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Microsoft fixes serious Windows flaws
Microsoft on Tuesday issued alerts on several security flaws in Windows, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to gain control over a victim's computer. Read more »
Microsoft reveals more Longhorn secrets
Microsoft is continuing to drip-feed information about its forthcoming Longhorn Server and has implied that beta one code will be made available to testers by August. Read more »
Opera hints at version 8 with latest beta
With voice commands, shrinking Web pages and improved RSS tools, Opera is confident that the beta of its new browser has enough new features to merit a jump to version 8.0. Read more »
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Process the command line with CLI
The next time you need to examine command line arguments and things get a little complex, whip out your trusty open source Java toolkit, and use Command Line Interface (CLI). Read more »
Process the command line with CLI
Still writing code to parse command line arguments? In this article we look at using the Command Line Interface to get the job done. Read more »
Control your scripts with command-line PHP
This document will introduce you to PHP's command-line interface (CLI), showing you how to interact with PHP programs at the command prompt. Read more »
Learn to search with grep
The grep tool is a great text-searching tool. Using grep, you can search anything that is text, be it text in a file or text in a command's output. Grep can search for simple strings or regular expressions, and it can present its output in a variety of useful ways. Read more »
Linux hassle-free and enterprise-ready
Linux has come a long way with regard to ease of installation and use. In an interview, Robin Miller, author of Point & Click Linux, and chapter author Joe Barr, discuss Linux in the enterprise. Read more »
Linux Command Line Tips: Find
Command line skills are something you pick up over time, but some may not be aware of everything the common tool find can do. Read more »
Linux command line tips: job management
You know all about multitasking on the desktop, but some Linux users aren't aware that you can do exactly the same kind of things in the console, albeit with a little more hands on control. In this article we'll run through the basics of job control in Linux. Read more »
Linux command line tips: history and HISTIGNORE in Bash
If you've worked in the terminal, it's likely you're in some way proficient with the command history features of your shell. There's a lot more functionality than many realise however, and learning it can help you eliminate a lot of duplicate typing. Read more »
Parse mathematical expressions with JEP
JEP is a Java mathematical expression parser. This means that you can pass JEP a string of mathematical operations (which may also contain variables) to perform and get back an answer. Read more »
Iterating through tables and databases in SQL Server
We look at two very useful stored procedures that live in the master database but are not mentioned in SQL Server Books Online. These system procedures come in very handy for jobs such as determining the space used, the number of rows, the indexes on the user tables, and so on. Read more »
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The Ten Commandments of egoless programming
-- While trawling over some of our older content on Builder AU I came across a noteworthy article about egoless programming. Read more »
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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.