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10 open source projects worth checking out

[strategy] -- The open source field is pretty crowded, but certain projects stand above the rest. This article introduces 10 open source tools and solutions you don’t want to overlook. Read more »

Tags: linux, open source, project

Message Interaction Patterns

[program:oracle] -- In this serialisation of Chapter 14 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at the more advanced messaging constructs supported by the Oracle BPEL PM. Read more »

Tags: message, oracle, xml

All about Adobe with Ben Forta: Video

[program:flash] -- Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end up with Ben Forta. Read more »

Tags: .net, actionscript, adobe, coldfusion, commercial, flash, iphone, java, javascript, open source

Aussie creates iPhone virus

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- An Aussie hacker has created a worm that places a background picture of Rick Astley on jailbroken iPhones that have SSH enabled, and released its source code. More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Tags: go, blackberry, chrome, openbsd, iphone, gpl, firefox, gnome, google

A GUI supporting .NET's BackgroundWorker for task progress and cancellation

[program:.net] -- In this hands-on programming tip, the author provides a sample project that you can modify when you're working with .NET's BackgroundWorker class. Read more »

Tags: gui, microsoft .net, worker

Mozilla releases second Firefox 3.6 beta

[news] -- Mozilla, racing to release Firefox 3.6 before the end of the year, has released a second beta of the open-source browser for Windows, Mac and Linux. Read more »

Tags: beta, browsers, css, firefox, mozilla, open-source software

Google hints at impending Caffeine launch

[news] -- Google says Caffeine, the next version of its search-engine infrastructure, will soon be available to a wider audience, offering technology designed to deliver faster and more accurate results. Read more »

Tags: caffeine, development, launch, search engines

Google hopes to remake programming with Go

[news] -- Google software luminaries such as Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe that they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an experimental programming language project called Go. Read more »

Tags: go, google, languages, multicore, parallel, programming, research

Local impact as Adobe cuts 680 jobs

[news] -- Adobe has announced overnight that it will cut 680 jobs, approximately 9 per cent of its global workforce. Read more »

Tags: adobe, cs4, layoffs, omniture, redundancies

Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel

[news] -- Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security bulletins fixing 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical patch for holes in the Windows kernel and other Windows and Office components that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer. Read more »

Tags: enterprise software, microsoft, patch tuesday, security

Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool

[news] -- Microsoft has halted distribution of a tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on netbooks amid allegations that the utility makes improper use of open-source code. Read more »

Tags: gpl, legal issues, microsoft, netbooks, open source, windows, windows 7