Where do you get programming news?

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+10 Q:

Where do you get programming news?

I suppose the best answer to this question will be "what kind of programming?"

But I'm having trouble finding any good sites for getting general programming news. By this, I just mean that I want some websites to keep up with what's new both in technologies and new techniques without being slanted one way or another.

I'll read programming reddit fairly frequently, but I sometimes feel that it's frequently slanted towards certain issues (I'm strategically avoiding naming the issues to prevent flamewars from spawning).

So, are there any recommendations on good news sites?

+4 A:

slashdot.org
kerneltrap.org

shoosh 2009-01-28 03:03:08

+2 A:

I get some news from ars technica.

Jason Baker 2009-01-28 03:05:04

+7 A:

Hacker News, the one, the only.

Matt Briggs 2009-01-28 03:05:17

By far, one of the best sources of what is going on in technology today and what is relevant to folks who write code.

Ray Vega 2009-02-10 01:06:28

+2 A:

Proggit

Colin 2009-01-28 03:06:34

+2 A:

I like CodeProject and Computerworld.

Jim Anderson 2009-01-28 03:07:27

+3 A:

I get all mine from TheDailyWTF :D

Seriously, Scott Guthrie's blog is a good place for asp.net/silverlight stuff, which is what I've been looking at recently.

And in general, Microsoft Developer Blogs are a good place for Microsoft specific stuff anyway.

Andrew Rollings 2009-01-28 03:08:08

+3 A:

Twitter. Use Search.twitter.com to look for tweets you are interested in.

Jquery ASP.NET PHP

You'll be amazed how much information you can find in 140 characters.

RedWolves 2009-01-28 03:14:33

+3 A:

*.dzone.com is awesome.

A steady flow of links to appropriately categorised news and links. Not so sure about the validity or volume of up/down votes but they probably help.

Scott Bennett-McLeish 2009-01-28 03:20:39

+1 A:

Slashdot. And occaisionally the RSS feeds in the startup page on Visual Studio.

But increasingly, just from browsing the questions on this site-- someone will ask a question to which I just don't know the answer, and then the answer will be something I don't know, and then I find myself learning from that.

The other place is just from trying to accomplish a task. If I need to do some new thing, whatever that thing is, I go out and research it. Scholar.google.com is a great resource for academic papers, especially with an academic vpn account so you can just download the articles.

mmr 2009-01-28 03:21:12

+1 A:

I am not sure you will find one source that is the end all be all for programming news. I recommend you use a feed aggregator (RSS Bandit, Google reader etc) and subscribe to some bloggers that blog on programming subjects that you are interested in.

Jim Petkus 2009-01-28 04:23:03

+1 A:

As others, I've subscribed to several blogs and mailing lists. However, the best source I've found for more thorough updates are user groups meetings Microsoft organizes. In my country, there are about half a dozen programming user groups, each meeting every month or two. The meetings take place during the afternoon, namely after working hour, and are totally free. They are indeed MS-centric, but if you're into their stuff it's usually worth the bother. I believe a 3 hour lecture, with demos and a chance to ask questions, is a great source to get a preliminary understanding of new technologies.

eran 2009-01-28 06:24:37

+1 A:

Freshmeat for new OSS projects.

philippe 2009-01-28 06:44:13

+2 A:

For ASP.NET and the Microsoft stack, I recommend the following:

Scott Gu's Blog

Scott Hanselman's Blog

Rick Strahl's Blog

Phil Haack's Blog

Dave Ward's Blog

Pretty much any major news in the .NET world will get a mention on one or more of these blogs.