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Safari 3.2 includes antiphishing tools

Without fanfare, Apple has apparently added antiphishing to its Safari 3.2 release. Read more »

Linux.conf.au hits domain disaster

The website of Australia's annual Linux conference has become temporarily inaccessible scant months before the event because of policy confusion over whether or not it is allowed to use its long-standing domain name. Read more »

Massive quantum network unveiled

The world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, providing a glimpse of how data could be transmitted securely in the future. Read more »

Visual Studio 2010 can replay bugs

Microsoft has revealed plans for the next version of its development suite, Visual Studio 2010, to be able to record testing sessions so that developers can reproduce and closely examine software bugs. Read more »

Mozilla: Firefox licence in Ubuntu was a 'giant error'

Mozilla, the organisation behind the Firefox web browser, has admitted it made a mistake by including an end-user licence agreement in a Firefox beta used in the Intrepid Ibex version of Ubuntu. Read more »

Palin's email gets hacked

Hackers have reportedly broken into US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account and posted some of the contents on the internet. 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 »

New tool creates fake YouTube pages for spreading malware

Cybercriminals are getting more and more business-like. The latest examples involve a tool that automates the creation of fake YouTube Web sites that can be used to deliver malware and password cracking services for sale. Read more »

Security firm spots Chrome 'SaveAs' flaw

It's been only a few days since Google released its Chrome browser, and security researchers are still digging into the software in search of the first few flaws. Read more »

Building quality code, not testing for quality

Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »

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Script Table definitions using TSQL

Generating scripts in SQL Server using TSQL has never been easy. This article will show you how you can use TSQL in SQL Server 2005 code to script a table's definition. Read more »

Use the FileSystemWatcher to monitor directory changes in C#

One of the more interesting objects included in the Microsoft .NET Framework class library is the System.IO.FileSystemWatcher. This object allows you to be notified when certain events occur in a directory, such as file creation, deletion, or modification. Read more »

LINQ for next Java query API?

LINQ could become the next query API for Java, after the majority agreed at a recent meeting of the Object Database Technology Working Group (ODBTWG), as well as the ICOODB conference in Berlin that it was the optimal solution. Read more »

Using Object Dependencies in SQL Server 2008

Tracking object dependencies has always been difficult with SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 makes it easier because it tracks dependencies by the object's name rather than ID. Here's how it works. 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 »

Choose your own version of serialisation in Java

When you attempt to recreate an object from serialised data, if the current class's version doesn't match the version number found in the serialised data, then an InvalidClassException will be thrown. Read this Java tip to discover how you can prevent this error. Read more »

Two approaches to redirection in ASP.NET

ASP.NET provides a few ways to move to different pages. Here's a look at these options. Read more »

Build an AIR application for your website

Adobe AIR brings web technologies to the desktop through the integration of the Webkit rendering engine in a Flash-style desktop-based runtime. AIR applications running on HTML, CSS and Javascript can interact with the local file system, manipulate local SQL databases and even use AJAX on any domain. Read more »

HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more

In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »

Help! My SQL Server Log File is too big!

Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. This article discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth properly, and what can be done to correct the problems. Read more »

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StartupCamp Melbourne: The review

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0. Read more »

Spellr.us needs a new dictionary

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »

Hack attack week

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It wasn't a good week to be an Alaskan vice-presidential candidate, an online publication or even a multinational science project -- as all were compromised by hackers this week. Read more »

What's new in Dreamweaver CS4?

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- Let's look at some of the new features we can expect to see in Dreamweaver CS4. Read more »

Going the extra step but not the extra mile

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- I've always been a big fan of going the extra mile with error messages, it's a good way to show that you actually care about the product to take the time to customise it even when things are amiss -- and yes, things will go wrong, you will not create the perfect application. Read more »

Flickr fans band together to fend off Microsoft

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This is what happens when Microsoft tries to take over not just a company but also a community: a number of Flickr users have launched a group opposing the attempted acquisition. Read more »

US Navy stole my Internet

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Giving and receiving lame excuses seems to be par for the course in our industry. How best can we deal with them? Read more »

Mixed Emotions

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Betamax showed that technical superiority can be beaten with a good dose of distribution -- does the same fate await Silverlight? Read more »

And the crowd goes wild

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- In the wash-up of the iPhone announcement, there has been a lack of analysis by way of wrestling metaphors. I seek to fill this void by thinking about it in terms of the browser war. Read more »

Adobe MAX conference: Sneak Peaks, Sound Treats

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- To close MAX 2006 Adobe gave delegates at the conference a sneak peek at some upcoming technologies and products. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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