Computers

Some fun for this Friday: If coding language were an essay… on 9GAG http://m.9gag.com/gag/aWZXKyx →

http://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-with.html Most modern x86 CPUs have a separate management processor in them, and it can potentially damage your system security. →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/telecom/internet/the-fathers-of-the-internet-revolution-urge-todays-pioneers-to-reinvent-the-web?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook The web as it is used today has problems like security, privacy and big information silos. Re-invention and changes how web is needed to solve them. →

Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion | The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/13/11920072/microsoft-linkedin-acquisition-2016   Why is Microsoft buying LinkedIn? http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/13/11920938/microsoft-linkedin-acquisition-why-report Microsoft wants LinkedIn profiles to become a central identity in the workplace Nadella points out that LinkedIn is “how people find jobs, build skills, sell, market and get work done.” It’s a key tool in the professional →

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/06/new-us-spy-software-could-soon-spot-your-suspicious-behavior-live-video/128852/?oref=DefenseOneTCO Control freak spies seem to want to have an artificial intelligence based “big brother” watching our all moves… Sounds like a script for a scifi movie. →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/09/microsoft_freebsd/ Makes sense to have their own FreeBSD for Azure cloud use. Good addition after their own Linux distribution http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2016/03/10/microsoft-has-released-a-debian-linux-switch-os-repeat-a-debian-linux-switch-operating-system-%e2%80%a2-the-register/ →

http://www.geek.com/games/nvidia-virtual-reality-will-take-another-20-years-to-fix-1656827/ I remember when VR breaktrough was just around the corner but failed due many technical issues. VR is hot know, so question does history repeat itself now as Nvidia tells? →

The Big List of Naughty Strings is an evolving list of strings which have a high probability of causing issues when used as user-input data. This is intended for use in helping both automated and manual QA testing. blns.txt consists of newline-delimited strings and comments which are preceded with #. For those who want to access →

http://www.geek.com/news/firefox-steals-second-place-from-internet-explorer-1655346/ Some new statistics on popularity of web browsers. Chrome is clear number one. →

http://www.sciencealert.com/9-amazing-photos-that-show-how-incredibly-far-technology-has-come Never forget how much information technology has advanced. →