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Microsoft licenses another flash file format
Microsoft on Thursday said it has started licensing the technology behind another flash memory format. Read more »
Microsoft to plug critical IE hole targeted by exploit code
Microsoft said on Thursday that it will offer six updates for 12 vulnerabilities next week including a critical hole in Internet Explorer that affects Windows 7 and other current versions of the operating system for which exploit code has been released. Read more »
Microsoft asks for stay of Word injunction
Microsoft on Tuesday asked an appeals court to halt an injunction that would force the company to stop selling Microsoft Word in its current form. Read more »
Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement. Read more »
'Linux Defenders' aim at Microsoft patents
A Linux advocacy group on Tuesday said it is publicly seeking invention data that could help overturn three Microsoft patents that the software maker has charged are infringed by some implementations of the Linux kernel. Read more »
Microsoft in patent battle over Visual Studio
Aiming to head off further legal action against its customers, Microsoft is asking a federal court to declare that its Visual Studio product doesn't violate patents from WebXchange. Read more »
CSIRO victorious in Wi-Fi appeal
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has come one step closer to defending its patent relating to several Wi-Fi standards, with defendant Buffalo Technology losing a US appeal on the matter. Read more »
Vista security to be 'obliterated' at Black Hat
An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Read more »
Is ODF more defective than OOXML?
The ISO's OpenDocument Format (ODF) is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the standard. Read more »
OOXML just a Microsoft 'marketing tool'
The developer of XML and a former ISO committee chair have both claimed that Microsoft was interested in having Office Open XML accredited as an international standard in order to forward the company's wider interests. Read more »
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Performance often still matters
Do developers care about performance anymore? I seriously doubt it, at least for the vast majority (over 90 per cent) of developers. Read more »
Five theories why developers write garbage HTML
Garbage HTML appears to be alive and well. Here are five theories on why some developers still crank out junk and if the problem is hopeless. Read more »
Enhance ASP.NET site security with the NoBot control
The NoBot control is a nice addition to the ASP.NET toolkit. It offers basic protection from bots with little code. Find out how you can use this control. Read more »
Avoid problems by regularly checking site links
During regular site maintenance, you should validate links to make sure users don't experience problems while using the application. Find out about tools to automate this process, and get tips on how to fix broken links and deal with inbound links. Read more »
Five HTML oddities that you may not know
This article says when working with HTML, browsers are much more compliant than web developers think. Find out the other surprising information about HTML. Read more »
10 ways to get a slipping project back on track
Plenty of things can derail a project plan: underestimated tasks, departing staff, misallocated resources. Here are some practical techniques that can correct the direction of a project that's losing ground. 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 »
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 »
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A mixed bag of Microsoft announcements
-- While the rest of the world was anticipating, observing and then critiquing the latest iPod releases, Microsoft made some big announcements this week. The news for Microsoft fans is mixed at best. Read more »
All this matter and make up and déjá vu
-- There are some weeks when you could be mistaken for thinking that the record had skipped and the players involved were simply going through the motions -- this week was one of them. 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 MarketplaceGoogle 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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