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Strategic Developer

 * (14 Feb 2013) Make performance and scalability testing continuous ... or else
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/make-performance-and-scalability-testing-continuous-or-else-212804
 * Bad developer habits die hard. If you don't load test as you go, you're asking for a nasty surprise at the end of your project
 * By Andrew C. Oliver
 * (24 Jan 2013) Web services are dead -- long live REST
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/web-services-are-dead-long-live-rest-211395
 * Once, an endless parade of Web service protocols promised to guarantee any system could talk to any other. In the end, we got much of that interoperability via simpler means
 * by Andrew C. Oliver

Computer Hardware

 * (11 Dec 2012) Making it real with 3D printing
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/computer-hardware/making-it-real-3d-printing-208721
 * With a 3D printer that costs less than $3,000, you can start your own mini manufacturing operation -- and use open source software to create surprisingly complex designs
 * By Drew Nelson

Smart User

 * (18 Jan 2013) Save our Internet before we go off the digital cliff, by Galen Gruman
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/consumerization-of-it/save-our-internet-we-go-the-digital-cliff-211009
 * Broadband and cellular carriers are threatening the viability of the digital services Silicon Valley keeps inventing
 * (11 Jan 2013) The dangers of a single identity
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/consumerization-of-it/the-dangers-of-single-identity-209184
 * The focus on having a single ID you can use everywhere ignores how the world actually works, in a scary way

News

 * (08 Feb 2013) Java retakes the lead in language popularity
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/java-retakes-the-lead-in-language-popularity-212558
 * Recent security problems aside, Java moves past C in Tiobe's language popularity index thanks to its ties to Android development
 * by Paul Krill
 * (07 Jan 2013) Developer divide: 19 generations of computer programmers
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/developer-divide-19-generations-of-computer-programmers-209971?page=0,0
 * From punch cards to JavaScript, computing history owes everything to those who've programmed the machines
 * By Peter Wayner

News

 * (22 Feb 2013) Open source Lingual helps SQL devs unlock Hadoop
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/business-intelligence/open-source-lingual-helps-sql-devs-unlock-hadoop-213329
 * The technology gives developers familiar with SQL, JDBC, and traditional BI tools the capability to create and run big data applications on Hadoop using their existing skillsets
 * By Thor Olavsrud

The Deep End

 * (01 Apr 2013) Today's Linux schisms are a blessing in disguise
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/todays-linux-schisms-are-blessing-in-disguise-215409
 * The Linux community is fracturing along a number of fault lines -- and that's a good thing
 * By Paul Venezia
 * (22 Jan 2013) Not sci-fi: A world where storage devices never fail
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/not-sci-fi-world-where-storage-devices-never-fail-211063
 * Free your mind from the shackles of the now, and picture how storage will look in the year 2023
 * by Paul Venezia
 * (14 Jan 2013) Good-bye -- and good riddance -- to spinning disk
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/good-bye-and-good-riddance-spinning-disk-210631
 * Life will be much improved after we've cast off the shackles of ancient storage technology
 * by Paul Venezia

Infoworld Tech Watch

 * (12 Feb 2013) Software developers expected to see the highest IT job growth come 2020, by Ted Samson
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/software-developers-expected-see-the-highest-it-job-growth-come-2020-212709
 * Research firm CompTIA projects that the total number of IT jobs in the United States will jump by 22 percent come 2020
 * (08 Feb 2013) Facebook error that hijacks thousands of websites isn't just an 'inconvenience', by Ted Samson
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/internet-privacy/facebook-error-hijacks-thousands-of-websites-isnt-just-inconvenience-212518
 * The social network's tendrils reach further and deeper than companies and users may feel comfortable with

Grok

 * (05 Apr 2013) What is object storage?
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-center/what-object-storage-215778
 * Highly scalable, simple, cheap, distributed storage for the cloud
 * By Doug Dineley

Notes from the Field

 * (24 Jan 2013) Google provides a smorgasbord of your data for the government's snooping eyes, by Robert X. Cringely
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/google-provides-smorgasbord-of-your-data-the-governments-snooping-eyes-211512
 * Google's Transparency Report shows governments worldwide are hungry for your gData -- none more than Uncle Sam
 * (05 Dec 2013) Your snitching cellphone, your tattling texts, by Robert X. Cringely
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/your-snitching-cellphone-your-tattling-texts-208542
 * Your text messages could be open to police examination if cops get their way with the Electronic Privacy Communications Act

Off The Record

 * (23 Jan 2013) A $1 part brings down the data center
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/1-part-brings-down-the-data-center-211298
 * Amid a tour with senior programmers and top execs, the power goes out and it takes a troop of techs to bring it back
 * (16 Jan 2013) Nice VoIP upgrade! Too bad you killed the sales lines
 * http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/nice-voip-upgrade-too-bad-you-killed-the-sales-lines-210906
 * A tech consultant's first PBX-to-VoIP upgrade goes surprisingly well -- until the staffers' own cluelessness gets in the way

Open Sources

 * (15 Feb 2013) What you can learn from the monster LibreOffice project
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/what-you-can-learn-the-monster-libreoffice-project-212908
 * More developers with varying skills, yet better code? More iterations, yet greater stability? It's happening with LibreOffice
 * By Simon Phipps
 * (25 Jan 2013) How to make app stores open source-friendly, by Simon Phipps
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/how-make-app-stores-open-source-friendly-211511
 * App stores have their roots in open source and can return to those roots with scant business disruption. Just ask ... Microsoft?

News

 * (08 Feb 2013) Critical vulnerability in cURL library could affect large number of applications, by Lucian Constantin
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/critical-vulnerability-in-curl-library-could-affect-large-number-of-applications-212532
 * Libcurl 7.29.0 addresses a critical remote code execution vulnerability found in a wide range of desktop, Web, and mobile applications

Security Advisor

 * (12 Feb 2013) Facebook's redirect error foretells the future of hacking, by Roger A. Grimes
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/facebooks-redirect-error-foretells-the-future-of-hacking-212656
 * When so many websites link to so many others, hackers can do a lot more damage than sending users to error pages
 * (05 Feb 2013) The 4 most likely reasons you were hacked, by Roger A. Grimes
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-4-most-likely-reasons-you-were-hacked-212240
 * When your system has been compromised, it's safe to assume the worst. Here's what the bad guys have in mind
 * (22 Jan 2013) How app stores make you safer -- to a point, by Roger A. Grimes
 * The growth of app stores has neutralized many old-school malware threats, but it's introduced several risks too
 * http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/how-app-stores-make-you-safer-point-211192

Slideshow

 * (03 Apr 2013) 10 cloud IDEs let you ditch the desktop
 * http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/93909/10-cloud-ides-let-you-ditch-the-desktop-215683#slide12
 * These cool Web-based development tools bring coding to the browser
 * By Peter Wayner, InfoWorld
 * (16 Feb 2013) 10 biggest time killers at work
 * http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/86818/10-biggest-time-killers-work-212955#slide12
 * The Web, the conference room, and the water cooler are among the distractions office workers face
 * By Keith Shaw, Network World
 * (17 Jan 2013) Truth in IT job postings: What those want ads really mean
 * http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/82029/truth-in-it-job-postings-what-those-want-ads-really-mean-210909#slide1
 * Make no mistake about it: There's a massive difference between what employers say and what they actually mean
 * By JR Raphael
 * (09 Jan 2013) InfoWorld's 2013 Technology of the Year Award winners
 * http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/80986/infoworlds-2013-technology-of-the-year-award-winners-210419
 * The InfoWorld Test Center picks the best hardware, software, development tools, and cloud services of the year
 * By InfoWorld Test Center staff, InfoWorld