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DDoS hole found in powerplant software

A hole has been found in software used by critical national infrastructure organisations including oil, gas and power companies that could lead to a successful denial-of-service attack. Read more »

Will a US recession demolish global IT budgets in 2008?

The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous. Read more »

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch. Read more »

Apple fixes 26 Mac OSX flaws

Apple Computer issued on Tuesday updates for its Mac OS X operating system to fix 26 security flaws. Read more »

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Web Service Behaviour component reduces page refreshes

Web application performance often degrades as the number of roundtrip calls increases between the client and server. Microsoft provides a solution, the Web Service Behaviour HTML component. Learn how it can enhance the browsing experience for your users. Read more »

Limit postbacks with ASP.NET 2.0 client callbacks

ASP.NET 2.0 provides its own way to make server requests without disturbing the user. 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 »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

Introducing JavaFX: Sun's new family of Java-based products

JavaFX is a new family of products and technologies from Sun Microsystems that you can use to create Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). JavaFX currently consists of JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile; other JavaFX products are planned for release in the future. Read more »

Interview: Getting sassy with SaaS

We sat down with Salesforce's Doug Farber to talk about the benefits of using the SaaS model and how developers can take advantage of cloud computing on the company's Force.com platform. Read more »

Windows Presentation Foundation: Another piece of the .NET puzzle

Windows Presentation Foundation is just one of the major enhancements to the .NET Framework introduced alongside Windows Vista. Read more »

Get into the Groove

Hands up anyone who has heard of Groove? The Microsoft Office specialists in the front-row can put their hands down. Read more »

Maximise DataSnap efficiency in Delphi

Delphi's DataSnap technology, formerly known as MIDAS, enables you to construct multitier applications. See how to get the DataSnap Server and the DataSetProvider components to work together. Read more »

Consuming Web services in Flash MX

More than a tool for Flashturbation, the latest version of Macromedia's Web development environment can have plenty of serious uses too. Read more »

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