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OpenOffice TIFF flaw affects Windows, Linux and Mac

Security experts have discovered TIFF-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in OpenOffice, which could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers. Read more »

Sun patches dangerous Java vulnerabilities

Sun Microsystems says a Java security hole, which was called "as bad as it gets" by security experts, has now been patched. Read more »

OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

The OpenOffice.org community released version 2.2 last week, including updates to OpenOffice's word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and database software. Read more »

No security silver bullet for Vista: Microsoft

Despite extensive security auditing and development of Vista, the new operating system will not be free of bugs, Microsoft general manager of product security, George Stathakopoulos, concedes. Read more »

W3C proposes XML identifiers

Calling it one of the final pieces of the XML puzzle, the Web's leading standards body proposed a uniform way of identifying elements within XML documents. 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 »

Hands-on programming: Create a function library from an external configuration

This article incorporates information from his T4 templates and lambda expressions columns into this tutorial on creating a function library. Read more »

Making the case for dynamic languages

This article presents reasons why developers should consider using dynamic languages. We also discuss how these languages trip up some developers. Read more »

An epitaph for the Web standard, XHTML 2

XHTML 2, a technology intended to build a more powerful Web from the ground up, met a quiet end last week, spotlighting the difficulties of standardisation in a fast-moving Internet. Introduced in 2002, XHTML 2 was a centerpiece of standards work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). 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 »

Parse mathematical expressions with JEP

JEP is a Java mathematical expression parser. This means that you can pass JEP a string of mathematical operations (which may also contain variables) to perform and get back an answer. Read more »

Serialise objects with XStream

This article explains why XStream is a perfect fit for parsing and writing small, simple XML files. Check out an example which shows how you could use XStream to read a configuration file for an application that needs to know a server's location. Read more »

Process and parse XML with ease using Jakarta Digester

Get a brief introduction to processing XML with Jakarta Digester, including how it can be used to create pattern-matching rules for an XML document and to perform actions on the resulting collections. Read more »

Location-based publishing and services

Geocoded content is transforming our Web. By adding geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) to our media, we can help others find it through location-based search engines and web maps. Read more »

Add meaning to Web pages with microformats

A technology that has gathered steam the past couple years is microformats. Microformats allow you to add context to existing information contained within a Web page. Read more »

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Tools for the Semantic Web

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »

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