RSS Digest: Week Ending 27-Jan-2012

Java

Unsigned Integer Arithmetic API now in JDK 8
http://www.java.net/external?url=http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/unsigned_api

25 Best Free Eclipse Plug-ins for Java Developer to be Productive
http://www.fromdev.com/2012/01/25-best-free-eclipse-plug-ins-for-java.html

The Word Count Example
http://blog.dynatrace.com/2012/01/25/about-the-performance-of-map-reduce-jobs/

Programming

The Problem with Threads
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-1.pdf

Technology

The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/faster-fourier-transforms-0118.html

Apple becomes biggest semiconductor buyer
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/372388/apple-becomes-biggest-semiconductor-buyer

Let’s make TCP faster
http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2012/01/lets-make-tcp-faster.html

Intel Upsets Apple Cart, Snaps Up QLogic’s InfiniBand Biz
http://insidehpc.com/2012/01/24/intel-upsets-apple-cart-snaps-up-qlogics-infiniband-biz/

University leads the way on high performance computing
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7893

Games

C&C – HTML5
http://apps.nahklick.de/cnc/