We often tweet about some interesting news stories that have happened in the industry, and you might have missed them if you don’t follow us on Twitter. So here’s a run-down of our reading list for November.
Nostalgia
What the internet looked like in 1994 – a world with just 10,000 websites to explore!
7 tech logos before they became iconic
The evolution of title bar buttons – did you know that Windows wasn’t the origin for the X to close function?
Apple prototypes from the 1980s
Programming
DARPA to fund $11million programming auto-complete tool
8 ways to improve your Grunt setup
How does Node.js differ from JavaScript?
Microsoft
Microsoft ends the sales of Windows 7 and 8 – read more about whether you should worry about this in our blog.
Microsoft teams up with DropBox – this is a great move for OneDrive users.
Microsoft makes Office free for iPhones iPads and Android tablets
Microsoft kills Lync in favour of Skype for Business
Five-year-old becomes a Microsoft Certified Professional – this kid is going places!
Hardware
Raspberry Pi gets a GPS add-on
New Raspberry Pi is the smallest model yet
Samsung virtual reality headset arrives in December – a competitor to the Oculus Rift?
This company will heat your house for free if you have room for its servers
Sure, you can buy a cheap mechanical keyboard, but you’re missing out
Intel turns to light to speed up supercomputers
Nokia N1 to be one of the first devices with a reversible USB slot
Software
Cloud computing
Amazon Prime members now get unlimited photo storage
Google bolsters cloud platform with networking, containers and price cuts
Games
The Internet Archive puts hundreds of arcade games online
Ubisoft promises a patch for Assassin’s Creed: Unity glitches
Security
Huge raid shuts down 400-plus dark-web sites
Two software security flaws found in Apple operating system
Business
A third of UK jobs threatened by technology
Facebook targets workplaces with a professional networking site
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