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  Open Source Fact and Fiction

  Point of Presence, an example of DYI publishing by Alan Shimel

  In days of yore, in order for a fledgling author to have their work published they had to find a publisher who thought enough of their work or were somehow convinced that they would actually publish their book. That was not too hard if you were an ex-President or some famous person, but for most authors this was a miserable road that most often ended in failure. Some lucky or rich folks were able to hire an agent who would shop their book around, again trying to find a publisher to give them...

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  Software Quality

  Testers and developers, please learn to get along by Ole Lensmar

  I just got back from the StarEAST conference in Orlando. It’s one of the major testing conferences in the U.S. every year. As in previous years, it was inspiring to see so many qualified testers and QA managers in one place. Speaker sessions were relevant, humorous and interesting, and from the list of topics, it is evident that both junior and veteran testers have started to adopt trends like agile testing and automation without ignoring things like exploratory testing, test management and...

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  Open Source Fact and Fiction

  When HIPAA is too hard, Health Security Solutions by Alan Shimel

  Health care today is a complicated business. Staying on top of the latest medical developments, treatments and technology is a full-time job. Working within the insurance company business process so you can get paid is yet another world unto itself. Running a business trying to keep people healthy (that is the goal right?) is hard enough. Making sure that you are also complying with regulations and mandates regarding HIPAA and other confidential patient informaiton rules are frankly beyond a...

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  Open Source Community

  How Facebook developers screwed up Facebook Home by Colin Neagle

  Facebook Home, the product of Facebook's work to put its social network at the front of the Android mobile operating system, was reportedly built by a team of developers who were not familiar with Android.TechCrunch reported today that "some of the Facebookers who built and tested Home normally carry iPhones." That explains why Facebook Home has been so poorly received among Android users, many of whom have criticized changes to important Android features like widgets, docks, and app folders...

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  Open Source Fact and Fiction

  I gave away my iPhone for a Galaxy S4 by Alan Shimel

  I have used a jailbroken iPhone as my primary cellphone for a long time. I think since the iPhone 3G, if I am not mistaken. While my tablet runs Android and I run Windows and Linux on my computers, I have been a solid iPhone user. Truthfully, I wasn't planning on switching off the iPhone anytime soon, either. I have been waiting for the iPhone 5s to come out and assumed I would upgrade to that, as I skipped the iPhone 5. That all changed last Friday, though, when I unexpectedly escaped Apple's...

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  Linux Tycoon

  Ubuntu Touch for smartphones could be ready by end of May by Bryan Lunduke

  I love dog food.Nothing helps to improve the quality of software quite so much as when companies dive right in and live, day to day, in the software they create. This forces them to see, and understand, the pain their customers go through...and fix those problems.And the team behind Ubuntu Touch (aka “Ubuntu for Phones”) understands that. They have committed to pushing forward to a “dog food-able” state by the end of May.What that means: Over the next few weeks, the team behind Ubuntu Touch is...

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  Open Source Fact and Fiction

  Ubuntu desktop is just easy by Alan Shimel

  As some of you may remember, I installed a dual-boot Ubuntu set up on my laptop some weeks back using WABI. Initially, I was going to switch back and forth between Windows 8 and Ubuntu to compare and contrast between them. After a little bit of time, though, I had settled back into Windows and wasn't booting Ubuntu as much anymore. I realized that the main reason I was staying in Windows was that I was not actually shutting down my machine when I was done using it. I would either leave it on...

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  Open Source Community

  The Onion Twitter account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army by Colin Neagle

  Social media accounts for the satirical fake news site The Onion were hacked today by the hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).The group posted "Syrian Electronic Army Was Heere[sic]" to the Facebook accounts of The Onion and Onion Sports, while several Tweets made mention of either the SEA or Middle East politics.BREAKING: #TheOnion readership mass confusion as Syrian Electronic Army takes over. All demand a permanent column. twitter.com/TheOnion/statu…— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 6,...

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  Software Quality

  Let's train our testers early by offering college majors in Software Testing by Ole Lensmar

  This guest post was submitted by Lorinda Brandon, Director of Strategy at Smartbear SoftwareImagine that you are development manager and you have to choose between these two candidates:Graduated from M.I.T. with a Computer Science degree. For my senior project, I collaborated on a smartphone app to find and reserve parking spaces on campus. Skilled in the following languages and tools: LAMP, Python, Ruby, Java, Gerrit, .NetGraduated from Harvard with a Journalism degree. For my senior...

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  Open Source Fact and Fiction

  Security response over security prevention? Fiddlesticks! by Alan Shimel

  There is a very popular school of thought in the information security industry today that says attacks and breaches are going to happen. This logic suggests that we need to do more to plan our responses for when these happen, as opposed to devoting resources to trying to prevent these attacks. Jason Brvenik, VP of Security Strategy at Sourcefire responds, "fiddlesticks!"While Jason acknowledges that some attacks will succeed, that does not mean that we should be any less vigilant in trying to...

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