Star Chart Developer Diary - Part 1

What does it take to go from moonlighting to launching a company? Two developers share what they’ve learned, including why savings can be just as big a success factor as revenue.

Today—in addition to safeguarding your devices against the latest viruses, spyware, and malware—your security solution needs to let you track and lock your PC, tablet, or smartphone should it be lost or stolen, and much more.

Indonesia-based Hydrosix provides a data-acquisition and reporting platform based on embedded Linux* that enables early flood detection, hydrometry, and general environmental monitoring. The company’s network of remote monitors is instrumental in protecting the citizens in one of the world’s most disaster-prone nations.

Discover how touch technology is permeating the mobile gaming world, journey into the world of big data analytics, read how DreamWorks Animation and Intel have increased the velocity of the moviemaking pipeline, explore how Wind River is adding horsepower to the Internet of things, and more.

Discover the advantages of using the Intel® Media SDK and Windows* Runtime libraries for your Windows 8 applications. Learn how to implement optimized cross-platform media pipelines with Intel® Media SDK codecs, Quick Sync Video hardware acceleration and HD Graphics driver.

Utilize the best Intel software development tools to optimize the performance of Android devices on Intel® architecture, and develop relevant strategies.

Learn details of modifying applications for networked standby on Windows* 8, which allows users to have immediate access to the latest information on the network when recovering from a resource-saving low-power state.

Explore how the era of big data and machine-to-machine conversation is ushering in new possibilities for every industry—from pharmaceuticals to manufacturing; and learn how businesses can begin to harness the potential of big data more effectively right now.