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Outlook.com now has IMAP
Learn what's new with Microsoft Copilot and how it empowers people and organizations for AI-powered work.
NeoCities can now handle two million web sites
A few weeks ago, I put together a blog post describing my goals for NeoCities, and why I thought it was an important project. And I asked for your help , because we needed the funding to get the servers to put the site on solid footing.
NSA's Surveillance Powers Extend Far Beyond Counterterrorism
Time and again we’ve seen the National Security Agency (NSA) defend its vast surveillance apparatus by invoking the spectre of terrorism, discussing its spying powers as a method to keep America safe. Yet, the truth is that counterterrorism is only a fraction of their far broader authority to seek...
Announcing New Lower Request Pricing for Amazon S3
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing New Lower Request Pricing for Amazon S3
Behind the Scenes with Chicken Scheme
An interview with Felix Winkelmann about CHICKEN Scheme, the SPOCK Scheme-to-JavaScript compiler, and what motivates him to keep programming.
Ditching responsive design
Collect and send payments, minimise failures, and fight fraud. No more chasing payments and no expensive card fees.
They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build
They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build - Zoho Blog
Homegrown DevOps Tools at Stack Exchange
In short a lot of stuff is too expensive, isn’t a good fit, or is simply bad software. This ends up leaving an ops team with two options. They can whine about it, or create their own tools. So at Stack Exchange we build our own DevOps tools.
PEP 427 – The Wheel Binary Package Format 1.0
This PEP describes a built-package format for Python called “wheel”.
Fast Android emulator using VirtualBox
Testing on multiple mobile devices is costly, time consuming and the default Android emulator is notoriously slow. What to do? Start using a fast one.
Deceptions, Misinformation, and Word Games Used to Mislead About Surveillance
It’s been two months since President Barack Obama first said that he welcomes a debate about NSA surveillance, which he once again reiterated last week at his press conference. Unfortunately, it’s very hard to have a real debate about a subject when the administration constantly and intentionally...
The Bw-Tree: A B-tree for New Hardware
Explore research at Microsoft, a site featuring the impact of research along with publications, products, downloads, and research careers.
21 Months In: How to Manage a Remote Team
If you want some ideas on how one team has set up their team to be successful at remote work, then stick around. This chapter is for you. Read more.
There's No Myth, Only Years Of Hard Work
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LLVM 3.3 Released
This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 3.3. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including major improvements from the previous release, improvements in various subprojects of LLVM, and some of the current users of the code. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the…
Court of Appeal bans Bayesian probability
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