Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook often try to assist and provide tools for coders, both current and future ones . With that in mind, the social network today announced Hack , an open-source language for programmers. This new language has been used internally at Facebook for the past year and offers a lot of potential for developers, enabling them to program faster and be able to catch errors more easily, among other things. Hack, which was developed for the HHVM platform, is designed to be extremely friendly with PHP; as Facebook puts it , its new programming language “offers the best of both dynamically typed and statistically typed languages, and that it will be valuable to projects of all sizes.” Essentially, this means you theoretically could have access to websites that are faster and more reliable. Interested in learning more? Head over to Facebook’s Engineering blog, where you’ll find all the nitty-gritty details you’re looking for. Filed under: Internet , Facebook Comments Via: GigaOM Source: Facebook

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Facebook wants to help you write code faster with its ‘Hack’ programming language

Remember all those Windows 8 screenshots that surfaced before the platform was released? Well, some of those might have been courtesy of Alex Kibkalo , an ex-Microsoft employee who was just arrested for stealing and leaking company secrets. Unlike the HTC execs who reportedly stole trade secrets to run a new firm, though, Kibkalo allegedly leaked info to a French tech blogger for something akin to revenge — he was apparently angry over receiving a poor performance review when he was still with Microsoft. According to Seattle Post-Intelligencer , the accused sent the blogger (whom he met on a forum) parts of Windows 8’s code and Microsoft’s Activation Server Software Development Kit. While Kibkalo’s charging paper states that the blogger only posted Windows 8 screenshots, Microsoft believes its former employee also encouraged him to share the development kit online. He supposedly wanted that to happen so hackers can use the kit (one of Microsoft’s defenses against software piracy) to crack the company’s products. If you’re wondering how exactly the accused got caught, it’s because the blogger contacted Microsoft in September 2012 to verify the Windows 8 code Kibkalo sent. When Redmond determined its authenticity, investigators looked through the blogger’s Hotmail account and instant messenger, where they found incriminating emails and chat logs. In one of those sessions, the accused even claimed that he broke into one of the company’s buildings in an attempt to copy a server. Kibkalo’s now facing criminal charges for this particular offense, but according to investigators, he also bragged about leaking Windows 7 files in the past. [Image credit: Victor/Flickr ] Filed under: Misc , Microsoft Comments Via: ZDNet Source: Seattle PI

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Ex-Microsoft employee arrested for leaking company secrets

Since Intel’s next Haswell chips are aimed squarely at enthusiasts, what better place to unveil them than at the Game Developer’s Conference ? The 4th-gen Core-i7 Extreme Edition CPU, codenamed “Devil’s Canyon, ” will feature eight unlocked cores and 16 threads, trumping the last model’s six cores. It’ll also support the latest DDR4 memory standard, which brings much higher transfer speeds and lower power drain than DDR3. Along with a better thermal interface, all that will enable “significant” overclocking and performance enhancements, according to Intel. It also announced a Pentium Anniversary Edition with unlockable cores and revealed the “Black Brook” reference all-in-one — designed to show off tech like its RealSense 3-D camera (see the video after the break). Finally, Intel revealed that its 5th-gen Broadwell 14-nanometer processors will be available unlocked and with IRIS graphics. Given that those chips are expected soon and the Extreme Edition Core CPU will arrive in mid-2014, it might be prudent to put off that upgrade. Filed under: Desktops , Peripherals , Intel Comments Source: Intel

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Intel flaunts 8-core Extreme Edition Haswell with support for DDR4 memory

Augmented reality is fun and all, but holding your phone to your face always seemed, to us, like too much effort. Layar agrees, which is why the outfit has now brought its AR secret sauce to Google Glass . Once the APK is installed, saying “OK Glass, scan this” will see the head-mounted wearable find additional content for your right eye. Considering the company’s print expertise , most of these will involve extra value material from magazines, but could also be used to examine maps and real estate listings. The video after the jump says you could also watch movie trailers just by staring at a poster — assuming that you don’t mind your fellow cinema goers thinking you’re a bit odd. Filed under: Google Comments Source: Layar for Glass , Layar

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Layar brings its augmented reality to Google Glass