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Find the Bug: A Book of Incorrect Programs

Programming bugs are inevitable, especially in this age oflarge enterprise-wide applications. This chapter, excerpted from Find the Bug: A Book of Incorrect Programs,by Adam Barr, shows you how to efficiently search your source code for bugs by examiningcommon errors shown in sample code snippets. The normally tedious nature ofdebugging code...

Tags: Sample Code, Addison-Wesley, Programming Bug, Development Tools, Productivity, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Book chapters 2005-03-09

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Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7

You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...

Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down

Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Microsoft: Human error caused critical SMB2 vulnerability

did not explain why the fix was not back-ported to Windows Vista and other That very bad. I was wondering this myself when news broke that Win 7 was not vulnerable.What were they thinking? Fixing a bug and "forgetting" that other versions may actually be vulnerable?Or had they actually recorded...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Hulu Desktop, Microsoft Corp., critical SMB2 vulnerability, SMB2, SMB2 vulnerability, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

TurboFTP SDK 1.60.740 (Windows)

TurboFTP SDK is a powerful ActiveX/.Net-ready component and offers a full set of FTP client functionalities. Supports FTPS over SSL/TLS and SFTP. Supports blocking and non-blocking modes for calling methods. Supports on-the-fly data compression using MODE Z and firewalls. It comes with a built-in interface that provides a set of...

Tags: Method, Microsoft Windows, TurboSoft, TurboFTP SDK, Ssl/Tls, Network Security, Firewalls, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Analyst: Apple to offer iPhone on U.S. carriers within a year; replace cable with iTunes subscriptions

THANK GOD!!!!Ditch AT&T PLEASE!!!"Should never have been Allowed"AT&T Definitely needs competition. They are only gouging because they can. Exclusive deals are never good for the consumer. As it is, there are only two major cell phone providers which grab 70% of the market. AT&T and Verizon both overcharge for their...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Exclusive Deals, Apple iTunes, cable, iTunes subscription, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

NeoBook Rapid Application Builder 5.6.4a (Windows)

NeoBook is a professional application builder and multimedia authoring system for creating a wide variety of utilities, interactive ebooks, presentations, catalogs, kiosks, educational/training materials, CD interfaces, slide shows, calculators, sales/promotional materials, custom apps, and more. NeoBook's intuitive drag and drop interface makes it easy for anyone to combine text, pictures,...

Tags: Multimedia, NeoSoft, NeoBook, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-20

VMware's vision: Clouds everywhere

While I was making my way out to San Francisco for OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/Cloudworld, VMware issued a press release stating that they were acquiring Spring Source, a supplier of Platform as a Service offerings. This, I believe, opens the door for VMware to offer a nearly complete, end-to-end solution...

Tags: Solution, Data Center, Open Source, PaaS, Vision, Supplier, VMware Inc., Tool, SpringSource, Spring Framework, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Associate-O-Matic 4.2.1 (Windows)

Build and customize a complete Amazon.com Associate Store in literally minutes. Build one store or many stores or add a shopping area to your existing website or blog. Free and paid versions make it accessible to anyone. Control the look and feel from top to bottom. Choose the topics/categories you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Amazon.com Inc., Gyrofly, Digital Photography, Productivity, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-11

PLCEdit 2.1.2 (Windows)

PLCEdit is a source code editor for PLC programming. PLCEdit can read and edit POU files, compatible with Moeller SucoSoft and easySoftCoDeSys, CoDeSys v2.3.x export files, Siemens IL and SCL sources. and KW-Software .IL and .ST sources. PLCEdit is able to edit and create different types of files, PROGRAM, FUNCTION_BLOCK,...

Tags: Siemens AG, Microsoft Windows, Programming, PLCEdit, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-08-09

Flash Website Design Pro 2.0 (Windows)

Flash Website Design is the Flash HTML tool to help Web master design animated Flash Web sites, intros, Flash banners, Flash ads. With Flash Website Design you can create your website within 5 minutes and without any skill. The Flash Web site Design enables you to create simple as well...

Tags: Flash Animation, Avimpeg, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Programming, Flash Website Design, Flash Web Site Design, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet

Software downloads 2009-08-05

My AutoPlay 8.52 (Windows)

My Autoplay is one of popular and easy tools for creating professional autoplay menus, interactive presentations, multimedia applications, and custom software in just minutes without programming experience. Use your favorite content such as images, video, music, web, flash, text, buttons, Hyperlinks, and more. The menu will pop up when your...

Tags: CD, Microsoft Windows, Arafasoft

Software downloads 2009-07-30

Linux exploit evades security barrier

Linux exploit evades security barrierActually ....The C programming code had a check for this already in it. The COMPILER, in optimizing the code, removed the check.I wonder how many times this happens in all of the various compilers in the world ?RE: Linux exploit evades security barrierlinux is secure?LOL!!! ...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, security, Linux, LOL!!

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

ClassLibrary 11.3.1 (Windows)

ClassLibrary is the ultimate code library for developers, teams, and enterprises. It provides the best collection of ready-to-use code snippets, classes, how-to`s, and articles. It also allows you to manage your own code and share knowledge within a team by using the fully searchable code repository. ClassLibrary provides both a...

Tags: Team, HTML, Microsoft ASP.NET, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, ClassLibrary, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Microsoft Development Tools, Team Management, Scripting Languages, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Management, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-06-25

Async Flash Studio 2.6 (Windows)

Async Flash Studio AFS is a platform to build desktop rich Internet applications RIA based on flash movie files SWF. AFS allows developers to build RIA that outside the browser, but no additional runtime needs to be installed to run the RIA. AFS provides good-performance actionscript API classes, supports Object-Oriented...

Tags: Desktop, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Windows, aSyncRIA Software, Async Flash Studio, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-06-25

Eschelbacher Enterprises WebEditor 2009.02 (Windows)

WebEditor2009 is a browser based WYSIWYG online HTML and Rich Text editor, written in PHP. WebEditor2009 is easy to install (5 minute setup) and allows you to create and edit your web pages from everywhere without any programming knowledge. You can edit HTML and PHP files in an WYSIWYG environment,...

Tags: Web, HTML, Microsoft Windows, Insert, Web Page, Programming, Eschelbacher Enterprises, WebEditor2009, Channel Management, Development Tools, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-06-23

TotalEdit Pro 5.2.3 (Windows)

TotalEdit Pro, the Text Editor for Database Developers. This unique tool allows you to edit many programming languages using the same sophisticated editing features found in TotalEdit. Including code folding, language-specific and configurable syntax coloring including embedded scripts, code/file comparison, hex editor, unicode support (UTF-16 and UTF-8), column editing, word...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Independence Software, Tool, Productivity, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-06-06

Inspector text 2.0.2 (Windows)

Inspector Text is an Add-In for Microsoft Excel that adds powerful worksheet formula functions for manipulating and working with text in worksheet cells, including search & replace, and fuzzy matching. Inspector Text's search & replace functions are extremely versatile, flexible, adaptable, and detailed. They are vastly more powerful and useful...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PrecisionCalc, Inspector Text, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-28