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I had a bowl of weetabix mini choc chip......damn they are good!
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Microsoft's pending leadership change offers a chance to tweak its boom-or-bust "we're on a journey" message. Instead, it appears the company is simply turning up the volume. Good. I was getting tired of singing "Don't stop believing"
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Today, Google will begin working with edX as a contributor to the open source platform, Open edX. We are taking our learnings from Course Builder and applying them to Open edX to further innovate on an open source MOOC platform. We look forward to contributing to edX’s new site, MOOC.org, a new service for online learning which will allow any academic institution, business and individual to create and host online courses. All your learnings will belong to us (too)
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Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Google's Heather Adkins says startups should look beyond passwords to secure users and their data. Insert a drop of blood to unlock computer
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Oooh how about a mark on the forehead or right hand!
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Hey yeah! That would totally work. Best if we could use something catchy and memorable. 999 or something?
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TTFN - Kent
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"You must answer these questions three..."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: As a result, she said, any startup that still relies on standard passwords needs to ensure that it has an abuse team set up to deal "with customers getting compromised."
Any company with passwords will need to think about passwords and possible disasters.
Kent Sharkey wrote: Google will innovate beyond today's security, she did say the company is experimenting with hardware-based tokens
Ah, sounds more secure - the nice part of a hardware-token is authentication; that's what this is about. It's not about security. Google "needs" to know who you are.
Kent Sharkey wrote: Later in the conversation, which also touched on the NSA scandal, cybersecurity, and the weaponization of offensive cyber technologies, Adkins pointed out that hackers intent on making money from their bad acts had consistently found ways to exploit Google users who had yet to turn on two-factor authentication.
Yes, you're more "secure" if Google knows your phone-number.
..right. And hardware-tokens for those without a phone?
..and you're going to take on "passwords" with that "plan"? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The answer: chip implant.
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True tales of IT pros who screwed up big and got fired quick Bonus #8: ... no, wait. I've said too much already
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As the web has continued to evolve, websites have become more interactive and complex, and this has led to a reduction in accessibility for some users. Fortunately, there are some simple techniques you can employ to make your websites more accessible to blind and low-vision users and increase your potential audience. Introduction to Web Accessibility is Google’s online course that helps you do just that. It sounds like you're trying to browse the Web, would you like to know more?
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Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller confirmed to AllThingsD that developers won’t get access to use a fingerprint as a means of authentication. He declined to comment on whether that might come in the future. We're stuck with just the fingerprints on the screen then
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Autodesk today expanded its suite of free 3D tools by partnering with Circuits.io to launch an electronics design tool: 123D Circuits. "Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong"
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Today, Apple announced release details of the final version of iOS 7, the native operating system running its newest iPhone 5C and 5S handsets. The latest software will be available for download for iPhone 5C, 5S and 4S models on September 18th. The operating system will be coming later to iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPad Mini, and iPod touch 5th-gen devices. Oh, and some phones or something a couple of days later
iWork will be free anyway.
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PayPal’s stuck another clever little location-aware payment option into its smartphone app, with the Beacon tool letting users pay for items without even having to sigh and pull a mobile out of a pocket. The money will just be flying out of your pocket
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Ok, Who all read that as Paypal Bacon........ 
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That's bacon with a 2% conversion fee?
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From 6x13 Fixed to Ubuntu Mono, get your fixed-width on. All hail the slashed zero!
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That was all the way back in 2008 (and 2010 for the article). New fonts, mango, new fonts. I figure I can re-use this every two years for the rest of my life 
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With longtime Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer having announced his plans to retire, everyone is hungry to find out who his successor will be. And while early rumors pointed to outgoing Nokia CEO (and longtime Microsoft exec) Stephen Elop, some prominent voices are pushing for the company to hire someone that specializes in turning around troubled firms. Because ... quality is job #1?
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Former DEC exec wonders how Microsoft can weather the storms it's created "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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And here I thought it was because no one would pay top dollar for the best when "good enough" was so much cheaper.
 Ah, DEC, how I miss thee.
Now excuse me while I power up an AlphaServer...
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Pour one out for them. Just not on the Alpha.
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Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of great developers and nice people who are software developers, and there are lots of great supportive environments and thriving communities in software development land, but there are also lots of jerks. Here be dragons (and trolls)
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