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The Challenges of Wearable Tech: What It Means for QA/TestYou thought the switch from developing and testing for desktop to mobile was extreme? The upsurge of wearable tech has the potential to shake up the dev and QA worlds like nothing before. | 
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World's Biggest Agile Development Project CollapsesThe United Kingdom’s Universal Credit welfare system was once touted by its creators as a shining example of how agile can modernize old systems. Now, the department in charge of the program is reverting back to waterfall, and experts are saying that the world's biggest agile project has collapsed. | 
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"Adding Manpower to a Late Project Makes It Later" and Other WisdomYou probably know from experience that adding manpower to a late software project just makes it later. But did you know that's actually a maxim known as Brooks' Law? Read on for more whimsical, wise, and wacky principles named for people that you've come across (or proven) in your professional life. | 
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Expanded Children's Online Privacy Protection Rules Take EffectPamela Rentz summarizes the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule for app developers and operators of websites and online services that may be viewed by children under the age of thirteen. The protection act rule took effect June 1, 2013. | 
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Should the CIO Know How to Code?The issue isn’t whether CIOs should actually do the coding but whether they should know enough to understand IT complexities and to represent IT to customers. With more senior IT leaders coming from other departments, it isn’t a trivial question. This story looks at both sides of the matter. |
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Conquer Your Writer's BlockMany people who do a lot of writing, regardless of medium, have experienced writer’s block. Writer’s block can even manifest itself in ways aside from not being able to come up with an idea. If you're struggling—and you have Twain and Hemingway for company—read on for tips to get yourself writing. |
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The Latest Software Configuration Management Technology Joe Farah explains that if you are using 2nd-generation or even 1st-generation software configuration management technology, you are stuck in the past. To learn what is possible today, you need to look at the capabilities of the latest 3rd and 4th generation tools. Then, you need to get going! |
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Bionic Arm Changes Lives and Offers Glimpse of the FutureAfter losing his lower arm to an accident, a man was invited to try out the most advanced prosthetic in the world. The robotic hand uses custom software configurations to let him perform everyday tasks again. This is just the beginning of what can be done in merging technology with the human body. | 
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