noreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sun, 6 Oct 2024 22:06:21 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com984125http://softnetone.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/detecting-install-path-for-microsoft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Mon, 9 Aug 2010 17:54:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-7613578516438093817 During a recent project I needed to find out the install location of the Microsoft Visual Studio version a user has, in order to be able to run compiles from the command line, and run Vcvars32.bat to set up the required environment variables. Though there's enough information on the web do figure out how to [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/sungard-cto-don-tyson-discusses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sun, 8 Aug 2010 19:15:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-4171192406569882886 Listen to SunGard CTO, Don Tyson, discuss one of their flagship products, intellliMATCH, which is a matching and reconcillation engine. During a recent profiling engagement with Intel they were able to match 50 million records in under 25 minutes. http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/parallel-programming-talk/ Parallel Programming for Financial Service - Don Tyson, CTO  SunGard Show #86, Date: 7/20/2010 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/looking-to-get-higher-performance-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-8746098031954882400 A new article has been published that discusses methods to get higher performance on NUMA-based Nehalem-EX system with MKL without controlling NUMA policy for shared memory.  Check it out today! To discover more Parallel Programming resources and tools, visit the Parallel Programming Community on the Intel Software Network.  Are you developing software for commercial use?  Learn about [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/updated-device-builder-for-upnp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Fri, 6 Aug 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-3162346607920461151 I just updated the Developer Tools for UPnP Technologies. It's now at version v0.0.38, as always it's open source at http://opentools.homeip.net. For people that already have a previous version of the tools installed, the update should be coming using the auto-update system. This time around I fixed up the support for embedded devices in the C [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/develop-conference-round-up-of-day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-4706588762927381078 Last week’s Develop Conference at Brighton brought together developers from across the spectrum of games development. The conference covered a wide range of themes, from the culture of successful games studios to the best way to optimise games for particular hardware. With the ten year anniversary of Double Fine Studios coming up on 26 July, Tim [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/parallelism-exposure-its-not-that-hard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Wed, 4 Aug 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-4429426612244400855 Over the last few years, I've been talking to a lot of people about the conversion of our hardware to a parallel base and what that might mean for undergraduate CS education. Although it doesn't surprise me much any more, I was initially pretty startled by how negative a lot of people were to the idea of making any curriculum changes. When it comes down to it, though, I don't particularly blame them. 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/digital-arts-06-reallusion-and-john.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-8403711835114843761 Let's face it - 3D is tough! ...or is it? Join Reallusion VP, John Martin II for a discussion on how Reallusion software like Crazy Talk and Intel Core i technology gets regular folk past the humdrum often tedious parts of character creation and setup straight into the fun of animating. Will I-Clone drive the next [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-getting-vt100-in-web-page.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:54:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-2046352523088069207 Last night, I worked really late but I made really good progress on getting a VT100 terminal to run inside a web page. The goal is to allow an administrator to access a Linux or Windows command prompt on a remote computer from anywhere in the world and do so, right from the web site. Well, [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/simple-rest-to-soap-gateway-with-intelr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-2285584996234783116 It is always good to come across a situation where you have an easy solution to a customer problem. It's even better when the customer thinks the problem is a hard one! The problem at hand is the dreaded "mediation" problem for cross-domain service interfaces. As most techno-religious battles go, this is one for the record [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/saml-20-token-bridging-with-intela-soa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-5527252227121413860 Intel(R) SOA Expressway gives you some nice tools to implement a cross-domain token broker and ease the pain of mapping a format used internally to something that might be accepted by a business partner, such as a SAML token. In this blog post, we'll return to the familiar calculator web service and show how you can use Intel(R) Expressway to implement a simple policy that maps a HTTP Basic Authentication token to a SAML 2.0 authentication assertion for a SOAP web service 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/parallel-programming-talk-86-don-tyson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:54:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-5467649027118575840 Welcome to Parallel Programming Talk #86. Today is July 20th and we'll be talking Massive Parallel Processing with SunGard Chief Technology Officer, Don Tyson. Download Link - High Quality MP4 Video File (Large): Download Link - MP3 Audio File (Small): First the News: UPCRC Illinois Summer School to be held July 19-23, 2010 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/vpro-innovation-contest-whats-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-4969083673319389443 You've been following the development of our manageability products for years. You've been active (or lurking) at our forums, trying to understand the ins and outs of our interface. You had built this monstrous fanstastic solution that makes your work easier and more effective! Now it is time to show the world what you've got. Intel is proud to present [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/old-days-when-there-was-distinction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-6336252417050257975 I've been reading quite a few language rants recently, and have been trying to look at why it is I'm (relunctantly) C++ bound. Here is a selection of the links I enjoyed reading: - Linus Torvald explaining why he favours C for kernel coding: http://www.realworldtech.com/beta/forums/index.cfm?action=detail&id=110618&threadid=110549&roomid=2 - a lovely put rant I can relate to very much: http://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201007#21 - Rob [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/parallel-programming-talk-84-answering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-2866933491930955007 Welcome to Show 84 of Parallel Programming Talk. Today is July 6th, the first Tuesday of the month. The mid west vuvuzela are blowing so that means "Listener Question Show". Today's question is about "Windows events". Download Link - MP3 Audio File (Small): Download Link - High Quality MP4 Video File (Large): First The News: UPCRC Illinois [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/mesh-connector-now-on-appup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-1512794191572871882 I am very happy to report that for the 4th time now, I got an application approved on AppUp. This time around, I wanted to build an application that would make it easy for someone to connect computers to the experimental web site I have been building: meshcentral.homeip.net. Of course, this tool is available for [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/connecting-web-service-to-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-7239066439525918973 For almost a year now, I have been working on an experimental web site for connecting computers to a web service so that users can enjoy a wide array of platform services (power management, remote control, distributed computing, etc.). This web site is now at meshcentral.homeip.net. It's really an experimental vehicle for trying out new [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/accurately-portraying-pc-console.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-5618586497371197134 There probably hasn’t been a month that’s gone by in the last decade where I haven’t been asked a question about the various PC or Console Game platforms. One of the biggest issues I’ve had to contend with in that time is what is the most accurate way of portraying & sizing the PC [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/develop-2010-how-to-use-biometrics-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-909722365401827044 Another talk at Develop I was very interested to see was on biometrics, which is the science used to measure a player’s emotional response to a game. The presentation was given by Dr Graham McAllister of Vertical Slice, a user experience studio. The aim of the studio is to evaluate players’ interaction with games. Before the [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/parallel-programming-talk-85-what-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-2086797008250889934 Welcome to Parallel Programming Talk #85. Today is July 13th and we'll be talking about "What game developer can teach parallel programmers" with Intel engineer Brad Werth. Download Link - High Quality MP4 Video File (Large): Download Link - MP3 Audio File (Small): First the News: UPCRC Illinois Summer School to be held July 19-23, 2010 at the University of Illinois [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/develop-2010-creative-game-development.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-5997196969855314029 In yesterday’s keynote session, Greg Zeschuk, co-founder of Bioware and general manager of Bioware Austin, took to the stage to talk about the importance of fostering the right corporate culture at a games studio. Although they didn’t set out to formally create a culture, when Bioware’s founders started to do orientation sessions for new hires, they [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/memories-of-how-i-once-ported-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-3535177460373184182 Some time ago I’ve ported some library from the 32-bit version to the 64-bit one (С++, MSVS 2008, Windows). I felt a temptation to write about it immediately after that but I had no time then. That is why I am writing about it now and I think it is not too bad since I will write about those things that really stuck in my memory. 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/oscon-tech-event-with-little-something.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-3321522190049784394 One of the most widely talked-about tech conferences every year is the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), and with good reason. The Portland, Oregon-based conference is slated for July 19-23, 2010, and pulls in attendees from all over the country with varying levels of technical experience from activists and developers to IT managers and sysadmins. The [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-formula-for-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-3696042419787028328 As many of you already know, I work in the innovation part of Intel. There are many such places at Intel and I don't work at the Intel Labs per-say, but at an innovation and path finding group at Intel. Throughout my career, I have had to make decisions on what to work on and [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/there-is-no-mouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-5612538683746425090 A few days ago, I started getting really annoyed with scrollbars. Scrollbars are obsolete. Scrollbars must die. I mean, really: you're adding scrollbars out of the habit of putting them in, but what are they good for? I have this big wide screen and like to run my browser maximised. Most websites, like this blog, are designed [...] 0http://softnetone.blogspot.com/2010/07/come-join-us-at-oscon-july-19-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (krkonline)Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979001695961255351.post-8894347519655382032 http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010 OSCON is just days away.  A team of us from Intel are preparing for the event.  Intel has too much to offer in the open source space so we just have to pick and choose the most relevant topics for the anticipated audience while painfully cutting out tons of attractive stuff.   Out of the spectrum of [...] 0