10 reasons to love Silverlight and 10 reasons to hate it
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:59:24 -0700
I won't add much commentary to Tim's excellent post up on the Register because I work for Adobe and I don't want to get into a bunch of nonsensical arguments about Flash versus Silverlight. But I will say that Tim Anderson is one of the very few tech journalists who...
Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:29 -0700
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a zero-day Windows vulnerability that's being exploited in the wild. According to a this SecurityFocus alert, the attacks are exploiting a remote code-execution vulnerability due to an unspecified error in NSlookup.exe, the command-line administrative tool used for testing and troubleshooting...
LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:26:21 -0700
The light-weight user interface toolkit for Java ME LWUIT has been released as open source under the GPLv2+classpath exception license. LWUIT is a library that helps content developers in creating rich and consistent Java ME applications. LWUIT supports visual components, theming, transitions, animation, and more. Sounds similar to JavaFX doesn't...
Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:17:50 -0700
I've been investigating Apple Cocoa API as I plan to complement my Windows and UNIX development skills with skills in Mac development. That doesn't mean I am willing to accept weak attacks what I consider to be a superior development platform: .NET. by John Carroll
Google releases open-source crypto toolkit
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:15:34 -0700
Google's security team has released an open-source cryptographic toolkit aimed at making it easier and safer for developers to use cryptography in their applications. The toolkit, called KeyCzar, was originally developed by Steve Weis Google and Arkajit Dey MIT and is available under an Apache 2.0...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:35:57 -0700
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack SP 1, which Microsoft released to manufacturing on August 11, isn't just a bunch of fixes and patches. VS 2008 SP1 -- and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 -- include a boat-load of new features, too, by Mary Jo Foley
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