IBM has published the following technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its developerWorks Website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . .

• Challenges and Opportunities in Mobile Games — The Austin Game Conference has emerged as one of the primary conferences for game designers, developers, and entrepreneurs in North America. This year, more than 1400 professionals from over 350 companies attended the conference to discuss the technical and business challenges that face today's game industry.
• Fun with the Ion window manager — Take a look at the Ion windows manager, a powerful and simple program that manages the windows that applications bring up on your desktop. Ion isn't flashy, but once you get used to it, it can greatly enhance your productivity and make you wonder why you ever used those other window managers.
• Trove Java collection classes, a performance dream or nightmare? — Trove, an open source Java collection package, provides an efficient alternative to the core Java collection classes, especially for implementing collections whose keys or values are primitive types. Is the Trove collection a performance tuner's dream or architect's nightmare. This article takes a look at how the Trove classes differ from the Java collections you are used to, and consider when they should be used.
• Distributed Parallel Programming for Java — Distributed Parallel Programming Environment for Java (DPPEJ) is a set of tools and technologies for developing simple, distributed, parallel applications using the Java programming language. This project is being developed by the IBM India Software Lab.
• Reduce code bloat with XDoclet — The open source XDoclet code-generation engine, an integral part of many leading Java frameworks, is often heralded as an enabler for attribute-oriented programming and continuous integration. But XDoclet also has an undeserved reputation for being difficult for beginning developers to grasp and master.
• IBM Launches Zone for Power Architecture developers — The Power Architecture Zone is dedicated to all things POWER, PowerPC and individuals who work with microprocessor technologists, OEMs, embedded designers, POWER toolsmiths, electrical engineers, PowerPC software developers, administrators, university researchers — in short, everybody who works with POWER or PowerPC or related technologies. It's not just about a faster chip, it's the fact that POWER technology is open to collaboration that's important. Join the Power Architecture global community and have open dialogues with other engineers on Power Architecture developments and important changes in the POWER industry.

 
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