The Insider News

Sploid[^]:

This is it. This Tron-inspired design will be NASA's next generation spacesuit—the first that actually looks from the future and not a variation of the original 1960s suits from the Apollo program. With its glass 360-degree view and integrated Heads Up Display ready to detect xenomorphs, it would look right at home in any sci-fi movie.

IT World[^]:

Sony has created a magnetic tape material that can store up to 74 times more data per unit area than materials in use today.

GeekDotCom[^]:

People from all over the political spectrum are up in arms this week, following a 60 Minutes report on the state of the US nuclear arsenal. Particularly, the segment exposes the old and seemingly outdated technology that controls and underlies these most powerful of weapons. The phones are old, chunky physical types. The switch-boards have those big mechanical switches and flashy lights. And the paramount sin: Many of the records are kept on 8 inch floppy disks.

Ars Technica[^]:

With the expansion of Google Glass' Explorer program earlier this month came more digital-eyewear shoppers—and, not long after, more scrutiny. Once Glass's second purchasing wave got its hands on Google's wearable tech, a few cost-curious shoppers didn't wait long to take their new, $1,500 devices apart.

Slashdot[^]:

Are people using C++11? Does it matter at all?

TechCrunch[^]:

Evrythng is now amongst the best funded IoT startups out there, with some very credible names attached to it.

Network World[^]:

Where Adobe is at and where they're going.

Still Drinking[^]:

A possibly relatable rant about development.

stackoverflow[^]:

What are the reasons for using these two different methods and what are the pros and cons of each? Is there anything that can be done with one method that can't be done with the other?

Dr. Dobbs[^]:

This article, the first in a two-part series, provides a sample application that solves algorithms on the GPUs using Microsoft C++ AMP parallel technology and demonstrates how to debug the code running on the GPU from inside Visual Studio.

Gigaom[^]:

If the 12 finalists of TechStars Boston’s demo day are any indication, we’re still at the entry stage of the quantified self movement, internet of things, and new-look enterprise application era.

Ars Technica[^]:

A day after reports that attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, researchers warned of a separate active campaign that was targeting a critical vulnerability in fully patched versions of Adobe's ubiquitous Flash media player.

Read Write[^]:

Facebook's first developer conference in almost three years will focus on improving the lives of app builders.

High Scalability[^]:

Disqus had to take their commenting system and add realtime capabilities to it. Not something that's easy to do when at the time of the talk (2013) they had had just hit a billion unique visitors a month.

The Next Web[^]

Mozilla today officially launched Firefox 29 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This is a massive release: Firefox Sync has been revamped and is now powered by Firefox Accounts, there’s a new customization mode, and the company’s major user interface overhaul Australis has finally arrived.