Number spirals

Number spirals are very simple. To make one, we just write the non-negative integers on a ribbon and roll it up with zero at the center.

The trick is to arrange the spiral so all the perfect squares (1, 4, 9, 16, etc.) line up in a row on the right side.

Symantec's University Programming Competition

University programming competition to encourage creativity and innovation. The entrant who builds the most efficient and robust virtual organism will win the competition. Starts today!

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Over 30 books, 100% FREE. Game Programming. Clear, practical lessons based on C++/Java game programming are the basis of this book's lessons.

Rackspace to offer hosting solution for JAVA

Rackspace Managed Hosting, a fast-growing managed hosting provider, and JBoss®, Inc., the Professional Open Source company, today announced a partnership agreement to create Intensive Hosting for Linux – JBoss Edition, the first and only managed Linux hosting solution specifically designed for complex Java Enterprise Edition (EE) applications running on JBoss Application Server.

Jim Starkey, the original creator of InterBase (FireBird), joins MySQL

Jim Starkey, the original creator of InterBase, which became Firebird, just made it publicly known that he now works for MySQL AB.

Borland sells out IDE & compiler business

In addition, Borland announced today that we will be divesting our IDE product lines, driving even tighter focus on the ALM market. These product lines include our award-winning Borland Developer Studio (Delphi, C++ Builder and C# Builder) and JBuilder. Our intent is to create a standalone business focused on the IDE market, capable of investing in the opportunities that exist for these product lines and advancing developer productivity.

Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL

MySQL Chief Executive Marten Mickos confirmed the acquisition attempt in an interview at the Open Source Business Conference here but wouldn't provide details such as when the approach was made or how much money Oracle offered.

First post to Protools' blog

Hello, this is the first post.