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What does CBS want with Last.fm?
Media giant pays US$280 million for social network devoted to music, but industry watchers wonder if CBS wants the community, the tech or both. Read more »
Oracle packs SOA in PeopleSoft tools upgrade
Oracle on Monday in the US launched PeopleTools 8.48, an upgrade designed to offer Web services functionality and serve as an entry point into Oracle's Fusion Middleware. Read more »
IBM to open source corporate search
IBM is promoting a new standard to allow interoperability between software that helps corporations search for and analyse unstructured data across their corporate networks, including e-mails, Word documents and anything that is not formatted in columns and rows. Read more »
From PlanetQuest, software for stargazers
Astrophysicist Laurance Doyle wants to get the world discovering worlds--and in the process get children jazzed about science and math. Read more »
Software makers think inside the box
Talk to Fred Meyer, CEO of start-up Cast Iron Systems, about his company's data-integration product and you picture a shrink-wrapped cardboard box with a few software CDs inside. Read more »
Microsoft turns to Elixir for Office boost
Convincing businesses to upgrade to new versions of Office is a perennial challenge for Microsoft, but the company hopes a new Elixir might speed things up. Read more »
IBM strikes at SCO claims
IBM has taken another swing at the SCO Group's faltering attack on Linux, filing a motion seeking dismissal of SCO's contract claims. Read more »
Is Real's 'hacking' of iPod legal?
Code-crackers risk fines and prison time when they defeat copy-protection technology, but such draconian rules likely don't apply in the case of RealNetworks and its iPod "hack," legal experts in the US say. Read more »
More flaws foul security of open-source repository
Six more security flaws are found in the popular program for maintaining code under development. Read more »
Macromedia release help tools
Software maker Macromedia this week have released the first product to emerge from its acquisition of eHelp, a specialist in tools for creating online help resources and tutorials. Read more »
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Workflow Patterns
In this serialisation of Chapter 15 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at some of the more complex, yet common use cases and how these can be addressed in a relatively straightforward fashion by the Workflow Service. Read more »
Hands-on with Mono 2.2
Mono is now up to version 2.2 and the differences between 2.0 and 2.2 are pretty important. Read more »
Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop
Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »
Inside the Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
The Exchange Server Profile Analyzer is a tool that allows Exchange administrators to get a real-time look at a plethora of statistics surrounding your Exchange servers. The statistics generated by the Profile Analyzer tell the complete story behind the way that your Exchange server is used (or abused!) by your users. Read more »
Look inside .NET DLL files with Reflector
In this column, I explore reverse engineering compiled ASP.NET code, with an emphasis on the Reflector tool. Read more »
Pinpoint vulnerabilities on your system with Nessus
Fixing vulnerabilities is an ongoing process that requires diligence -- it's not something you can ever cross off your task list. However, there are plenty of excellent tools available that will assess your systems for known vulnerabilities. Let us introduce you to one of the best. Read more »
Five common errors in requirements analysis (and how to avoid them)
In the traditional waterfall model of software development, the first phase of requirements analysis is also the most important one. Read more »
Understanding the Java security model
The Java security model, introduced in Java 2, is the basis of highly secured and distributed enterprise Java applications. We'll show you the basics. Read more »
Security alerts often go unnoticed by IT pros. Why?
In a time when data security is so important, how well does your company monitor who is accessing your data? Read more »
Take this four-phase approach to a network risk assessment
Assessing your network for potential risks is part of the responsibility of providing network services. Mike Mullins discusses the four phases of an effective network risk assessment and offers best practices for conducting each phase. Read more »
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Will Web users flock to Flock?
On "Working Webware," ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Webware editor Rafe Needleman sit down with Flock CEO Shawn Hardin to find out about the company's social media browser, its role in the open-source community, and how it plans to compete against rivals Microsoft and Mozilla. Farber and Needleman also analyze the company's odds for success and Flock's fate in the next-generation browser wars. Read more »
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