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Windows Vista available to developers: Windows Vista available to developersWhat's the point of availability?What Microsoft has changed its ways? A developer needs to use Microsoft tools to develope business application. It is not like a developer was developing something for Vista. MS, give them tools and stop "realeasing to developers". Nobody gives damn about gesture...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Serial ATA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, developer, operating system, application developer, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-11-18
Applied reflection: Write 80 percent less access code when interacting with a database: With databases behind virtually every application, quite a bit of time is spent by application developers writing code to interact with databases. Zach Smith explains how to combine the Microsoft Data Access Block with custom reflection code to write 80 percent less data access code. By using a function in...; Tags: Application Developer, Data Access, Zach Smith, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Download resources 2006-09-26
The ADO.NET Entity Framework: Overview: When one takes a look at the amount of code that the average application developer must write to address the impedance mismatch across various data representations (for example objects and relational stores) it is clear that there is an opportunity for improvement. Indeed, there are many scenarios where the right...; Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Application Developer, Development Tools, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-06-01
Architecting on Demand Solutions, Part 20: Develop Task-Processing Portlets With New Tooling in IBM Rational application developer - Automatic Creation of JSF-Based Task Portlets to Enable Human Interaction: In an on demand business environment, efficient customer, employee, and supplier interaction is critical. One's business needs to ensure that all users, regardless of role, can seamlessly participate and collaborate in business processes. Developers need to provide interfaces to support human interaction with business processes, such as filling out forms...; Tags: Portlet, Business Process, Developer, JavaServer Faces, Application Developer, IBM Corp., Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software; White papers 2006-05-16
Exposing a CICS Program as a Web Service Using IBM Rational application developer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using the J2C Tooling in RAD: IBM Rational Application Developer v6.0.0.1 provides new tooling to simplify the creation of J2EE applications that use the J2EE Connector Architecture to access applications running on legacy systems. This paper will start with a simple CICS program, and show how basic wizards can be used to expose the program as...; Tags: Developer, Web, RAD, Application Developer, Web Service, IBM CICS, IBM Corp., J2Ee, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Web Services, Application Servers, Hardware Upgrade, Enterprise Software, Channel Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Hardware, Marketing; White papers 2005-10-18

ColorSniffer (zip): ColorSniffer lets you select a color anywhere on the screen. It'll show you the color value in RGB, HEX, and HTML. It is ideal for graphic artist, website, and application developers. ColorSniffer is simple and effective.; Tags: Application Developer, ColorSniffer, Web Site Development, Development Tools, Web Technology, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Software downloads 2005-09-08
Visual Data Modeling in Rational application developer 6.0: New Data Model Features: A data model is a plan for building a database. To be effective, it must be simple enough to communicate the required data structure to the end user, yet detailed enough that the database designer can create the physical structure. IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) Version 5.1 supports developing...; Tags: Developer, Application Developer, Data, Modeling, IBM Corp., UML, Storage, Databases, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-06-20
Writing Secure Code: Best Practices (Part 2 of 2) ( Level 200): Are you looking for effective strategies to defend against common security threats faced by application developers? In part two of this two-part series for experienced developers, you will continue learning more about established best practices for applying security principles throughout the development process. This webcast discusses common security threats faced...; Tags: Security Threat, Application Developer, Best Practice, Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Storing Secrets With ASP.NET (Level 200): An application developer is responsible for many secrets, that is, sensitive information such as payroll, intellectual property, passwords, or configuration. This webcast explains how Microsoft ASP.NET can help to reduce the exposure of such data with hashing and encryption techniques. The webcast explores the high-level data protection services in ASP.NET,...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Data Protection, Webcast, Application Developer, Microsoft ASP.NET, Disaster Recovery, Backups, .Net, Digital Media, Middleware, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts

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Google kicks off its Facebook ground war: Google on Monday outlined its Google Friend Connect, a service that promises to insert social features into any application and any site. Sound familiar? It is. MySpace has its friend connect service and Facebook has its version. Add it up and you have a...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail: In case you didn't think Google wanted to be a big player on the Social Web -- Orkut, Google Talk and shared items in Google Reader aside -- the search giant revealed an ambitious new strategy today: 'Friend Connect' is a platform designed to help the 'long tail' of sites...; Tags: Long Tail, Google Inc., Network, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Powerset's search: Does it deliver?: Powerset has rolled out its semantic search engine and has managed to get a ton of attention. The larger question for me: Does it deliver? And where does Powerset make the most sense? Powerset on Monday introduced its natural language search for Wikipedia content (Techmeme). This effort...; Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Web, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Powerset shows semantic search solution: Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...; Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Facebook makes its own 'data portability' move, Google to follow?: Not to be outdone by MySpace's "Data Availability" initiative, Facebook announced on Friday its own data portability strategy dubbed "Facebook Connect". Described as "the next iteration of Facebook Platform" the new feature will allow users to "connect" their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to participating sites --...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Social Networking, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-12
More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fund: Business people can be hip too. That appears to be the message from Research in Motion and its motives behind its new BlackBerry Bold smartphone. There's definitely a hint of some iPhone envy here, but the device isn't a direct competitor. From the statement (Matthew Miller's take,...; Tags: Developer, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Smart Phones, B2C, Handhelds, B2B, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
The application interface problem: I believe that almost any programming language can be used to build almost any kind of user interface, but that the closer the user interface is to the assumptions built into the language, the simpler and more efficient this component of the overall application will be. More importantly, I believe...; Tags: Application, User Interface, Tool, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Image Gallery: HanDBase 4.0 and Nokia Podcasting applications: HanDBase 4.0 is the latest release of one of the most popular mobile database applications that works with Windows Mobile, S60, and Palm devices. There are desktop clients for Windows and Mac as well. The Nokia Podcasting application is a free podcatcher application and does not actually...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, HanDBase 4.0, Nokia Podcasting Application, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller, screenshots, nokia, podcasting, mobile database, windows mobile, s60, palm; Image galleries 2008-05-12
RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund: There have been rumors of a new BlackBerry design, often labeled the BlackBerry 9000 series, and today RIM posted the official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone that will be coming this Summer to a carrier near you. RIM also announced a US$150 million mobile applications and services development fund...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Display, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
To Catch a Thief: To Catch a Thief To catch a thief ... the high-tech way. Somone broke into Kait Dupalga's apartment and stole TVs, iPods, a set of car rims – and Kate's Mac laptop. The big break in the case came when a friend of...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mr., Friend, Photograph, Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-11