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Microsoft adds Office, Windows rental option

Although there are plenty of places that rent out time on Windows-based computers, doing so had never been strictly, speaking, legitimate. Read more »

Microsoft launches Bing 'Visual Search'

You see that headline? "Visual Search" is in quotation marks because Monday's announcement at the TechCrunch 50 conference about Bing's new search feature is a bit of a canard. Read more »

The latest from Facebook: 'Open Stream API'

A post on the Facebook developer blog announces the big application program interface (API) update from the social network that was first reported on Sunday night, which it's calling the Open Stream API. Read more »

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Google admits breaking App Store rules

Google acknowledged breaking the official rules of Apple's iPhone software development kit when it created the latest version of the Google Mobile application for the iPhone, but denied a more serious charge. Read more »

Google Mobile for iPhone breaks App Store rules

Google Mobile lets you search the Web using your voice in a way that is technically off-limits to iPhone developers, according to a report. Read more »

Google launches limited API support for OpenID

On Wednesday Google formally announced its support as a provider for the OpenID 2.0 protocol, offering some site owners a way to let users log-in and register for new accounts using existing Google account information. Read more »

Facebook botnet risk revealed

Researchers have created a proof-of-concept application for Facebook that turned the machines of people who added the app to their Facebook page into elements of a botnet that in a demonstration launched denial-of-service attacks on a victim server. Read more »

Flaw in BGP net protocol

Security researchers have warned of an underlying security issue concerning the Border Gateway Protocol, the core internet routing protocol. Read more »

Australia's cheapest iPhone plans

Finding it hard to figure out which iPhone deal is the best value for money? We've got our calculators out and read the fine print to bring you this easy to follow breakdown of Australia's iPhone pricing. Read more »

Google pleads with Viacom for YouTube privacy

Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright-infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago. Read more »

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Message Interaction Patterns

In this serialisation of Chapter 14 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at the more advanced messaging constructs supported by the Oracle BPEL PM. Read more »

Using Corkscrew to tunnel SSH over HTTP

This article shows you how to use the cross-platform program Corkscrew for HTTP-tunnelling. Read more »

10 ways to make sure your conference calls aren't a waste of time

The downturn in travel budgets has sparked an increase in the number of conference calls among those collaborating across distributed environments. Unfortunately, a lot of those calls are poorly handled, by both leaders and participants. These pointers will help keep your calls on track. 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 »

Celebrating freedom with open source

Happy Independence day to our US readers. And with this celebration, I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about, at least on a fundamental, non-TCO-ROI level. Read more »

Don't let standards impede employee innovation

If users want to use one-off software tools or hardware, IT pros might want to think twice about saying "no" — being too standards driven can be counter-productive to employee innovation. 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 »

10 must-have Linux web-based tools

There's no shortage of web-centric Linux tools -- the trick is figuring out which ones are best for your needs. This article offers a list of those that Jack Wallen thinks are the cream of the crop. Read more »

Everyone matters a little but not everyone matters a lot

Every day we form new and manage existing relationships with those around us. Managing relationships can be extremely difficult and it's important to realise that not every relationship has to be maintained at the same level. Some people, by their actions, perceptions or their positions, matter only as it pertains to service levels. Others, though, matter a great deal more. 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 »

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Ex-NSA scientist explains how encryption can go bad

Without strict controls, even the strongest encryption can be compromised, explains Brian Snow, ex-chief scientist of America's code breaking agency, the NSA. Read more »

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You need to be smart

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- One of the most popular buzzwords in software development agile. Today everyone wants to be agile. That is good! However, being agile is not enough. Read more »

Is facesquatting becoming a problem?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Could name squatting on Facebook applications become a new litigious area for the Web? Read more »

While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »

A Web 2.0 tool guide for the rest us, anyone?

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- If one of the blogging world's better known geek bloggers doesn't know where to find simple, plain English descriptions of the new Web 2.0 development tools coming down the pipe, what hope is there for the rest of the interested but non-Alpha geek world? Read more »

Web Mashups the next frontier

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- Web Mashups are the next frontier for savvy developers looking to cash in. Read more »

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