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Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS flaw

The unpatched security hole could be used by a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable Mac, advisories say. Read more »

Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe.

Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe. Read more »

Microsoft attacks potential VMware feature

Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley last week criticised virtualisation rival VMware for an idea that could see virtualised operating system images patched while they were still running in memory. Read more »

Google open sources XML-alternative Protocol Buffers

XML, it seems, has run out of steam for Google. Google said Monday that it has created an open source project for a data interchange format called Protocol Buffers. Read more »

Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'

Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. Read more »

25-year-old BSD bug found and fixed

A Unix developer has discovered and fixed a filesystem bug in Berkeley Software Distribution, a widely used, open-source, Unix-like operating system, discovering in the process that the bug was at least 25 years old. Read more »

Microsoft concocts 2010 Vista-based embedded OS

A Vista-based successor to Microsoft's Windows XP-based Embedded system, used for retail and gaming systems, will include features such as disk encryption and anti-malware -- but its core will be seven times larger. Read more »

PC hardware can pose rootkit threat

PC hardware components can provide a way for hackers to sneak malicious code onto a computer, a security researcher warned Wednesday. Read more »

SP1 enhances Vista kernel with new APIs

Microsoft has revealed more information on changes to the Vista kernel as part of the release of Service Pack 1, but has denied that the enhancements amount to an "upgrade" or "re-engineering". Read more »

Microsoft admits Windows is 'large' and 'bloated'

Microsoft admits the Windows operating system is "large" and concedes that it may even be described as "bloated", but Redmond is keen to prove that the Windows kernel is "pretty streamlined". Read more »

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System info with VB

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

Store your app's configuration information with Java Properties

Keeping configuration info in a handy text file can make your life easier. Learn to leverage Java's Properties class for this purpose in your own applications. Read more »

Java tips: Tap into the AWT Image class and FileNameMap

Need some Java tips you can put to work right away? Here are a couple of techniques you'll want to pick up if you work with Graphics objects or MIME files in Java. Read more »

Master Windows registry access with .NET

Although .NET makes it easier to access the registry, it's still daunting for the uninitiated. Lamont Adams takes away some of the mystery. Read more »

A better way to create XML documents in .NET

Creating XML documents in .NET isn't difficult, but it can be tedious. Here's what you need to know about .NET's streaming model for writing XML. Read more »

Digging code: Software archaeology

At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. Read more »

C++ Tip: Improve your code quality with mutable

The mutable keyword is a storage specifier that you can only apply to nonstatic data members of a class. In this article we explore mutable semantics and usage. Read more »

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What Ray Ozzie sees in Azure's cloud

In an interview after his keynote at the PDC, Ozzie talked about what Azure means for developers, businesses, and even the everyman. Read more »

Take advantage of undocumented SQL Server iteration procedures

Here's a look at how you can use two built-in system stored procedures -- sp_msforeachdb and sp_msforeachtable -- to iterate through SQL Server tables and databases. Read more »

Help! My SQL Server Log File is too big!

Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. This article discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth properly, and what can be done to correct the problems. Read more »

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