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I actually agree with this: if you want last year's gaming experience, stick with Xbox 360.

Bruce Schneier: It's time to stop the madness.

Christian Heilmann shares some great tips on successful conference speaking.

Removing cat photos and animated GIFs reduces the problem significantly.

A look back at programming the Altair 8080 and IMSAI 8080.

Functional programming and JavaScript - that's two, two, TWO programming trends in one!

Graph databases are not just for social search. Just ask your social graph.

Guard well this treasure, oh Hassan, or the jackals shall grow fat on thy carcass!

Maureen is just getting started as a dev, but already contributing to the community.

Fad or best practice: you be the judge.

Maximum warp. Punch it.

A long-forgotten battle in the Clone Wars that nearly killed Apple.

Hold the schadenfreude: Windows Phone and Android may have similar issues.

As a bonus, you'll also be included in an exclusive list of hackers watched by the NSA.

And they get their search data from... oh, right, totally private...

Momma, momma! I went to town: inside, outside, batteries worn down.

Learning to use the little nginx that could.

What did the lobster say to the mermaid? Nothing, lobsters can’t talk.

Metro, Modern... I guess we can call it "Postmodern" now.

Set it and forget it (and recalculate it, and reset it...)

If a school needed tablets, which platform is best?

At the World Wide Developer Conference this year, Apple revealed iOS 7 along with details of the iOS developer and app ecosystem. From the $10 Billion paid to iOS developers to opportunities in the next iOS release, Nick Dalton lays out the state of Apples mobile development landscape in 2013.

Because it's a FAQ: Unlike some other mobile platforms, which require roundabout means of distributing beta apps, Windows Phone supports beta testing of apps directly through the Windows Store. Michael Crump has answers for 10 frequently asked questions about how beta apps work and what you can do with them.

"The lure of high engagement on mobile devices has many people building and marketing native mobile apps. But how many of these applications actually get downloaded by mobile users each month?" Luke Wroblewski unravels the averages for apps downloaded on various mobile platforms over the years.