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The Perl Programming Language Turns Twenty-Five Arguably the first general purpose scripting language, the first version of the Perl programming language was publicly released on December 18, 1987, by its creator, Larry Wall. Rick Scott details the programming language's historical significance, strengths, culture, and relevance today. |
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Developers to Get a Clearer View of Google Glass at Upcoming Hackathon Google Glass is hopefully about to get a whole lot clearer as they'll soon be inviting developers to come test out the new project for themselves. The device has been kept under pretty tight wraps up until now, so it will be interesting to see just what the new toy can do. |
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January Software Roundup In this software roundup, we learn that Maryland and Pennsylvania are using software to prevent murders, new software shown at the Consumer Electronics Show underwhelmed some prominent tech pundits, and the Department of Homeland Security recommended disabling Java for a security exploit. |
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Why SOAP Services Are Being Put to REST SOAP is now an aging protocol and its days are numbered. With so many developers familiar with the protocol and so many standards surrounding it, why are we seeing it disappear? The nail in the coffin is the mobile revolution and its driving need for web-based APIs. |
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Holiday Software Roundup In this holiday-themed roundup, we learn that scammers are targeting airline customers with fake emails, advances in mobile technology are keeping friends and family more together than ever before, and a young programmer captivated his neighborhood his complex and dazzling Christmas display. |
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Reduce Your Attack Surface to Reduce Security Threats The unfortunate truth is that the find-and-patch approach to security is inherently problematic—the attacker is always one step ahead. Reducing your attack surface is a strategy that will help you minimize the number of security threats you are exposed to, whether they are promptly fixed or not. |
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HTML5 November Roundup In this roundup, we learn that a new survey shows developers planning to use more HTML5 in their jobs, Wikipedia is getting an HTML5 video player, and a popular Japanese mobile gaming company is betting on the markup language to boost sales. |
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Windows 8 Software Roundup Whether you are ready or not, Windows 8 is here, making splashes across the tech media this week. Here's a roundup of the software features of Windows 8, which Microsoft is placing bets will appeal to both tablet and PC users. |
