February 2012
3 posts
Facebook may release its core C++ library
Facebook is considering open sourcing at least one of its C++ libraries. Facebook uses C++ heavily on its back-end systems. This is of course for performance reasons. Facebook obviously cares more about its back-end than its front-end, which means its C++ code must be pristine, at least when compared to its PHP code. If you want to learn even more about how Facebook uses C++, you should also read...
Seems like the FBI is winning
After legal action against file-sharing sites Megaupload and The Pirate Bay BTJunkie one of the 5 biggest torrent indexing site has voluntary shut down.
The site was never involved in any legal action, and to keep it this way the site’s operators decided to shut the site down for good today. The following message was posted on the BTjunkie homepage a few minutes ago:
“This is the end of the line...
Piracy will never die! →
This guy nailed it!
January 2012
6 posts
ACTA SOPA & the rest! →
Great read for those who are confused.
Dutch ISPs refuse to block the Pirate Bay
Anti-piracy group BREIN won it’s case against two Dutch ISPs, Ziggo and XS4ALL, forcing them to block access to The Pirate Bay, a file sharing service.
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Project Name: Social Network map alert mash-up...
Project Type: Social Media Application
Project Scope: Social media has become a primary source of intelligence because it has become the premier first response to key events and the primal alert to possible developing situations.
Project Requirements:
The application should collect “open source” information.
Provide an automated search and scrape capability of social networks...
Site of the year 2011 →
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Android vs Windows vs iOS
Analyst house Ovum released results from its annual developer survey this week, which suggests that Android could become the most important operating system to developers this year, overtaking iOS’s dominance.
The study also noted the growing support behind the Blackberry and Windows Phone platforms, which could see the mobile market become even more competitive, as developers explore...
