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Remote printer spam made easy

Security researcher Aaron Weaver claims visiting a random Web site could send unwanted print requests to your nearest office printer. Read more »

Microsoft's JPEG rival to become a standard?

Microsoft's HD Photo format could soon become a standard, boosting sales of its Windows Vista operating system which includes built-in support for the JPEG alternative. Read more »

Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12

Microsoft will enable people to publish documents in the Adobe PDF format with Office 12, a company product manager said on Saturday. Read more »

Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?

When Bill Gates showed off the new Metro document format in Longhorn at a hardware conference last week, some analysts were quick to call it a PDF killer. Read more »

Ubuntu prepares Gutsy Gibbon

Latest alpha release of the Linux distribution shows off some major enhancements planned for the launch in October Read more »

Safari, Firefox charge towards a more colourful Web

Apple's Safari browser is able to display richer, more deeper colours than either Internet Explorer or Opera -- but Firefox is expected to catch up in the next month. Read more »

Microsoft XML guru sees power for the people

For some insight into how Microsoft plans to drive upgrades of its nearly ubiquitous Office desktop application suite, talk to Jean Paoli. 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 »

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Tips for creating CSS styles for print

You don't always have to create a seperate printer-friendly page on your Web site. Michael Meadhra shows you how using XHTML and CSS. Read more »

The evolution of a design

As developers, we're always striving to produce modular, easily extended designs. Unfortunately, we often don't know whether we've succeeded until the implementation is complete and we're asked to change something. Read more »

Print on all Java platforms with JPS

Java Print Service (JPS) allows you to print even on very size-limited platforms such as J2ME; it also supports standard Java 2D graphics. Learn how to organise printing with this API. Read more »

HTML 5: A change in course... straight for the iceberg

The W3C recently released a working draft specification for HTML 5. In its current iteration, this is the worst specification I have ever read. Read more »

Extract high quality MapPoint images using VB.NET

Extracting a quality MapPoint image requires some programmatic footwork via Microsoft Office Document Imaging and the .NET Framework. Read more »

Adapt to your audience with CSS media types

The CSS media type provides the functionality to build Web applications whose presentation may vary with its target media. Read more »

Printing in Web Start

Java Web Start's sandbox provides a secure arena for deploying applications. But what about access to printers? The PrintService interface offers an easy solution. Read more »

The hidden relationship between project managers and technical writers

Want to know the secret to better quality documentation and improved software design? This article from Builder.com outlines how the key is an effective relationship between PMs and tech writers. Read more »

Review: Reporting for duty

In this round-up of some of the most popular reporting tools for developers, we put these tools to the test to see how they stack up against real-world scenarios. Read more »

A print alternative without the extra work

Providing printer-friendly versions of your content used to mean creating a separate copy of the content designed specifically for the print device. Thanks to cascading style sheets, there's a better way. Read more »

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