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Macrium Reflect Free
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15 Lessons Learned while Converting from ASP.NET to .NET Core
At Stackify we have been doing a lot of work with .NET Core over the last few months. We ported StackifyLib and our logging appenders over. We have also made sure that our app performance tools, Prefix and Retrace, can be used to profile .NET Core based apps. View original article
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Drag and Swipe with RecyclerView
There are many tutorials, libraries, and examples for implementing “drag & drop” and “swipe-to-dismiss” in Android, using RecyclerView. Most are still using the old View.OnDragListener, and Roman Nurik’s SwipeToDismiss approach, even though there are newer, and better, methods available. View original article
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20 Excellent Wireframing Tools for Mobile
Planning and wireframing your mobile website or application is an essential part of a successful design process. It can help save you money (on design and development costs), expand initial ideas, build structure and functionality and effectively gather invaluable early feedback. View original article
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New Tool Identifies MySQL as Top Database in Software Stacks
MySQL is the most popular database, according to a new tool that ranks various development tools according to their usage in the technology stacks used by various companies. Three-year-old start-up StackShare Inc. View original article
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The early days of Ethernet
In light of yesterday’s post, here’s a short look at the early days of Ethernet. Nowadays, we take Ethernet for granted. We plug a cable jack into the wall or a switch and we get the network. What’s to think about? View original article
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OutlawCountry revelations from WikiLeaks show the CIA can target Linux
The Vault 7 leaks continue to flow thick and fast from WikiLeaks, shedding more and more light on the hacking and infiltration capabilities of the CIA. The latest batch details the OutlawCountry project which finds the CIA targeting Linux systems. View original article
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Cross-Platform App Dev Tool Corona Is Now Completely Free
Corona Labs Inc. has made both of the main components of its namesake cross-platform development framework free to use. The framework, leveraging the Lua scripting language, is used to create games and apps for mobile — including iOS and Android — desktop and TV-based OSes. View original article
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One Keyboard+Mouse, multiple computers, the Microsoft way
From Microsoft Garage, the new “Mouse without Borders” – it supports also keyboard, clipboard and file drag and drop. Its an alternative to Synergy, Input Director and similar solutions. I’ll give it a try later. Download it here.
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Getting Started with Hybrid App Development
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Web hosting company pays $1 million after Erebus ransomware attack
The cost of a ransomware attack can be pretty substantial. Businesses that are not well prepared are looking at lost revenue from downtime and massive damage to their reputation, not to mention a pretty hefty ransom bill as well. For web hosting company Nayana, that was $1 million. View original article
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Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 source code has leaked online
Microsoft has confirmed reports that some Windows 10 source code has leaked. The Register claims that 32TB of internal builds as well as large sections of source code were uploaded to betaarchive.com. View original article
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Build Desktop Apps Using Electron: The Beginner’s Guide
Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications using Node.js and Chromium. Electron uses web pages as its GUI, so you could also see it as a minimal Chromium browser, controlled by JavaScript. Before installing electron, make sure that you have installed Node. View original article
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Google’s Awareness API for building contextual Android apps now localizes time, holidays
One of the more interesting developments from last year’s Google I/O was the Awareness API. By understanding current context, Android apps can intelligently react based on what’s happening. View original article
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What really happened with Vista
This article has been in my to read list for a few days now, but due to a lack of time I haven’t been able to finish it yet. There’s a lot of information in the article about the development of Windows Vista, and even though I haven’t finished it yet I can guarantee you…
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Litho: A Declarative Framework for Efficient UIs
Litho: A Declarative Framework for Efficient UIsPosted on:Apr 18, 8:20pm PDT Components for Android allows developers to implement complex, efficient RecyclerViews through a simple declarative API. In this session we’ll discuss the function and features of this powerful framework. View original article
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Open-sourcing Litho, a declarative UI framework for Android
One challenge in Android development is achieving smooth UI performance. Developers can spend a lot of time optimizing, squeezing out every bit of speed from their UI code, and yet still experience lag and dropped frames in complex scenarios. View original article
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Open source ‘Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit’ for deep learning reaches version 2.0
Last year, Microsoft released an open source project called “Cognitive Toolkit.” This toolkit was designed with a focus on deep learning and artificial intelligence. Today, after a fairly long beta period, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit is finally updated to version 2.0. View original article