| ITworld Tonight | | | | Real world spies are continually at work, grabbing government top secrets and business trade secrets. Here are seven of the most famous / infamous spies. READ MORE | | | Issue highlights 1. Break me if you can: 4 rugged tablets put to the test 2. LLAP, Star Trek tech! 3. WIN THIS BOOK: Effective Python: 59 Specific Ways to Write Better Python 4. INSIDER Just what is a software developer? 5. Java update spotlights JavaScript, memory usage 6. First U.S. offshore wind farm moves ahead with $290M in financing 7. INSIDER Stakes rise in the 25-year-old H-1B battle 8. 'Thought leadership' means never having to say you're discriminating 9. Tell your phone carrier to block 'robocalls' | : | | Tablets are useful, but can be fragile. These four tablets -- three Windows and one Android -- will take a licking and keep on ticking. READ MORE | | The death of Leonard Nimoy brings to mind how far-reaching the Star Trek legacy has been. READ MORE | | We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky readers. Enter for your chance to win! READ MORE | | As new tools help people build apps and services with less intervention required, it may be time to redefine the term "developer." READ MORE | | With a planned update to Java today, Oracle looks to improve memory management, native packaging, JavaScript compatibility, and usability. READ MORE | | What is likely to become the nation's first offshore wind farm has closed on more than $290 million in financing, which will allow a five-turbine demo of the renewable energy system to be completed. READ MORE | | The H-1B visa turns 25 this year, and while it has seen many ups and downs during that quarter-century, what hasn't changed is the fury IT workers feel after being displaced by people who hold H-1Bs. Two recent cases illustrate the problem. READ MORE | | In a trial that began last week in San Francisco Superior Court, Ellen Pao's $16 million dollar lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley's most iconic and powerful venture capital firm, has all the potential to go down as a watershed moment exposing the underbelly of sexual discrimination in the tech industry. READ MORE | | A consumer advocacy group posted an online petition that demands carriers create tools to block those annoying and intrusive 'robocalls.' Here's why you should take a minute to show your support. READ MORE | | | | | | |
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