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The FTC says Oracle hasn't been uninstalling older, insecure versions of Java. It's time for users to ditch client-side Java altogether. Well, one reason anyway
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In a post on the Technet blog, Redmond has announced that it will block advertising programs "that take choice and control away from users." The company's talking about adware that use "man-in-the-middle" (MiTM) techniques, in particular. Assuming you're still seeing ads, that is
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Point-and-click development platforms are the holy grail, but have never lived up to their promise. Can Bubble buck that trend? A visual programming environment? I've NEVER heard of something like that before!
This is going to revolutionize the industry!
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The world changed forever when the Web was unleashed on the Internet 25-years ago. What will it be like in 2040 when it turns 50? Ads, with a side of Web pages
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No your Aug will need to have the latest ad blocker installed and you'll be fine.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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At that time, ads will be mandatory and installing an ad-blocker on your computer will be a crime.
I never finish anyth
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I don't know...robots will browse the Internet?
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The company is testing a method for users to log into their Google accounts using only a mobile phone and without having to type in a memorized string of characters. I was worried it might involve blood, or some kind of probe
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With a selfie ? 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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In the wake of the discovery of two backdoors on Juniper's NetScreen firewall devices, Cisco Systems has announced that they will be reviewing the software running on their devices, just in case. I'm sure they can get a lot of governments to help them
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German engineers from the Max Planck Institute have successfully fired up their nuclear fusion reactor, announcing that they have managed to suspend plasma for the first time. We got the power! (Hopefully soon)
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With first stage return, company takes a key step toward low-cost access to space. One small landing for man...
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The browser makers are worried about research that shows SHA-1 is even weaker than previously believed The death certificate has been signed for those certificates
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Today we are happy to announce the reboot of Coding4Fun; a site within Windows Dev Center that’s dedicated to exploring the lighter side of Windows 10 development. Because Coding4Fun is better than Maintenance4Relatives
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Prefer Rav4 Fun
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Knowing the Windows team is making break-throughs, like this one shown on the video on the Coding4Fun site: [^] ...
Really makes me want to upgrade to Win 10 ... NOT !
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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That's a massive break-through 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Founder Larry Wall calls version 6 a new language but insists it is still 'very Perly' Perl ([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]*)/Perl 6/ig
OK, that probably won't compile.
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Microsoft IT has deployed Windows 10 to more than 95 percent of the company's employees primarily (if not completely) via in-place upgrades. Here are some of the lessons its IT department learned. Dog food tastes better with a pay cheque attached
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If you want to stir up a pretty serious amount of discussion-churn, wander over to where the software developers sit and ask for a consensus definition of “clean code.” Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
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It's simple! Ahem, "is your code testable?"
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Some of the most convoluted, unreadable code I have ever seen has been written like that so it is testable.
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I'm sad to hear that  TDD starts with tests, so code doesn't have to bend over backwards. It is a simple, testable design that does one thing and does it well. No point in writing code you can't verify and doesn't pretend to be verifiable.
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Simple, readable code that does what it's meant to do and no more and no less.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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