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Rekindling the thrill of programming

CIO Business Intelligence

One of the most prominent examples of recent human achievement is what we call a programming language. Reviewing the Olympic mental feats that punctuate the history of its creation will help you rediscover the near-fantastical nature of programming. . A key moment in the story of programming is Alan Turing’s universal machine.

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Tech Moves: Former Expedia leader joins Peerspace; Flexport adds another Amazon exec

GeekWire

She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager. Mitz Banarjee is a new investor and board member at online fashion service GlamHive.

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Rescheduling the Playdate: Portland startup sets 2021 release for unique handheld game device

GeekWire

Panic has announced new plans for the debut of its retro-styled, Pacific Northwest-developed portable gaming device, the Playdate, after COVID-related shutdowns forced the company to abandon its original 2020 release date. It’s an old-fashioned handheld console, made to run black and white 2-bit games on a 2.7-inch

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Networking the Cloud for IoT - Pt. 2 Stressing the Cloud

Cloud Musings

As with today’s Internet, tomorrow’s IoT will need to ensure that the RIGHT data gets to its destination in a timely fashion. CarnegieMellon’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) , in fact, found that 64% of vulnerabilities in the CERT National Vulnerability Database were the result of programming errors.”

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

If you wanted to run multiple programs, then you needed a PC with a hard disk and 512 kilobytes of memory. Microsoft took the important step of focusing on apps and core software. PC manufacturers flocked to Windows, and the operating system attracted support from important software companies. Back in 1985, Windows 1.0

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Why ForAllSecure is a 2021 SC Awards Best Enterprise Security Solution Finalist

ForAllSecure

With the adoption of continuous development and delivery practices, how do developers find the time to maintain the billions of lines of code they write each year? How does any organization manage their software’s security if the man-hours are attributed to software development?

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Why ForAllSecure is a 2021 SC Awards Best Enterprise Security Solution Finalist

ForAllSecure

With the adoption of continuous development and delivery practices, how do developers find the time to maintain the billions of lines of code they write each year? How does any organization manage their software’s security if the man-hours are attributed to software development?