Microsoft completes Hadoop U-Turn, trumpets HDInsight on Azure • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/microsoft_hadoop_cloud_ga/

ARM cores leg it into body of Big Blue, rub shoulders with Power network chips • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/25/ibm_licenses_new_mobile_chip_tech_from_arm/

Why Intel's more-of-the-same processors aren't enough | Computer hardware - InfoWorld

http://www.infoworld.com/t/computer-hardware/why-intels-more-of-the-same-processors-arent-enough-229084

Hackers: Here's how Apple's iMessage surveillance flaw works (video) | ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/hackers-heres-how-apples-imessage-surveillance-flaw-works-video-7000022118/

Cupertino council clears huge Apple 'spaceship' campus for liftoff - San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24319747/cupertino-council-clears-huge-apple-spaceship-campus-liftoff

Lenovo bets big on a small Windows 8.1 tablet: the 8-inch Miix 2 costs $299 — Tech News and Analysis

http://gigaom.com/2013/10/16/lenovo-bets-big-on-a-small-windows-8-1-tablet-the-8-inch-miix-2-costs-299/

How To Develop Unmaintainable Software

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/10/15/2159253/how-to-develop-unmaintainable-software

How To Develop Unmaintainable Software

"Greg Jorgensen specializes in debugging, fixing, maintaining, and extending legacy software systems. His typical client has a web site or internal application that works, more or less, but the original developer isn't available. Greg lists some things you can do in your own software projects to keep him in business. In summary, the list goes as follows: Customize your development environment a lot, don't make it easy for the next programmer to start working on the code. Create an elaborate build and deployment environment and remember to leave out the documentation. Don't bother with a testing/staging server but instead have secret logins and backdoor URLs to test new features, and mix test data with real data in your database. Don't bother with a well-understood framework, write everything from scratch instead. Add dependencies to specific versions of libraries and resources, but don't protect or document those dependencies. For the icing of the cake, use the coolest mix of cutting-edge programming languages."

BBC News - Snapchat hack secretly saves images using app

http://mobile.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24533919

Microsoft tells organisations to ditch XP or suffer the consequences | TechRadar

http://m.techradar.com/news/software/business-software/microsoft-tells-organisations-to-ditch-xp-or-suffer-the-consequences-1189162

Fwd: That grumpy BSD guy: The Hail Mary Cloud And The Lessons Learned

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From: Bill Crawford 
http://bsdly.blogspot.ca/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html?m=1

NSA sought to unmask users of Net-privacy tool Tor, says report - CNET Mobile

http://m.cnet.com/news/nsa-sought-to-unmask-users-of-net-privacy-tool-tor-says-report/57606133