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Drag and drop your way to Android programming. MIT App Inventor, re-released as a beta service (as of March 5, 2012) by the MIT Center for Mobile Learning after taking over the project from Google, is a visual programming language for developing applications for the Android mobile computing platform.

For the minimalist programmer, there's vim. For everybody else, there's SlickEdit.

You've built the hardware, installed the software and cracked some passwords. Now find out how to fine-tune your attacks.

Cast the Nets! I thought we'd gone native this month and were going to show how to work nets and fish like the penguins do. I had a double-fisted, sheep-shanked, overhand cinch loop to teach you, along with the proper way to work your net in a snow storm.

Ever wonder exactly how vulnerable your network is? Using these tools can give you an idea and provide the means to protect yourself.

The Transformer Prime is a killer piece of hardware, no doubt...but can it replace a full-fledged Linux Netbook?

A high-availability stack serves one purpose: through a redundant setup of two or more nodes, ensure service availability and recover services automatically in case of a problem. Florian Haas explores Pacemaker, the state-of-the-art high-availability stack on Linux.

If you are disgruntled by the new interfaces provided by recent distribution releases, namely GNOME 3 and Unity, you might want to take a look at Cinnamon. With its traditional feel and extreme theme-ability, Cinnamon is a desktop interface bound to spice up anyone's computer.

Why would you spend a few hundred dollars on a device that is little more than a smartphone (with a bigger screen, without the phone)?