Interesting Reads from the Technology World

Happy Independence Day.

Here are some interesting bits and pieces from the technology world.

• Microsoft's Android Shakedown: IBM Did It First - A historical take (retake?) on the MS-Android patent scuffle that is still on going. History does appear to repeat itself.
• Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Android's Use of Java - Read on for some interesting takes on Android by Jonathan Schwarz and his apparent endorsement of Android's use of Java.
• OWASP - Session Management Cheat Sheet A very useful handy reference on session management.
• Git vs. Others - the battle continues and I'm sure that there'll be yet another tool to add to the fray eventually. So the answer doesn't really matter. Read on: Why Git is better than X and of course Why Git ain't better than X
• The Robustness Principle Reconsidered - Eric Allman (of Sendmail fame) writes on standards and interoperability. As for a choice quote - "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others (RFC 793)."
• Printing Guides - DPReview has a couple of nice write-ups on choosing a printer (as related/applicable to photography). Read on: Printer Primer Part 1: Choosing a new printer and Printer Primer Part 2: Print workflow
• MySQL - 10 essential MySQL tools for admins
• Firefox: Garbage Collection Stats, Scalability and Performance
• A new way of measuring Openness, from Android to WebKit: The Open Governance Index
• Command Line Interfaces and their design: Designing command-line interfaces and an Ode to the Command Line
• Cyber Weapons: The New Arms Race The Pentagon, the IMF, Google, and others have been hacked. It’s war out there, and a cyber-weapons industry is exploding to arm the combatants.
• The Art of Nomography I: Geometric Design. There are two other sequels to this post as well.

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