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Reverse Engineering: Learn to Code by Breaking Code

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Reverse Engineering is the process of learning the mechanical or technological principles of a device, object, or system through analysis of its structure, function and operation. Basically, it’s figuring out how stuff works by taking them apart, a concept that can also be applied to coding with great results, as Treehouse points out. Do you remember yourself as a kid, unscrewing the lid of that

Redesigned Yahoo Email Looks More Like Gmail

Submitted by Saad Arif on
If you regularly use Yahoo email for personal or business purpose, you must have noticed some of the changes that have been made in the design of your email client. Yahoo got its first make over in the beginning of 2013 and recently, they again redesigned the interface of Yahoo email client. The first redesign had people saying, “it looks pretty much like Gmail” but after the recent design upgrade

Firefox Os Gets Upgraded To Version 1.1 – Mozilla To Introduce Smartphones Soon

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Just around 6-7 months ago, Mozilla took everyone by surprise when they announced their own OS for mobile devices. At this time, the smartphone market is led by Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS. There are some other contenders in the market such as Windows OS and Blackberry but they don’t hold a light against the giant operating systems already working in the market. In such situation, when

Georgia Tech College’s Online CS Masters Course Open

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Back in May, the Georgia Tech College of Computing announced plans to offer an online Master of Science course in Computer Science, sponsored by Udacity and AT&T, at a cost lower than $7 thousand --less than one third of what regular on-campus Master courses usually cost. Admissions are now open and the course is set to cost a little over $6,600. According to the GTCC, this is the first time an

Microsoft boosts IPython funds

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IPython’s development plans receive significant boost after Microsoft elects to sponsor the platform with a $100 thousand donation. A command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, the IPython was awarded the 2012 Award for the Advancement of Free Software at Libre Planet this year. Dr Fernando Perez, the man behind the platform, originally developed it as a sort of

Web-based GUI PostgreSQL Studio released

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Web-access to PostgreSQL databases will now be made possible via a web-based GUI, designed to help users interact with their databases in the cloud, without having to be overly familiar with the mechanics of psql. Jim Miodgenski, creator of the new GUI, notes that in order to move things forward, he decided to start from scratch. Using Java, the language he feels most comfortable with, he

$10bn Is The Worth Of 140-Character Twitter After Going Public

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Finally the wait is over and Twitter has gone public. The stock exchange valuation of Twitter is $10bn. The question is what made Twitter so popular and what will be future of this newly born IPO? The little blue bird that you see every day on the internet and in print media as well is worth $10bn now in stock market. The main reason for its success is its simplicity. If you are a Twitter user

Adobe's Database got hacked – Source Code Was Stolen Including Millions of Customer Records

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It has been discovered by Adobe’s screening team that there has been some suspicious activity in its network. Not only there has been a security breach but the customer data is stolen as well. As per the reports following information about more than 2.9 million customers has been stolen from Adobe’s records. • Adobe Customer ID • Customer Name • Encrypted Password • Encrypted Debit Card Numbers •

Inventory System Thesis

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If you are looking for an inventory system that you can use for your thesis writing, here is the compilation of source code that you can choose. Sales and Inventory System by cybernick75 Sales and Inventory System (VB.NET + MS Access) by RajAshiForever Supply Inventory System by jkev Simple Inventory Program by jmmaguigad Stocks Inventory System by radeon09 Sales and Inventory System by tang3li2

ThinkSpace Launch Aims to Bring Software Development to High School Worldwide

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The organization created by sixteen-year-old James Anderson, Thinkspace, seeks to "inspire the next generation of app developers" through dedicated coding zones in high schools across the globe. Thinkspace campus was formally launched by Anderson this month with campuses in Plymouth and Northern Ireland. According to Anderson, Thinkspace idea came up when he became disappointed with the UK