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CodePlex accepted by Linux, open source community: Microsoft
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-12 22:00:41
Microsoft’s own SourceForge-like repository of open source projects, CodePlex, celebrated its third anniversary recently. According to Sara Ford, CodePlex program manager, the site is accepted and welcomed among the fans of open source and Linux software.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-12 22:00:41
Microsoft’s own SourceForge-like repository of open source projects, CodePlex, celebrated its third anniversary recently. According to Sara Ford, CodePlex program manager, the site is accepted and welcomed among the fans of open source and Linux software.
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Remote code vulnerability in programs built with Visual Studio
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Software engineering is dead, long live engineering of software
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-19 09:03:45
Tom DeMarco is co-author of one of the most timeless and seminal works on creating software, Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Yet, this month DeMarco suggested to the IEEE Computer Society that maybe software engineering has had its day.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-19 09:03:45
Tom DeMarco is co-author of one of the most timeless and seminal works on creating software, Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Yet, this month DeMarco suggested to the IEEE Computer Society that maybe software engineering has had its day.
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The 5 most epic computer Easter eggs
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-13 08:53:45
For most of us it's just been the Easter season, and what better way for an IT columnist to commemorate than with a collection of the most epic Easter eggs from both games and the serious side of the computer industry?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-13 08:53:45
For most of us it's just been the Easter season, and what better way for an IT columnist to commemorate than with a collection of the most epic Easter eggs from both games and the serious side of the computer industry?
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Book review: Programming Microsoft LINQ
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-03-01 00:06:58
LINQ promises programmers the ability to query data from any source within Visual Basic or C#. "Programming Microsoft LINQ," from Microsoft Press, is a tremendously detailed and helpful guide to the .NET Framework 3.5's LINQ implementation, within Visual Studio 2008.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-03-01 00:06:58
LINQ promises programmers the ability to query data from any source within Visual Basic or C#. "Programming Microsoft LINQ," from Microsoft Press, is a tremendously detailed and helpful guide to the .NET Framework 3.5's LINQ implementation, within Visual Studio 2008.
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Are you a dangerous programmer?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 16:06:23
Dangerous is probably not a description you would apply to the average programmer, let alone yourself. However, the Microsoft, Symantec and even the US Department of Homeland Security are worried that you could unwittingly be just that and intend to prove it.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 16:06:23
Dangerous is probably not a description you would apply to the average programmer, let alone yourself. However, the Microsoft, Symantec and even the US Department of Homeland Security are worried that you could unwittingly be just that and intend to prove it.
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How on earth do you make a dime out of Linux and open source software?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-01-05 07:32:32
Software piracy is a scourge on the world of computing. Yet it's a problem the open source community doesn't have. That makes sense; it's all freely available. But this raises the question: if it's free how do the developers make any money? And how can it be any damn good?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-01-05 07:32:32
Software piracy is a scourge on the world of computing. Yet it's a problem the open source community doesn't have. That makes sense; it's all freely available. But this raises the question: if it's free how do the developers make any money? And how can it be any damn good?
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Geeks seek to hack depression
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-12-15 08:40:09
It's easy to tell an extroverted IT professional: they're staring at YOUR shoes. Jokes aside, the stereotypical computing worker may be hiding a dark secret. Yet, they're not alone, according to a new online support group for the tech crowd.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-12-15 08:40:09
It's easy to tell an extroverted IT professional: they're staring at YOUR shoes. Jokes aside, the stereotypical computing worker may be hiding a dark secret. Yet, they're not alone, according to a new online support group for the tech crowd.
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The wit and wisdom of Linus Torvalds
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-17 08:55:05
Linus Torvalds is known, rightly so, as the creator of the Linux kernel. What began as his own hobby project now powers major data centres, enabled the netbook market to exist, and has given rise to many a user group install-fest. It's no wonder his opinion is canvassed regularly but the answer may not always be what you expect. Here are some of the best and most defining.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-17 08:55:05
Linus Torvalds is known, rightly so, as the creator of the Linux kernel. What began as his own hobby project now powers major data centres, enabled the netbook market to exist, and has given rise to many a user group install-fest. It's no wonder his opinion is canvassed regularly but the answer may not always be what you expect. Here are some of the best and most defining.
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Microsoft: programming contest defaced, not hacked
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-10-07 07:49:27
Yesterday I reported on a Microsoft Australia programming contest to find star developers which had many more submissions from "Ov3rLord" and Turkish self-labelled hackers than genuine entrants. Microsoft phoned in their side of the story. Yet even if the site was not hacked (and suffered merely the lesser charge of prank defacement) it still suffered problems.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-10-07 07:49:27
Yesterday I reported on a Microsoft Australia programming contest to find star developers which had many more submissions from "Ov3rLord" and Turkish self-labelled hackers than genuine entrants. Microsoft phoned in their side of the story. Yet even if the site was not hacked (and suffered merely the lesser charge of prank defacement) it still suffered problems.
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Microsoft programming contest hacked, defaced
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-10-06 06:44:42
Microsoft followed their annual major Tech-Ed event in Australia with a week-long programming contest called "DevSta," to find "star developers." While the quantity and quality of submissions suggest a poor turnout it certainly caught the attention of at least two hackers who left their mark.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-10-06 06:44:42
Microsoft followed their annual major Tech-Ed event in Australia with a week-long programming contest called "DevSta," to find "star developers." While the quantity and quality of submissions suggest a poor turnout it certainly caught the attention of at least two hackers who left their mark.
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More free code for the asking at Koders.com
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-24 20:01:30
Black Duck Software adds C/C++ open source software to its Koders.com code search engine, providing an additional 100 million lines of code ideal for embedded applications.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-24 20:01:30
Black Duck Software adds C/C++ open source software to its Koders.com code search engine, providing an additional 100 million lines of code ideal for embedded applications.
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BBC hackers get mashed
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-06-27 09:17:41
UK hackers showcase mashing skills by mixing things up at the BBC. With a brief to 'make something cool' more than fifty hackers did just that.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-06-27 09:17:41
UK hackers showcase mashing skills by mixing things up at the BBC. With a brief to 'make something cool' more than fifty hackers did just that.
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