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The bonfire of online vanities: Web 2.0 critic speaks
Lee Siegel is a cultural critic who has written for The New York Times, Slate and The Nation. However, he is perhaps best known for what happened in 2006 when writing for The New Republic. Read more »
Yahoo opens up geographic data to Web sites
Yahoo is letting outside Web sites use information from its own catalogue of geographic information, thus allowing programmers to employ Yahoo data and services in their own applications. Read more »
Flaw turns Google into spam spewing machine
A "serious security flaw" in Gmail turns Google's e-mail service into a spamming machine, according to a recent security report. Read more »
Herding cats at Microsoft
Tim O'Brien must have one of the more difficult jobs at Microsoft. As senior director of Microsoft Platforms, he is tasked with getting different parts of Microsoft to dance to the same tune. Read more »
Fighting Office with open source
Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology. Read more »
Support for 40Gb Ethernet standard stalls 100Gb plans
Global standards body the IEEE cannot decide whether the next Ethernet standard will be 40Gb or 100Gb because it's members, which include rival networking vendors such as Cisco and Nortel, are fighting amongst themselves. Read more »
Microsoft gifts code to AIDS research
Microsoft has announced that it has released to the AIDS research community the source code for four analytical software tools, a move intended to aid the development of a vaccine for the disease. Read more »
100Gbps Ethernet is coming
Technical experts have started to develop a new standard for Ethernet which will run at 100Gbps. Read more »
IBM backs OpenDocument in Lotus Notes
IBM has announced an upgrade to Lotus Notes that will include access to office productivity applications and support for the OpenDocument format. Read more »
DNS servers 'vulnerable to attack'
Many DNS servers are wrongly configured or running out-of-date software, leaving them vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to a survey published on Monday. Read more »
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Use SCP for quick, secure file transfers
When you need to securely transfer a single file, SCP may be the ideal tool. Read more »
10 Linux file managers worth checking out
If you've never given your file manager much thought, maybe it's time to look at the wide range of features offered by Linux file management tools. Read more »
10 tactics and tips to make the most of your vacation
In today's environment, taking a vacation may seem like the least important issue facing many people. However, a decision to stick around the office is short-sighted and can result in deteriorating performance. Taking advantage of this annual rite is one of the best ways to ensure your ongoing career success and overall satisfaction. Read more »
Technology saturation affects developers and organisations
Juval Lowy, a member of Microsoft's internal design review team for .NET, has said that there is no doubt that the average developer and average organisation are completely saturated by an avalanche of technologies. Read more »
How to successfully execute the scope management phase of a project
There's very little that you can do before the start of a project without first defining the project scope. Read more »
How to successfully execute the scope management phase of a project
Executing the Scope Management phase of your project will allow you to create and maintain the Scope Statement that outlines the deliverables you need to produce by the end of your project. Read more »
Interview: Simplifying Web app design
Following the Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne, we interviewed Robert Hoekman Jr in an email on his presentation -- "Essential elements of great Web application design". Read more »
Find blocking processes using recursion in SQL Server 2005
Blocking occurs in SQL Server 2005 when one process has one or more records locked, while another process tries to acquire locks on the same set (or subset) of records. This can create a daisy-chain of processes waiting to complete their work. Read more »
Working with LINQ in Visual Studio 2008
We cover how the O/R Designer feature in Visual Studio 2008 that allows you to use LINQ to access SQL Server. Read more »
Windows Presentation Foundation: Another piece of the .NET puzzle
Windows Presentation Foundation is just one of the major enhancements to the .NET Framework introduced alongside Windows Vista. Read more »
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Developer creates Mac UI for Java apps
-- Java developers may soon be able to get their apps looking less ugly and more Mac-like if a promising new project continues. Read more »
Don't bother with the counter offer
-- While Australia is currently in a tight labour market should you really bother with a counter offer when an employee already has one foot out the door? Read more »
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Microsoft shows off IE9 previewThis week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »
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In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
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Google launches Apps Marketplace
Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
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