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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 »

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 »

Windows, IIS at risk from 'token kidnapping'

Hosting providers and IT professionals have been warned of a threat posed to Microsoft IIS Web servers through exploitation of vulnerabilities in Microsoft operating systems. Read more »

Proprietary vendors lose $60bn to open source

Open-source software is successfully displacing proprietary applications in many large companies and eating into the annual revenues of proprietary software vendors by US$60 billion a year, according to research. Read more »

Rapid app development hits Delphi for PHP 2.0

CodeGear has launched the Delphi for PHP 2.0 integrated development environment to improve its developer tools suite for building interactive Web applications. 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 »

Nokia switches on Microsoft's Silverlight

Content developed for the software giant's alternative to Adobe's Flash will be able to be viewed on Nokia smartphones. Read more »

IDC Web site defaced by 'eco-terrorists'

The Web site of Global IT research firm IDC has been hacked by a group purporting to be Brazilian environmental terrorists to serve a message urging people to take action over global warming. Read more »

Developers get .NET source -- look but don't touch

Microsoft intends to release parts of the .NET 3.5 source code in the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2008. Read more »

Microsoft reaches out beyond .Net

The software giant has announced the .Net Framework Developer Center portal to help educate non-.Net developers in its technologies Read more »

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Visualise data with new Microsoft controls

If you ever work on projects that require charting functionality, you'll want to check out the Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET 3.5. This article explains how to get and use this new control. Read more »

Microsoft embraces open source with jQuery

Microsoft plans to integrate the JQuery library into both the ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET Model View Controller frameworks. This article outlines how jQuery may work within an ASP.NET application. Read more »

Create powerful interfaces by combining ASP.NET 2.0 data controls

Learn how to combine ASP.NET 2.0's GridView control with a DetailsView or FormView control. This will allow a user to select an individual column from GridView and view or manipulate its contents with DetailsView or FormView. Read more »

Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET

In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »

Protect your JavaScript with obfuscation

This article takes a closer look at the concept of code obfuscation and provides a sampling of obfuscator tools that will help you protect your JavaScript code. Read more »

Maintaining state in ASP.NET: Know your options

Maintaining state is a problem that all Web developers face regardless of the platform. ASP.NET adds four options on top of the standard approaches on the Web. This article drills down on these options. Read more »

Mono 2.0: .NET goes non-Windows

We interview Miguel de Icaza, VP of Development Platforms and a founder of Mono to find out what is and is not included in the latest release. Read more »

Two approaches to redirection in ASP.NET

ASP.NET provides a few ways to move to different pages. Here's a look at these options. Read more »

First impressions of ASP.NET's MVC framework

Find out why you may want to use Microsoft's Model View Controller (MVC) framework instead of Web Forms. Read more »

Avoid problems when redirecting via drop-down lists

One of the most important skills a developer needs is the ability to debug and fix problematic code whether it is their own or another developer's handiwork. This article shows how to solve a problem involving redirection and drop-down lists. Read more »

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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 »

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 »

Silverlight 1.1 becomes 2.0

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Silverlight v1.1 is now Silverlight 2.0, it makes sense marketing-wise but the attempted reasoning leaves a bitter taste. Read more »

Worth getting out of bed for!

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- There some mornings I don’t want to get out of bed... Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Unlocking Android

    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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