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Apache bug prompts update advice
IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. Read more »
Internet Explorer gains modicum of HTML5
Internet Explorer fans can now get a taste of the video elements in HTML5 without having to switch browsers. Read more »
Chrome gets fixed; researcher gets paid
The stable version of Google Chrome for Windows has been updated with three critical security fixes and an announcement that the first payouts to crowd-sourced security researchers have been delivered. Read more »
Why Facebook's HipHop for PHP is important
Facebook formally announced a long-rumoured project it has been working on called HipHop for PHP. Read more »
Adobe releases new Flash, AIR betas
Adobe Labs on Monday released test versions of two closely related foundations for net-based applications, Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2. Read more »
Google's SPDY protocol could ramp up web speeds
As part of its continual push to speed up the web, Google is taking a look at one of the most basic connections: the conversation between web servers and browsers. Read more »
Adobe exports Flash-built iPhone apps
Adobe announced today that Flash developers will be able to create applications that run natively on the iPhone, but the ability to have Flash plugged into Safari remains missing. Read more »
Oracle fixes 33 security bugs
Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range. Read more »
Google considers request to boost privacy
More than three dozen security and privacy advocates and researchers are asking Google to offer better data protection for users of Gmail and other Google apps and Google said on Tuesday that it is considering doing that, if it doesn't slow down the apps too much. Read more »
Speedy Opera 10 beta reconfigures as web suite
Opera 10 has entered beta with the unexpressed goal of becoming more than a mere browser. Read more »
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Code concepts: WCF Data Services
If you are a developer who writes a lot of web services to act as proxies to the database, you should check out .NET's WCF Data Services. Read more »
Explore the Semantic Web's standards and real-world applications
Here's an overview of the Semantic Web standards RDF and SPARQL and a look at two real-world applications that have emerged from the Semantic Web concept. Read more »
KDE 4.3.5 is starting to seriously impress
KDE 4.3.5 is out. Does it finally bring KDE back to its golden days it enjoyed with 3.5? The author gives you his impressions of the latest release and what this means to the Linux desktop. Read more »
GoogleSharing: A way to prevent tracking by Google
A security expert has developed an innovative Firefox add-on that prevents Google from tracking your whereabouts on the internet. Read more »
10 old-school Linux tools I refuse to let go of
No matter which platform you prefer, there are probably a few old tools you just can't part with. Read more »
10 Firefox extensions that enhance security
Compromising websites has become the cybercriminals' favourite method of getting malware installed on computers. Here are 10 ways to beef-up Firefox that will make it more difficult for the bad guys. Read more »
Workflow Patterns
In this serialisation of Chapter 15 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at some of the more complex, yet common use cases and how these can be addressed in a relatively straightforward fashion by the Workflow Service. Read more »
Message Interaction Patterns
In this serialisation of Chapter 14 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at the more advanced messaging constructs supported by the Oracle BPEL PM. Read more »
Configure Apache to support multiple SSL sites on a single IP address
With Apache 2.2.12 and support for the SNI (Server Name Indication) extension to the SSL protocol, you can configure name-based HTTPS sites, just as you can name-based HTTP sites. This article introduces the new Apache feature. Read more »
Using Corkscrew to tunnel SSH over HTTP
This article shows you how to use the cross-platform program Corkscrew for HTTP-tunnelling. Read more »
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Google to dump Gears
-- Google is about to pull the plug on its Gears project, while Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support in future versions of Firefox. Read more »
Aussie creates iPhone virus
-- An Aussie hacker has created a worm that places a background picture of Rick Astley on jailbroken iPhones that have SSH enabled, and released its source code. More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Windows 7 in the spotlight
-- After months of hype, Windows 7 was finally released early yesterday morning. Read more »
News from Oracle OpenWorld 2009
-- News from the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Google gets a Caffeine Boost
-- Google is experimenting with a new search algorithm, labelled Caffeine, in an effort to improve the performance of its search engine. And is Microsoft finally becoming interested in web standards? Read more »
Wolfram Alpha makes an entrance
-- In this week's Roundup we look at the launch of Wolfram Alpha, a new file-synchronisation service for Ubuntu and more. Read more »
W3C releases mobileOK
-- W3C has released mobileOK checker, an open source tool for checking the suitability of websites for mobile devices. Read more »
Microsoft's new identity tools
-- One of the topics at this year's PDC in Los Angeles was identity management. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure easier user authentication by announcing new tools for managing identities and the support for OpenID. Read more »
Blog against poverty
-- Worldwide Blog Action Day is 15 October, in 2008 the goal is to raise awareness and conversation around the worldwide topic of poverty and in the process raise money for the cause. Who's in? Read more »
The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security
-- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »
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