In an article for InfoWorld, 7 programming languages on the rise October 25, 2010, Peter Wayner discusses the top trends for enterprise programming from Ruby on Rails to PHP. Wayner states that in today’s environment it is vital for enterprise programmers to be well versed in at least one of the top three languages: Java, C#, or PHP. Among the up and coming languages, he lists: Python, CODA, Ruby, Javascript, MATLAB, R, Erlang, COBOL, and CUDA extensions. Readwriteweb.com states that it is hard to see COBOL as a “niche” language, being that it is one of the oldest languages in programming.
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AT&T Glitch Gave Access To Wrong Facebook Account
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
A Facebook user logged into Facebook from their mobile phone and gained access to another Facebook user’s account. The user was an AT&T subscriber, and a glitch in the network was the cause of the identity violation–revealing a very disconcerting flaw in security for the mobile web.
Currently it is unknown just how common (or uncommon) this error is. The access data mix-up may be an extremely rare flaw based on an extreme set of conditions or it could simply be under-reported. Some security experts have also noted that this flaw is possible with email and also with PCs as well.
AT&T commented on this issue stating that the network problem behind it is being fixed. This is not to say that other similar glitches may not arise as internet connectivity demands grow.
Windows7 GodMode Strings
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Since Vista, Microsoft has included “GodMode” settings to give developers shortcuts to numerous internal settings of a PC. GodMode functions can give quick access control to a range of items such as identifying biometric sensors, changing the mouse icon or managing power.
Most of the GodMode functions are largely undocumented for the general public. The first step is to create a new folder. Then give it a name, and also include a text, godmode string.
To create the Godmode folder:
{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
List of strings:
{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
{1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}
{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Thunderbird 3, Almost Ready, Gets Bug Fix
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Mozilla is preparing to launch Thunderbird 3 soon. The current production version is Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate 2. They just released a critical bug fix (Bug 494014) that affected all versions of Candidate 2–Windows, Mac, and Linux.
This critical bug caused the program to stall the shutdown operation, consume too much memory, and close all IMAP connections (“shutdown hang, high cpu, no open imap connections per netstat”).
The release of Thunderbird 3 is already one year late from it’s original launch date. It has also missed it’s current, planned, launch date of November 2009.
Twitter Is On The Lookout To Buy Other Companies
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
In an interview in Tel Aviv, Biz Stone admitted that the acquisition of Summize Twitter made last year turned out to be an “outstandingly good decision.” The acquisition gave Twitter access to new engineering talent, and for this reason, the company is seeking to continue this process.
Google May Find 1 Operating System Is Better Than 2
Friday, November 20th, 2009
According to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Google may change directions and focus on a single operating system down the road rather than two. Currently the company has two independent OS projects taking at the same time. Google wanted to give the two projects freedom to evolve, so they never admitted the apparent conflict between the two projects. Currently, each OS has unique benefits, for example Android is widely adaptable to a range of devices and hardware outfits, including netbooks.
Perhaps the future convergence of the two projects speaks to a larger direction in the computing market–an inevitable convergence of the mobile phone and the workhorse computer.
ATM Hacking Ring Taken Indicted
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
A nine million UBS Worldpay ATM hacking ring has been taken down by U.S. and international prosecutors in Atlanta. Eight men were indicted (16-count indictment charges) by a federal grand jury in connection with the scheme on conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft
The hacking ring was said to have used fairly sophisticated techniques which allowed the hackers to bypass the encryption on debit cards.
The technique also “provided a network of ‘cashers’ with 44 counterfeit payroll debit cards, which were used to withdraw more than $9 million from more than 2,100 ATMs in at least 280 cities worldwide, including cities in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan and Canada.” (Source: Department of Justice, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/November/09-crm-1212.html, “Alleged International Hacking Ring Caught in $9 Million Fraud”)
The whole scheme lasted less than 12 hours.
New Google Search Patent For Query, Click Patterns
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Google was awarded a new patent for a formula that modifies search results based on query patterns and aggregated click results. When people conduct related searches resulting in a click on a specific page, this formula will help to score sites higher when this action is repeated by a group conducting related searches. This patent helps identify that Google is giving more preference to sites that gain clicks from a broad audience looking for related topics. There will be a concern for this formula to be manipulated fairly easily. In addition, just because Google received this patent does not mean that it has been implemented within their ranking factors. They could simply be trying to claim this method as their own.
Google Android 2.0 Provides Boost To Motorola Droid
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
The Motorola Droid smartphone on the Verizon Wireless network received some good reviews due in part to the updated Google Android (2.0) mobile OS. The Motorola Droid was the first phone to use Android 2.0. Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA also use Android but have not upgraded to the new software.
The upgrade to Android offers a performance boost and some new features, such as the voice command turn-by-turn directions for Google Maps. Another feature supported by the upgraded Android OS was the integration of multiple social-networking and e-mail accounts into the phone’s contact list. The camera will now come with built-in flash, digital zoom, scene mode, white balance, color effect, and macro focus.Also, a hugely important feature for the business world has been introduced–Android 2.0 will now support Microsoft Exchange.