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The Verge[^]:

As is often the case with satellite reentry, no one's exactly sure when, where, or how GOCE will come crashing down. Much of the craft will burn up in this atmosphere, but there's at least a chance that some chunks will make it to the surface — the thought of a single flaming pound of white-hot space debris hitting your car or house is terrifying enough, but The New York TImes reports that pieces as large as 200 pounds could hit the ground.

Mashable[^]:

There's tons of advice out there about how exactly to answer interview questions, what to wear to that interview and how to follow-up afterwards, but what if you're having trouble even getting your foot in the door? For many people, it isn't a lack of experience, education or training that is keeping them from getting a call back — or these days, an e-mail back. Instead, it often comes down to how you're presenting yourself via your resume.

Neowin[^]:

Microsoft recently announced it plans to consolidate the Windows and Windows Phone stores, and some leaks have hinted that the company will slowly combine the two operating systems. The only thing Microsoft hasn’t tipped its hat about is exactly how its convergence between platforms will take place.

Beta News[^]:

Microsoft is actively looking for a new CEO to replace Steve Ballmer, and one of the potential candidates is Stephen Elop. In an interesting story published earlier today, Bloomberg, citing several unnamed sources, claims that the former boss of Nokia would introduce sweeping changes to Microsoft should he get picked for the top job.

InfoQ[^]:

The Holy “Scrum” War blog by Brian de Haaff argues that those who claim Scrum will save your company are wrong.

The Verge[^]:

Apple’s history with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn and its sprawling network of suppliers in Southeast Asia is checkered with stories concerning the human rights abuses rampant in the region, and the company has made much progress in the effort to resolve them. Today, a Bloomberg Businessweek report reveals how, following last year’s iPhone 5 announcement, the pressure to produce components for the new Apple smartphone resulted in workers on factory lines being forced into debt and indentured servitude.

ZDNet[^]:

Oracle will no longer be supporting Glassfish Java Enterprise Edition Server business users.

BBC[^]:

Millions of documents stored at the World War II code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, are set to be digitised and made available online.

ZDNet[^]:

Where's Office for the iPad? Maybe you're looking in the wrong place. Today, Microsoft released its latest batch of Office Web App updates, pushing its free offering well past the feature set offered by its rivals.

Ars Technica[^]:

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Jazzhub[^]:

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Infoworld[^]:

Bug bounty program rewards security researchers for finding flaws in widely used software that can affect a lot of Internet users.

Lifehacker[^]:

If you're reading this at work in between things you should be doing, or if you like to kill time at the office by heading over to Facebook, Twitter, or one of your favorite blogs, good news: That idle time—in moderation—actually makes you more productive by giving your brain a chance to reset.

MSDN Blogs[^]:

Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is available worldwide in 95 languages for download today. We will begin automatically updating Windows 7 customers to IE11 in the weeks ahead, starting today with customers running the IE11 Developer and Release Previews. With this final release, IE11 brings the same leading standards support--with improved performance, security, privacy, and reliability that consumers enjoy on Windows 8.1—to Windows 7 customers.

Ars Technica[^]:

NSA had reverse-engineered many of Google's and Yahoo's inner workings.