December 2019

Smartphones may never replace a good DSLR or analog camera, but they’re still a handy, portable substitute. They’re even decent solutions for taking up-close shots and...

The Linux swappiness value has nothing to do with how much RAM is used before swapping starts. That’s a widely reported and widely believed mistake. We...

If your computer runs Windows 7, there’s a good chance it will also run Windows 10. Both operating systems have similar hardware requirements. Any new PC...

When it comes to travel, I’m a planner. I’m content to spend weeks preparing the perfect holiday getaway: deciding on the ideal destination, finding the cheapest...

When I look back to where technology was in 2010, it’s astounding to think about how much has changed — and how so many of those...

What’s happening under the hood at the compiler level in JavaScript? In this keynote session, Franziska Hinkelmann talks about JavaScript compilers specifically and see how modern...

Any programmer will confirm to you that Java is by far the best programming language to have ever been created. Who can argue against that fact...

We’re all living in the era of information. It is a world governed by the Internet, smartphones, and social media. So, it’s easy to publish and...

It was the 80s. I was a young developer at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). DEC was huge, second only to IBM, and it was wedded to...