Beginning of September I attended SafeCOMP 2009 in Hamburg to hold a talk on the challenges of object oriented programming languages in safety critical applications. One major point which was driven home again and again was that object oriented programming can certainly be used in safety-critical areas but it needs strict development rules which need [...]

I’m currently working on a feature comparison between IPMA’s and PMI’s methodologies and certification processes. While this itself takes up a good amount of time, I’ve been attending SafeCOMP 2009 in Hamburg last Tuesday. I held one of the talks in regards to object oriented programming in safety-critical applications. The preparation filled what was left [...]

IBM has built a virtual replica of China’s Forbidden City in collaboration with the palace museum.

ORF’s Futurezone posted a feature article today about Google’s G1 successor – the HTC Hero. There has been another review some time ago by Engadget including a lot more meat regarding the details and handling of the device. As long as there aren’t any reviews by regular users here in Austria, the judges are out, [...]

The Internet has been developing and still is: HTML5 and Firefox 3.5 offer new possibilities yet unseen or unheard of. Time for old browsers to say goodbye.

I’ve always been a fan of ebooks. I finally treated myself to a Sony PRS-505 ebook reader. Read on for my thoughts about ebooks and how well Sony’s reader performs.