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Microsoft Patent App would add "trust system" to some cut-and-paste operations

There's a newly published Microsoft Patent application that - at least the way I read it- seems to both alter and add significant options to the way in which cut-and-paste is performed between various Windows-compatible documents and utilities. That's not to say you...

Tags: Word-processing, Application, Document, Portion, Paste, Managed Code, Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Copy, Logic, Determination, FIG, Managed Code Environment, Word-processing Application, Application Domain, Internet, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-31

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Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-29

So about this SIF thing

Difficulties in implementationLong before I retired from being a computer coordinator for our district, SIF was in the news.The reality for my district was changing Student Information Management software three times in 10 years (and a fourth since '06 when I retired). In each case, the transfer of data from...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, SIF

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

ASP.NET CAPTCHA Control,Component 2.0 (Windows)

The AspXtremeCaptcha .NET web control & compoment that creates and validates image and sound CAPTCHAs Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, which can easily be used from ASP.NET application with just drag & drop from the Visual Studio Toolbox, no need to modify the .config...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Windows, Safabyte

Software downloads 2009-09-29

Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...

Tags: Bank, Two-factor Authentication, Antivirus, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Banker Malware, Zeus, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Security Administration, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Some important truths about pen-testing

Guest editorial by Alberto Soliño Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or “hacks” of their own, or others’ technologies to test...

Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Code

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion

Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billionWindows ROI vs. Open SourceThis makes me wonder how people think theywould be out of business UNLESS they useWindows.$9 BILLION DOLLARS, this puts companies OUTbusiness and customers who are furious withservices that are rendered unavailable dueto insecure software......Tell me again, how does running Windows bring...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Patches, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Conficker, economic cost, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, piracy

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

MSDN Webcast: Overview of Developing Windows Mobile Applications Using Visual Studio 2008 (Level 200)

With Visual Studio 2008, Device Developers have a very powerful development environment at their hands. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to develop applications in managed code for Windows Mobile Devices and attendee will learn how to configure and make use of Device Emulator to test the applications....

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Webcast, Mobile, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Attendee, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-04-23

Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?

Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?I think we're all forgetting something here...I'm a strong supporter and user of both Ubuntu on the desktop and server and Android on the smartphone (and hopefully down-market as well). But this whole idea surrounding Android on netbooks (which is an 'Ubuntu area' IMO) falls apart...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Google Inc., netbook, Linux, Google Android

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

BarcodeNet 7.0 (Windows)

BarcodeNET is total solution for printing barcode in .NET platform. Full managed code, provide VB.NET and C# developer a rapid barcode developing environment. Bundle with BarcodeNETHtml, BarcodeNETWindow, BarcodeNETImage. BarcodeNET support EAN13, EAN8, UPC_A, UPC_E (0 or 1), Codebar, ISBN, Code39, Code 128a, Code 128b, Code 128c, INT 2 of 5,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, BarcodeNET, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Document Management, Microsoft Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Development Tools

Software downloads 2009-02-25

RISE Editor 2.5.0.1 (Windows)

RISE software for Entity Relationship Diagram ERD modeling and Managed Information Models MIM lets you create dynamic solutions based on a programmable relational database with application layer for quick development and deployment of your applications. Featuring a drawing interface for drawing ER models, creating specifications that are so consistent, correct,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, AJAX, Storage, Research & Development, Databases, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Hardware, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-02-19

IT failures roundup: software bugs everywhere

IT failures roundup: software bugs everywhereProblem is what you define as software.Today we seem to define a computer program as anything from assembly language to HTML, and most programming is actually script languages executed by an Interpreter. The computer industry seems to support this move away from real computer...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, information technology, software, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

BlackBerry bitten by ActiveX control flaw

BlackBerry bitten by ActiveX control flawActiveX, the mother of all security nightmares.What was Microsoft thinking? Oh, that's right, they don't think, they just make money. And ActiveX was just another maneuver to make the Web more Microsoft "friendly". Well, it failed but it's going to take a...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, ActiveX Control, RIM BlackBerry, ActiveX

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

BPEL bopped again: A vision unfulfilled, or lack of vision?

Has Business Process Execution Language BPEL, which has been around for several years now, moved any closer to assuming the role of de facto standard? Not by Max Pucher's estimates. Max took a hard look at the protocol, and found, in his opinion, industry-wide support to be...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Vision, BPEL, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Web Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-05

BriefingsDirect analysts discuss Service Oriented Communications, debate how dead SOA really is

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Learn more. Charter Sponsor: Active Endpoints. Additional underwriting by TIBCO Software. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at www.activevos.com/insight. Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition,...

Tags: Communication, SOA, Service, Architecture, SOC, Communications Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Migrating to Amazon Web Services: The blueprint

Migrating to Amazon Web Services: The blueprintNow this is where it makes sense.In this sense the so called "cloud" is just an evolution of the common hosting scenarios. But its the only "cloud" scenario that makes sense to me.Good article. I'm planning on looking at EC2 for a couple of...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, cloud computing, Web services, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Web Services, Web service, software

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook businessApple NetbookLeopard booting netbooks already exist. One example would be the MSI Wind. It runs the existing version of Mac OS 10.5.5 without a problem and does it very well. Boot times run about 25 sec and wake and sleep...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Netbooks, Apple Inc., Netbook business, ASUS, Netbook, PC, Google Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

VMware follows in Virtuallogix's footsteps

My friends at VMware recently sent me a note telling me 1) that they had acquired Trango Virtual Processors and 2) they were jumping into the mobile device virtual machine market.Trago VMware has chosen to rename Trago's product as VMware Mobile Platform. This isn't the only entry into this market,...

Tags: Phone, Handset Company, Mobile, Operating System, Handset, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, Mobile Virtualization Platform, Telecom & Utilities, Desktop Virtualization, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-13

How to scale to 256 processors and beyond

How to scale to 256 processors and beyondSo in other words expecting MS to get this right is...basically a pie in the sky.Still chasing what Linux can already do...Learn from the lessons and heartache of BeOSOne of the biggest problems for BeOS as a development environment was lock and race...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, kernel, BeOS, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, processor

Discussion threads 2008-11-07