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	<description>This blog addresses software developers who are interested in the issues surrounding  mobile application development, multicore processors and the optimisation of programs for mobile and multicore processors. With this blog, we aim to provide expert articles and opinion, case studies, tips and tricks and information and reviews of developer events.</description>
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		<title>Intel releases Ice Cream Sandwich Android emulator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 15:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been some buzz on the blogs over the last few days about Intel releasing a much improved x86 emulator for Ice Cream Sandwich. Developers can use it to test their Android apps on their PCs, so they can quickly pick up any bugs, especially those that are specific to the Intel Architecture. The emulator [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2317&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should everyone learn to code?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the release of the Raspberry Pi this year (mine has despatched, apparently!), there’s been lots of discussion about whether more people should learn how to program. One reason the UK has such a strong base of software developers is that many of them grew up on machines like the Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2315&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five things software developers can learn from Draw Something</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Draw Something is a hugely popular game on Android and iOS, where players take it in turns to draw pictures for each other to identify. You might be challenged to draw Obama, a wedding or ham, and then your friend uses the supplied letters (like a set of Scrabble tiles) to identify what you’ve drawn. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2311&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Ultrabook and more at Digital Shoreditch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, Digital Shoreditch is taking place in London, bringing together the creative, technical and entrepreneurial communities in East London. The event runs for two weeks, so there are plenty of opportunities to drop in and learn something new. Throughout the event, various companies are throwing their doors open to showcase their skills and expertise. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2305&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The BBC&#8217;s guide to developing mobile games</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re an Android developer or a PC developer, here&#8217;s a nice short film (about 3.5 minutes), looking at how to break into the games industry, including interviews with some successful app studios and some student developers. There were a couple of things that struck me about this. Firstly, it says there are 329 games [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2299&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming up: three new chips from Intel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://softtalkblog.com/?p=2297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Intel gave investors their annual briefing, and revealed that there are three new chips we can expect to see released this year. One of these is the Knights Corner co-processor, the many integrated core (MIC) chip which will be familiar to regular blog readers. I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2297&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free tool to measure your battery use on Android</title>
		<link>http://softtalkblog.com/2012/05/09/free-tool-to-measure-your-battery-use-on-android/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People care about battery life. They want to know that when they pick up their phone it will work for them, and that their friends can reach them at any time. That’s why it’s basic courtesy for developers to make sure their software is energy efficient. If they’re squandering battery power, users will soon desert [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2294&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ISTEP 2012: What’s new in Intel VTune Amplifier XE 2013?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you use Intel VTune Amplifier to profile performance in your applications, you might be interested to know what could be in store in the next version. It’s currently in beta, but at the Intel Software Conference, recently, we heard what’s in the beta. New features include: Windows 8 and Visual Studio 11 support Support [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2291&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What would you do for an Ultrabook?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not just developers that Intel is talking to about Ultrabooks &#8211; the company is doing plenty of promotion of the new devices to consumers as well. A series of videos, blogged by content creators Unruly Media show the latest campaign to generate buzz about Ultrabooks across the globe. The videos show a series of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2257&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ISTEP 2012: Get some good advice from Intel</title>
		<link>http://softtalkblog.com/2012/05/02/istep-2012-get-some-good-advice-from-intel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Intel Software Conference gave me an opportunity to get a preview of a new parallel programming tool, coming out later this year, Intel Advisor XE. This adds Linux, Fortran and C# .Net support to a tool (Intel Parallel Advisor) that was previously only available for C/C++. It also has a standalone interface, so you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=softtalkblog.com&#038;blog=8015280&#038;post=2287&#038;subd=softtalkblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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