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How to create a Blue Screen of Death
Feeling nostalgic about the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death, which used to plague desktops in the bad old days of Windows? No need to keep those feelings locked away. This handy guide will show you how to force your PC to recreate the infamous error. Read more »
Four cool new features slated for SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 (code named Katmai) is scheduled to launch in February of next year, and the code isn't slated to be released to manufacturing until Q2 2008. But database gurus don't have to wait to get a sense of what's to come because Microsoft recently released SQL Server 2008 to the community for preview. Read more »
Python groupby, the iterator swiss army knife
The groupby function is useful for a range of needs, but one of the best uses for it is in replicating the UNIX filter uniq in Python. Read more »
A Quickstart to Common Lisp
Common Lisp is one of the most powerful and efficient languages out there, but it's still widely misunderstood. It's predecessor Lisp is almost fifty years old and projects are still being started using it -- get the basics under your belt with this quick start. Read more »
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes. Read more »
Developer skills outlook 2007: What training do you need?
Angus Kidman examines whether you need a university degree to find a job as a developer and which, if any, certifications you'll need to remain a desirable candidate. Read more »
Creating custom Visual Studio 2005 code snippets
Reuse common code blocks in your applications through Visual Studio 2005 code snippets. Read more »
Client-side programming with Atlas
In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work. Read more »
Developing an Intranet with ASP.NET 2.0
In this two-part tutorial we investigate how to build a modular Intranet site with Microsoft's brand new ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Web Designer 2005. Read more »
Review: NetBeans 5.0
The new version of the open source Java IDE adds new UI layout capabilities, and vastly improves its Web Services handling. We take a look at the changes. Read more »
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Outlook 2010 technical preview
Microsoft's workhorse Outlook program gets an update in the 2010 suite, but is it enough to upgrade? We look at an early version. Read more »
Watch Windows 7 RC in action
Microsoft impressed many with its Windows 7 beta, and the new Release Candidate looks even better. More than mere bug fixes, the Windows 7 Release Candidate improves on device management and search-term highlighting, and includes support for a virtual XP mode to run older programs. Read more »
Worst 2008 predictions
We check up on the worst guesses for what would happen this past year. Read more »
Five services you can turn off in Windows Server 2003
Disabling unnecessary Windows Server 2003 services can strengthen your server security. Unfortunately, there are over 100 services to consider. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to disable Windows Server 2003 services and discusses five services that you may want to turn off. Read more »
Charney: 9/11 attacks made security an asset
Until 9/11 security was simply a cost, says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group – the stock exchange being knocked out suddenly changed this. Read more »
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Google Earth adds Mars roving
-- While you might never become an astronaut and have the chance to ride a Mars Rover on the Red Planet, Google has now rolled out an Earth-bound alternative for the masses. Read more »
Blog against poverty
-- Worldwide Blog Action Day is 15 October, in 2008 the goal is to raise awareness and conversation around the worldwide topic of poverty and in the process raise money for the cause. Who's in? Read more »
Going the extra step but not the extra mile
-- I've always been a big fan of going the extra mile with error messages, it's a good way to show that you actually care about the product to take the time to customise it even when things are amiss -- and yes, things will go wrong, you will not create the perfect application. Read more »
SEO is voodoo
-- Anyone who claims to know everything about search engine optimisation is either a fool or a liar. Read more »
Hope you are seated
-- With projects winding down for the year, have you accidently found yourself fulfilling promises you never thought you'd keep in 2007? Funnily enough, this week has been full of news of projects we thought had retired to the beach house for the summer. Read more »
Wireless theft -- what's the harm?
-- Hand up if you have logged in to use some poor schmuck's unprotected wireless connection to overcome a bandwidth drought? Read more »
This week's news regex: Open[A-Za-z]+
-- If there were announcements to be made this week, many of the usual suspects chose Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco as the place to make them. Read more »
Hans Reiser trial gets under way
-- The murder trial of Hans Reiser, the 43-year-old Oakland, Calif.-computer programmer accused of killing his wife, is scheduled to begin Tuesday in what the San Francisco Chronicle predicts will be one of the most sensational local trials in recent memory. Read more »
Bloated code is bad for working families
-- It's hard to argue with large and bloated as adjectives, but streamlined is debatable. MinWin comes in at a hefty 25MB and for that price you don't even get graphical output. Read more »
Microsoft's Supermarket Sweep
-- Attention entrepreneurial developers: Steve Ballmer wants to pay you somewhere between $50 million and $1 billion for your company. Read more »
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