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The Latest Software NewsIn this roundup of software-related news that matters to you, read about hackers who are attempting to disrupt GitHub and how a software glitch may have been responsible for delaying emergency help during the summer crash of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777. | 
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White House Wants Beta Testers for “We the People” Petition WebsiteThe White House is looking for a few good beta testers for We the People, an online platform that lets people generate and sign petitions requesting the government take action on an issue. Anyone interested in participating in the beta period for the We the People API are invited to apply online. | 
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How Bug Bounty Programs Deliver Savings and SecurityBug bounty programs abound these days and have been leveraged by many organizations hoping to reduce their security vulnerabilities. Looking more closely at these bug bounty programs, several questions emerge in helping shape an organization’s quality assurance strategy. | 
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How to Create a Reliable Baseline for Measuring Your App’s PerformanceA baseline test measures an application’s performance and tells you whether it meets requirements before it goes live to customers. One of the most challenging exercises in creating a baseline is making the test dependable. What can you do to make sure you develop a reliable performance baseline? | 
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Is There a Recommended Duration of Time for a User-Facing Test?When end-user-involved test programs are done before release to production, the duration of tests is a very critical factor in determining the product's success or failure in meeting its goal. How long should you run the program in order to be sure you have enough data points to make a decision? |
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Confirmation Test Engineering: The Next Stage of Software QA? Quality assurance, a widely recognized discipline in the software quality world, is now preparing to head into the next phase—what some call the world of confirmation or the world of test engineering. Continuous and ongoing improvements in product quality are necessary. |
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Security Lapse Discovered in Government Health Care SiteIt turns out that long wait times and persistent glitches aren’t the worst problems HealthCare.gov has experienced. A cyber security expert discovered that for the first few weeks the site existed, it was fairly easy for someone to hijack a user’s account. It was as easy as guessing a user name. | 
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How to Use Statistics to Become a Software Super TesterA core understanding of statistical principles and how they need to be leveraged in software testing goes a long way in giving a tester an edge, plus helping the product's or application’s quality. Learn how you can manage data and even predict test cases by drawing conclusions from statistics. |
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