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Microsoft explains seven-year patch delay

Microsoft has offered an explanation as to why it took the company seven years to issue a patch for a known vulnerability. Read more »

Azure manages to avoid a Hailstorm of criticism

Microsoft's Hailstorm prompted an avalanche of criticism when it was proposed seven years ago, but developers seem to have few qualms with Windows Azure, which embraces many of the same notions. Read more »

Facebook botnet risk revealed

Researchers have created a proof-of-concept application for Facebook that turned the machines of people who added the app to their Facebook page into elements of a botnet that in a demonstration launched denial-of-service attacks on a victim server. Read more »

Coder links Yahoo search, Google App Engine

The goliaths of the Internet are dangling an ever-larger supply of bootstraps for folks who want to try new ideas for the Web. Read more »

Google closes DoubleClick deal - expect job cuts

European antitrust regulators on Tuesday approved Google's US$3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick, which Google's CEO said will mean job cuts. Read more »

Internet founding fathers win Turing Award

Work done more than thirty years ago led to the modern Internet -- and recognition on Wednesday for those who made it possible. Read more »

Google Android's new battleground: Developers

Google executives have a lot of work ahead of them as they court application developers skeptical of the search king's new open software platform for mobile devices. Read more »

AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps

Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications. Read more »

Gates trots out Longhorn

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates tried to win over developers in Los Angeles Monday in the U.S. as he offered the first look at Longhorn, the next version of Windows. Read more »

Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse

Microsoft this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Read more »

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Defining cascading referential integrity constraints in SQL Server

By using cascading referential integrity constraints, you can define the actions that SQL Server 2005 takes when a user tries to delete or update a key to which existing foreign keys point. Read more »

Comparing SQL Server constraints and DML triggers

This article sheds some light on when to use constraints and when to use DML triggers. Read more »

Ensure data integrity with validation

The many languages available for working with the .NET Framework make it easy to develop code that validates data. Find out what type of data checks you need to perform to ensure data integrity. Read more »

Make XML data islands work in Mozilla

XML data islands offer a useful way to add dynamic data to static HTML pages, but they are typically limited because they work only in IE. See how you can get around this by writing some complex JavaScript and implementing them in Mozilla. Read more »

Relational databases: The untold story

Discover the origins of the modern relational data model, how rules were set for relational database theory, and how to put the theory into practice. Read more »

Creating data structures with the Java Collections Framework

The Java Platform provides the most commonly used data structures in the form of the Collections Framework, and it provides a rich API to operate on them. See how they work Read more »

Java-XML offers best of both worlds

Working with XML is now the norm, but handling XML within Java is not as straightforward as often advertised. Follow these techniques to make it easier. Read more »

SQL basics: Number data types

DBAs who fail to understand number data types are putting their data at risk. The SQL92 standard dictates how database manufacturers define number behaviors. Read more »

Script Table definitions using TSQL

Generating scripts in SQL Server using TSQL has never been easy. This article will show you how you can use TSQL in SQL Server 2005 code to script a table's definition. Read more »

Maintain your Web site data on your Pocket PC using SQL Server CE

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 CE Edition is an enterprise-level DBMS that can be deployed on any Pocket PC device. We'll show you how to administer a SQL Server-driven Web site using a Pocket PC, including replicating data back and forth between servers. Read more »

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Still many questions about software for mobile computers

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The great thing about the development of future mobile computers is that no one school of thought has come to dominate the territory. Of course, that's also a problem. Read more »

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