Creepy Site Claims To Reveal Torrenting Histories

Creepy Site Claims To Reveal Torrenting Histories

Slashdot reader dryriver writes: The highly invasive and possibly Russian owned and operated website IKnowWhatYouDownload.com immediately shows [a] bittorent download history for your IP address when you land on it. What’s more, it also [claims to] show the torrenting history…

Let's Raise A Glass To The Many Tech Pioneers Who Died In 2016
Google and Facebook Dominate The List of 2016's Top Ten Apps

Google and Facebook Dominate The List of 2016's Top Ten Apps

After surveying over 9,000 Android and iPhone users, Nielsen’s “Electronic Mobile Measurement” has calculated the 10 most popular apps of 2016. Interestingly, the #1 and #2 most popular apps of the year were Facebook and Facebook Messenger. BrianFagioli writes: Facebook…

Can Learning Smalltalk Make You A Better Programmer?

Can Learning Smalltalk Make You A Better Programmer?

Slashdot reader horrido shares an article that “has done more for Smalltalk advocacy than any other article in memory.” It was the second-most popular article of the year on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise site TechBeacon (recently passing 20,000 views), with…

Slashdot's 10 Most-Visited Stories of 2016

Slashdot's 10 Most-Visited Stories of 2016

Slashdot’s most-visited story of the year was “Microsoft Live Account Credentials Leaking From Windows 8 And Above,” which was visited more than 330,910 times since we published it August 16. And our second and third most popular stories came in…