Fast Article Writing

Is there any benefit in using an article generator software for writing articles? does article writing software really help you in developing good articles that search engines can pick up? is there software available that can do part of the work and you clean and edit it manually? Is there any article generation software that is available for trial before purchase. links will be appreciated.

Does anyone know of a good editing software to use for the purpose of article writing? This would be for writing and editing professionally

i saw an article written " software development arm ". What is the meaning of " Software development arm " ?

What software do writers use for writing articles/reviews/reports/manuscripts? Is there any special software that writers use, or do they go with Microsoft Word, like everyone else?

wish to have hindi software for writing hindi articles. which one is the best? and from where i can procure it Is there any good hindi software with spellcheck available on net for free?

Are there any software themes for writing articles?

Is it illegal to write on article "showing people" how to download software illegally? I want to know if it is against any kind of law to write a guide on how to download software illegally. so if I add a disclaimer telling people it is illegal and it should only be used for software recovery i.e. you already own it ect. ect. http://embercom.blogspot.com/

Any software for writing maths/Physics articles? Preferably freeware.? I wish to write physics and maths articles and am looking for Some software that allows all maths and physics symbols to be inserted with ease in document. Thanks

Are there any sites to write and view some articles on software?

Need a good website for articles written about instructional technology software for the classroom. Anyone? I need reviews that are written about current IT software.

Mac Software for non-fiction writing? I'm looking for Mac OS X software to help me research & write non-fiction articles. I have Microsoft Word, which I don't care for. I've tried Mellel, which feels better, but complicated. Textedit is too simple. Tell me what you use, and why it works for you? I don't care about the price, as long as it's worth it. Thanks! David

What software / computer program do I need for this task? I'm a work-from-home writer who gets several assignments daily to write articles. In fact I get so many it's almost become too hard to keep track of. I need some way to keep track of what assignments I've agreed to take, what has been done and what still needs to be done, and who has and has not paid me. What kind of program do I need?

What publishing software should I use for my coursework? I am doing some coursework and I need to write an article that looks like one from a teenage magazine, but I was ill when everyone else was shown how to do it :| Can anyone suggest a suitable program? PS don't say publisher.

Best software to publish articles on my blog Hi people i am new to blogging , can you name some best software from where i can easily write and publish my articles on by blogs. Thanx in advance

Is there any software through which we can listen any written stuff? for example, i'm busy doing my work, being student I don't want to west my time, for the seek of getting more knowledge, through this technology, can i listen any written stuff, like articles or ebooks, stories and so on?

why does my pc phone recording software stop recording after less than a minute? I am using win98se and it is really imprtant to me to be able to record a friend. (we are writing an article together about her experiences with motor neurone disease and we are only able to talk over the phone.) ps I have her permission to record her.

Is here anyone who is want to (or already writing) write a book? Are there easier ways to write a book, that you already know, or a software that will help you more to be efficient? Or any articles to make it easier?

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Any easy software for inserting math equations in .doc or .html? I would like to insert mathematical equations in articles written in .doc or .html . Is there an easy to use software that lets me just choose the symbols, operators, Greek alphabet that I want and insert it at the point I want? Preferably a Free software. Thanks.

What is a good program to download for writing a newspaper? I need a good program to format pages and articles and everything. Preferably a free one. Also a logo making software would be good, but not necessary

How does everyone feel about what the article below addresses.?

Does articlesubmitter work or is it fake? I have written an article related to my business.the article is my original content.There are softwares available that submit the article to various publishing websites.One of these softwares is articlesubmitter--I want to ask that does it work---will articles submitted by such a software accepted by publishing websites?

Business Article Help? I have been told by many people that I should write an article about my home buiness and distribute it to different websites. One problem, I don't know the first thing about writing such an article. Can you suggest, a website, people, software, or anythings else that might be able to help me?

what is the weeeb site for free software? they have been in a yahoo news that some "brainiacs" want to buy an island to put their sevre in that island and the island is belong to U.K and they want to buy the island and build their own country without copyright law and they can make copies of any software and they can give it for free trough the internet..i remembered the story but i dont remember the web sitethat they write in thet article pls tell me thank you

If students are allowed to use assistive software they will never learn to read or spell? I am writing a paper and am looking for opinions that agree with the above statement. Also any articles would help. (No Wilkpedia please). I have debated against it and am trying to provide why people may agree. Thanks.

What kind of Software Can I Use for Creating and Managing a Newsletter? For the last two years, I have slowly evolved my career towards becoming a private guitar instructor. Lately. I have been thinking about creating a newsletter because I'm discovering the effectiveness of word-of-mouth advertisement from parents and students. From my experience in writing, I'm aware that a properly written and distributed newsletter or mailing list is highly effective way to reach people. The question I have is what kind of software would I need? Is there a really good program available for creating, editing, and managing this? Are there web-based applications or a free website? I just want to write mini articles (tips, etc.) and calendar info, including recitals or open music events... I just don't know how to get this started, so I thought I would ask? It would be even really swell if I could just tie it all in with my calendar, which I have yet to figure out a program. Would MS Outlook be a soloution for Calendar and Newsletter?

i want a a software to help me orginise my research project!Articles, notes and my written passages & pictures articles from internet my passages (eg : intoductions, abstracts) notes and pictures

How to write mathematical articles in PDF? What software should I use? I have Adobe Acrobat, but I don't know how to insert mathematical equation.

Do big IT companies hire fresh graduates with Commerce background with a Diploma in Software Engineering? I'm in my final year B.com. I've done a Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech. I have read few articles in on the net where it was written that they consider pople with Science Background. Please advice.

What do you think about windows security? I've just read this article (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/29012007/175/windows-vista-wide-open-malware.html) and found that again, I am NOT suprised about windows lacking security or protection. Users have to turn to third-party software solutions. So my question is this, why does windows not find out what the most used/secure third party applications are, and ship them with its computers, NOT already pre-installed, or intergrated into the OS, many people will feel safer if they install and SEE ZoneAlarm running, or WebRoot's software running. This way, windows could concentrate on providing a GUI to work your computer with, which is all a OS really is, and leave the other sectors, such as security, encryption, protecting ect upto people who SPECIALIZE in creating that sort of software. Well, I just wrote this to get it down and allow myself to read through it and such to make it easier for myself to think about. What do you think?

is there any free software which converts speech to text? the purpose is to use it for writing articles by people who are not very fast with typing

editing software? I'm interested in finding out more about editing software. I do technical writing and MSWORD BITES! I ran some of the articles through it 3 times and still found errors. Any one have first hand experience with editing software like Whitesmoke, stylewriter, exc...

where can i find a sofware that is used to write a thesis? there are some software programs which organize format of an academic writing like article, thesis etc. you enter the required format information as input and then start writing without caring about the indentations, or titles, tables, figures, captions.but i am not able to find a practical one:(

Magazine creator software? i want to create a magazine, like do the covers write the articles put the pictures... what program should i use? i wantes something similar to microsoft publisher..

Looking for short (3-4 paragraph) articles on technology/software ?? You can also write about any particular "technology" such as VoIP or a programming language if you have a firm knowledge of the technology.

I am in Englist composition II class, and need to write a research paper. Help me with this!? I am interested in writing a paper on Computer science, or more specific, software engineering. Give me the topic which is easy to understand and easy to write, and which should have a lot of information (books, articles, etc) easily available. My paper should be atleast 2000 words long. So please help me out with this, and suggest me topic.

Stupid Software!? I need to write a newspaper article for science and it needs to be separated into columns, much like a newspaper. The only program I have besides wordpad is Angel Writer. Can I use this program to do so? Thanks to anyone who gives an answer. It is appreciated! Do you need winzip to access openoffice.org?

How to categorize my blog? I am having a blog in blogger.com. I have written articles under various topics and I need to categorize them. Is it possible? I will be having links like Software, Programming etc.. and when any link is cliked, the posts corresponding to that category should be shown

How should I go about writing this law essay? I'm a Software Engineering student and am more used to writing HTML or C++ code. However one of my final year modules at school is computing law. I'm required to discuss the accuracy of the following statement: The perceived inadequacies of the criminal law in dealing with undesirable activities perpetrated through the use of computers and information communications technologies have now been finally resolved through the combined provisions of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 as amended and the Fraud Act 2006. I'm not necessarily asking for the answer, just guidance on how i should go about doing the research and how to structure my report. Any help will be much appreciated. PS, i'v been advised to: Read relevant textbooks and journal articles to enable you to utilise Case Law and Statutory Law in your critical examination of the above statement.

Money makes you SAD/ANGRY/MEAN/HAPPY?>>>please read full article before answering!?

Voice mimicking - translation software? I read this most amazing article on being able to use any actors voice and basically make them say anything you want. The guy who wrote the program has lots of legal issues he has to deal with before marketing the program but how cool would it be to dub your own movies or make actors say anything you want. Does software like this exist somewhere to download ? The original articel I read is here : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a5ksC7bmNnKA&refer=culture

Blogging Software? I have a blog on Blogspot (or Blogger). At the moment, I have to write out my post (it's more like articles on my blog and reviews) in Word, then log on to the website and copy and paste it in. I have 2 questions: 1) Is there any free or extremely cheap software that means I don't have to load up the internet and visit the site etc.? I just want a desktop app that does it, is there anything like this? 2) Is there an API so I can build the software myself? Any help? Sophie

Has anyone read this article? Good food for thought? Why the Dollar Bubble is about to Burst? IRAN HAS REALLY DONE IT...more deadlier than the nuclear.. The Voice (issue 264 -) ran an article beginning, ' Iran has really gone and done it now. No, they haven't sent their first nuclear sub in to the Persian Gulf . They are about to launch something much more deadly -- next week the Iran Bourse will open to trade oil, not n dollars but in Euros' This apparently insignificant event has consequences far greater for the US people, indeed all for us all, than is imaginable. Currently almost all oil buying and selling is in US-dollars through exchanges in London and New York . It is not accidental they are both US-owned. The Wall Street crash in 1929 sparked off global depression and World War II. During that war the US supplied provisions and munitions to all its allies, refusing currency and demanding gold payments in exchange. By 1945, 80% of the world's gold was sitting in US vaults. The dollar became the one undisputed global reserve currency -- it was treated world-wide as `safer than gold'. The Bretton Woods agreement was established. The US took full advantage over the next decades and printed dollars like there was no tomorrow. The US exported many mountains of dollars, paying for ever-increasing amounts of commodities, tax cuts for the rich, many wars abroad, mercenaries, spies and politicians the world over. You see, this did not affect inflation at home! TheUS got it all for free! Well, maybe for a forest or two. Over subsequent decades the world's vaults bulged at the seams and more and more vaults were built, just for US dollars. Each year, the US spends many more dollars abroad that at home. Analysts pretty much agree that outside the US , of the savings, or reserves, of all other countries, in gold and all currencies -- that a massive 66% of this total wealth is in US dollars! In 1971 several countries simultaneously tried to sell a small portion of their dollars to the US for gold. Krassimir Petrov, (Ph. D. in Economics at OhioUniversity ) recently wrote, 'The US Government defaulted on its payment on August 15, 1971 . While popular spin told the story of `severing the link between the dollar and gold', in reality the denial to pay back in gold was an act of bankruptcy by the US Government.' The 1945 Breton Woods agreement was unilaterally smashed. The dollar and US economy were on a precipice resembling Germany in 1929. The US now had to find a way for the rest of the world to believe and have faith in the paper dollar. The solution was in oil, in the petrodollar. The US viciously bullied first Saudi Arabia and then OPEC to sell oil for dollars only -- it worked, the dollar was saved. Now countries had to keep dollars to buy much needed oil. And the US could buy oil all over the world, free of charge. What a Houdini for the US ! Oil replaced gold as the new foundation to stop the paper dollar sinking. Since 1971, the US printed even more mountains of dollars to spend abroad.The trade deficit grew and grew. The US sucked-in much of the world's products for next to nothing. More vaults were built. Expert, Cóilínn Nunan, wrote in 2003, 'The dollar is the de facto world reserve currency: the US currency accounts for approximately two thirds of all official exchange reserves. More than four-fifths of all foreign exchange transactions and half of all world exports are denominated in dollars. In addition, all IMF loans are denominated in dollars.' Dr Bulent Gukay of Keele University recently wrote, 'This system of the US dollar acting as global reserve currency in oil trade keeps the demand for the dollar `artificially' high. This enables the US to carry out printing dollars at the price of next to nothing to fund increased military spending and consumer spending on imports. There is no theoretical limit to the amount of dollars that can be printed. As long as the US has no serious challengers, and the other states have confidence in the US dollar, the system functions.' Until recently, the US-dollar has been safe. However, since 1990 Western Europe has been busy growing, swallowing up central and Eastern Europe .French and German bosses were jealous of the US ability to buy goods and people the world over for nothing. They wanted a slice of the free cake too. Further, they now had the power and established the euro in late 1999 against massive US-inspired opposition across Europe , especially from Britain - paid for in dollars of course. But the euro succeeded. Only months after the euro-launch, Saddam's Iraq announced it was switching from selling oil in dollars only, to euros only -- breaking the OPEC agreement.. Iran , Russia , Venezuela , Libya , all began talking openly of switching too -- were the floodgates about to be opened? Then aero planes flew into the twin-towers in September 2001. Was this another Houdini chance to save the US (petro) dollar and the biggest financial/economic crash in history? War preparations began in the US But first war-fever had to be created -- and truth was the first casualty. Other oil producing countries watched-on. In 2000 Iraq began selling oil in euros. In 2002, Iraq changed all their petro-dollars in their vaults into euros. A few months later, the US began their invasion of Iraq . The whole world was watching: very few aware that the US was engaging in the first oil currency, or petro-dollar war. After the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, remember, the US secured oil areas first. Their first sales in August were, of course, in dollars, again. The only government building in Baghdad not bombed was the Oil Ministry! It does not matter how many people are murdered -- for the US , the petro-dollar must be saved as the only way to buy and sell oil - otherwise the US economy will crash, and much more besides. In early 2003, Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela talked openly of selling half of its oil in euros (the other half is bought by the US ). On 12 April 2003, the US-supported business leaders and some generals in Venezuela kidnapped Chavez and attempted a coup. The masses rose against this and the Army followed suit. The coup failed. This was bad for the US . In November 2000 the euro/dollar was at $0.82 dollars, its lowest ever, and still diving, but when Iraq started selling oil in euros, the euro dive was halted. In April 2002 senior OPEC reps talked about trading in euros and the euro shot up. In June 2003 the US occupiers of Iraq switched trading back to dollars and the euro fell against the dollar again. In August 2003 Iran starts to sell oil in euros to some European countries and the euro rises sharply. In the winter of 2003-4 Russian and OPEC politicians talked seriously of switching oil/gas sales to the euro and the euro rose. In February 2004 OPEC met and made no decision to turn to the euro -- and yes, the euro fell against the dollar. In June 2004 Iran announced it would build an oil bourse to rival London and New York , and again, the euro rose. The euro stands at $1.27 and has been climbing of late. But matters this month became far, far worse for the US dollar. On 5th May Iran registered its own Oil Bourse, the IOB. Not only are they now selling oil in euros from abroad -- they have established an actual Oil Bourse, a global trading centre for all countries to buy and sell their oil! In Chavez's recent visit to London ; he talked openly about supporting the Iranian Oil Bourse, and selling oil in euros. When asked in London about the new arms embargo imposed by the US against Venezuela , Chavez prophetically dismissed the US as 'a paper tiger'. Currently, almost all the world's oil is sold on either the NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange, or the IPE, London's International Petroleum Exchange. Both are owned by US citizens and both sell and buy only in US dollars. The success of the Iran Oil Bourse makes sense to Europe , which buys 70% of Iran 's oil. It makes sense for Russia , which sells 66% of its oil to Europe . But worse for the US , China and India have already stated they are very interested in the new Iranian Oil Bourse. If there is a tactical-nuclear strike on - deja-vu - `weapons of mass destruction' in Iran , who would bet against a certain Oil Exchange and more, being bombed too? And worse for Bush. It makes sense for Europe , China , India and Japan-- as well as all the other countries mentioned above -- to buy and sell oil in Euro's. They will certainly have to stock-up on euros now, and they will sell dollars to do so. The euro is far more stable than the debt-ridden dollar. The IMF has recently highlighted US economic difficulties and the trade deficit strangling the US-- there is no way out. The problem for so many countries now is how to get rid of their vaults full of dollars, before it crashes? And the US has bullied so many countries for so many decades around the world, that many will see a chance to kick the bully back. The US cannot accept even 5% of the world's dollars -- it would crash the US economy dragging much of the world with it, especially Britain . To survive, as the Scottish Socialist Voice article stated, 'the US , needs to generate a trade surplus to get out of this one. Problem is it can't.' This is spot on. To do that they must force US workers into near slavery, to get paid less than Chinese or Indian workers. We all know that this will not happen.What will happen in the US ? Chaos for sure. Maybe a workers revolution, but looking at the situation as it is now, it is more likely to be a re-run of Germany post-1929, and some form of extreme-right mass movement will emerge... Does Europe and China/Asia have the economic independence and strength to stop the whole world's economies collapsing with the US ? Their vaults are full to the brim with dollars. The US has to find a way to pay for its dollar-imperialist exploitation of the world since 1945.. Somehow, eventually, it has to account for every dollar in every vault in the world. Bombing Iran could backfire tremendously. It would bring Iran openly into the war in Iraq , behind the Shiite majority. The US cannot cope even now with the much smaller Iraqi insurgency. Perhaps the US will feed into the Sunni v Shiite conflict and turn it into a wider Middle-East civil-war. However, this is so dangerous for global oil supplies. Further, they know that this would be temporary, as some country somewhere else, will establish a euro-oil-exchange, perhaps in Brussels . There is one `solution' -- scrap the dollar and print a whole new currency for the US . This will destroy 66% of the rest of the world's savings/reserves in one swoop. Imagine the implications? Such are the desperate things now swimming around heads in the White House, Wall Street and Pentagon. Another is to do as Germany did, just before invading Poland in 1938. The Nazis filmed a mock Polish Army attack on Germany , to win hearts and minds at home. But again, this is a finger in the dam. So, how is the US going to escape this time? The only global arena of total superiority left is military. Who knows what horrors lie ahead. A new world war is one tool by which the US could discipline its `allies' into keeping the dollar in their vaults. The task of socialists today is to explain to as many as possible, especially our class, that the coming crisis belongs purely to capitalism and (dollar) imperialism. Not people of other cultures, not Islam, not the axis of evil or their so-called WMDs. Their system alone is to blame. The new Iranian Oil Bourse, the IOB, is situated in a new building on the free-trade-zone island of Kish , in the Persian Gulf . It's computers and software are all set to go. The IOB was supposed to be up and running last March, but many pressures forced a postponement. Where the pressure came from is obvious. It was internationally registered on 5th May and supposed to open mid-May, but its opening was put off, some saying the oil-mafia was involved, along with much international pressure. ........................... In 2007 Crude was traded around 60 usd. Everyone know dollar was getting weaker and weaker day by day. Then US with the help of their two NYMEX & IPE exchange started raising the price of crude by Future trading on crude( called speculation). Today crude is around 140 usd. It means whole world who were paying 60 usd, now paying 140 usd, means demand of dollar increase to 230% and dollar start again rising. Even OPEC recently that in hike og crude, 60% contribution is due to speculation (Future market). Moral of story is USA has & will go to destroy any nation to keep its monopoly of dollar in world.

Does anyone know of a good editing software to use for the purpose of article writing?

Software Ideas for eliminating handwritten data entry? At work our operators come in every morning, read sched. of parts to run, get a bill of material 'BOM'(which has many blank spots for data entry by hand). Then have to reference the parts on sched so that they can grab the proper 'first article' (contains part numbers) to input the info on the BOM. Always have more parts then spaces on BOM, so more are needed. THEN readings on parts are taken (30 readings every 2 hrs) and hand written in blanks provided. At end of day, the total parts run, passed, and scrapped are recorded for each part, then totaled for final count. ALL HAND WRITTEN, wasting apprx. 1hr per area (15 areas per 24hr production) Office workers then re-input the data into excel from BOM. I need a software thats user friendly enough for workers to point n' click to enter this data from an indexed list of parts and allows numPad entry of readings then saved to excel sheet. excel sheet is too confusing for most operators. !out of room! need more info? Paul_Piked@yahoo.com

wish to have hindi software for writing hindi articles. which one is the best? and from where i can procure it Is there any good hindi software with spellcheck available on net for free?

Articles Ideas? I currently have an articles script; using the software from articledashboard. The design of my site is well put together and the index page ranks well. That being said, I am trying to get rid of double content. I noticed authors are posting their same article(s) on several different websites. So, I am trying to develop an idea for the articles section of my site. 1. Should I design the site so people can suggest their site and I'll write up articles about the site? Charge a fee for featured articles OR 2. Any other suggestions? The site focus is related to the word of sports. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Revise my short article.thanks? grammar and sentence structure. (1)We confer the advantages between the Traditional Teaching Method and the Computer Teaching Method by writing the technical literature, in addition, we analyze the trend of English teaching in Taiwan nowadays. (2)We take the software of “Learning English by Quickly Finger Teaching Method of Computer” as our monograph, and we aim at its background, and the way of teaching for researching.

I would like to write articles in TELUGU (an Indian language), Where can I get or freely download the script esp. the software applicable for DTP or similar scripts.

Helpful Computer Repair Companies; the type that list tools tips and tricks? I am going to start writing a wiki-book about this subject. the article I wrote before, Computer Repair Technician on wikipedia I guess crossed into a how-to. I know some sites will say use this($$) or best results this ($$$$$$). I will accept any help with this, and sift though them later. Also, anyone know a reliable source that says the un-official software suites I see alot of places use, are in fact truly official?? {Ad-aware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Etc.} Thanks in advance. :)

Linux problem? Uh oh, big problem. I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu Linux. When I used it to install on my Pentium 4 2.4GHz PC, it worked perfectly. In fact, I am now using it to surf the web and writing this article. However, this morning, my gf came over with her PC and ask me to do the same. Her PC also had the same configuration as mine, ie, Pentium 4 2.4GHz. Unfortunately, the PC was slow initially. Then it hanged there. I have now deleted her Windows and left her with an unusable PC. What could be the problem? The CD that I created Ubuntu with can download the software perfectly onto my PC. But cannot do the same for my gf's PC, even though her PC configuration is similar. What could be the problem? I can't even install Ubuntu Linux on her PC?

could u help me find this?? urgent? i want a software performing what is called hand-free computing .. wanna speak to the copmuter to perform task with a click by mouse or on keyboard (i heard that it could help me write articles & save hours of time)

what filesharing/torrent/downloading music/film sites are best?? i wish to write an article on what legal and illegal file sharing sites exist for my site beingahuman.blogspot.com i know of itunes/bittorent/napster ..please tell me every legal site for music/film/tv/games and software you use..full address please eg itunes.co.uk, and then what illegal programmes and sites do you know of?? and whats good or bad about them?? ( review each torrent site u know..what features are useful or not?) eg kazaa was software and sites like piratebay/edonkey/oink are being closed by music/film industry who hire hackers to steal user account details to aid them sue those stealing copyrighted materials. i think 2008 will be turning point in battle to stop piracy so help me do a good article on this topic many thanks

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Is the PS3 Really Harder to Develop for? Posted by Dave Karraker // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/product/ Our friends over at GamePro.com have written an interesting article on a topic I get asked about all the time — Is the PS3 harder to develop for than other systems? I gave them some feedback on this and the reporter, Blake Snow, does a nice job of presenting a well-rounded story. For this piece, I spoke to our PD group and asked them for input on this question and thought you might be interested in reading their full reply: This is an interesting question and hidden within the question is an enormously complex subject! If the game starts life on PS3, then man-hours per feature or costs related to asset production are comparable with industry norms. For that, you can include Xbox 360 and high-end PC games, and exclude PS2 and Wii. However, since PS3’s Cell processor allows MORE features - better physics, more complex graphical processing, lighting or sound, etc. — there is inevitably going to be more cost in supporting those extra features. It’s not that PS3 is harder to write for, it’s just that you can do more with it. Middleware tools like Havok and other specialist graphics tools are now customized to exploit Cell’s SPUs. These mean that developers don’t have to reinvent those particular wheels themselves. Also, PlayStation Edge does some very difficult and performance-critical aspects of the graphics pipeline on the SPUs: geometry processing, animation, compression - delivering performance unachievable on other systems. This is available for free to all developers from SCE. So, given that PS3 can draw more on screen, the assets required to fill that capacity go up, too. This can, but not always, require more people - however depending on the game, much of that extra content can be produced automatically - procedurally in software, not by hand. Compared to PS2, the SPUs are much easier to code for. In PS2 we had some custom chips called VU0 and VU1 which were powerful, but tricky to write for. The SPUs use a more standard programming language. Now, it’s not without challenges: 1) SPUs are not ‘normal’ processors like the PPU. There is a trade-off between performance and versatility. A Ferrari is not the best car for a visit to Home Depot… 2) If you are porting: If your game starts on Xbox 360 you will have to re-engineer aspects of the game to run properly on PS3. This means additional effort. Some developers have been complaining about this but I don’t believe we can solve that. Xbox 360 is a different machine with good, but lower powered hardware in a different architecture. Developers have to view them as two different machines not as a common platform. 3) If your game has heavy online use: XBL provides more and better standard libraries for online gaming to developers. For the same features on PS3, developers have to do some extra work. We’re catching up, but there is a difference.

Is the PS3 Really Harder to Develop for? Posted by Dave Karraker // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/product/ Our friends over at GamePro.com have written an interesting article on a topic I get asked about all the time — Is the PS3 harder to develop for than other systems? I gave them some feedback on this and the reporter, Blake Snow, does a nice job of presenting a well-rounded story. For this piece, I spoke to our PD group and asked them for input on this question and thought you might be interested in reading their full reply: This is an interesting question and hidden within the question is an enormously complex subject! If the game starts life on PS3, then man-hours per feature or costs related to asset production are comparable with industry norms. For that, you can include Xbox 360 and high-end PC games, and exclude PS2 and Wii. However, since PS3’s Cell processor allows MORE features - better physics, more complex graphical processing, lighting or sound, etc. — there is inevitably going to be more cost in supporting those extra features. It’s not that PS3 is harder to write for, it’s just that you can do more with it. Middleware tools like Havok and other specialist graphics tools are now customized to exploit Cell’s SPUs. These mean that developers don’t have to reinvent those particular wheels themselves. Also, PlayStation Edge does some very difficult and performance-critical aspects of the graphics pipeline on the SPUs: geometry processing, animation, compression - delivering performance unachievable on other systems. This is available for free to all developers from SCE. So, given that PS3 can draw more on screen, the assets required to fill that capacity go up, too. This can, but not always, require more people - however depending on the game, much of that extra content can be produced automatically - procedurally in software, not by hand. Compared to PS2, the SPUs are much easier to code for. In PS2 we had some custom chips called VU0 and VU1 which were powerful, but tricky to write for. The SPUs use a more standard programming language. Now, it’s not without challenges: 1) SPUs are not ‘normal’ processors like the PPU. There is a trade-off between performance and versatility. A Ferrari is not the best car for a visit to Home Depot… 2) If you are porting: If your game starts on Xbox 360 you will have to re-engineer aspects of the game to run properly on PS3. This means additional effort. Some developers have been complaining about this but I don’t believe we can solve that. Xbox 360 is a different machine with good, but lower powered hardware in a different architecture. Developers have to view them as two different machines not as a common platform. 3) If your game has heavy online use: XBL provides more and better standard libraries for online gaming to developers. For the same features on PS3, developers have to do some extra work. We’re catching up, but there is a difference.

I am in Englist composition II class, and need to write a research paper on computer or related topics??????? am interested in writing a paper on Computer science, or more specific, software engineering. Give me the topic which is easy to understand and easy to write, and which should have a lot of information (books, articles, etc) easily available. My paper should be atleast 2000 words long. So please help me out with this, and suggest me topic. You can suggest me topics which are hotly debated (a lot of academic articles on them) in computers

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