Sun 26 Feb 2006
Posted in Resources at 11:25 am by Paul Venkatesh
On a lot of web pages, you see little 
logos (or little 
logo as on this page). What are these logos you may be asking yourself?
RSS stands for either RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, which is a bit of a mouthful, but in reality means that the content is accessible in a well structured XML format. Using a tool such as FeedReader, you can add all the web pages you are interested in (which provide RSS/XML feeds), and when they are updated, you get notified of it. There are a number of other clients which may be found quickly by searching for RSS aggregator.
This is especially useful for infrequently updated sites (such as this one 
) and saves you the trouble of polling all the sites in which you are interested to see if new articles have been posted. The RSS aggregator (such as FeedReader) does all the polling for you, and informs you that a new article is available at that site.
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Sun 26 Feb 2006
Posted in Interview Help at 11:04 am by Paul Venkatesh
What is wrong with this piece of code?
class A
{
private:
int x, y;
public:
A():y(0), x(y)
{
}
}
What is Resource Acquisition is Initialisation? When would you use it?
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Thu 9 Feb 2006
Posted in Social at 9:38 am by Paul Venkatesh
Bearing in mind the Robben’s outrageous dive at the recent Chelsea vs Liverpool match, I thought some people might find this amusing.
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Mon 6 Feb 2006
Posted in Job Listings at 10:59 am by Paul Venkatesh
Taken from the nnobc mailing list.
DESCRIPTION
The purpose of these roles is to design, write & test embedded communications software for 3rd generation mobile telephones. These challenging roles will involve support of a rapidly expanding portfolio of products including problem investigation & fixing as well as the ongoing development & enhancement of WCDMA Radio Access Network implementation.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To take ownership of the idle measurement evaluation code, including error investigation & fixing, code development for improvements & optimistations, test harness development & answering ad-hoc enquiries. Also to provide general UE trace log analysis support, IWT on-site support and general support to other teams within WRAN.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Must have completed a Bachelor’s or Masters Degree or HNC/HND in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or equivalent area.
Essential:
- A background in telecommunications
- Embedded and real time programming experience
- Full understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Basic C programming skills
- Willing and have the ability to travel abroad as and when require
- Good problem solving skills and be able to understand complex specifications
- Good attention to detail and have a proactive approach to work
- Able to work to tight timescales with changing and sometimes conflicting requirements and priorities
- Able to communicate effectively and work in a team environment
- Able to write clear, concise and understandable reports
- Advanced C programming skills
- Experience of software development for Layer 1-3 communications protocols
- A background in 3G protocols
- Experience of software configuration management systems
- Appreciation of low level coding issues (eg h/w drivers, assembly code, DSP cores)
- Experience of real-time operating systems
- Experience of code optimisation for minimum cycles & memory
- An understanding of state machines
- Experience of developing Windows applications
- Experience of other languages: Visual C++, C#, Perl
Contact:
Robert Sigley
EMEA Telecoms Manager
Futuro Group
5th floor, Tubs Hill House, London Road,
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1BL United Kingdom
tel. 0044 (0) 1732 468 005
cell. 0044 (0) 7908 859 578
fax. 0044 (0) 1732 469 367
email: robert.sigley@futurogrp.com
web. www.futurogrp.com
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