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Study: businesses start to embrace Windows 7
A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year. Read more »
Microsoft IE9 preview released
Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a prototype that's designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the web as it exists today and support for new web technologies that are coming right now. Read more »
Mozilla refreshes its open-source backbone
Ten years on, Mozilla has concluded that its open-source underpinnings are due for a refresh. Read more »
Ex-Novell CTO takes web leadership post
The World Wide Web Consortium has a new leader who wants to streamline some of the group's standardisation efforts and beef up its ties with outside programmers. Read more »
Microsoft IE7's zero-day hole
Microsoft warned of a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 that has been targeted in attacks, and released fixes for eight holes in Windows and Office as part of Patch Tuesday. Read more »
IBM offshoring: Motives and consequences
Last week, the Australian Services Union said that IBM Australia was looking at sending 800 jobs offshore to low cost centres, a proposition which analysts said was likely driven by a lack of local skills, with customers to face the consequences. Read more »
Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing
Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox. Read more »
Intel claims no IP stolen in attack
Intel was targeted by a "sophisticated" attack in January, but no intellectual property was stolen and executives did not think it was linked with the attacks on Google and others that occurred around the same time. Read more »
Chinese schools deny Google attacks
Two days after a New York Times report linked two Chinese schools to hack attacks on Google and other Silicon Valley companies, both schools have denied those claims. Read more »
Microsoft Outlook intros social-network link
In a move to marry its old-school Office product with the newer trends of the internet, Microsoft has issued beta software that brings social-network information into Outlook. Read more »
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Use QuickProxy for a simple proxy switch in Firefox
Switching proxy functionality on and off in Firefox can be something of a chore using the default menu interface. The QuickProxy extension eliminates the need to jump through several hoops to get to the goal. Read more »
The lost art of paying attention
People want their information the fastest way they can get it. Should we learn to reshape the way we communicate? Read more »
Experiencing ASP.NET MVC deja vu
Find out why the author is experiencing ASP.NET MVC deja vu and why he's encouraging other web developers to check out ASP.NET MVC. Read more »
IBM hopes to upend industry standard server ROI equation
IBM introduced a new class of industry standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like HP and Dell on defence. Read more »
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 »
Do more with Windows Server 2008's Share And Storage Management console
This article explains how a new interface eases the task of managing disk and share resources for Windows Server 2008. Read more »
How using an XSL/C# hybrid may prevent an accounting snafu
Check out this hybrid of XSL and C# that Edmond Woychowsky used to resolve a floating point error in Microsoft's implementation of the XPath sum() function. Read more »
10 ways to avoid mistakes during project development
The best strategy for dealing with mistakes is to avoid making them in the first place. Here are some tips to help you navigate around common project pitfalls. 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 »
Parse and process HTML with WebBrowser
The author describes how he used the WebBrowser control to parse HTML to extract data from it. Here are some of the issues he faced on this simple project. Read more »
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard is finally here and we've had a chance to check out all the newest features and improvements to Apple's big cat OS. Check out our First Look video for an overview and find out if it's the right time to take the leap to Snow Leopard. Read more »
Symantec CEO: The future of cybersecurity
At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson talks about three security trends he believes will significantly impact the tech industry in the years to come. He predicts that malicious software will outnumber legitimate software; identity management will grow far beyond the enterprise; and digital-rights management will become... Read more »
Blog (93)
Share your #songincode
-- We noticed this amusing trend on Twitter last week, where people are converting song lyrics (or anything else really) into code. Read more »
iPhone OS 3.0 makes an entrance
-- iiPhone OS 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 release candidate get launched this week. More in this week's Roundup. Read more »
If PHP then goto is the future
-- Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement. Read more »
Adobe releases new Flash tools
-- Adobe launches new Flash tools, Microsoft reveals Windows 7 release date, and we bring you coverage from the JavaOne conference. More in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Yahoo's Outlook alternative: Zimbra Desktop
-- If you could collect your Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, and corporate messages into a single in-box, would you switch? Read more »
Facebook changes coming in response to user complaints
-- Facebook users haven't exactly been reticent about their dislike for Facebook's recent redesign. And Facebook staff want you to know they're listening. Read more »
Mozilla's Ubiquity gets faster, prettier
-- On Monday Mozilla released a new version of Ubiquity, the in-browser command line-like utility. Read more »
Bridging the gap between programmers and the vision
-- A successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
Be wary of the rip and replace guy
-- Ever come across a consultant, developer, or manager who wants to rip everything up and start fresh? Change may be what your business needs but don't be afraid to question their convictions before embarking on the new plan. Read more »
Microsoft's PDC Potpourri
-- While not game-breaking in their own right, these little titbits complete the picture from Microsoft's recent PDC conference at Los Angeles. 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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