1 • As Cyberthreats Increase, Big Money Chases Patches

"The year since hackers broke into Target and accessed millions of credit and debit card numbers has been a brutal one for cyberattacks. Next year’s threat forecast doesn’t look any better.

But for cybersecurity firms and companies offering cyber-insurance, the year has been great. Business is booming and stock prices are shooting upward. Security start-ups are also getting a massive boost in funding."

There certainly has been a lot in the media on this topic. No doubt it will continue to plague large retailers.

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2 • What’s New In CSS Selectors 4

"Please note that this article is written about an Editor’s Draft of a specification as of January 2015, which means the information may change without notice

CSS Selectors Level 4 is the next iteration of the CSS selector spec, the last version of which was made a recommendation in 2011 after being a working draft for a number of years.
So, what’s new?"

• Selector profiles
• :HAS
• :MATCHES
• :NTH-CHILD(AN+B [OF S])
• :NOT()
• :ANY-LINK

3 • High-Level Advice And Guidelines For Writing Sane, Manageable, Scalable CSS

"Contents

Introduction

• The Importance of a Styleguide
• Disclaimers

Syntax and Formatting

• Multiple Files
• Table of Contents
• 80 Characters Wide
• Titling
• Anatomy of a Ruleset
• Multi-line CSS
• Indenting
  • Indenting Sass
  • Alignment
• Meaningful Whitespace
• HTML"

4 • WP Code Prettify

“This plugin enable syntax highlighting of code snippets in your post using Google Code Prettify.”

5 • Grep Quick Reference Chart

“This plugin enable syntax highlighting of code snippets in your post using Google Code Prettify.”

A good idea, for those amongst us that are visually oriented. I appreciate having the examples on the right hand side.