Month: December 2008

GMock

nice

Today, we are excited to release Google C++ Mocking Framework (Google Mock for short) under the new BSD license. When used with Google Test, it lets you easily create and use mock objects in C++ tests and rapid prototypes. If you aren’t sure what mocks are or why you’ll need them, our Why Google Mock? article will help explain why this is so exciting, and the Testing on the Toilet episode posted nearby on this blog gives a more light-hearted overview. In short, this technique can greatly improve the design and testability of software systems, as shown in this OOPSLA paper.

Sigma DP2

Sigma has announced the DP2, a large sensor compact camera that will sell alongside the DP1. The new model’s specifications are largely identical to the DP1’s but it comes with a 41mm (35mm equiv.) lens, rather than the 28mm equiv. lens of its sister model; the new lens is also a stop faster at F2.8 as opposed to F4. The DP2 additionally includes the True II image processing engine that appears in the new SD15 DSLR, which the company says offers improved processing speed, operation and performance.

a compact camera with the foveon chip. want.

Google Transit Holdouts

3 years after the launch of Google Transit, which gives directions using transit on Google Maps, and after constant requests by riders and bloggers, WMATA announced their decision that participating in Google Transit is “not in our best interest from a business perspective.” That’s a very shortsighted decision.

why are they so confused? running a web site is not their line of business.

McCain Leak

Private information at bargain prices. It was a high-tech flub at the McCain-Palin campaign headquarters when Tisha Thompson bought a Blackberry device containing confidential campaign information.

ha. good thing those clowns were not elected. can you imagine technology policy by a bunch of ignoramuses that make such mistakes?