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New tools to prevent Microsoft SQL attacks

Microsoft has issued new tools to assist Microsoft ASP and ASP.NET technologies against recent Web-based attacks. Read more »

Latest Mono release brings .NET on Linux closer

An autoconfiguration system for the project's ASP.NET implementation should make the open source .NET implementation easier to deploy. Read more »

Understand the ASP.NET DataGrid control

Need to get up to speed on the ASP.NET DataGrid control features? Try this introduction article on for size. Read more »

Microsoft taps JQuery for Visual Studio

Microsoft said Sunday that it plans to ship the JQuery JavaScript library with its Visual Studio developer tool suite. Read more »

Ballmer: Microsoft can never be a one-trick pony

While some critics may chide Microsoft for losing focus over its desire to play in many markets, from desktop software to game consoles to mobile devices, the company's top guy says it's a necessary move to stay relevant in the market. Read more »

Microsoft readies Atlas AJAX tooling

By the end of the year Microsoft plans to release a commercial-grade tool for building AJAX-style Web applications. Read more »

The History of Builder AU

Builder AU has turned five and it's time to look back and see how we got here. Read more »

Symantec sizes up security in Windows Vista

Windows Vista might be Microsoft's most secure operating system yet, but its Windows SideBar and gadgets could pose security threats, according to Symantec. Read more »

Microsoft gets hip to AJAX

Not to be left out of any development trends, Microsoft is working to simplify the job of building so-called AJAX applications, or Web applications with sophisticated graphics. Read more »

Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google

Microsoft plans to open access to MSN and its other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites -- a technique used successfully at Google and other Web companies to promote their properties. Read more »

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Easily integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET pages

While ASP.NET provides a robust development platform, developers should not overlook mature technologies like JavaScript. Tony Patton explains how to integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET controls in this article. Read more »

PHP, ASP or ASP.NET?

Local tech commentator Daniel Winter looks beyond the hype and FUD slinging to show you where and when to use PHP, ASP and ASP.NET for your Web apps. Read more »

Get your ASP.NET data binding education here

Data binding was once the technique no one wanted to use, but .NET has changed that. See how you can put this flexible technique to work in your ASP.NET applications. Read more »

PHP: The top Web dev contender?

A recent Builder article suggested that PHP is not ready for enterprise development, when compared to ASP and JSP. Here's a rebuttal. Read more »

What is cross-site scripting?

Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS," is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. This article explains what it is and where the dangers lie. Read more »

Client-side programming with Atlas

In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work. Read more »

JavaScript Editor eliminates hassles

JavaScript has always suffered from a lack of development tools. But fortunately, help is on the way with the Antechinus JavaScript Editor. Read more »

Refactoring with XSLT and JavaScript

Refactoring a Web-based order entry page with 3,000 lines of VBScript and HTML wasn't easy. But with a bit of XML, XSLT, and a liberal dose of JavaScript, our author got the page down to half its size. Read more »

Restrict keyboard input with this quick-and-easy JavaScript

Employ this client-side JavaScript to validate data that users enter in fields. You can download a sample form to see the script in action. Read more »

AJAX and the Microsoft approach

Let's take a closer look at the AJAX revolution, including Microsoft's involvement and approach. Read more »

Blog (2)

Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »

Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »

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    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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