A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...

How often would you like to count the number of records without really wanting to load all the records that exist in a list or table. CountRows, CountIf, CountA and Count are four functions to get a ...

Rice, one of the most important food crops for humans, is the first crop plant to have its genome sequenced. This article describes the availability and application of functional genomic tools for ...

Our guide to upcoming products provides an overview of all of the new devices that we're expecting to see in 2026, based on the most current rumors. The dates listed here are not always concrete, but ...