The history and popularity of programming languages [infographic]

New programming languages could be introduced at any time. Knowing the right language might position you very well for a career opportunity in the future. Therefore, it might be advantageous for a developer to track languages like Java, C, Objective-C, Python, Ruby, and Perl to see which direction they are headed in popularity.

This infographic also gets into the history of some languages, vulnerability distribution per language, and how those vulnerabilities are being fixed.

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404TS technology news wrap up – 2013/05/18

Technology changes very quickly and the industry changes right alongside it. There is more written about new products, security concerns, coming-soon hardware, and other technology news than can be covered sufficiently and in-depth. These technology news wrap ups hope to provide a one-stop resource to make sure you did not miss any of the big stories in the past week. They will be published each Saturday, drawing from a wide variety of sources to give the best coverage.

Technology news 2013/05/12 – 2013/05/18:

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PDFMate offers free PDF Merger and Converter tools

Adobe Acrobat, the de facto PDF software, is an expensive utility when you only occasionally need to alter PDF documents. But when you need to, it is nice to have something readily available that works and works well. Even with Office 2013 gaining the ability to edit PDFs, there is still a place for the utilities that make manipulating PDFs easy. PDFMate Free PDF Merger is one of those free tools that can help you alter a PDF to be what you need. In addition, PDFMate PDF Converter allows you to convert PDF to various formats.

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Free security software tools from HBGary

HBGary was a technology security company that made more of a name for itself in its demise than its successes. The company was founded by Greg Hoglund, a security researcher and author of books on rootkits, exploiting online games, and exploiting software, each of which I have previously read and reviewed. HBGary Federal was a subsidiary spun off to work with the government where security clearance might be needed with Aaron Barr as CEO. Barr’s tangle with Anonymous, which I recently read more details regarding in This Machine Kills Secrets, ultimately led to the company’s demise. HBGary was bought by ManTech International at the end of February, 2012 and HBGary Federal was reportedly closed.

Despite the company’s storied history, it was a technology security company first and foremost with many advanced security software tools. It provides a number of those tools for free to benefit other security researchers and students.

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Catincan – a crowdfunding site for open source projects

Kickstarter and IndieGoGo have standardized crowdfunding for a variety of projects. One type of projects, open-source software, has been around for far longer but has often faced gaps between interest in projects and funding. One website aims to fix that problem as a crowdfunding site specializing in open source projects.

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Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets by Andy Greenberg

This Machine Kills Secrets – How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World’s Information is written by Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg and provides a historical recount of the use of the cryptography revolution. This takes the story from the Pentagon Papers of 1971 to the WikiLeaks of 2010 and beyond with several organizations’ attempts to build the next generation Leak software.

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Bill Gates 2.0 on 60 Minutes

Bill Gates appeared on 60 Minutes yesterday. He was able to show off some of the technology that his foundation is pushing to be developed. Some of the work is working to wipe out diseases, improve vaccine delivery, and improve clean water to developing nations. With interests as varied as reinventing the toilet to improving nuclear fusion, Bill Gates seems hardly satisfied with how much impact he has already had on the world.

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Diamonds as a luxury in technology

Whenever someone hears the word diamond, images of luxurious precious stones and extremely hard substances may arise in the mind. Diamonds have built their legacy and reputation as being known for being one of the most expensive m hardest substances in the planet. Diamonds have been used as pieces of luxurious jewelry for millennia. These beautiful stones are capable of enhancing looks by giving them the appearance of high status. Thanks to the increasing popularity of diamonds, there are now lots of companies and professionals interested in buying and selling these precious stones. For more information, click here for diamonds buyers.

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