software industry

• Maryland

Eldersburg Public Library July 30-Aug. 5

• TV

'Halt and Catch Fire' recap, 'Landfall'

A recap of the July 6 episode of "halt and Catch Fire," as connections are tested and Cameron longs to get personal

• Maryland

Tech Tips: The time to retire Windows XP is now

• Maryland

Tech Tips: The time to retire Windows XP is now

• Maryland

Super Couponing: To print or not to print?

• Politics

In Pasadena, fellow Republicans line up to challenge Don Dwyer

In Pasadena, Republican voters have a dizzying array of choices for state delegate this year. Six challengers are up against two incumbents in the two-delegate District 31B. Most of the challengers are gunning for one of those incumbents: Del. Don Dwyer Jr.

• Health Insurance

No looking backward [Commentary]

GBMC HealthCare is participating in a number of programs that began as part of the ACA. In one, the Medicare Shared Savings Program, we have saved Medicare roughly 2 percent of total expenditures in our first year while also extending hours of operation of our primary care offices, reducing needless emergency department visits and working to improve more than 30 metrics of patient outcomes and process measures of care. GBMC Affordable Care Act Obama Chessare website Deloitte

• Obituaries

Carol W. Hillery

Carol Williams Hillery, a retired software engineer who had worked at the Space Telescope Science Institute, died of lung cancer Friday at her Bolton Hill home. She was 69.

• Opinion

Who's to blame for the bad contractors? [Letter]

If the problems with Maryland's health insurance exchange are the contractors' fault, who picked the contractors?

• Health

Maryland lawmakers cautious about new health exchange

As Maryland prepares to scrap its problematic health exchange and adopt Connecticut's technology, lawmakers are raising concerns about oversight and risk for a second failure.

• Science

Five questions for Trevor Simm, tech recruiter

Trevor Simm and his staff spend their days hunting sometimes-elusive prey: tech workers — particularly with security clearances — who'd like to switch employers.

• Health

Finger-pointing continues on Maryland's health exchange

IBM says state bears some responsibility for health exchange troubles

• Colleges and Universities

Anne Arundel adjunct professor earns top-shelf wireless certification

They're called technology evangelists, those who trumpet the benefits of and trends in the digital age without the need of a fire and brimstone app.

• Howard County

Scam artists tirelessly devise new schemes

Scam artists tirelessly devise new schemes

• Business

APG contracting dollars fell 13% last year

The value of Aberdeen Proving Ground's contracts slid 13 percent last year, though businesses with Maryland locations ended up with roughly as much as the year before.

• Opinion

Exchange software should be shared [Letter]

State health insurance exchanges should share successful software

• Software Industry

What is the 'Deep Web'? And other questions about the shadowy virtual world of Silk Road

The Silk Road case shined a light on the deep underbelly of the web -- exposing many casual Internet users to unfamiliar terms like Deep Web, Tor and Bitcoin. So we asked Johns Hopkins cryptography professor Matthew Green to help break down this shadowy virtual world for our readers.

• Howard County

Messages to Bob Baker come bouncing off the moon [Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton]

Bob Baker, a ham radio operator in Glenwood, bounces radio waves off the moon so he can communicate with radio operators in other parts of the world.

• Abusive Behavior

Eric Eoin Marques remains in Ireland for another week, and Tor users remain in limbo

A web-hosting owner is accused of 'enabling' child porn; well-intentioned services may also be victims of an enforcement action.

• Education

Making it new in Maryland

State's innovation economy has drawn attention; now it's time to build on that success

• Obituaries

Stephen R. Krause, software designer

Stephen R. Krause, a software designer and inventor, died Friday from respiratory failure at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital on his 76th birthday.

• Obituaries

Stephen R. Krause, software designer

Stephen R. Krause, a software designer and inventor, died Friday from respiratory failure at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital on his 76th birthday.

• Howard County

River Hill team hoping for repeat in international robotics competition

When students in River Hill High School's Advanced Computer Science classes entered a worldwide high school robotics competition last year that involved programming International Space Station satellites, they figured their chances of winning were mathematically improbable.

• Music

Holiday lights dance to the sound of Christmas music

If there's a downside to the joy of operating a 55,000-bulb holiday light display that's synchronized to popular Christmas music, it's the time it took to program the 30-minute extravaganza: 12 hours of coding for every minute of show, the equivalent of nine 40-hour work weeks.

• Baby Products

Share Your Blessings: Where to donate this holiday season

Organizations' wish lists for holiday season

• Opinion

Obama, Romney miss the elephant in the room

Unfair trade with Asian competitors is killing the U.S. economy, but neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney is proposing a way to address it.

• Obituaries

Robert F. 'Hop' Crooks, programmer

Robert F. "Hop" Crooks, a retired Social Security Administration computer programmer, died Monday from complications of a massive epileptic seizure at Marshal Medical Center in Placerville, Calif.

• Jobs and Workplace

Local food truck owner looks to expand onto town property

A local business woman might expand her food truck locations to a spot near Rodgers Tavern in Perryville

• Microsoft

Microsoft unveils 'Surface,' a new challenger to the iPad

Microsoft unveiled its tablet, 'Surface,' this week and it's the company's challenger to Apple's iPad.

• Education

Cockeysville teachers help school through STEM grants

Four Cockeysville Middle School teachers each recently received Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics grants from Northrop Grumman.

• Opinion

The myth of free trade

The demise of Sparrows Point was inevitable in a system in which U.S. workers can't hope to compete

• Latest

Windsor Mill man pleads guilty in Chinese software piracy case

A Windsor Mill man has pleaded guilty in Delaware federal court to buying more than a million dollars' worth of pirated software from black-market Chinese vendors who themselves were indicted Wednesday in federal court in Delaware.

• Business

Md. regulators order Exelon to explain merger agreement violations

Maryland energy regulators have ordered Exelon Corp. to explain how the company "inadvertently" violated some conditions related to its merger with Baltimore's Constellation Energy Group.

• Howard County

Atholton student designs apps for Apple store

Howard County: Atholton Student Designs System Apps

• Opinion

Software fiasco in Anne Arundel

• Cyber Crime

Six Harford Tech students compete in Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference finals

Harford Tech students participate in state cyber challenge

• Anne Arundel

Longtime recreation leader runs popular after-school program

George Belt, the Stanton Center's go-to guy and recreation leader knows all the young patrons by name. He knows their siblings and cousins and in some cases, their parents..

• Entertainment

Awalts make community mark across the generations

Achievements abound in the Awalt family of Cockeysville, and we're happy to share with the community these wonderful accomplishments.

• Opinion

Improve Medicaid bureaucracy before cutting services

Medicaid services: MedChi says spending in the program must be curbed, but not in ways that hurt patients

• Opinion

Free trade is destroying the American economy

Free trade has destroyed our industrial base and shifted jobs overseas.

• Arts and Culture

Debt debate inspires 'slow clap' for Congress

A Baltimore-area computer programmer is at the center of satirical website that encourages the public to offer a 'slow clap' for Congress for finally ending the debt ceiling debacle.

• Opinion

Shutting down online poker invades privacy, destroys jobs

Crackdown on online poker orchestrated in Baltimore targets a harmless activity that people enjoy