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Microsoft blamed for Google Docs flaw threat

Google has fixed a flaw in Google Docs that allowed an attacker to hijack sessions on any Google service — but security experts say that the real damage is being caused by Internet Explorer, not Google's technology. Read more »

Archiving software leaks Gmail passwords to author

A US programmer has uncovered an e-mail address hard-coded into an archiving program that is designed to capture username and password information from users of the software.. Read more »

The myth of the Ninja Hacker

On Wednesday at Black Hat D.C. 2008, two researchers set out to see whether phishing sites were created by the "Einsteinian, ninja hackers that the media makes them out to be". Read more »

Mozilla patches Web browser flaw

Mozilla has patched a flaw in its popular browser Firefox that could have allowed users' computers to be taken over by visiting Web sites infected with malware -- a popular form of attack in recent times Read more »

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Does CSS provide higher ROI than straight HTML?

In this article developer Shawn Morton, revisits the issue of HTML vs. CSS by performing an ROI analysis. Read more »

Why use Agile Methods?

In this weeks column, Extreme Programming guru Steve Hayes shares some business arguments for using XP in your shop. Read more »

Designing databases for reporting brings clients higher ROI

Reports can be the most important part of the database apps you design for clients. The ability to create queries and reports on the fly extends the power of reporting information and creates added value for your clients. Read more »

Outsourcing overseas

Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development? Read more »

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Microsoft's Surface goes to Vegas

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This might not be what Bill Gates originally envisioned with his "information at your fingertips" concept, but in Las Vegas, the Rio hotel will unveil a new Surface computer application called Flirt, that will let bar patrons "interact" with each other through video cameras and text messages. Read more »

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  • Staff Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

    This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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  • Chris Duckett IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

    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 »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Staff 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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