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AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps

Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications. Read more »

Google plans 'Chrome' browser

Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project. Read more »

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Apple answers call for iPhone applications

Apple wowed the cell phone industry a year ago with the first version of the iPhone. And now its new software development kit and soon-to-be-launched application store featuring third-party applications could change the game yet again. Read more »

Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans

We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level — Google Ocean. Read more »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »

Visual Basic developers revolting

The software company's own programmer community has launched a campaign of defiance over a decision to end support for Visual Basic. Read more »

Interview with Bill Gates

This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »

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Handle Web app list data with this simple database function

While converting an aging, off-the-shelf ERP system to a Web-based application, a Builder reader and his team ran into trouble handling list data. See how they implemented a user-defined function to solve the problem. Read more »

Handling Web app data

When converting an aging, off-the-shelf ERP system to a Web-based app, a Builder reader had trouble with list data. Here's how a user-defined function can solve the problem. Read more »

Store your app's configuration information with Java Properties

Keeping configuration info in a handy text file can make your life easier. Learn to leverage Java's Properties class for this purpose in your own applications. Read more »

Test Web apps from a user perspective

It's a good idea to take a second look at how your developers test Web apps. Here's how to conduct a series of tests based on how users behave. Read more »

Retrofitting JUnit: Start testing older code

While best practice says that you write your tests at the same time as - or even before - you write your code, you'll probably have a body of code without tests. Here's how you add tests to existing applications. Read more »

Simplify data caching with the .NET Caching Application Block

The Caching Application Block can save time and resources by caching Web services data for your distributed apps. It also offers a system for data security, expiration and scavenging, and a variety of storage options. See what the CAB has to offer. Read more »

How to build secure ASP.NET applications

ASP.NET provides several ways to protect your Web-based app from attack. Here's an overview of authentication, authorisation, and role-based security. Read more »

Choose the right JDBC driver for your database interface

Picking the right driver can optimise connectivity between your Java apps and database. Read more »

Create JSP actions for efficient database access

Web apps are increasingly real-time, often fronting sophisticated server-side systems. This is reflected in database access requirements, which grow ever more complex. Combine JSP with JDBC to give your server-side code a doorway to your databases. Read more »

Oracle's Jarvis: Unplugged--but not unarmed

In an interview with ZDNet, Oracle marketing chief Mark Jarvis managed to critique most of the competition. Ariba, Commerce One, I2, and Siebel? All history. IBM? A copycat. Microsoft? Vulnerable. Read more »

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The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »

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    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

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