The Insider News

The Verge[^]:

Microsoft is preparing to launch its next-generation tablets at an event in New York City on September 23rd.

Wired[^]:

Inside the massive data centers that drive things like Google Search and Gmail and Google Maps, you’ll find tens of thousands of machines — each small enough to hold in your arms — but thanks to a new breed of software that spans this sea of servers, the entire data center operates like a single system, one giant computer that runs any application the company throws at it.

Good Math, Bad Math[^]:

My favorite strange-loop story. It’s actually
a story about software security, and the kinds of stunts you can play with
software if you’re clever and subtle. It’s the story of the Unix C compiler, and the virtually invisible back-door security hole inserted into it by Ken Thompson – a story he told in his Turing award lecture..

Soma[^]:

The release is available for download now on the Visual Studio product website and is a "go-live" release. Starting today, developers can also download Windows 8.1 RTM via their MSDN and TechNet subscriptions.

ReadWrite[^]:

Oracle's president argues that IT needs to change. Is he the right person to be making that argument?

All Things D[^]:

Less than two months after the big “One Microsoft” reorganization plan was announced, more units are starting to learn how the high-level changes will affect their operations.

ZDNet[^]:

Microsoft is making the 'gold' Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 bits available to developers and volume licensees ahead of the October 18 general-availability date, after all.

Ars Technica[^]:

In a post-Snowden era, it's getting hard to tell prudence from paranoia.

Inside Intercom[^]:

Cards are fast becoming the best design pattern for mobile devices.

The Verge[^]:

Spiegel is reporting that it has seen "top secret NSA documents" that detail the NSA's ability to gather information from most smartphones, including iPhones, Android, and and BlackBerry phones.

Dr. Dobbs[^]:

Do programs exist in order to tell computers what to do, or do computers exist in order to execute programs?

Mashable[^]:

Twitter is great for real-time news and updates, but searching through your history for tweets on a specific topic — that's much less efficient, even with hashtags. With more than 450 million tweets created every day, finding one from, say, 2007 may be harder (and more painful) than finding a piece of hay in a stack of needles.

Gaslight[^]:

CoffeeScript has made the landscape of JavaScript development so much more interesting. There is no doubt that CoffeeScript has emerged. Rails and any other framework worth its salt ships with support for it.

Computerworld[^]:

It's hoping to dismiss the class-action suit over privacy

BBC[^]:

Apple has been a modern marvel. Starting with the revolutionary iPod, the company’s former chief executive officer Steve Jobs spearheaded an attack on the established order in consumer electronic devices. And this was an industry ripe for disruption. When the state of the art is the Sony Walkman, you know there’s real opportunity to change the game.