Microsoft's developer documentation used to be the model that all others should follow. The documentation itself was thorough, combining reference material with usage guides and sample code. Its use of, at the time, novel JavaScript and XML techniques (known in those days...
Microsoft unveils new effort to make its developer, IT documentation great again
Facebook security exec Regina Wallace-Jones: Why technical skills aren’t enough to be a great engineer
The head of...
Video Review: Can the Keurig Kold drinkmaker make a great glass of soda?
In this episode I bring you my review of the Keurig Kold, a unique cold drink maker. This is a soda machine that uses Keurig Kold pods to make sodas, teas, mixers, sports drinks, and other cold drinks on demand, right from your home. There is no CO2 canister to mess with, and no syrup bottles either – the magic is in the pods,...
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You thought when you moved away that your parents would stop asking to solve their tech problems. But they still call, text and email, asking you how to rotate a photo or backup their computer. And there’s only so much you can do via voice and...
New Donald Trump programming language seeks to make programming great again
A team of software engineers at Rice University has introduced a new programming language called TrumpScript. Based on Python, the new language is designed to be “the programming language Trump would approve of,” using a variety of syntax and commands particular to the bombastic comb-over candidate....
HP’s EliteBook Folio is basically a MacBook with two ports and that’s great
NASA has begun working on its next great space observatory
Thanks to an infusion of Congressional funding, NASA has accelerated development of a telescope that could answer some of the most fundamental questions about both the universe and nearby exoplanets. At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society on Monday,...
Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Watch this hilarious animated recap of their great space race
History was made earlier this week when Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, and then successfully returned it to its Florida landing pad. The successful mission set off yet another round of Twitter barbs in the space...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a great starter film for a new generation
Ars Technica has taken pains not to reveal major and even minor spoilers in our review of The Force Awakens. Still, please note that our review does touch upon a few basic and previously revealed plot points and details
Washington state schools connectivity good, but still not great: 88 percent meeting FCC’s speed goal
To compete in our digital world, students needs access to high-speed Internet, but as this latest report from Education SuperHighway shows, how state governments are progressing with the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to get every school district to speeds of at least 100 kbps per student goes from excellent, to good, to not...