Until about a decade ago programming languages led hardware design with new features being added to chips to make it easier to implement existing language features. More recently the trend has started to reverse. David Chisnall looks at the challenges that new processor designs pose to language designers....

Building modular and extensible applications in .NET is much easier now with the inclusion of the Managed Extensibility Framework MEF in .NET 4.0. Jeremy Likness explains why MEF is also the perfect solution for inversion of control showing how to use it in .NET applications....

This chapter divides Android apps into three categories and describes how you can create a solid marketing strategy no matter into which area your apps fall....

Jesse Smith demonstrates how to map your business objects directly to your database tables by using the Java Persistence API to make them easier to construct and debug....

In this lesson you learn what RSS is the value of having an RSS feed and how to set one up. You also learn how to back up and migrate your data to another blog....

Everyone loves to hate x86 but not everything about it is bad. David Chisnall points out some of the underrated features of this ubiquitous architecture....

This chapter discusses some CPU technologies and cooling methods and talks about the models of CPUs offered by Intel and AMD. Afterward the chapter demonstrates how to install and troubleshoot the CPU....

In this chapter from em> Software Testing with Visual Studio 2010< em> Jeff Levinson covers how to create a Test Plan with Microsoft Test Manager MTM and the various options that the Test Plan provides to you. More important this chapter covers what to test and how to get involved as a tester early in the development process....

If looking for specific content on your computer or network and you know where to find it you can use Spotlight to help you locate it. This chapter shows you how....

Before we get into the details of using your NOOK Color take a look at some of the basics gestures setup and basic navigation. With these basics in place then be able to discover all the other incredible things your NOOK Color can do....

Steven Haines and Charlie Hunt co-author of a Performance< a> talk about performance issues application monitoring scalability vs performance and the impact cloud computing has on application monitoring and performance management....

Baya Dewald concludes this two-part series on Transact-SQL by discussing functions for grouping and table-valued parameters for passing multiple data rows to a stored procedure....