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What's New in Software NewsIn this roundup of what’s new in interesting software news, read about how a group of developers at San Francisco-based Vicarious created vision-recognition software that can solve CAPTCHAs. Also, news emerged that the recent hacking of Adobe Systems was worse than originally reported. | 
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Why It's Difficult for Agile Teams to Let Go of Waterfall PracticesFor many projects that have rapidly changing requirements, agile often seems to be the right approach. But teams have a hard time adopting agile practices. It’s far from rare to hear of teams trying to fit practices from their former waterfall method into their new agile process. | 
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Marblar Matches Ivory Tower Research and EntrepreneursDo you have the big idea for the next big thing? What’s holding you back? If it’s the research and development, there’s now a chance your idea might make it to market—and potentially earn royalties—by using previously patented technology. | 
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The US Government's Configuration Management Problems Joe Townsend probes the news and finds several stories detailing the US government's problems with configuration management. According to Joe, the defense industry and government agencies should be able to improve if they follow their own standards and directives. |
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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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Ambient Backscatter as Battery Replacement Gaining Public VisibilityA new technology that has gained visibility in the past few months is “ambient backscatter”—a method to reuse energy that replaces batteries in providing energy, leveraging existing and nearby energy sources through existing radio frequencies. | 
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Career Planning—Climbing a Ladder or Navigating an Obstacle Course?Is climbing a ladder the best analogy for how you manage and plan your career? Anuj Magazine looks at different ways you can view career planning: climbing a ladder, navigating an obstacle course, and building a pyramid. | 
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IT’s Conflicting Goals: The Data Center vs. Software DevelopmentConflicting goals within IT are in many ways a very good thing. If managed correctly, positive conflict can create motivated employees, innovative solutions, and cost-effective, high-quality results. Eric Bloom looks at the conflicting goals of the data center versus software development. | 
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