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Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash

Researchers on Wednesday said they have uncovered attacks in the wild in which malicious Acrobat PDF files are exploiting a vulnerability in Flash and dropping a Trojan onto computers. Read more »

New exploit targets IE 7 hole patched last week

Cybercriminals are exploiting a critical hole in Internet Explorer 7 that was patched a week ago by Microsoft, security firm Trend Micro warned on Tuesday. Read more »

Zero-day exploit endangers all IE versions

An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed when it was first publicised, Microsoft says. Read more »

Google dusts off Chrome bugs with developer update

Google released a developer-oriented update to its Chrome web browser on Wednesday that fixes some crashes and video playback issues. Read more »

Google denies disassembling Vista code for Chrome

The source code underlying Google's Chrome web browser suggests Google used a reverse-engineering technique called disassembly to figure out how to use a useful Windows Vista security feature, but the company has denied doing this. Read more »

Google Chrome's open source ally: Microsoft

During Google's launch of its Chrome Web browser, the company went out of its way to acknowledge the debt it owes two open source projects, Firefox and WebKit. But Microsoft, an uncommon ally in the open source realm, might also deserve a tip of the hat. Read more »

Exploit tool reveals inner working of the iPhone

An iPhone debugging tool has been released that reveals the inner workings of Apple's popular gadget. Read more »

PDF spam not a threat: Adobe

PDF spam is more a nuisance than a security risk, according to Adobe, which claims there is "no hard evidence" where the junk e-mail has become a serious issue. Read more »

Microsoft cursor flaw may affect Firefox users

The animated cursor vulnerability in Windows could also affect those using Firefox on Windows machines, according to one of the security researchers who discovered the flaw. Read more »

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch. Read more »

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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 »

Loading a new storage driver during the Windows Server 2008 install

Learn about Windows Server 2008's new way of passing drivers to the installation program during the install process. Read more »

Seamlessly integrate applications with eBay using its Windows SDK

The eBay Windows SDK allows you to easily access eBay data within your application. Tony Patton gives you an overview of the functionality provided by the eBay Web services API. 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 »

Embrace CSS with Friendly Control Adapters for ASP.NET 2.0

CSS is easy to apply in ASP.NET applications -- but it could be so much easier. The goal of ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Control Adapters 1.0 is to simplify CSS integration with its controls, making it easier to change appearances via CSS. Read more »

Capture network packets in Java with Jpcap

If you want to capture network packets in your Java program, you'll need a little help because no parts of the core Java API give access to low-level network data. However, Jpcap is a Java API that provides you with this access on Windows or Unix systems. Read more »

Enhance applications with the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

While the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions from Microsoft provides you with basic AJAX support, the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit extends this support by offering more controls and by allowing you to create controls. Read more »

Discover how the Java Native Interface works

The Java Native Interface (JNI) is a Java layer that allows Java code running in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to call and be called by native applications and libraries written in other languages, such as C, C++, and assembly. Read more »

Teen iPhone hacker predicts two weeks: Interview

Builder AU tracked down the first person outside of Apple to get their hands on the inner workings of the iPhone and asked him the what, the where and the why of hacking the iPhone. Read more »

Design your Java applications to be more accessible with JAAPI

Did you know that you can use a rich palette of accessibility tools to make your Java application more accessible to users with disabilities? Learn how to incorporate the Java Accessibility API (JAAPI) in your application development work. Read more »

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CodeGear Q&A

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »

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