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Tips for Becoming an Influential and Efficient TesterFew people have a more diverse QA background than Jane Fraser. Currently the test director for Anki, Jane has managed test teams for Electronic Arts, Vodafone, and others. In this interview, we ask her about becoming an influential tester, which essential skills testers must acquire, and much more. | 
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Developers Get the Chance to Succeed on the Big(ger) ScreenFor years the home gaming console war has been restricted to Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. But a new challenger is emerging this summer, and gaming developers couldn't be more thrilled. With a great deal of funding—and more than 7,000 developer kits shipped out—Ouya's future is now. | 
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Need for Cyber Security Exposed by Zombie Apocalypse Pamela Rentz details the Executive Order by President Obama that strengthens the government’s partnership with the private sector to address cyber security threats through new information sharing programs, providing both classified and unclassified threat and attack information to US companies. |
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Evernote's Security Breach Leads to Leaked PasswordsAnother day, another security breach. Following in the footsteps of popular hacked services Dropbox and LinkedIn, software and service vendor Evernote announced this March that it had suffered a data breach and suspected that usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords had been stolen. | 
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Expanding from Online Store to Brick and Mortar BusinessTraditionally, businesses have expanded from being just a physical brick and mortar store to a physical store plus an online store. It is interesting to see several online businesses, including major technology players, set up brick and mortar stores in addition to their online presence. | 
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Dodging the Requirements HazardTacit knowledge includes the knowledge that business stakeholders possess that isn’t codified or written down anywhere—and information they don’t even know they possess. The challenge for business analysts is that it is essential to get at this type of information in order to write requirements. | 
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The Strikingly Positive Effects of MindfulnessPracticing mindfulness, even for short periods during a day, can have strikingly positive benefits on our ability to concentrate. Mindfulness refers to a state of active, open attention on the present. When you're mindful, you’re able to observe your thoughts and feelings without judgement. | 
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Which Programming Language Is the Most Popular, and Does It Matter?Most of us are drawn to the results of popularity contests, whether we value the results of them or not. When it comes to judging the popularity of programming languages, the arguments tend to get pretty heated. But why? Does the popularity of a certain language really matter? |
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