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The Perl Programming Language Turns Twenty-Five Arguably the first general purpose scripting language, the first version of the Perl programming language was publicly released on December 18, 1987, by its creator, Larry Wall. Rick Scott details the programming language's historical significance, strengths, culture, and relevance today. |
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FCC Launches Security Checker Tool for SmartphonesWorried that consumers aren’t doing enough to ward against possible security threats on their smartphones, the FCC and other government and private entities are trying to get consumers to take steps. Pamela Rentz looks at the FCC's new Smartphone Security Checker tool and why we should be using it. | 
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What the Boeing Dreamliner 787 Team Can Learn from Agile MethodsThe Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s grounding issue is currently the talk of the town. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy lists the issues surrounding Boeing's airplane problems and how agile methods could have benefited the company's development team. | 
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How to "Manage" Your Former Peers and FriendsIf you’ve just become a manager or executive, and you’re now going to be managing people who used to be your colleagues and pals, your relationships with your former peers will change. You may prefer that the relationships don’t change, but they can, they will, and if you are to succeed, they must. | 
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Using Security to Combat Bad Outsourcing It's been reported that a man named Bob outsourced his development role to a firm in China for close to one-fifth of his wage. The good news from all of this is that the company's monitoring system caught Bob, which highlights the importance of security—and the monitoring of it. |
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Don’t Judge a Phone by Its Cover: Inside the BlackBerry 10The launch of the long awaited BlackBerry 10—with a touchscreen—was January 29. To RIM's credit, the initial reaction was remarkably positive. Looking past its similar appearance to most other phones, we take a look at the ever-important OS to see what makes it tick. | 
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Gamification Can Work—If Done RightGamification is about applying game-design thinking to non-game applications to make them more fun and engaging. Pamela Rentz profiles some gamification projects that are getting it done right, and she highlights some guidelines for making gamification projects successful. |
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How Software Testers Can Benefit from Keeping a NotebookSoftware testing is an intellectually challenging activity. Our effectiveness as testers depends on the clarity, creativity, and organization of our thinking. However, teaching yourself to think better is an interesting challenge. Many people find keeping a notebook is helpful. |
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