A peek at the code behind Facebook

Are higher frequencies mobile's next frontier? The FCC wants to know First products from Apple-IBM deal to come next month ITworld Today October 21, 2014 A peek at the code behind Facebook About a year ago, I wrote about a snippet of Perl code that was purportedly from the early days of Facebook. If you like that sort of thing, then you might like to take a gander at the collection of Facebook source code snippets that Nathan Malcolm has recently unearthed. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Are higher frequencies mobile's next frontier? The FCC wants to know 2. First products from Apple-IBM deal to come next month 3. Sprint cuts 452 HQ jobs in IT, network and technology areas 4. Microsoft (hearts) Linux, for Azure's sake 5. With chip fabs gone, IBM's hardware future will be in high-end design 6. Samsung delivers fix for SSD slowdowns 7. Ask Watson or Siri: Artificial intelligence is as elusive as ever 8. Cyber insurance: Worth it, but beware of the exclusions 9. 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