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CNET engineer wins JavaOne Coding Challenge
Matthew McEachen, a senior software engineer based in the San Francisco CNET office, won the Coding Challenge at the recent JavaOne conference. We got a few minutes from him recently to answer some questions about his accomplishment. Read more »
Building quality code, not testing for quality
Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »
McAfee automates Google hacking
McAfee has released an update to its tool that uses Google to automatically search for security holes in Web sites. Read more »
Oracle to 'Fortify' its source code
Oracle, recently under fire from security researchers for the state of its product security, is further automating its bug-checking process. Read more »
Solaris engineers offer personalised source-code tours
Sun Microsystems chose to employ the human touch when it introduced more than five million lines of Solaris source code onto the Internet. 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 »
'Spammy' social network apps on the way out: Google
Developers of social networking sites are considering sharing blacklists of annoying and 'spammy' applications with each other in an effort to prevent users from switching off Web 2.0 technology. Read more »
PlayStation 3 site hacked, 2.40 upgrade suspended
Sony has suspended its PlayStation 2.40 firmware upgrade following reports it has fouled up some users' systems — Sony has also removed hacked pages on its Playstation web site. Read more »
PHP, Perl and Python pass Homeland Security test
Coverity, which creates automated source-code analysis tools, announced late Monday its first list of open-source projects that have been certified as free of security defects. Read more »
Vista security to be 'obliterated' at Black Hat
An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Read more »
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Three tools that make Java code review painless
Reviewing and optimising code is a task no developer is too keen on. Use these tools to help automate the process as much as possible. Read more »
Coding standards 101
Without coding standards, your team's code will slide into chaos. But where should the standards come from, how extensive should they be, and who should enforce them? Read more »
Why migrating Java apps to .NET may not be smart
Migrating from Java to .NET is not easy, and you might be better off with your exisiting application. Here are five reasons for sticking with Java. Read more »
Take a manageable approach to reading HTML page data
There are many reasons for scraping data from a Web site. You might need to download data from a published site to be analysed or determine whether a site is displaying the correct value each day without any errors. You may even be creating a Web service. Read more »
ASP.NET Web Matrix: Keeping it simple
Many IT pros are amazed that MS has made parts of the .NET initiative free. The ASP.NET Web Matrix tool is designed to make it easy to code simple apps. Read more »
Get your apps moving with Java streams
Managing the files in your application doesn't have to be confusing. This article will show you how to work with Java streams and File objects. Read more »
TopCoder: More than competition
Ever wanted to challenge the developer in the next cube to a duel? TopCoder lets you do just that. And it might just land you a new job too. Read more »
Implementing taxonomy during development
Knowing that you need information taxonomy is one thing. Knowing how to build it is another. These tips will help you build a profitable Web site. Read more »
First steps in VBS scripting for administrators
Windows shell scripting and batch files are powerful admin tools, but they are rudimentary compared to the power of VBS scripting. Don't be intimidated by VBS. Follow this basic example to get your feet wet. Read more »
Three handy Perl approaches let you grab data for UNIX apps
You can use Perl to eliminate some routine tasks in UNIX, such as grabbing data from external commands. We'll explore three different methods, including backticks and the open() command. Read more »
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The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security
-- 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 »
The last of the codeslingers?
-- Is programming a transient job that's experiencing its last days of the Wild West? Read more »
Repent Open Sourcerers
-- The Anglican Diocese in Sydney is moving away from Microsoft technologies, Access and ActiveX provide another way for remote code execution and a local Aussie team wins the Imagine Cup. All that and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
You shall be replaced by a small shell script
-- This week's roundup covers OSDC, Google's attempt to get school kids into open source, the roel of automation in software development, why we hate salespeople and more. Read more »
QuickTime and Firefox combine for insecurity
-- A vulnerability in Apple Software's QuickTime media player can be exploited to execute remote javascript code, or by tapping into Firefox's chrome engine can execute remote code of any kind. Read more »
Database pros get tools in the know
-- Microsoft has just released the eagerly anticipated Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (TEDB) which allows developers to build database applications in a team environment. 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 »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite 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 »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending 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 »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.