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Lees meerTumblr switches to nginx superset maintained by CloudFlare and Taobao folk Netcraft's September survey of the world's most prevalent web servers turned up something interesting: a dip for all major servers but a sudden spike for OpenResty.…
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Lees meerNot all bags, just one very cunning bag with planet-friendly gussets and folds Apple is trying to patent a paper bag.…
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Lees meerCalifornian Elmer Fudd foiled by mechanical means A stealthy robot run by a Los Angeles SWAT team has successfully disarmed a murder suspect by sneaking up behind him and stealing his weapon.…
Lees meerWhen it's easier to rewrite than refactor Mozilla developers have released a new JavaScript debugger for Firefox.…
Lees meerFind yourself a Famicom and brush up on ancient syntax to finish the game in minutes A 30-year-old bug in the iconic Nintendo game Legend of Zelda allows players to finish the game in minutes. A video posted to YouTube shows that, beneath what looks…
Lees meerNew 'Transparency Centre' comes to Asia, more to open in 'coming weeks' Microsoft has opened a technology centre in China to reassure Beijing it does not have backdoors in its software.…
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