A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T.
Dirk Strauss
Shadow Brokers Selling Hacking Tools
- Newly Uncovered Site Suggests NSA Exploits for Direct Sale via Motherboard
Other
- Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? via Hacker News
- Drones might be used for urban warfare in the future via Business Insider
- Grading all the new hardware Apple released in 2016 via Business Insider
- 2016: The Year In Memes via Digg Top Stories
- Web app that generate a cozy and realistic window view via Hacker News
- MacOS 10.12.2 Update Fixes Major Apple Security Flaw via The Daily Dot
- Yahoo Says 1 Billion Accounts Were Breached In *Another* Hack via Digg Top Stories
- Earth Is Probably Unprepared For A Comet Strike via Digg Top Stories
- Mark Zuckerberg was noticeably absent from Trump’s meeting with the biggest names in tech via Business Insider
- Using 20 Minutes A Day In This Way Can Hugely Improve Your Creativity And Mental Clarity via Lifehack
- 5 Ways Technology Can Make Your Travel Stress-Free via Lifehack
- The Ad For The First ‘Portable’ Computer Will Make You Appreciate Your Busted Old Laptop via Digg Top Stories
- Scientists Say the Clock of Aging May Be Reversible via Hacker News
- Google’s 2016 Retrospective via Digg Top Stories
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to media: You are ‘increasingly not very important’ via Business Insider
- NSA Watchdog Removed for Whistleblower Retaliation via Hacker News
- 4 Apps Worth Downloading Just for the Bonus Perks via Lifehack
- Twitter will keep Vine alive as a simplified app for only shooting 6-second videos via Business Insider
- NASA has a solution for the Stephen Hawking-backed mission to send tiny spaceships to a planet that might harbor life via Business Insider
- FBI agrees with CIA assessment that Russia meddled in the US election to help Trump win via Business Insider
- The next multi-billion dollar tech market was quietly born this year, says A-list VC Peter Levine via Business Insider
- Mark Zuckerberg just one-upped your baby photos with this 360-degree video of his daughter via Business Insider
- MacOS FileVault2 Password Retrieval via Hacker News
- Why is .NET reflection slow? via Hacker News
- 100,000,000 Years From Now, This Is What Will Be Left Of Us via Digg Top Stories
- 31 books successful people read to their kids via Business Insider
- Malicious tweet gives journalist Kurt Eichenwald an epileptic seizure via Hacker News
- Oracle finally targets Java non-payers via Hacker News
- I read 15 books this year on happiness, productivity, and success — here are the most meaningful insights I’ve taken away via Business Insider
- Microsoft releases KB3206632 to fix Internet connectivity and other problems via The Windows Club
- How a BMI Fallacy Convinced the World that Diabetes Is a Disease of Excess via Motherboard
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- Google Play Music might let Android users adjust audio quality for Wi-Fi and offline playback via The Next Web
- Find Your Way To the Bathroom With This $18 Under-Bed Motion Light via Gizmodo
- Microsoft Edge will soon stop loading Flash whenever possible via The Next Web
- Here’s What You Should Now Use Instead of Sketchy Evernote via Gizmodo
- Facebook Says It Won’t Help With Hypothetical ‘Muslim Registry’ via Gizmodo
- iPhone owner ordered by court to surrender passcode to police via The Next Web
- Facebook reveals an actual plan to stop fake news via The Next Web
- Twitch launches IRL category for everyday lifestreaming via The Next Web
- Yahoo’s billion-user database reportedly sold on the Dark Web for just $300,000 via The Next Web
- Google’s Android Things toolbox helps IoT devices get connected via ReadWrite
- 69 Viral Images From 2016 That Were Totally Fake via Gizmodo
- Replacing a single Apple AirPod will cost you $69 via The Next Web
- Reddit user gets Bill Gates as her Secret Santa, and she’s ‘blown away’ by the awesome gifts he sent via GeekWire
Podcasts
- Avoiding, “I Told You So” via Developer Tea
- Scale API with Lucy Guo and Alexandr Wang via Software Engineering Daily
- Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing and Henry Segerman via Hanselminutes
- Bots Podcast with Jon Bruner via Software Engineering Daily
- Matan Loves Marriage via SQL Server Radio
- Signs You Are A Bad Developer via Complete Developer Podcast
- Worldwide Energy Production Geek Out via .NET Rocks!
- SE-Radio Episode 277: Gil Tene on Tail Latency via Software Engineering Radio – The Podcast for Professional Software Developers
Programming
- Playing with an Onion Omega IoT to show live Blood Sugar on an OLED screen via Scott Hanselman’s Blog
- RX .NET demo (SDP session) via Bnaya Eshet
- SQL SERVER – Discovery Report – How to Find Information About Installed Features? via SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority
- Presentation: What Comes After Microservices? via InfoQ
- Generate T-SQL Scripts for all SQL Server Databases and all Objects using PowerShell via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
- Deploying schema changes to multiple databases using the SQL Compare command line via SQLServerCentral.com Articles
- Does updating SQL Server statistics cause blocking via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
- Introduction to C# Scripting for SQL Server DBAs via SQLServerCentral.com Articles
- Google Targets IoT with Android Things via InfoQ
- Article: Swift and Objective-C Runtime Programming via InfoQ
- Visual Studio Code 1.8 Adds Hot Exit, Zen Mode, More Debugging Options via InfoQ
- SQL SERVER – How to Download Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle (MSDAORA) for 64 bit? via SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority
- Running Docker Containers Securely in Production via InfoQ
- Kubernetes 1.5 Released with Improved StatefulSets and Alpha Support for Windows Server 2016 via InfoQ
- 5 Awesome Free jQuery Calendars for Your Next Project via Learning jQuery
- Focus on the Process, Not on Individual Microservices via InfoQ
Visual Studio 2015 and Windows 10 Goodness
- Windows 10 courses in MVA, Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Developer for Windows 10
- Channel 9 – A great online resource for Windows 10 related videos
- Developer Tools Download,Download any Visual Studio sku’s, including VS 2015
For more excellent content, have a look at these great sites
- The week in .NET, Bertrand Le Roy
- Abhijit’s World of .NET,Abhijit Jana
- Kunal Chowdhury’s Technical Blog
- Lock Me Down – Security For The Everyday Developer by Max McCarty
- GeekLift
- James Michael Hare
- Interesting Finds by Jason Haley
- FormatException by Brian Mullen
- Dew Drop by Alvin Ashcraft
- Regular Geek by Robert Diana
