We’ve got a thing for projects that have no real practical value but instead seek to answer a simple yet fundamental question: I wonder if I can do that? This dead-bug style 555 blinky light is one of those projects, undertaken just to see how small a circuit can be. Pretty small, as it turns…

Online ad industry moves away from once prolific ads that are now deemed insecure because of DOM-based XSS vulnerabilities. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Watch over your home office from your phone, tablet, or PC with Ring Video Doorbell 2. It’s now available via a discounted bundle at Costco Wholesale for $149.99. There’s also a similar deal on a refurbished Ring Video Doorbell 2. Here’s what you need to know about both sales. …read more Source:: ZDNet

‘Cause there ain’t no doubt, I love (driving over) this land (at speed). …read more Source:: CNet

States in the Northeast, Midwest and South are reportedly affected. …read more Source:: CNet

Despite its advanced age, Cobol is still the most prevalent programming language in the financial-services industry world-wide. Software programmed in Cobol powers millions of banking transactions every day and underpins critical computer mainframes. WSJ: And Cobol isn’t going away anytime soon. Banks and other companies have come to the uncomfortable realization that ripping out old…

CodeFWD aims to increase the number of underrepresented and female students learning to code. …read more Source:: CNet

The icons can’t be removed from the Entune App Suite display, so they’ll just throw error messages. …read more Source:: CNet

Puff and Suck (or Sip and Puff) systems allow people with little to no arm mobility to more easily interact with computers by using a straw-like unit as an input device. [Ana] tells us that the usual way these devices are used to input text involves a screen-based keyboard; a cursor is moved to a…

The Internet Society, a global non-profit organization dedicated to the open development, evolution and use of the Internet, today announced that it is partnering with Facebook to develop Internet Exchange Points (IXP) throughout Africa. From a press release: An Internet Exchange Point is where multiple local and international networks, ISPs and content providers interconnect their…