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Mozilla issues new Firefox test release
For eager beavers who want a taste of Firefox to come, Mozilla issued a second preview release of the browser. Read more »
New Opera 10.50 beta aims to surpass Chrome
The Opera Browser made some serious headway in keeping itself relevant when it introduced a new JavaScript engine for its upcoming revision. Read more »
2011 ends Firefox's Mac OS X 10.4 support
Mozilla has officially decided that the next major version of Firefox will require at least Mac OS X 10.5 when running on Apple computers. Read more »
Opera 10.50 preview crawls forward
Opera 10.50 earned another public pre-alpha version, but this one's only for Windows users so far. Read more »
Developers Get Wolfram Alpha API , but not for free
Wolfram Alpha has opened up its API to developers, but for a price. Read more »
Microsoft launches Bing 'Visual Search'
You see that headline? "Visual Search" is in quotation marks because Monday's announcement at the TechCrunch 50 conference about Bing's new search feature is a bit of a canard. Read more »
Opera 10 browser is here
The Opera 10 browser is now ready to download for Windows, Mac and Linux, three months after the beta first emerged. Read more »
Opera 10 nears completion
Opera Software has completed its first release candidate of Opera 10, which the company says has better performance, a Turbo mode for slow internet connections, support for a variety of web standards such as web fonts, and improvements to the Opera Mail feature. Read more »
Bing, Wolfram Alpha agree licensing deal
Microsoft's Bing search engine and Wolfram Alpha have reached a licensing deal that allows Bing to present some of the specialised scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha generates, according to a source familiar with the deal. Read more »
Mozilla issues first Firefox 3.6 alpha version
Mozilla has released the first alpha version of Firefox 3.6, a browser with speed improvements and new features the organisation hopes to finalise faster than its predecessor. Read more »
Features (35)
10 reasons why Linux will triumph over Windows
Windows 7 may be generating some positive buzz, but the author remains sceptical. In fact, he says it's only a matter of time before Linux takes its rightful spot at the top of the OS heap. Read more »
Introducing Flash Catalyst
At MAX 2008, Adobe demonstrated and distributed to attendees a preview release of Flash Catalyst, the Rich Internet Application (RIA) interaction design tool formerly known as Thermo. Read more »
Get creative with Aviary tools
Aviary is generating quite a bit of buzz in the Web design community. Check out what these new types of Flex-based tools are all about. Read more »
How do I ... convert images to greyscale and sepia tone using C#?
The Microsoft .NET Framework provides developers with many different libraries that enable them to create and modify images. This article demonstrates two methods for converting an image to grayscale and sepia-tone using built-in .NET Framework functionality from C#. Read more »
Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor
A quick overview of what you'll find in the latest version of Silverlight. Read more »
How do I ... reject alpha characters in a SQL Server character column?
Enforcing your data's integrity is probably the single most important issue you face when designing a database. Validating user input is one way of keeping bad data from making its way into your analyses and reports. Read more »
Sorting character strings using SQL Server
You are probably familiar with the built-in sorting abilities of SQL Server for columnar data, but what if you need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields? I'll demonstrate how to write a common sorting algorithm using SQL Server TSQL code. Read more »
Firefox 3 offers numerous features for developers
Firefox's support for customisation and standards, along with plenty of add-ons, has made it a favorite among developers. Read more »
Create graphics applications with Java 3D
The Java 3D API allows you to develop 3D graphics applications that have a high degree of visual realism. Read more »
Case Study: Taking the Smartpath with Flex
Sometimes it's worth taking a risk on a beta. For Smartpath, taking that risk has led to the creation of a robust and industry-tested asset, help desk and facilities management tool based on Flex. Read more »
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Google vs. Wolfram Alpha
Find out which search/computational engine is the best, or if they even compare at all. Read more »
Wolfram Alpha: First hands-on
CNET's Rafe Needleman gets a look at the eagerly anticipated new computational search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Is it a Google killer? No, but it has the potential to change the way we view data on the web. Read more »
Blog (16)
Firefox 3.6 released
-- Firefox 3.6 is finally here! More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Windows 7 in the spotlight
-- After months of hype, Windows 7 was finally released early yesterday morning. Read more »
Wolfram Alpha and Bing shake hands
-- Wolfram Alpha and Microsoft's Bing have reached an agreement that will allow Bing to feature some of Wolfram Alpha's specialised content. Read more »
Google gets a Caffeine Boost
-- Google is experimenting with a new search algorithm, labelled Caffeine, in an effort to improve the performance of its search engine. And is Microsoft finally becoming interested in web standards? Read more »
Adobe releases new Flash tools
-- Adobe launches new Flash tools, Microsoft reveals Windows 7 release date, and we bring you coverage from the JavaOne conference. More in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Wolfram Alpha makes an entrance
-- In this week's Roundup we look at the launch of Wolfram Alpha, a new file-synchronisation service for Ubuntu and more. Read more »
Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha
-- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. Read more »
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 developer features
-- The latest Firefox alpha release -- 3.1 alpha 2 is more significant for developers than end-users. Read more »
Ubuntu gets jaunty
-- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »
'Tis the season for Python hacking
-- Python founder and benevolent dictator Guido van Rossum, now of Google, announced on the Python developer lists the second annual Python Sprint at Google. The result should be an initial alpha of the Python 3000 interpreter. Read more »
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