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Facebook has built its own networking switch and developed a Linux-based operating systems to run it. The goal is to create networking infrastructure that mimics a server in terms of how its managed and configured.
"We're buried in the bunker. Time to break out the Wedge."
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HTML5 took quite a beating a few years back when Facebook dropped it and early studio adopters stumbled, but as a mobile game development platform, it has been quietly making a comeback.
Making a comeback...with simple arcade-style games. Still doesn't compare to native development for complex graphics.
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When they fix the ability to do any type of audio mixing, or add support for mufti-channel audio... maybe.
Until then unless you want to choose between having background audio OR effects, not worth it.
There are some workarounds and frameworks, but they all have serious issues for anything beyond the most simple audio task.
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RAND report says in overall job market, hardest to hire are managers and geeky hackers who can find APTs.
It's like the NSA scene from "Good Will Hunting," except Will says yes and the process repeats 1,000 times.
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Amazon doesn't just sell smartphones anymore — it makes one. In news that should surprise exactly no one, Jeff Bezos has officially unveiled Amazon's first cellphone, the Fire Phone. I'm guessing it will be really easy to buy stuff with?
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It's a 4.7-inch shopping machine that happens to make calls and take pictures.
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Will cloud-dependent software leave anything behind for future historians? "Sunny day. Sweepin' the clouds away."
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JavaScript is getting another option for functional programming, called Ki. Replace all those angle brackets with parens
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This may come as a very surprising news, but according to Michael Arrington, TechCrunch founder, Microsoft is paying bloggers to write about Internet Explorer. He received an email from Microsoft regarding the matter, despite his opposing stance on writing paid posts. He also posted the email in its entirety, which offered him compensation for writing a post about Internet Explorer. Hey Microsoft, please send cheque or money order to...
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Google does the same thing. Only they call it advertising. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Anybody got any links to these blogs? I could use a good laugh 
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They all do it, whether it's fake plugs for their own products or artificial criticism of a competitor. Samsung got caught doing the same thing last year, trying to pay off StackOverflow users to promote a developer challenge.
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They probably are also paying NetApplications to game their browser statistics so IE comes in first
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I would like writing a review about IE. But is it allowed to tell the truth?
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who separate humankind in two distinct categories, and those who don't.
"I have two hobbies: breasts." DSK
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Not unless you want the cheque to bounce...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You just need to tell the right "truth"; eg when talking about javascript performance only talk about SunSpider and ignore Kraken and Octane. IE does impressively well on the microbenches in the former; not so much in the more complex and realistic workloads the latter two simulate. 
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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Today, we are excited to announce that we are partnering with Japanese anime studio Production I.G to launch Gargantia: Sky Courier – a brand new game experience that’s fast, beautiful, and perfect for touch with the modern web. The game is based on one of Japan’s top anime franchises, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Fans will get never-before-seen footage, cut-scene story featuring Gargantia’s original voice actors, and three different “choose your own adventure” endings. You can play it for free in both Japanese and English worldwide. For developers, we are releasing the source code of a packaged version of the Sky Courier game so you can build your own version with the Turbulenz open source 3D game engine. Latest magnificent demo of the power of Internet Explorer
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In the two months since the OpenSSL vulnerability known as Heartbleed hit the headlines and active solutions were offered to plug the security breach, more vulnerabilities have begun to surface. "When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay"
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Programming is just like drugs, except the dealer pays you. "Strung out in heaven's high"
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The Microsoft SQL Server team has many goals. One of them is to create an industry-leading, high-performance, scalable and resilient database software. The other is to make said-software difficult to download. sudo apt-get install postgresql
Bonus extra: Scott Hanselman has created an easier solution[^].
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Ha! Rebuilding my work laptop and had to download Oracle Express -- requires a profile and login.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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They make you use some third party downloader? Seriously?
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It's still easier than the sql server installer wizarddaemon you end up with after jumping through all those hoops.
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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Oh, I really mislike that installer. Plus, it's the only one that makes the VS installer look blazing fast.
TTFN - Kent
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