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Microsoft has reported disappointing results for the April to June quarter, with profits down by almost a third.Net profit for the period was $3.1bn £1.9bn, down by 29% from the same period a year earlier. Revenue came in at $13.1bn, down 17% from a year ago.The results were worse than analysts had been expecting.The world’s largest software maker said it had been affected by weakness in the global personal computer PC and server markets.

via BBC NEWS | Business | Microsoft profits down by a third.

Which Programming Language are You?

W00t?! Ok.. Cobol pa ze nism!

There are some things in this world that will never be forgotten, this week’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing for one. But Moore’s Law and our ever-increasing quest for simpler, smaller, faster and better widgets and thingamabobs will always ensure that some of the technology we grew up with will not be passed down the line to the next generation of geeks.

That is, of course, unless we tell them all about the good old days of modems and typewriters, slide rules and encyclopedias …

via 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About | GeekDad | Wired.com.

July 16, 2009 — Insecure.Org is pleased to announce the immediate, free availability of the Nmap Security Scanner version 5.00 from http://nmap.org/. This is the first stable release since 4.76 (last September), and the first major release since the 4.50 release in 2007. Dozens of development releases led up to this.

via Nmap 5.00 Release Notes.