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Facebook Code Hints At Hiding Like Button
Code has been found in Facebook's Android app which could potentially allow likes about a post to be hidden
Mozilla To Build Breach Notifications Into Firefox Browser
A planned feature, currently in early testing, would alert users when they use a site that's recently been affected by a data breach
Micro Focus Bans Source Code Reviews By ‘High Risk’ Governments
The company's move follows HPE's admission it allowed a Russian military agency to inspect the source code of security tool ArcSight
Ofcom Proposes Changes To Broadband Speed Claims
New code of practice to reduce consumer confusion over ISP 'up to' broadband speed claims
NASA Wants Help From Coders To Speed Up Old Software
Entrants will be given the code to analyse and search for bottlenecks
Chakra Bleu! Microsoft Open Sources Core Edge Browser Component
By January 2016, Microsoft will have opened Edge’s ChakraCore repository onto GitHub
Windows 10 Name Jump Blamed On Coding Shortcut
Developer suggests real reason why Microsoft decided not to name its new operating system Windows 9
Open Source Code Has Fewer Defects Than Proprietary Software
The latest Coverity Scan Open Source Report suggests that the quality of programming in free C and C++ projects is improving
HP Updates Fortify Static Code Analyzer
HP unveils its Fortify Source Code Analyzer 4.0 for faster and more accurate software code analysis
Typemock Offers Free Code Testing Tool
Developers can now use a free code testing tool that is touted as an alternative to open-source unit-testing tools
Apple Code Leak Blamed On App Developer
An application developer has admitted it is the likely source of the leaked Apple UDIDs, after its servers were hacked
Mozilla Webmaker To Teach Users How To Code
A new program from Mozilla is promising to turn humble web users into coding developers
Microsoft Enters Top 20 Linux Contributors List
In an ironic development, Microsoft is now ranked in the top twenty of contributors to the Linux kernel
SIG Lab Wants To Make Software More Energy Efficient
Laboratory's research could make every computer a little bit “greener”
Symantec PCAnywhere’s Limited Vulnerablity Called Into Question
An attack script has been posted online that can crash pcAnywhere as security researchers warn that old code can show current loopholes
OpenStack Developers Ditch ‘Buggy’ Microsoft Hyper-V Support
The OpenStack open source cloud project has ditched "unmaintained" Microsoft Hyper-V code from its core module
Oracle Seeks Early Trial Against Android To Stop Developer Drift
Oracle has asked for a trial as early as January in its case against Google, because Java is losing ground to Android
Applications Riddled With Security Flaws: Veracode
The majority of applications scanned by Veracode's cloud-based testing tool held some kind of security flaw
Street View Trike Captures Bletchley Park Images
Google has hosted a garden party and used its Street View cameras to raise funds for Bletchley Park
Turing Papers Saved for Bletchley Park
Lottery money is buying key papers of computing pioneer Alan Turing for the Bletchley Park museum