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Coders "have support concerns" over open source

The majority of European software developers are concerned about using open source software due to a perceived lack of reliable support, according to a study published on Monday. Read more »

Is Google's App Engine a lock-in honeypot?

Some developers fear that Google is aiming to lock them into to the App Engine platform — Google's application hosting service — but Google refutes any claim it has evil intentions. Read more »

First Android phone: The details

US carrier T-Mobile and Google overnight detailed the first-ever mobile handset running Google's new Android operating system. Read more »

Google releases near-final Android programming tool

Google on Monday released the first beta version of its software developer kit (SDK) for Android phones, a significant step in the company's hope for "open" phone technology. Read more »

BlackBerry PDF flaw exposes corporate networks

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is warning businesses to disable the function which allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until it can issue an update, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. Read more »

Google CEO: Let our crawlers search Facebook

Upset his company's Web crawlers are being locked out of social networks like Facebook, the CEO of Google is again pressing for social networks to open up — for the good of the consumer. Read more »

The myth of the Ninja Hacker

On Wednesday at Black Hat D.C. 2008, two researchers set out to see whether phishing sites were created by the "Einsteinian, ninja hackers that the media makes them out to be". Read more »

Kaspersky predicts Vista security holes

Antivirus experts from Kaspersky Labs have predicted that 90 percent of current malware will run on Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista. Read more »

Debate rages about the security risks of OOXML

Contrary to claims by the US Department of Defense that Office Open XML might lead to increased security concerns, vendor lock-in and backwards compatibility issues, Microsoft claims that OOXML resolves exactly these issues. Read more »

Beware of ransomware, firm warns

Smaller companies should back up their data if they want to avoid being held to ransom by hackers, a security company has warned. Read more »

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Lock up in ColdFusion

Simultaneously handling multiple execution threads offers much higher performance but make sure you properly lock reads and writes to shared variables in ColdFusion MX. A look at the process. Read more »

A Beginners Guide to Threading

The golden age for programmers is over. For a decade we have been able to get away with writing slow code, knowing that the hardware would pick up the slack. Not so any more, hardware developers have decided that software developers need to raise their game, and get ready for a generation of multi-core processors. Read more »

This pair of ADO tips will help tweak VB code

Tweak your VB code for more speed and efficiency with these two ADO tips on using a firehose cursor and raising errors from stored procedures. Read more »

Windows Application Verifier can help you build better code

If you're building an application, it's likely that you'll want it to play nice with Windows. Microsoft's Windows Application Verifier can ensure that your application will work with current and future versions of Windows. Read more »

Use MySQL to build your own CRM project

MySQL is great for building CRM Web site back ends through MySQL-specific features or tweaks to the source code. Here's how MySQL can help. Read more »

Diagnose SQL Server performance problems

Usually, the hardest part of database tuning is finding the code bottlenecks. SQL Profiler's traces can help you locate your sluggish code. Read more »

Diagnose SQL Server performance problems

Usually, the hardest part of database tuning is finding the slow part. SQL Profiler's traces can help you find your sluggish code. 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 »

The flash ROM boot loader

The flash ROM boot loader handles a number of key tasks for embedded devices that use nonvolatile reprogrammable flash ROM for their program code. Here's a look at the various boot loader actions you need to understand. Read more »

Manage relational data with the Java Persistence API

The Java Persistence API (JPA) is a Java framework that allows developers to manage relational data in J2SE and J2EE applications. The JPA is defined as part of the EJB 3.0 specification (which is part of the Java EE 5 platform). Read more »

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