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- Taking the grunt work out of web development
- That smartphone is giving your thumbs superpowers
- Major websites could be doing more to promote improved password security, experts say
- Throwing money at data breach may make it worse
| Taking the grunt work out of web development Posted: 23 Dec 2014 11:16 AM PST A new programming language automatically coordinates interactions between Web page components. The language is called Ur/Web, and it lets developers write Web applications as self-contained programs. The language's compiler -- the program that turns high-level instructions into machine-executable code -- then automatically generates the corresponding XML code and style-sheet specifications and embeds the JavaScript and database code in the right places.  |
| That smartphone is giving your thumbs superpowers Posted: 23 Dec 2014 09:22 AM PST When people spend time interacting with their smartphones via touchscreen, it actually changes the way their thumbs and brains work together, according to a new report. More touchscreen use in the recent past translates directly into greater brain activity when the thumbs and other fingertips are touched, the study shows.  |
| Major websites could be doing more to promote improved password security, experts say Posted: 22 Dec 2014 08:16 AM PST Online giants including Amazon and LinkedIn could be doing far more to raise awareness of the need for better password practices among their users, a study has found. The research revealed that very few of them give detailed guidance about the importance of providing secure passwords, either when users were creating or updating accounts.  |
| Throwing money at data breach may make it worse Posted: 22 Dec 2014 05:45 AM PST Information systems researchers studied the effect of two compensation strategies used by Target after a large-scale data breach and found that customers reacted favorably to a 10-percent discount on purchases.  |
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