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It's been a couple of weeks since Microsoft named its former cloud and enterprise head Satya Nadella to be its new CEO but aside from a couple of in-house interviews he didn't get any questions from the outside press. That changed today as The New York Times published a brief chat with Nadella. That bit about dropping Windows and switching to Hurd? Totally unexpected.
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We created Windows Phone App Studio Beta as a powerful but easy-to-use tool to help hobbyists, enthusiasts and new developers create content-based apps from end to end, all within a web UI. Microsoft's "Look, anyone can create phone apps" app gets a new coat of paint (and other updates)
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Oh god why.
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Java and Scala have long competed for developers' affections, but Java 8 might transform their relationship entirely. "It's like looking in a mirror. Only... not."
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Has anyone done a good comparison between Java8's lambdas and linq?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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What needs to be done? In short, hardware manufacturers must harden their systems. The WeMo hack exist simply because Belkin got lazy. They allow attackers to digitally “sign” modified firmware, thus turning the WeMo into an attack vector. While it’s probably not scary if an average intruder tries turn your light on and off, the exploit is worth quite a bit to a determined hacker who wants access to your files. The same goes for our Fitbits, Basis bands, and Pebbles – the average user has nothing to worry about but getting the heart rate of a target in various situations could offer attackers a way to socially engineer an unsuspecting target. Add in remote control of health devices like pacemakers and you have something truly scary. Ooohhhh I thought hardware needed to be easier to hack! My mistake..
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What, exactly, is the use case scenario for a remote controlled pacemaker?
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Perhaps you can still use a pacemaker beyond their intended functionality.
For instance, you can influence electronic devices remotely, even if they have no wireless receivers. And a wireless transmitter can also function as a receiver; which would be something useful to put in a pacemaker for collecting raw data on a patient.
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I think they use it to be able to make adjustments without having to cut you open.
I believe these are near-field communications, rather than WIFI like. Although I also believe some mobile devices have been known to interfere with them.
I could be misinformed though, based on articles I read a while ago, but I can no longer identify the source.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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No making it harder to hack is not good enough. It will still get hacked.
Hardware needs to be impossible to hack.
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NeverJustHere wrote: Hardware needs to be impossible to hack.
You're asking the impossible. Let's not even try that, as it would fail before we start.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Yup. All you need to do is to solve the Halting Problem to prove that it's firmware is bugfree. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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TaaS often takes advantage of private and public cloud platforms in order to deliver automated application and software testing services to organizations when they need it. TaaS can be used for load and performance testing, functional testing, or security testing, or it can include all aspects of testing, including test lab management, test driver provisioning, and orchestration of test runs depending on a solution an organization chooses
Seems like everything is as-a-Service these days. What is next, Developers-as-a-Service?
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Google has built a prototype Android smartphone that can learn and map the world around it. Wow. Nothing creepy about this at all
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It takes 2 [billion] to tango...
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Seems like this opens up a variety of ways the NSA can track you...
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Yeah, down to the room of your house. How convenient for them.
Without even bringing up NSA, just imagine how Google would use this, "Oh, you're looking at your phone in the kitchen at 3am. Here are some coupons for Kraft Dinner and hangover remedies." (I started writing that in another room, but decided on switching to the kitchen.)
TTFN - Kent
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A lot of Not-KSF thoughts are going through my head right now, especially if the man's phone alerts the woman's phone. 
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How well do programming maxims stand up when compared with hard data? "But, you see, I never studied law"
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The Boston Globe reports that the US military is exploring passing mild electrical current through the brain as a replacement for soldiers' coffee and energy drinks, especially during long stretches of mind-numbing drone surveillance or data monitoring. Do donuts go well with electrical shocks?
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Microsoft today rebranded its browser-based Office Web Apps, stripped-down versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, as Office Online. 2013: Office 365, Office Web Apps 2014: Office Online 2015: ???
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A new batch of rumored release dates give a glimpse into Microsoft's plans to return Windows to glory. "Linguae centum sunt, oraque centum"
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The operator of a role-playing game site that was knocked offline by denial-of-service attacks has pledged a reward of more than $13,000 for information leading to the conviction of the people responsible. If you can't beat them, pay someone else to beat them
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