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How to create self extractable zip file

2011-01-30T06:09:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Windows XP has bulit-in utility for creating self extractable zip file. Accept this Windows XP's bulit-in utility there are 3rd party softwares are available in market but Microsoft Windows bulit-in utility which name is "IExpress" is most powerfull and reliable utility. To run this utility goto Run command of Windows and type iexpress and press enter. Run IExpress You will see this

Top 10 Tips To Improve System Speed

2011-01-30T06:08:00.000-08:00

Recommended for any system. It doesn't matter if you have 256mb RAM or 2 GB RAM. Check the below tips to remove the memory junk and speed up windows os. 1. Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications. 2. Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM. 3. Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep

30 Registry Tricks for Win XP

2010-12-28T00:07:00.001-08:00

Registry hints which can help you ( Warning : any wrong action with registry can crash your system, so please take a backup before you try any of these)Here are some registry tricks which you can tryout... : 1. Disable the Autorun Option in your CD Rom Drive:Open your Registry and navigate to "HK_L_M\system\currentcontrolset\services\cdro m"Change the value of 'Autorun', or create a new DWORD

Test your Anti Virus or Firewall in One Second

2010-12-28T00:03:00.001-08:00

Test your Anti Virus or Firewall in One SecondStep1Click Start --> Open Notepad -->Step2Copy the code exactly in the notepad :X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* Step3Now Save it with the name fakevirus.exe in any of your folder/drives.Step4if this file got deleted immediately...then it means that your antivirus or firewall is working properly and updated !!

20 Windows Keyboard Shortcuts You Might Not Know

2010-12-23T09:11:00.000-08:00

Mastering the keyboard will not only increase your navigation speed but it can also help with wrist fatigue. Here are some lesser known Windows shortcuts to help you become a keyboard ninja. Global Windows Shortcuts Win+1, 2, 3, 4, etc. will launch each program in your taskbar. It is helpful then to keep your most used programs at the beginning of your task bar so you can open them one right

Nokia Mobile hidden Codes list to do all the secret things

2010-12-21T22:20:00.001-08:00

On the main screen on your Nokia Made mobile phone type in:*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).*#7780# reset to factory settings.*#67705646# This will clear the LCD display(operator logo). *#0000# To view software version.*#2820# To show Bluetooth device address.*#746025625# Sim clock allowed status.#pw+1234567890+1# Shows if sim have restrictions.*#92702689#

Disable CD/DVD or USB Autorun in windows

2010-12-21T22:19:00.001-08:00

For Safe Computing Disable CD/DVD or USB Autorun in windows. Although this a good utility provided by windows xp operating system, It is sometimes very dangerous too. When A virus infected Usb drive or Cd is plugged into the system, the virus gets a chance to attack you Operating System, by running automatically when you plug your device in. So, for this safety purpose, we need to Disable this

Make Free Calls from Computer to Mobile Phone Anywhere in the world with yahoo messenger or Skype

2010-12-21T22:17:00.001-08:00

You can now make free calls from your pc to any mobile in the world. All you need is a mic with ear phones, a decent internet connection and Yahoo Messenger or Skype Installed.Im now using this free call method and the great thing is that, this trick can be used to make unlimited call to mobiles all over the world and not limited to United states. It even works to make free local mobile calls in

Block a website address from opening in windows

2010-12-20T22:59:00.001-08:00

This trick will be helpful for those who want to block access to particular websites on their system. Parents can block certain websites from their younger ones. It can also be used in schools and colleges etc.Well this trick is very simple and it goes this way. 1. Open MyComputer2. Browse C: (or your Operating system drive)3. Browse Windows >System32>drivers>etcso the Location will be C:\

Tip to manually detect Newfolder.exe (virus)

2010-12-20T22:35:00.001-08:00

Below are manual removal instructions for newfolder.exe so you can remove the unwanted file from your PC. Always be sure to back up your PC before you modify anything. Note: This manual removal process may be difficult and you run the risk of destroying your computer. We recommend that you use the to check for newfolder.exe. Step 1: Use Windows File Search Tool to Find newfolder.exe Path Go

Login into yahoo with multiple ids

2010-12-20T22:35:00.000-08:00

Most people have more than one yahoo id and would like to use both at the same time at yahoo messenger for chatting. But, by default when you first install Yahoo messenger 8, 9 or 10 you can only login using one yahoo id at a time. If you have multiple yahoo accounts and would like to login to that one, you are left with no other option than to signout the current account and than login to other

Install Windows xp in less than 15 minutes

2010-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:00

This tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way. 1. Boot through Windows XP CD. 2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select "c". 3. Now Format the

How to Record LandLine Voice as well Number in C# .net 2008/10

2010-12-20T22:17:00.001-08:00

Hi all, I have a urgent requirement, i have to make windows/web application which should be able to "Record LanLine Voice as well as incoming/outgoing number "in C# .net 2008/10 --

AJAX - CalendarExtender - SummerTime

2010-12-20T22:17:00.000-08:00

I am from Brazil.I am having a problem with the calendar when I set a date like '19/10/1969' (summer time).The Calendar extender decreases on day after set a date.Has anybody a idea of a solution?Should I implement Jquery instead of AJAX?

Need help with a system error

2010-12-20T22:16:00.001-08:00

One of my users has reported the following error: He has told me that he got this error after upgrading the BIOS on his Toshiba 64 bit Windows 7 laptop. Prior to upgrading the BIOS, the program was functioning correctly.System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8002000F): Parameter not optional. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8002000F (DISP_E_PARAMNOTOPTIONAL)) at

debug problems after changed PC vom XP to Win 7 64bit

2010-12-20T22:16:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys.Hopefully you can help me again this time. I have serious problems with my projects in Visual Studio 2008. Last week I got a new PC with Windows 7 64bit, before I was working with XP 32bit. Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2005 is still the same on both PCs and the project was developed in VS2008.So I copy everything over to the new 64bit PC. No problems.I installed all patches,

How to add Ajax

2010-12-20T22:15:00.003-08:00

hai . still i am using vs2008. How to add Ajax to my VS ?

How to see the contents inside responseXML

2010-12-20T22:15:00.002-08:00

Hi guys,Can any one suggest me how can I see the contents after getting the AJAX response in XML format in Javascript$.ajax{ success: processResult;}function processResult(xData, status){ var items = xData.responseXML; // here I want to see the contents just like innerXML in Server-Side}

Help obtaining forms collection in VB.NET

2010-12-20T22:15:00.001-08:00

Hello guys, plz help. I have a table with the data of my transactions (menu options) like this type: M : Menu S : Submenu P: Option (click to open a form) id description type father m_001 Menu 1 M NULL m_002 SubMenu1 S m_001 m_003 Option P m_002 Obs: The forms that I've created have de menu_id in them

How to display open-save dialog

2010-12-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

Hi all,downloadusing the above line I am able to open the video file, is there any way to show it as open or save file instead of opening the video directly.with HTML and Javascript only...........(no Response.WriteFile)

mschart for meter chart

2010-12-20T22:13:00.000-08:00

Is there an example of meter chart in an asp.net application with MSCHART? Could someone send me the code of meter chart in *.aapx file and *.cs file? -Henry

How to Recover Windows XP Administrator Password

2010-12-20T22:10:00.000-08:00

Administrator login password or do you want to hack or change the Administrator password of the windows system at your School, College or office, then this Trick is just for you. Follow the steps below: 1. Restart your computer 2. Press F8 key continuously until you get a black screen where you have many options to start you operating system. 3. From the options Select the Safe mode with

Session ID in global.asax

2010-11-18T09:19:00.001-08:00

Does anyone have an example of how to create a session variable in the Session_OnStart method and save this in the global.asax file? This is for use in a retail web site.

C++ to javascript

2010-11-18T09:19:00.000-08:00

I know programming in C++ but really much far away from java. Is there any tool which can convert a C++ program directly to a javascript so that I can use it in web designing? Thanks

CAML Queries ?

2010-11-18T09:18:00.000-08:00

Hello All - I am writing a CAML query to retrieve data from SharePoint list and when I mention a criteria, it still returns the whole list instead of specific item. Is there something I am doing that may help me in getting the right resultset. eq: title Should return just record whose value matches title. Rather

Marquee in windows application

2010-11-16T22:02:00.000-08:00

hi can anyone help me how to use marquee in c # windows application . I tried some code it will nt work properly . scroll text like bottom to top ...

Filtering Strings - SQL injection

2010-11-15T03:33:00.000-08:00

After reading about SQL injection security issues... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms161953.aspx I started wondering about the most efficient ways to filter a string. For a simple 12/31/2010 txtbox date string I just decided to convert the string to a char array and use a loop and testing with ascw(). I know there are string functions like

Basic Multi-User Database Procedures?

2010-11-15T03:31:00.000-08:00

I'm looking for a basic outline of the steps that are usually used in a multi-user database app. So far I've only played with the single- user situation, so when I load the form I load the form's datagrid... Try Me.TblMy_TableTableAdapter.Fill(Me.My_DBDataSet.tblMy_Table) Catch ex As Exception MsgBox("Database Error: " & ex.Message) End Try And then when the user exits the form I simply save.

ASP.NET vs PHP ????

2010-11-14T23:54:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, I am beginner in web app development.... Can you plz help me in knowing that whether asp.net is better or PHP ???? Thanx

.NET outpacing Java?

2008-09-17T20:28:00.001-07:00

Posted by: Jack Vaughan on September 16, 2008 DIGG By Keith KessingerInvestment in .NET is on the up-tick, according to an independent survey conducted by Evans Data Corp. The group found that enterprise .NET investment growth is currently outpacing Java investment growth. The study, which encompassed

Google Chrome Browser Vulnerable

2008-09-11T20:26:00.001-07:00

A security researcher has published proof-of-concept code showing Google Chrome is vulnerable to an attack targeting an old version of WebKit and a Java bug. News of the flaw came Sept. 2, not long after Google officials announced the launch of the Chrome browser's beta program.A security researcher has discovered a flaw in the beta version of Google's Chrome browser that can lead to Windows

A Brief Overview of Java EE 6

2008-09-11T20:24:00.001-07:00

These are some of the features :1. Pruning – removing of dead wood from the code (JAX-RPC, EJB 2.x Entity beans CMP)2. Profiles – JEE 6 will offer three profiles (will be packaged in three ways). The Minimal profile is basically a Servlet container. The Intermediate profile adds EJB 3.1, WebBeans , JTA and JPA, and the full profile adds JMS, JCA, and a bunch of JAX'es.I'd re-packaged the Minimal

Convert Java to Windows Mobile native code

2008-09-10T22:10:00.001-07:00

nnaworks announced a tool it claims can "instantly" convert a Java Micro Edition (Java ME) application to Windows Mobile native code. Targeting mobile game publishers, content providers, and enterprise developers with existing Java skills, "AlcheMo for Windows Mobile" supports Windows Mobile 6.x and 5.0 Professional and Standard editions, says Innaworks.Innaworks says AlcheMo for Windows Mobile

Mac UI for Java apps

2008-09-10T22:07:00.001-07:00

ava developers may soon be able to get their apps looking less ugly and more Mac-like if a promising new project continues. Dubbed "Mac Widgets for Java", the project this week released a Java library to allow developers to create a User Interface(UI) that looks like Mac's across Windows, Linux, Mac, and other platforms with the Java runtime environment installed. Ken Orr, a developer from

BizTalk Server 2006 R3 renamed, to be called BizTalk Server 2009

2008-09-09T01:40:00.001-07:00

Microsoft BizTalk Server is a business process management server used to connect systems both inside and across organizations. BizTalk Server 2006 R2 was released on October 2, 2007, and ever since Microsoft has been working on BizTalk Server 2006 R3. The software giant recently decided, however, that 2006 R3 would be renamed to simply 2009, as it is expected to arrive in the first half of next

Zend - PHP and AJAX for rich internet apps

2008-09-08T21:18:00.001-07:00

With the release last week of an upgrade to its software development framework for PHP, Zend Technologies is mixing in client-side AJAX capabilities with server-side PHP functionality. Zend PHP's framework-upgraded Zend Framework 1.6, the company's open-source framework, integrates with the Dojo Toolkit for AJAX. The result is that developers will now be able to access front-end rich internet

Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities

2008-09-05T04:12:00.001-07:00

DarkFig has reported some vulnerabilities in Invision Power Board (IP.Board), which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information and compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. 1) Input passed to the "name" parameter through index.php to action_public/xmlout.php (when "act" is set to "xmlout" and "do" to "check-display-name")

Aldon Enhances Support for Open Source PHP Language

2008-09-05T04:11:00.002-07:00

Aldon, a provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions that brings the benefits of process-driven application change management to IT, accelerating the delivery of mission-critical business applications, has reportedly enhanced support for the open source PHP language as part of its ALM suite

Soundex function in C#

2008-09-05T04:11:00.001-07:00

Soundex is an algorithm that converts words to an encoded string based on the way the word is pronounced. This allows you to compare words based on pronunciation instead of binary matches. For example, Zach and Zack are pronounced exactly the same way. However, the string "Zach" does not equal the string "Zack" which means that a normal search would not mark them as a match. After running "Zach"

Secure ASP.NET sites with Membership API

2008-09-05T04:10:00.001-07:00

Beginning with ASP.NET 2.0, the Membership API was added to simplify adding security to a Web application. Find out how to use the Membership API with a SQL Server backend.Most Web applications need to be secure because the apps allow users to sign up and log in and out of the site. Web application security is used to control access to all or part of a site.Beginning with ASP.NET 2.0, the

RIM BlackBerry tip: Hard soft resets

2008-09-03T03:05:00.001-07:00

Anyone who's spent even a small amount of time using a Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone probably knows the ol' battery pull trick: Whenever your BlackBerry starts misbehaving, just pop off that battery cover, wedge your finger beneath the power pack, remove and reinsert it, and, voila!, your smartphone will (usually) be running like new again. That's because removing a BlackBerry's

Artisan launches Artisan Studio 7.0

2008-09-03T03:02:00.002-07:00

Artisan Software Tools, the world's largest independent developer of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has launched version 7.0 of Artisan Studio , its flagship model-driven development tool suite. Artisan Studio provides complete support for UML , OMG SysMLTM, and Architectural Frameworks in a single, integrated

XLogViewer .NET

2008-09-03T03:02:00.001-07:00

Software Business Partners, a software outsourcing company based in Romania, announced the release of version 2.0 of XLogViewer .NET Development Tool, a complete logging and tracing solution targeted at .NET applications. The new version of XLogViewer features many improvements including an important update to its programming interface for the primary .NET languages: VB.NET and C#. The installer

Sony Ericsson releases Xperia X1 SDK for developers

2008-09-03T03:00:00.001-07:00

Sony Ericsson is preparing for a big push with its Xperia X1 smartphone, which is due to be released later this year. And that now includes a drive to get developers creating content for the Windows Mobile handset.The company has published its SDK for the X1 today, and wants developers to start creating games (but also music, photography, email/IM, social networking and video applications) for

dynamic proxies in Java

2008-08-25T20:27:00.001-07:00

Dynamic proxies have been part of Java since Java SE 1.3. Here's how the javadoc for the Proxy class defines it: "A dynamic proxy class is a class that implements a list of interfaces specified at runtime when the class is created." This means you can create a class at runtime that implements one or more interfaces that you specify at runtime. While you won't need this functionality every day,

DevExpress XtraReports Suite v2008 vol 2

2008-08-24T20:38:00.001-07:00

Developer Express is proud to announce the immediate availability of its award winning reporting platform for WinForms and ASP.NET - the XtraReports Suite v2008 vol 2. Built and optimized for Visual Studio, the DevExpress suite of reporting components allows software developers to deliver cutting-edge capabilities to their end-users with ease.

Full Website Translations as Low as $1

2008-08-24T20:35:00.001-07:00

Web Lite Solutions announces its new website translation service that leverages open-source software to produce complete website translations with the click of a button. Webmasters simply upload a ZIP file containing their website's files, and chooses which languages he would like the site translated into - and he'll be able to download complete copies of his website, except in different

Version 2.0 of the XLogViewer .NET Development Tool

2008-08-24T20:27:00.001-07:00

Software Business Partners, a software outsourcing company based in Romania, announces the release of version 2.0 of XLogViewer .NET Development Tool, a complete logging and tracing solution targeted at .NET applications. The new version of XLogViewer features many improvements including an important update to its programming interface for the primary .NET languages: VB.NET and C#. The

Nokia Admits Security Flaws in Series 40 OS

2008-08-21T21:14:00.001-07:00

Nokia confirmed Thursday its widely used Series 40 operating system has security vulnerabilities that could allow stealth installation and activation of applications.But the company was evasive on whether it paid €20,000 (US$29,500) to researcher Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations, who wanted payment for effort spent finding the flaws."For obvious reasons of security, we will not comment

BlogQuick 1.0 Released

2008-08-21T21:11:00.001-07:00

phplemon.com are today proud to announce the release of their latest product, BlogQuick 1.0. BlogQuick 1.0 is a Payperpost.com Clone PHP script, which allows budding webmasters and entrepreneurs to run their own blogging network just like payperpost.com BlogQuick 1.0 allows you to bring advertisers and bloggers together in one marketplace, which allows advertisers to target the exact kind of

New InstallAware 8 Integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio,

2008-08-21T21:09:00.003-07:00

Newly released InstallAware 8 automatically creates and builds setup projects for solutions inside the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE, adds support for de-elevating applications on Windows Vista, offers dual-mode web updates, and allows granular installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 components. We've exposed even more of InstallAware's core functionality, already available in the MSIcode

Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Is Available

2008-08-21T21:09:00.001-07:00

Microsoft has just released Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 which allows developers to create extensions for VS 2008 SP1. As a result, Visual Studio Shell redistributable packages are now much smaller.

Generate invoices as PDF with .NET

2008-08-21T00:34:00.001-07:00

With its latest software product, TX Text Control .NET Server 14.0, The Imaging Source brings to market a family of components for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, which can be used to create documents from MS Word compatible templates and content from databases. The resulting document can be printed or saved to Adobe PDF Increasingly, the centralised creation and management of documents

IDF: Toolkit will help developers write for multi-core CPUs

2008-08-21T00:25:00.001-07:00

Intel is preparing a software development toolkit to help programmersget the best from multi-core processors.It was announced at the Intel Developer Forum that the new IntelParallel Studio would be ready for public beta testing in November,with the full package to be released next year.With this announcement, Intel has implicitly acknowledged thedifficulty of realizing the potential of its

WaveMaker 4.0: one-stop web app creation

2008-08-21T00:23:00.003-07:00

he folks at WaveMaker think big, calling their Visual Ajax Studio 4.0 web app development tool "a fundamental breakthrough" -- and they may just be right. In a demonstration for MacNN it took about three minutes to build a simple database web app -- something that traditionally takes a team of developers to manage the complex weaving of web and server functions. This could be especially good

PHASE 2 Introduces New Source Control Tool for Developers

2008-08-21T00:23:00.001-07:00

PHASE 2 International (phase2int.com) announced today the availability of the newest in its arsenal of SaaS (software as a service) offerings for companies: Team Foundation Server. Designed to manage a source code repository for multi-developer projects built with Microsoft's Visual Studio, the new Hosted Team Foundation Server source code control tool makes

Developers Tout Visual Studio With .Net 3.5

2008-08-21T00:22:00.001-07:00

Microsoft is releasing to manufacturing the .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 (Service Pack 1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Aug. 11, and developers have weighed in saying the new offering enhances their capabilities for building and delivering applications. Although Microsoft is delivering new functionality in these service pack releases, the offerings provide a host of advancements that might otherwise have

Fast quantum computer building block created

2008-08-20T21:30:00.003-07:00

The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego. The scientists used lasers to create an initialized quantum state of this solid-state qubit at rates of about a gigahertz, or a billion times per

Open Source Licenses and Copyright Infringement Claims

2008-08-20T21:30:00.001-07:00

opyright owners who dedicate their works to free public use can control the future distribution and modification of those works and claim copyright infringement according to a recent decision by a US court of appeals. This decision becomes extremely important for the Internet society where software incubators sites and other copyright holders offer works that can be freely used and, before this

Caltech researchers awarded $10M for molecular programming project

2008-08-20T21:29:00.001-07:00

The National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program has awarded $10 million to the Molecular Programming Project, a collaborative effort by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington to establish a fundamental approach to the design of complex molecular and chemical systems based on the principles of computer science. The focus of their

Web entrepreneur mixes programming, newspapering to create local-info sites

2008-08-20T21:28:00.001-07:00

In its day-to-day workings, EveryBlock.com, Adrian Holovaty's Web 2.0 startup, is about as far from colorful as a business can get. And Holovaty, one of the nation's hottest computer programmers, isn't afraid to tell you so. "It's generally just a bunch of guys typing into their computers," says Holovaty, with typical diffidence. "Oh, we recently got a small Nerf basketball hoop for our office,

ASP.NET AJAX 4.0’s Client-Side Templating

2008-08-20T21:24:00.001-07:00

Hot on the heels of the recent ASP.NET AJAX roadmap, Bertrand and team have released a limited preview of the new AJAX functionality coming in ASP.NET 4.0. To see how the new functionality stacks up, I decided to recreate my recent jTemplates example, using only ASP.NET AJAX and its new templating features. Eventually, I settled on using the DataView class, which offers more advanced,

Microsoft updates, trims .NET

2008-08-17T22:39:00.001-07:00

Microsoft's .NET framework has been on a diet. The company yesterday released service pack 1 for the framework and said that together with the new .NET framework Client Profile applications will benefit from an 86.5% reduction in code. For users this means applications built using .NET will be smaller and faster to download. The release of SP1 for .NET comes less than a year after the release of

Teamstudio announces Java audit tool upgrade

2008-08-17T05:23:00.001-07:00

Teamstudio Inc. announced Edition 2 of the Analyzer for Java audit tool. The company said the software allows developers to analyze their Java applications by evaluating the code in a Java project, thereby creating a list of error conditions that are linked to specific lines of questionable code. The company said the $195 product includes the following features: Enterprise JavaBeans rules:

Elastica: A free rules-based EJB load balancer for JBoss

2008-08-17T05:08:00.001-07:00

Elastica 1.3.0 has just been released and is available for free download. Elastica is a highly efficient and extensible, rules-based load-balancer for JBoss 4 that adds dynamic behavior to EJB load balancing. Rules can be defined to redirect EJB requests according to request data, server performance data, or even the time of day.for more informations click here. __._,_.___

Questions employers shouldn't ask

2008-08-11T21:06:00.001-07:00

THE HUMAN Rights Commission has just put out a guide on the questionsemployers shouldn't ask prospective employees.These include:"Are you lisping because of that tongue piercing or do you lisp naturally?""How heavy are you again?""These school records, am I missing some pages?""God, you don't go to church on Sundays do you?"And: "You must have come to the wrong interview. Did you think we werethe

Phone App Programmers Become Priority

2008-08-11T21:02:00.001-07:00

In the wake of Apple CEO Steve Jobs telling The Wall Street Journalthat there have been more than 60 million apps downloaded from Apple'siPhone App store, software maker Morph Labs has launched anapplication support program for iPhone developers.Morph Labs is one company in a big cloud of PAAS (platform as aservice) software providers looking to let programmers writeapplications and host them on

Flash, HTML, Ajax which one is the winner

2008-08-11T21:01:00.001-07:00

he days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphicsare long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competitionover which technology will propel it into a medium for rich,interactive applications.On one side of the battle lines is the original Web page descriptiontechnology called HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language. Over the years,its abilities were augmented first with

Microsoft Loses 7% of the Browser Market in Last 12 Months

2008-08-11T20:43:00.001-07:00

Janco and the IT Productivity Center have just released their Browserand Operating System Market Share White Paper. The major findings are:Microsoft's browser market share has continued to erode and has fallento 58.50% versus 65.48% (loss of 6.96%) in August 2007 and 82.99%(loss of 24.49%) in August 2005; Firefox has maintained its number 2browser position and now is used by almost 19% (18.94%)

SQL master query tip

2008-08-11T00:18:00.000-07:00

Have you tried this before,use master Now your control or query execution will happen on masterdatabase. Let try the same query with dynamic SQL conceptDECLARE @query VARCHAR(100)SET @db_name = 'master'SET @query = 'USE ' + @db_nameEXEC(@query)Now execute the query, Your control is not in the master database .But, the query will get executed succesfully. :-)

PHP 4 is dead

2008-08-10T20:35:00.001-07:00

For a technology that has been in stable release since May 22, 2000,PHP 4 has finally reached the end of its official life. With therelease of PHP 4.4.9, official support has ended and the finalsecurity patch for the platform issued.Web hosts and web developers across the net have now lost anotherreason not to upgrade their development and support environments tocurrent generation tools. With PHP

Captchas are easily hackable

2008-08-10T20:34:00.001-07:00

The easiest way to crack them is to make a table of what the Captchasare, basically get one of every possibility and look it up.Impossible? Well, PHP-Nuke uses a six-digit numerical Captcha withoutany injection of randomness, meaning 10^6 possibilities. since you canrefresh the page and get another one, you just hit refresh and scrapethe pics. Make a checksum of the result, and voila, this

Jobfox, the Internet's Fastest-Growing Job Site

2008-08-07T21:04:00.000-07:00

Already the fastest-growing online career site, Jobfox today announced another Web first: Jobfox Intros™, giving job candidates a whole new way to get interviews and directly network with employers. A first-of-its-kind capability for job sites, Jobfox Intros provides more than a list of jobs. Jobfox Intros gives candidates a "foot in the door" via personal introductions to employers. The new

Programming with NuSOAP Using WSDL

2008-08-06T21:01:00.001-07:00

NuSOAP is a group of PHP classes that allow developers to create and consume SOAP web services. It does not require any special PHP extensions. The current release version (0.6.7) of NuSOAP at the time this was written (03-November-2004), supports much of the SOAP 1.1 specification. It can generate WSDL 1.1 and also consume it for use in serialization. Both rpc/encoded and document/literal

From .NET to Rails

2008-08-05T21:02:00.001-07:00

When I was last seen at ADTmag.com, I was writing about things like enterprise software running on Windows, Office's XML support and the like. This column, I am happy to say, will be completely different. That's because I'm no longer running Windows. Instead, my consulting career has turned to work with Ruby on Rails, and I develop on a mixture of Mac OS X and Linux boxes. What happened? About

Java Pattern Framework Jt 2.6 Supports JtWizard and Enhancements to Jt Components

2008-08-03T20:42:00.001-07:00

The latest version of Java pattern framework Jt supports JtWizard andenhancements to Jt Components. Freedom software recently releasedversion 2.6 of the open source pattern oriented framework. JtWizard,an automated wizard application built as a reference implementation ontop of Jt framework, can be used for generating Java applicationsbased on design patterns including Gang Of Four (GoF), Data

Voice resumes set to replace conventional interviews

2008-08-03T20:27:00.001-07:00

Hotel lobbies overflowing with job aspirants awaiting their turn forinterview are soon going to be a thing of the past. Voice resumes, thelatest technology innovation that HR companies across the country areexpected to adopt in the near future, are seen to cut both the cost ofhiring and do away with logistical hassles for corporates.Business communications solutions provider Avaya GlobalConnect

Corticon Business Rules Server for .NET

2008-07-29T20:28:00.001-07:00

Corticon Technologies, Inc., the leader in model-driven BusinessRules Management Systems (BRMS), announced today the immediateavailability of the Corticon Business Rules Server for .NET product,which together with Corticon Business Rules Modeling Studio comprisesthe industry's first and only model-driven BRMS for pure Microsoftenvironments.Corticon offers the only BRMS solution that enables the

Sun releases web stack

2008-07-24T20:35:00.001-07:00

The LAMP application stack has long been a mainstay of the open source community and, indeed, most of the Internet. Now Sun Microsystems has released its enterprise take on the stack. Sun's AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP/PERL) web stack will run on Solaris and Linux initially and other operating systems further into next year. The stack is optimised and is available now as a download from the Sun

IDS Logic Launches Its Web Hosting Website

2008-07-23T23:05:00.001-07:00

IDS Logic Pvt. Ltd is a leading IT company providing various services like web hosting, web designing, offshore software development and online marketing. The company's offshore development centre is located in Noida NCR, Delhi, with its support as well as sales panels in UK and USA. IDS Logic caters to clients with all sorts of web hosting needs. Today's constantly changing as well as

AJAX RIA Tutorial - Accessing the ASP.NET Authentication, Profile and Role Service in Silverlight

2008-07-23T23:01:00.001-07:00

In ASP.NET 2.0, we introduced a very powerful set of application services in ASP.NET (Membership, Roles and profile). In 3.5 we created a client library for accessing them from Ajax and .NET Clients and exposed them via WCF web services. For more information on the base level ASP.NET appservices that this walk through is based on, please see Stefan Schackow's excellent book Professional

Web hosting Services Australia

2008-07-22T20:18:00.001-07:00

Web hosting, together with web designing and other services linked with the World Wide Web, play a very important role in building a professional website. A Web hosting service analyzes the requirements of an individual and expectations of an organization, which ensures maximum traffic and revenues. Web hosting services in Australia play a key role in providing professional domain registration

e-onlinedata and Maine Hosting Solutions Partner to Deliver Comprehensive E-commerce Solutions

2008-07-22T20:17:00.003-07:00

e-onlinedata, a subsidiary of PowerPay, Maine's largest merchant processor, and Maine Hosting Solutions (MHS), a premier provider of Web hosting technology, support and design, today announced a partnership to bring MHS customers comprehensive e-commerce solutions, cost savings and preferred access to Authorize.Net. The relationship between e-onlinedata and

YourHostingStore.com - Green Hosting Category

2008-07-22T20:17:00.001-07:00

YourHostingStore.com, a webmaster resource portal, announced today the addition of a green hosting category to their Web Hosting Directory."As consumers become more environmentally conscious when making their purchasing decisions, hosting providers are scrambling to cater to the needs of the eco-friendly web hosting buyer," explains Kevin Chilton, President/General Manager of YourHostingStore.com

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008

2008-07-21T20:16:00.001-07:00

he latest version of Microsoft's robotics programming platform is version 2008, but it isn't finished yet. The first Community Technical Preview (CTP) was released in April for Windows CE, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. The final version is scheduled for release later this year, and the next milestone to getting there is the July CTP, available for download as

Subversion SCM Tool Gets Update

2008-07-21T20:15:00.001-07:00

Development tools company CollabNet Corp. has updated its open source software configuration-management tool. Subversion 1.5, released late last month, is the most substantial update to the popular build- and change-management package since the initial release of the software more than four years ago, the company says. CollabNet says the new release offers significantly improved merge-tracking

Microsoft Malta brings latest technologies for web developers

2008-07-20T20:30:00.001-07:00

Malta-based software and web developers had the opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge with the latest Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Malta hosted the annual event themed "DevDays" to cultivate shared learning throughout the developer community.The keynote speaker was Tomislav Bronzin, Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, INETA Europe Vice President. He

GIS.NET 3.0

2008-07-20T20:29:00.001-07:00

GeoFrameworks, a software development company in Denver, Colorado, has announced a new version of its software, "GIS.NET," a mapping component designed to help software developers to quickly develop mapping and GIS software for desktop PC's and portable devices.

XtraWizard by DevExpress

2008-07-18T21:27:00.001-07:00

Easy-to-Use with advanced presentation and theme options, the XtraWizard by DevExpress allows software developers to introduce cutting edge user interfaces for their next Windows Forms applicationGlendale, CA - DevExpress is proud to announce the immediate availability of the XtraWizard component suite for Windows Forms. Built and optimized for Visual Studio .NET, this Wizard control radically

Intercept Studio 5.0

2008-07-16T20:33:00.001-07:00

AVIcode, Inc., the leading provider of application monitoring solutions, today announced the availability ofversion 5.0 of its award-winning Intercept Studio, a real-time, always-onsolution for monitoring applications throughout their lifecycle. Intercept Studio 5.0 offers major new features and significant enhancements thatprovide developers and IT operations professionals with

SQL Server 2008 going to be released

2008-07-16T20:16:00.001-07:00

SQL Server 2008 will be released on schedule this quarter, and will not be delayed again, Microsoft executives said at last week's annual Worldwide Partner Conference. The statement gives hope to Windows developers that they will finally get their hands on the important product update, which is critical for utilizing the latest goodies in its Visual Studio development environment and the Windows

Java VisualVM 1.0 launched

2008-07-16T20:14:00.001-07:00

Sun Microsystems has unveiled a new GUI-based tool for visualizing data sources and troubleshooting Java applications. Java VisualVM 1.0 launched Tuesday as part of JavaSE 6 Update 7. VisualVM is a free, open-source visual tool that integrates several command-line JDK tools and lightweight performance and memory profiling capabilities, explained the project's technical lead, Tomas Hurka.

Performance Enhancing Features in Windows Vista

2008-07-15T20:12:00.001-07:00

Windows vista has number of memory management improvements including extensive use of lock-free synchronization techniques, finer-grained locking, tighter data-structure packing, larger paging I/Os, support for modern GPU memory architectures, and more efficient use of the hardware Translation Lookaside Buffer. Windows Vista also offers dynamic address space allocation for different workloads.

GoGrid - A cloud computing service

2008-07-14T20:19:00.001-07:00

GoGrid is a cloud computing service that provides a Web interface through which you instantiate and manage load balancers, servers, and databases such that you can scale up or down as your needs dictate. The operating systems supported are CentOS, Red Hat, and Windows 2003 and GoGrid takes pains to make it clear is that these are not altered in any way to be compatible with its grid

Barcode rendering in SQL Server 2008 & Visual Studio 2008

2008-07-09T22:59:00.001-07:00

Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services is a .NET solution for therendering of barcode images in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008Reporting Services and Visual Studio 2008 IDE. It supports 25 linear(1D) and 2D barcode symbologies including MacroPdf417, OneCode,Code128, Code39, EAN13, PDF417, UPCA, Codabar, MSI and QR etc. Alsorender barcode images on reports in BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF

Ultimate ASP.NET TreeView and ListView Hybrid Control by DevExpress

2008-07-09T22:57:00.001-07:00

`DevExpress Technologies for Visual Studio Help You Build YourBest,Reduce the Amount of Code You Write, Increase Your Productivity,and Create Stunning Applications for Windows and the Web in theShortestPossible TimeGLENDALE, CA--(Marketwire - July 09, 2008) -Developer Expressextends its award winning ASP.NET and AJAX enabledcomponentcollection with beta 1 of the new ASP.NET TreeView

Vala - A new programming language

2008-07-06T08:13:00.001-07:00

"Vala is, in some sense, a new programming language. Itâs syntax and structure leans heavily towards C#. As Jurg Billeter, the mastermind behind Vala, likes to put it; Vala is an amalgam of different C inspired languages, mostly C++ and C#. An though there is no mercury in this mixture, you'll find many a gold nugget in Vala."Both Java and C# use a VM. Vala does not. Vala generates C code.

Anonymous Types in the .NET

2008-07-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

In Visual Studio 2008, the C# compiler supports some new and quite interesting features. Some of them are just a pinch of syntactic sugar to save the developer the burden of some repetitive and imperative tasks such as creating quite simple getters and setters for class properties. Some other features, instead, add new capabilities to the language and the .NET programming platform as a whole. In

How is Silverlight different than Flash? Flex? Adobe AIR?

2008-06-13T02:24:00.001-07:00

Some of the scenarios for Flash and Silverlight usage are similar, such as rich media/video within websites, or interactive rich content for e-commerce, e-learning, or advertising. However, Silverlight uses a dramatically different approach for creating and delivering experiences in a way that aligns more with our customers' development and deployment needs. Platform: Microsoft's client/web

37 ASP.NET AJAX Video Tutorials

2008-06-13T02:21:00.001-07:00

Microsoft's ASP,NET AJAX tool allows developers to efficiently develop web pages and web applications which give users an interactive and responsive experience. ASP,NET AJAX gives you access to client-script libraries which include ECMAScript (JavaScript) and dynamic HTML (DHTML) technologies for all the top browsers. It integrates these with the ASP,NET 2.0 server-based development