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Congressional
Cyber
Security
Caucus;
The Congressional Cyber Security Caucus is a rare example of bilateral cooper-
ation between Democrats and Republicans. The caucus has also developed into
one of the major sources of data on cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Readers interes-
ted in cybersecurity are strongly recommended to subscribe to the weekly online
bulletin.
The bulletin of the caucus is one of the best sources of security data available
from the web. Because congressional sources are more sophisticated than those
available to most civilians, this is a top resource for security topics.
Dr. Dobb's;
www.drdobbs.com
This journal originated in California in the 1970s with the curious name of
Dr.
Dobb's Journal of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics and Orthodontia
. This attempt at a
humorous name was soon abandoned. Over time, Dr. Dobb's evolved into a sig-
nificant journal aimed specifically at coding programmers and software engineers.
The journal also looks at programming tools and programming environments, in-
cluding syntax checkers, debuggers, and other ancillary tools.
Dr. Dobb's also issues annual awards for innovative products, called Jolt
awards. For readers interested in the technical aspects of software engineering and
the effectiveness of various programming languages and toolsets, Dr. Dobb's is a
valuable resource.
In recent years, Dr. Dobb's evolved from a published paper journal to a web
journal with an associated repository of articles and monographs. (I had several of
the older paper editions, which appeared to be printed on newspaper stock paper
rather than on finished paper.)
History Timelines;
www.history-timelines.org.uk
This website has numerous timelines dealing with diverse topics. However,
the computer history timeline on this site is very extensive and also includes en-
abling inventions such as transistors, circuitboards, and disk drives. The noncom-
puting timelines cover wars, national histories, and biographical timelines of fam-
ous people such as George Washington.
These timelines are useful in showing the context of computers and software
in terms of what was happening in the world during specific eras. Often, technical
timelines are closely intertwined with social timelines. For example, World War
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