GitHub has created a social network where programmers get together
and get work done without bosses, e-mails, or meetings.
San Francisco startup GitHub
has all the hallmarks of the next big social network. The company’s
base of 3.6 million users is growing fast, and after raising $100
million last year, GitHub was worth $750 million, at least on paper.
Microsoft aims to simplify home automation with software that connects different Internet-enabled devices.
Researchers at Microsoft have released software
aimed at making it easier for homes to be monitored, automated, and
controlled using computers and the Internet. It also paves the way for
developers to create apps that can be “installed” into homes with
numerous different devices to make use of them in new ways.
Starting with Google Glass, wearable technology could usher in a new era of security weaknesses, researchers say.
Internet-connected devices are ripe for
hacking—and it seems that wearable gadgets like Google’s forthcoming
head-mounted computer, Glass, are no exception.
Marc Rogers, principal security researcher at mobile security startup Lookout,
said this week that the company’s researchers examined Google Glass in
May, looking for weaknesses that hackers could exploit.
