Daily News - Where Do Major Tech Companies Stand on Encryption?

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Monday, October 12, 2015 View online Tips? Send 'em to Insider@codeproject.com The Week of re-runs Kent has wisely taken some time off over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend so we, in the office, are looking panicked and wild eyed at one another wondering what we'll do. We thought of bribing someone who was actually funny to ghost write. We thought of hiding in a bunker until he returned. We even thought of actually poring over the news items and picking out interesting, relevant, on-topic news. So we settled on re-runs. Each day we'll include a Blast from the Past just to remind you that it really was better back when you were younger. Advertisements Need to create Excel Charts? Use SpreadsheetGear to enable users to visualize data with comprehensive Excel-compatible charting, which makes creating, modifying, rendering and interacting with complex charts easier than ever before. Try it now! Tech Books, Videos & Conferences – 14 Day Free Trial Intuition Tech Channels is a collection of the finest instructional videos, archived conferences, and reference books from over 200 respected publishers and industry experts. Try it now for free! Industry News Where Do Major Tech Companies Stand on Encryption? See... tech companies really DO care. Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Elon Musk says Apple hires the people that Tesla fires The Apple doesn't fall far from the Tesla. Source: The Verge From robotics to analytics, why NASA is offering startups over 1,000 patents for 'free' You get a patent! You get a patent! EVERYBODY GETS A PATENT! Source: ZDNet UK firms develop drone-freezing ray Let's kick some ice! Source: BBC Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul I'm sure the good people of Seattle will figure out a soulution. Source: The New York Times From our 2008 archives: Hello, gorgeous! Meet the laptop you'll use in 2015 "Only 3/4 of an inch thick!" Source: Computerworld Developer News Machine Learning for Developers (xyclade.ml) Is anyone else worried about developers running around doing "machine learning" without much understanding of mathematics and probability? Source: xyclade.github.io Rahm Emanuel calls for national computer coding requirement in schools Not sure if this will make code reviews in 20 years exciting or ... terrifying. Source: The Hill Mozilla sets out its proposed principles for content blocking A browser may not injure a user or, through inaction, allow a user to come to harm. Source: BetaNews Gene patents probably dead worldwide following Australian court decision Whoa, whoa, whoa. Lives > Money? Easy, Australia. Let's think this through. Source: Ars Technica Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Steve Jobs But who would play him in the movie? Source: ZDNet Code Project Discussions - Your say! For The Love Of God, Please Let Me Override Your Method Use of third-party libraries is a cry for help. - PIEBALDconsult Source: CodeProject Source: Three Panel Soul © 2015 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click Unsubscribe. CodeProject 503-250 Ferrand Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada +1 416-849-8900 x 100 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use Insider@codeproject.com