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Python 3.2 Released
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Are founders really 1000x more valuable than their employees?
Is it fair for founders to own about 100% of a startup while employee #1 only owns a few percent? Are founders 10-1000x more valuable than employees? The answers are Yes, it is fair. Value doesn…
Native Client: Getting Ready for Takeoff
Over the last few months we have been hard at work getting Native Client ready to support the new Pepper plug-in interface. Native Client ...
Google releases OnePass, a payment system for publishers
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
C Language Resources
Top 10 C Language resources that will turn you into a better programmer
Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store
The official source for news about Apple, from Apple. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images.
Racket 5.1 Released
_posted by Eli Barzilay_ Racket version 5.1 is now available from http://racket-lang.org/The most significant change in version 5.1 is a rewrite of the GUI library. Unix/X users will see the biggest difference with this change, because DrRacket and all R...
New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg
Today I was chatting with a colleague on Skype, and as is often the case, misspelled something in my rush to get something across. A habit I picked up in the IRC days, days I realize have not...
Errata: Steve Gibson
a summary of Steven Gibson events and quotes demonstrating charlatan status
Stack Exchange’s Architecture in Bullet Points
I thought as a break form the normal prose some of our readers might enjoy a short overview of the Stack Exchange Network (including Stack Overflow, Server Fault, and Super User) from a technical view:
Advanced sign-in security for your Google account
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Full Instapaper API now available
The full Instapaper API is now available for developers. See the Full API documentation to get started.
Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge
This article will help you overcome one of the greatest difficulties you will face when trying to accelerate learning: formulating knowledge.
How to train your brain to flip to a new language
When you start learning a new language, common wisdom suggests that you have two possible goals, One is passing an exam,the other is the dreaded word, fluency
How ThatHigh solved the chicken and egg problem and grew to 1 million pageviews
We've joined forces with Insight.io to add semantic code search (built on Elasticsearch) to our roadmap.
JQuery 1.5 released: .sub(), ajax rewrite, speed improvements, more
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library