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wpcentral[^]:

Information has come forward to Windows Phone Central that demonstrates Microsoft does have their own Windows Phone hardware in the works; in fact, we’ve heard it already exists and is in testing. The source(s) are known to us and not anonymous, though for obvious reasons we must keep them off the record. Details about what it looks like, hardware specifications, launch times, etc. have not been shared with us by the person(s) who have provided the information. The only thing we do know is when compared to current WP8 hardware it’s something unique.

InformIT[^]:

To celebrate this milestone guide, we asked the leaders in computer science to share their thoughts about The C Programming Language. Read on to discover what Bjarne Stroustrup, David Patterson, Andy Tanenbaum, and many others have to say.

NCZOnline[^]:

The algorithm for merge sort is based on the idea that it’s easier to merge two already sorted lists than it is to deal with a single unsorted list. To that end, merge sort starts by creating n number of one item lists where n is the total number of items in the original list to sort. Then, the algorithm proceeds to combine these one item lists back into a single sorted list. The merging of two lists that are already sorted is a pretty straightforward algorithm.

Rainypixels[^]:

A few weeks ago Microsoft silently launched a new home page. It was meant to be a temporary launch for the purposes of some preliminary testing. But as fate would have it, it became the talk of the Internet. Twitter was abuzz with opinions. Several blogs and online news sites, including The Verge, wrote about it. And, the reviews were overwhelmingly positive.

Troy wrote:

Firefox and Chrome command 91% of the market
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iPhone has a massive lead on the smartphone market

The Code Project[^]:

What is the Challenge? To write an Ultrabook enabled Windows 8 application and have it posted on the Intel AppUp store by December 1, 2012. That's a total prize package for the big winner of $31,000, plus additional promotion and visibility for you and your app, plus you are sent an Ultrabook!

JP's blog[^]:

You often hear people advocate that writing tests (unit, functional, etc.) when building software leads to less bugs in production. How can one verify this statement? Usually, those people are already using TDD or BDD and might be working for companies that have a strong testing culture from day one. Then, how can one measure the impact of NOT writing tests? How can we verify that practicing TDD is actually producing less bugs? Can we stop writing tests for a period of time and look at the consequences it has on the defect count? That doesn’t seem very realistic.

Somasegar's blog[^]:

In addition to supporting industry-standard programming languages, such as C++, Python, and JavaScript, Microsoft has always been at the forefront of creating great programming languages – Visual Basic, C#, and F# being the most recent examples. We create programming languages to solve problems and to enable a broad set of people to build software. Today, we’re introducing a new programming language that solves a very specific problem – getting JavaScript development to scale. That language is TypeScript.

Nettuts+[^]:

It’s been a bumpy ride, in regards to namespace support in PHP. Thankfully, it was added to the language in PHP 5.3, and the applicable structure of PHP code has improved greatly since then. But how exactly do we use them?

TechHive[^]:

Throughout its first decade on the market, the compact disc represented a tangible link to the future for many consumers. It combined two cutting-edge technologies, the laser and the digital computer, into a relatively inexpensive consumer product with capabilities unimagined just a decade prior.