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iPhone users love to brag about their smartphones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers. These are the DROIDs you're looking for.
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We have our second winner, who submitted the most upvoted news. We're always looking for good news, so post interesting news items in the Insider News forum or join the discussion. All the news that's fit to link.
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If you have entered a company with poor unit testing practices, you will likely encounter other problems. Many practices and methodologies follow each other, and improper implementation for one item may encourage improper implementation in another. Many companies are successful with different practices in place, and none of this is one-size-fits-all. Or more precisely: I hate unit testing done poorly.
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Agree. We were required to have unit tests, but they were always added later, and often had to followup on another developer. Sucked.
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Every interview I have taken over the last few years, every job I have taken have made a big deal of unit testing. And not one of them actually did it. I think it gets talked about a lot and done a little.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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The long-awaited 6th edition of Programming Windows is scheduled to be published by Microsoft Press in November 2012, but you can purchase the ebook today. Which version of Programming Windows got you started?
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Programming Windows 3.1.
/ravi
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I still have Programming Windows 95.
m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
In most cases the only difference between disappointment and depression is your level of commitment. -- Marc Maron
I am not a chatbot
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That's not Programming Windows 6th Edition at all, but a completely new book covering a different technology.
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Programming Windows: The Microsoft Guide to Writing Applications for Windows 3.1 (3rd edition, Microsoft Press, 1992)
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Show me a community that obeys the Ten Commandments and I'll show you a less crowded prison system." - Anonymous
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This post shows the downloads required to hit the top 25 per category. We chose the top 25 because the first 25 applications are shown immediately when a user fires up the app store on their mobile. All data is based on daily download figures in the Apple App Store for iPhone in the United States in April 2012. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
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Always liked how people would complain about the cost of windows and then go out and pay 100's for games.
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Cost? I've never had to pay for it...either came pre-installed or I got it as a gift from Microsoft (I ended up with 2 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate and another 2 of Vista Ultimate for beta testing 7).
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lewax00 wrote: I've never had to pay for it...either came pre-installed
The computer makers have to pay for it, and they pass that cost on to you.
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I suppose that's true. (Technically, I still haven't because I've never paid for a pre-built computer, they've all been gifts, but I see your point.)
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Worqshop is a small development environment for the iPad with GitHub and Heroku support. It features a fast code editor with syntax highlighting for Python, Ruby, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. For the web developer on the go.
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For reasons I don’t understand, the subject of HTTP cookies tends to attract confusion, vague understanding, and outright misinformation. For instance, you may have read that cookies are scripts, or “programs”, or software, all of which are untrue. You may have read that cookies can transmit viruses or install malware on your computer. Also untrue. There’s no such thing as a third-party cookie.
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The user interface of Windows has evolved and been transformed over the course of its entire 27-year history. Although we think about certain aspects of the Windows UI as being static or constant, the reality is that the interface is always changing to keep up with the way people use PCs. It is amazing to reflect back on the history of the Windows UI, and to see the level of dramatic change that has transpired over time. From Windows 1.0 to Windows 8, and all the steps in between.
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Madison Avenue's strategy for popularizing computers shifted from the 1950s through the 1980s. At first pitches focused on reliability and speed, but by the 1960s, advertising brochures put big systems in gardens next to fashion models. When PCs came on the market, the sales pitch changed again. Computing went family friendly... The Computer History Museum on Selling the Computer Revolution.
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One of the world’s top handset makers has acknowledged the existence of a backdoor in one of its models. The backdoor was used by the company to remotely update its firmware, according to Reuters. But its existence would also allow anyone else with knowledge of the password to access a Score phone and gain root access. Not-so-smartphone.
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This is my personal site. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Designers with personal sites should experiment with new layout models when they can. Before I got busy with one thing and another, I used to redesign this site practically every other week. New ideas often exaggerate to make a point.
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In recent weeks we continued to observe significant increase of uTorrent (uTP based) network activity. Some parts of recorded traffic triggered high-level alerts in the ARAKIS system informing about possible nodes infection. What is more, according to traffic data, among other things, two of the ARAKIS honeypot sensors were involved in a conversation, which is very unlikely. This means that IP adresses that those packet contained were incorrect (or forged). In this report we summarize findings from our analysis of this activity. Puppet master, or just a ghost in the shell?
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One thing you might ask about Facebook's huge IPO: what are they going to do with all that money? One place it’s going is into the social network’s mobile presence, where Facebook is less sure of its footing. [ITworld]
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Mobile, schmobile. 
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Buy a large yacht, and multimillion dollar mansion in a country that will protect you from US income tax, a Tesla car.
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