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Unveiling Apple's iPad: Live blog
After months of rumors and speculation about a slate-like device, Apple has had its say. See the train of events in this blog from the high-profile press event which kicked off in San Francisco at 10am PST — 5am Sydney time. Read more »
Adobe to patch zero-day Reader, Acrobat hole
Adobe on 12 January will patch a critical hole in Reader and Acrobat that is being exploited in attacks. That date is the company's next scheduled quarterly security update release. Read more »
Web 2.0 security risks scrutinised
Web 2.0 sites that enable people to create content are increasingly used to carry out a wide range of attacks, according to a new security study. Read more »
Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy
An independent search engine bug bash gave high marks to Google's bug testers and found that while Bing is buggy, it's also doing a lot of things right. Read more »
Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash
Researchers on Wednesday said they have uncovered attacks in the wild in which malicious Acrobat PDF files are exploiting a vulnerability in Flash and dropping a Trojan onto computers. Read more »
Adobe makes Acrobat.com a business with paid accounts
Adobe is taking Acrobat.com out of beta on Monday, and turning it into a business with paid user accounts. Read more »
Microsoft rolls out record Patch Tuesday fixes
Microsoft has released 10 security updates fixing a record number of Patch Tuesday holes, including one for a critical hole in Internet Explorer 8 that was exploited as part of a hacking contest at CanSecWest in March. Read more »
Adobe promises fixes for Reader and Acrobat
Adobe has said it will issue updates to its Reader and Acrobat products on Tuesday 12 May, in a bid to fix recently discovered critical vulnerabilities. Read more »
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is releasing the second service pack update for Office 2007. The collection of minor updates is available for download. Read more »
Google plugs PC power into cloud computing
Even at the cutting edge of cloud computing, web-based applications can be frustrating to write and to use. Read more »
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A look at ColdFusion 9's new features
This article looks at some of the best features in ColdFusion 9 and discusses why the application server is still compelling. 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 »
10 Google Chrome extensions worth checking out
Improve your Chrome browsing experience by adding extensions that provide custom functionality. Read more »
Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components
The author recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents that he downloaded from the internet. Here's the code that he wrote to get the plain text from the document. Read more »
Reap the green IT benefits of thin client computing
This article notes that applying a selective and rigorous methodology to a thin client migration will position IT teams to reap the enhanced green IT and ROI benefits that the computing model offers. Read more »
VMware embraces the cloud with vSphere
VMware has launched vSphere, the latest rendition of what used to be called Virtual Infrastructure. vSphere comes in three product segments and seven editions, one of which is the familiar (and free) ESXi edition. Here's a brief overview of the new editions and some of the features. Read more »
Hapax's Amplify makes it easy to extract meaning from text
We put Hapax's Amplify, a lightweight natural language processing web service, through its paces. Here's what we think of this relatively new product. Read more »
MAX 08: Adobe lays out future directions
At Adobe's MAX conference this year -- Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch identified three trends that Adobe will address: client and cloud computing, devices and desktop computing, and social computing. Read more »
10+ things you should know about rootkits
Malware-based rootkits fuel a multibillion dollar spyware industry by stealing individual or corporate financial information. If that weren't bad enough, rootkit-based botnets generate untold amounts of spam. Here's a look at what rootkits are and what to do about them. 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 »
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Microsoft's altruism just an illusion
-- Microsoft appeared to "get it" earlier this week, but it wasn't all that it seemed. Adobe and Oracle have been targeted by the security minded and the Windows 7 code has gone gold. Read more »
Open Facebook
-- The Weekly Roundup covers Facebook's Open Stream API, the release of Firefox 3.5 beta, news about Windows 7 release candidate and more. 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 »
Adobe previews new Web dev tools
-- Want to see what's in store for Adobe CS4? Public betas of Dreamweaver and Fireworks are available for download at Adobe Labs. Read more »
Google's Secret Sauce
-- A new Googler has offered a rare glimpse into the process by which the search giant turns ideas into products. Read more »
Samba gets an inside look at Microsoft documentation
-- A complicated third-party arrangement means that the open-source Samba project will be able to make use of proprietary documents describing Microsoft file-sharing software. Read more »
Pirates rejoice!
-- This week's roundup brings news about Vista first service pack, PDF's standards push and a video of why the Web needs changing. Read more »
Microsoft's two faces of SharePoint
-- One way or another, proprietary and open-source companies need an answer to SharePoint. Content is the center of the enterprise ecosystem, when all is said and done. SharePoint is Microsoft's answer for controlling the next decade of IT. Read more »
PDF to become ISO standard
-- Just prior to the Vista launch fest, Adobe is intending for PDF to become an ISO standard Read more »
Vegas: Elvis, Blue Men and the world's biggest Flash enabled
-- I'm in Las Vegas this week for MAX, Adobe's annual user conference, and this morning's opening keynote went off with a bang. And a loud one at that! Read more »
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