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You Don't Know Jack About Software Maintenance
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You Don't Know Jack About Software Maintenance

Long considered an afterthought, software maintenance is easiest and most effective when built into a system from the ground up.

blog@CACM | 11.11.2009
Extreme Agility at Facebook

Extreme Agility at Facebook

Robert Johnson, director of engineering at Facebook was the last keynote at OOPSLA 2009.  Robert’s talk: “Moving Fast at Scale - Lessons Learned at Facebook”, aimed to shed some lights on Facebook’s scaling issues and …

THIS DAY IN HISTORY | 11.22.1985

Apple Shares Mac Interface with Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. sign a licensing agreement allowing Microsoft to copy the visual characteristics of the Macintosh interface for its Windows software. The agreement, which was confidential for three years…

Practice | 11.01.2009
Four Billion Little Brothers?: Privacy, Mobile Phones, and Ubiquitous Data Collection

Four Billion Little Brothers?: Privacy, Mobile Phones, and Ubiquitous Data Collection

Participatory sensing technologies could improve our lives and our communities, but at what cost to our privacy?

Opinion | 11.01.2009
Usable Security: How to Get It

Usable Security: How to Get It

Why does your computer bother you so much about security, but still isn't secure? It's because users don't have a model for security, or a simple way to keep important things safe.


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