little_endian_TO_big_endian(int i){ return ((i&0xff)8)&&0xff000000)8)|((i24)&ff0000)|((i40)&ff00)|((i56)&ff)}int main(){int num = 1,rev; if(*(char *)&num == 1) //if num is odd,compare with 1 other wise compare with 0{ printf(” Little-Endian “);}else { printf(“Big-Endian “);}rev=INT_little_endian_TO_big_endian(num);printf(“%d

Microsoft Officially Launches Visual Studio 2012

On September 12, Microsoft formally launched Visual Studio 2012, the most recent update to its flagship IDE. Microsoft’s Soma Somasegar called it “the best development tool to enable developers to

AppFirst Launches DevOps Dashboard

AppFirst has released a new performance monitoring tool called DevOps Dashboard. It offers a unified view of IT infrastructure operations, application performance and key business metrics, enabling DevOps professionals to

Survey: Cloud Developers Use Microsoft Azure Most Often

According to Evans Data’s semiannual Cloud Development Survey, 36 percent of active cloud developers have used or are using Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, making it the most popular among developers. Google

Enterprise Architects in the Boardroom

Where do the Enterprise Architects (EAs) fit into the organizational structure at your company or agency? Do they report to the CEO? More likely the CIO, or even a manager

Apple Extends App Store Volume Purchasing Program

Developers who offer apps targeted at corporate customers or educational institutions will now find it easier to sell iOS apps to international audiences. Apple has announced that it is extending

The Value of the PoC in Enterprise Architecture

Often times, Enterprise Architecture is very similar to the old story of the blind men and the elephant. The tale varies greatly in the telling, with the consistent part being

Amazon S3 Becomes More Developer-Friendly

Amazon is adding a new feature called Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) to its S3 cloud storage capabilities. The tool will make it easier to build Web applications that can access