A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...
Cold, snowy and rainy winter days are bad enough when you don’t have to do the laundry. But when you’ve got a full load of clean but wet washing to dry, the dull and damp winter weather can cause a ...
When Motorola introduced its first mobile phone in 1984, the company hoped for a buying frenzy. But even the best marketers couldn’t have predicted the success of mobile phones. Today, mobile phones ...