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A new event in programming?

A spinoff from California Institute of Technology thinks that software engineers--already awash in development tools--need another programming language. Read more »

Microsoft issues security patch for unreleased software

Microsoft released a security patch on Monday for software that won't be available publicly until Tuesday at the company's Professional Developer Conference. 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 »

Windows 7 gets mixed reviews

As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update. Read more »

Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system. Read more »

Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft

If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.Read more »

Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open-software development. Read more »

Google, Yahoo make lawmakers impotent, says Judge

Australian High Court Judge Justice Kirby has said computer code is more potent than the law -- and legislators are powerless to do anything about it. Read more »

Cybercriminals shrinking botnets to foil detection

Cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies. Read more »

Microsoft to offer standalone hypervisor

Backing off earlier plans, company says customers will be able to buy the virtualisation technology without committing to Windows Server. Read more »

Features (187)

Tracking down bugs in ASP.NET code

One of the trickier aspects of Web development is debugging. In this article we'll look at some of the new ways you can debug your ASP.NET code. Read more »

Simplify coding and maintenance with class libraries

You use class libraries when you're developing any type of .NET application in order to manipulate the file system, access databases, serialise objects, and launch and synchronise multiple threads of execution. Read more »

Build a page framework in ASP.NET

ASP.NET enables you to create an object-oriented page framework to build Web sites. Find out how to put this handy capability to work. Read more »

Improve data access in ASP.NET applications

Using the right tool for the right job is the best way to create optimised Web applications. Builder.com writer Tim Landgrave gives these tips to improve data access in ASP.NET applications Read more »

Writing complex interrupt handlers in C

Although interrupt service routines (ISRs) are frequently written in assembler, it's easier to handle complex interrupts by writing the body of the ISR in C or some other high-level language. Read more »

System info with VB

Read this article from Builder.com to learn about retrieving drive and system information in Visual Basic. 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 »

Opening form instances in C#

In this article Let's we'll work through the general pattern in C# .NET for recalling a specific instance of a Form class. Read more »

Manipulate instances of Windows forms in C#

This article is the first in a series that's intended to ease the learning curve and help you get started working productively with C#. 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 »

Blog (4)

Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. 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 »

Spry Game

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Adobe WebDU conference in Sydney, Greg Rewis gave a presentation on Spry 1.6, the AJAX framework. Read more »

JavaOne: Slot cars, robots and more

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Does Java's reach know no bounds? Read more »

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