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The government shutdown has forced the NSA to furlough a lot of people. What’s an unemployed spook to do?

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Blackdog pretty much nails it: Business executives need technology explained in terms they understand. For them it's all about how it can impact the business. If you can show them how data analytics can identify ways to cut costs or shed new insights on their customers, they're more likely to buy in.

Using the GitHub Archive to see what cities commit the most code

CERN launches a line mode browser emulator to recreate the experience of the first cross-platform browser

NASA will equip astronauts on the International Space Station with their very own 3D printer sometime next year.

The difference is level of dependency on your Android device. Miracast requires your Android device to be active while in use (via the Miracast dongle). Chromecast only needs your Android device during initial set-up, after which it will be able to play the content desired no matter what your device is doing.

Not everybody at Oracle enjoyed the America’s Cup

Not everybody at Oracle enjoyed the America’s Cup

Hopefully we can rule out the NSA. :)   Interestingly, there's an entire website devoted to hard drive clicking sounds. It lists more than a dozen possible reasons, along with links to information for each possibility.   Good luck with it.

Firebug, the popular web development debugging tool, was inspired by these utilities that came before it