Programmers disclosed a security hole this week in a part of the heart of the Linux operating system that could let users of a machine take it over even if they don't have privileges to do so. Cox ...

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For startup founders under a plethora of challenges like timing, investors and changing market demand, it is extremely hard to hire programmers who can deliver. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur ...

Even just a quick cruise of top startup blogs makes one thing pretty clear If you’re a non-programmer, a “non-technical co-founder” if you will, then you are gonna have to move mountains to convince ...

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Donald Knuth, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Grace Hopper: The United States has produced some of the greatest software engineers who have ever lived. But outside the United States computer technology ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Business leaders are often challenged to find talented, experienced programming staff, especially if salaries must fit within certain ...

The COBOL programming language was created in 1959 and has been widely seen as obsolete for decades. Yet there are still a fair number of software systems based on the language. The economic stresses ...