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PPACA/Obamacare Website Developed in Part by Programmers in India
On February 16th, 2014 with 8 comments
mrbluze writes
"In the ongoing fallout from the problematic Obamacare website...
Java 8 Early Access Release Candidate Available
On February 18th, 2014 with 30 comments
nobbis writes "Java 8 Early Access Release Candidate Available. Early Access...
The Poetry of Code and the Code of Poetry
On February 25th, 2014 with 12 comments
AnonTechie writes:"New Scientist reviews Vikram Chandra's 'In Geek...
First HipHop, Now Hack. Facebook Improves PHP
On March 21st, 2014 with 16 comments
youngatheart writes: "First there was HipHop, the PHP interpreter which...
New C++ FAQ UP: Revised and Unified
On March 24th, 2014 with 6 comments
Mario writes:"Herb Sutter has consolidated the C++ FAQ (formerly maintained by...
Postgres: Jsonb Has Committed
On March 24th, 2014 with 2 comments
Anonymous Coward writes:"An article regarding adding support for a json variant...
Editing Binaries: Easier Than It Sounds
On March 24th, 2014 with 37 comments
Anonymous Coward writes: "Dan Luu, in his blog, suggests that editing binaries...
Microsoft Releases MSDOS 2 and WFW 1 Sources
On March 26th, 2014 with 27 comments
Lagg and Uncle_Al both wrote in about this surprising source release.
Lagg...
Transatlantic Ping Faster than Sending a Pixel to Screen
On March 28th, 2014 with 17 comments
Anonymous Coward writes:
Two years ago John Carmack tweeted, "I can send an IP...
Evaluating First Programming Languages
On April 2nd, 2014 with 60 comments
lhsi writes:An article was recently published that looks at evaluating First...
NASA Releases Over 1000 Projects as Open Source
On April 11th, 2014 with 9 comments
Koen writes: Yesterday NASA released over 1000 projects as open source in a...
The GNOME Foundation is Running Short on Money
On April 15th, 2014 with 60 comments
Papas Fritas writes:Michael Larabel writes at Phoronix that the GNOME...
OpenBSD Developers Fork OpenSSL, Create LibreSSL
On April 23rd, 2014 with 52 comments
Both _NSAKEY and Bob The Cowboy write to tell us of the forking of OpenSSL to...
50th Anniversary of BASIC
On May 1st, 2014 with 34 comments
A reader called gewg_ writes: from dartmouth.edu At 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964, in...
Programming Sucks - A Lighthearted View
On May 1st, 2014 with 50 comments
Nerdfest writes:An outrageous, insightful, and sadly accurate commentary on...
Source Code for World's First MUD Recovered
On May 3rd, 2014 with 8 comments
Teckla writes: El Reg reports:The source code for MUD1, a multi-user dungeon...
The Nuts and Bolts of SN: A Look At The Backend, Part 1
On May 5th, 2014 with 28 comments
So, in a bid to keep my sanity while working on the manifesto, I felt an...
Atom, GitHub's Editor Now Open Source
On May 7th, 2014 with 20 comments
kwerle writes:GitHub announced today that the editor it has been working on is...
Fortran Still Top Langauage For Number Crunching
On May 9th, 2014 with 31 comments
Blackmoore writes:Ars technica looks at Fortran, and some new number crunching...
Why Python is Slow: Looking Under the Hood
On May 13th, 2014 with 20 comments
Angry Jesus writes: We all know that python is slower than compiled languages...
Microsoft Patches Windows 8 But Leaves Flaws in W7
On June 10th, 2014 with 35 comments
Hugh Pickens writes: Darren Pauli writes at the Register that researchers who...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Released
On June 11th, 2014 with 23 comments
Anonymous Coward writes: Red Hat released RHEL 7 on 10 June. Highlights...
When Too Much Coding Can Kill
On June 13th, 2014 with 15 comments
mattwrock writes:A recent article from Dzone highlighted how overwork can lead...
New Algorithm Simplifies the Categorization of Large Amount of Data
On June 28th, 2014 with 11 comments
lhsi writes:A new algorithm has been published that simplifies grouping data...
Solving Logic Puzzles in Fortran
On July 2nd, 2014 with 28 comments
gambit writes:Computational nanoscientist Surendra Jain has written solvers...
Internet Archive "Desperately" Needs Help with JSMESS & Web Audio API
On July 18th, 2014 with 19 comments
Magic Oddball writes:Jason Scott, who has been working on the Internet...
(Finally) Announcing a Specification for PHP
On July 31st, 2014 with 22 comments
ticho writes:The PHP language has been around for over 20 years and is clearly...
Algorithm Developed to Rank Wikipedia Entries
On August 9th, 2014 with 4 comments
lhsi writes:Computer Scientists in China have developed an algorithm that can...
Mixing Programming Languages
On August 11th, 2014 with 19 comments
lhsi writes:Most programming languages come with built in support for handling...
C++ 14 Ratified
On August 19th, 2014 with 19 comments
tkd-physics writes:Herb Sutter reports that the ballot closed on Friday. From...
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