COBOL and Mainframe Computing

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COBOL and Mainframe Computing

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Prolog: Smartphones, Types of Coders, Zygna IPO, Google+, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Tools of the day: FreeNX and Evernote by Programming Throwdown
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C#: iOS OTA updates, Decompilers, Broadband Caps, Natty Narwhal, Tools of the day: VLC, and PortableApps by Programming Throwdown
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C Programming Language: PS3 Hackers, Nokia partners with Microsoft, Tools of the day: Comix and Bitcoin by Programming Throwdown
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Query Languages: SmoothLife, witter open sources mobile A/B testing, Cheating on Coursera by Programming Throwdown
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C++: Visualizing Code, Used Game Makrket, Prince of Persia source code, Tools of the BiWeek: Sfxr, DC Universe Online by Programming Throwdown
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Objective-C: Wii U, Duke Nukem Forever, How/Why we got into programming, Tools of the day: JavE and ascii flow diagram by Programming Throwdown
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Erlang Programming Language: ISO Standardizes C++ 2011, Google hires inventor of java to work on android, Google Code Jam begins May 6th, Facebook open sources its servers, Tools of the day: Microsoft Dependency Walker and Keepass by Programming Throwdown
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Matlab and Octave: Amazon EC2 loses service, Portal 2 is released, Wii 2 is coming, Lego assembly line, Tools of the day: TI MSP430 Launchpad and Sketchup by Programming Throwdown
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Theoretical Artificial Intelligence: Tools of the show: TypeScript and Ridiciulous Fishing. Books of the show: Dungeon (Paperback: http://amzn.to/11Iares) and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Kindle: http://amzn.to/117nNv3) (Hardcover: http://amzn.to/11IaEyj) by Programming Throwdown
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BASIC: The voices of China's Workers, Raspberry Pi Supercomputer, Common Crawl, Turing Complete Magic the Gathering by Programming Throwdown
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Lisp: Cuda, Roguelikes, DosBox in chrome, Tools of the BiWeek: Chrome NaCl, Handbrake by Programming Throwdown
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Hadoop: Tools of the show: Emacs and Chrome Browser Sync. Books of the show: Hadoop: The Definitive Guide http://tinyurl.com/cp3mw32 and Anathem http://tinyurl.com/cas8bux by Programming Throwdown
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LaTeX: Tools of the show: Cocos2d-X and Snapseed. Books of the show: Algorithms in C++ http://tinyurl.com/agbc8t7 and Head First Design Patterns http://tinyurl.com/ayxb7q6 by Programming Throwdown
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Assembly: Netflix, Ebooks, Apple Developers Getting Sued, Kids on Facebook, Open Source Projects, Hype. Tools of the day: FileZilla and PuTTY by Programming Throwdown
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Python Programming Language: Browser updates, Goldman Sach's employee jailed, EnergyJava, Oregon Trail, Tools of the day: Fossil and Unison by Programming Throwdown
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Javascript: Codecademy, HP Touchpads, Minecraft, Tools of the BiWeek: Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) and Hamachi by Programming Throwdown
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Fortran: Books of the Show Jason: A Theory of Fun in Game Design http://amzn.to/1FShtR6 Patrick: Monster Hunter International http://amzn.to/1EeqWO2 by Programming Throwdown
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Udacity: Democratizing Education: Interview with Udacity by Programming Throwdown
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Build Automation: New Top Level Domains, Anatomy of Freemium, LinkedIn Passwords Leaked, $100 Masters Degree, Tools of the BiWeek: Apache Cordova (Formerly PhoneGap), Xbox Media Center (XBMC) by Programming Throwdown
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Java: Ouya, Is C/C++ Worth It?, Engineered Jellyfish. Tools of the BiWeek: Cygwin, MinGW and Macports, uShare by Programming Throwdown
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Soft Skills with SimpleProgrammer: With Guest Host John Sonmez by Programming Throwdown
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Image Processing: Tools of the show: Moon+ Reader Pro and Spaceteam. Books of the show: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Kindle: http://amzn.to/14mk17G ), (Paperback: http://amzn.to/XamtLA) and Foundation (Kindle: http://amzn.to/XamMWD), (Paperback: http://amzn.to/WUb1Cg) by Programming Throwdown
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CUDA and OpenCL: Tools of the show: NES/SNES Together https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.mistertea.android.emu.nes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.mistertea.android.emu.snes, JODA-Time http://www.joda.org/joda-time/. Books of the show: Understanding Computational Bayesian Statistics http://amzn.to/1cGrjEX and Going Postal http://amzn.to/13egaIw by Programming Throwdown
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HTML and CSS: Humble Indie Bundle 3, Linux Kernel 3.0, End of shuttle program, Tools of the day: Freemind and Picasa by Programming Throwdown
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Dart: Raspberry Pi, Autonomous Cars, Stanford Online Courses, Tools of the BiWeek: Disk Usage Programs, Spelunky by Programming Throwdown
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Mailbag: Steam comes to linux, Microsoft Surface, Kickstarter Iphone Dock Fail by Programming Throwdown
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Swift: Tools of the show: Jason: Nextdoor Patrick: Waze. Books of the show: Jason: Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail... http://amzn.to/1rvKXbP Patrick: Red Seas Under Red Skies http://amzn.to/1oZplmS by Programming Throwdown
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R: Book of the Show Jason: The hard thing about hard things http://amzn.to/1UqMjDD Patrick: Steel World http://amzn.to/1JMcsa5 by Programming Throwdown
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Interface Description Languages (IDLs): PSP Hackers, Smartphone watch, Pacman in 0x10C, Tools of the BiWeek: Sublime Text Editor, Luminance HDR by Programming Throwdown
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FPGAs: Tools of the show: Jason: Kaggle http://www.kaggle.com/ Patrick: KiCad http://www.kicad-pcb.org/ . Books of the show: Jason: Mahout in Action http://amzn.to/1eizgRS Patrick: Bebop to the Boolean Boogie http://amzn.to/1cGRdaD by Programming Throwdown
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