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DNS disaster: first attacks reported
The first attacks that are likely to have stemmed from a serious Domain Name System flaw have been reported. Read more »
Oracle gives SQL developers a helping hand
The release of the database giant's free development tool could make designing and debugging database code much faster and easier, but only for those using recent versions. Read more »
Microsoft Popfly service does mashups
Microsoft on Friday introduced a Web mashup builder for the rest of us. Read more »
Microsoft frees Visual Studio 2005 Express
The stripped-down version of Microsoft's development tool will be available at no cost indefinitely. Read more »
Microsoft extends tool giveaway
Microsoft has decided to continue indefinitely a free development tool offer it launched last year to better attract hobbyists and students to Microsoft's software. Read more »
Open source: The newest competitive tool
A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »
Microsoft pitches new Visual Studio tools
Microsoft says developers that stick with its tools can have their cake and eat it too. Read more »
Java flaw could lead to Windows, Linux attacks
A flaw in Sun Microsystems' plug-in for running Java on a variety of browsers and operating systems could allow a virus to spread through Microsoft Windows and Linux PCs. Read more »
Welcome to iGoogle
Further clarifying its customisation strategy, the search giant enhances personalised home page product, renaming it iGoogle. Read more »
New Apache aims to please
The Apache Software Foundation today released a major new version of its flagship Web server software, claiming improvements in a number of areas such as the ability to handle large files and better support for SQL-type databases. Read more »
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Take advantage of code snippets in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 brings auto-complete for code snippets to C#, J#, and XML, as well as additional features for Visual Basic. Read more »
Prevent copy delays from holding up Web development projects
How often have you waited for a few snippets of copy to complete a Web site project? Too often. The next time you're waiting, use one of these strategies to get the text on time or even early. Read more »
Creating custom Visual Studio 2005 code snippets
Reuse common code blocks in your applications through Visual Studio 2005 code snippets. Read more »
Java tips: Tap into the AWT Image class and FileNameMap
Need some Java tips you can put to work right away? Here are a couple of techniques you'll want to pick up if you work with Graphics objects or MIME files in Java. Read more »
WMLScripting for smarter wireless content
A great way to learn what tricks WMLScript can perform is to dig in and start hacking. Get started with this test drive from Builder.com Read more »
Discover Perl's File::Find module
To show how this works, Builder.com walks you through a sample script that employs the File::Find module. Read more »
Network functions in PHP
You can employ PHP's internal functions for easy communication with network protocols, including SMTP and HTTP. This sample code will help you get started. Read more »
Reading and writing text files with VB.NET
Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET. Read more »
Plug-in makes installing Java Web Start a breeze
Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, and Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in enables browsers to fetch a JVM. Read more »
Get your apps moving with Java streams
Managing the files in your application doesn't have to be confusing. This article will show you how to work with Java streams and File objects. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
-- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
CodeGear ready Ruby release
-- CodeGear have announced this week they will be releasing an integrated development environment(IDE) for Ruby on Rails developers in the second half of 2007. Read more »
10 PR 2.0 tips for startups
-- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »
Get more out of Safari with Debug mode
-- Safari's debug mode can open up a few nice features like a JavaScript consol and mask Safari as Internet Explorer. Read more »
10 new things that I learnt about Apollo at WebDU
-- During WebDU I was able to learn some more about Adobe's new RIA desktop runtime Apollo. I've put together a list of interesting Apollo snippets from interviews and sessions that I attended at WebDU. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the vision
A successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.