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An elegy for computer languages past
Wayne MacPhail | A new TV show about the early days of the personal computer revolution evokes memories of Commodore 64s and the last time amateurs could bend a modern graphic user interface computer to their will.
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Why is good interface so hard?
Wayne MacPhail | Why do so many pieces of software leave us lost, frustrated and railing at their arcane and ugly buttons, choices and placements? Wayne MacPhail presents four reasons.
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Heartbleed: A heartbeat away from the death of security
Wayne MacPhail | A hapless programmer's little error has escalated to a cardiac arrest across the Web, has cost billions to fix and has potentially been used by a secretive and near-rogue government agency.