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Virtual Earth in 2 lines of javascript
Virtual Earth can now do 3-D maps and three cities are now available: San Francisco, Seattle, Boston and Atlanta.
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SOA "Most Despised Buzzword"
According to a Network Computing reader poll, "SOA" is the most despised tech buzzword. Is this just a typical sign of the hype cycle "trough of disillusionment" or something the SOA community should take seriously?
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Microsoft to Enforce User Interface Guidelines
In order to promote the ribbon design as a replacement for menus and toolbars, Microsoft has decided to license the Office 2007 User Interface including the new "ribbon paradigm " via a set of guidelines. And unlike previous guidelines and standards, violating a "mandatory" clause carries real legal repercussions.
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Rails 1.2 Release Candidate Announced
The long-anticipated release of Rails 1.2 begins this week with the announcement of Release Candidate 1, with final release expected within a few weeks. InfoQ summarizes the announcement.
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The wide ranging impact of the XML Paper Specification
XML Paper Specification, or XPS, is a new XML-based format for creating formatted documents. Seen as a direct competitor to Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), it is one of the more controversial features in Windows Vista. Because it touches so much of the Windows infrastructure, it is expected to affect all users in one way or another.
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InfoQ Article: Incorporating Enterprise Data into SOA
In this article Boris Lublinsky outlines the complexities of dealing with the enterprise data and discuss several design patterns for SOA implementations.
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S Stands for Simple
With a very funny blog post that takes a critical look at the history of SOAP, written in the form of a dialogue between a Web services expert and a hypothetical developer, Pete Lacey has started an amazing chain of postings.
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IBM's Response to Open Source Java under GPL
Last week some publications alluded to an official response by IBM regarding open source Java. InfoQ got a copy from IBM, republished here. IBM is generally supportive of the move, but would have preferred the contribution be made to Apache Harmony or at least under an Apache compatible license.
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Tips on query normalization with SQL Server 2005
SQL Server application developers to want to normalize the query text returned in a Profiler trace. This allows the performance of a query to be more easily tracked and measured. Ken Henderson shares his insightful thoughts through a blog post on query normalization.
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Apache Axis2 1.1 Released
Version 1.1 of Axis2, the Apache Web services stack, has been released, including significantly improved documentation and support for POJO and Spring services and clients.
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Presentation: Guy Crets on Secure and Reliable Web Services
In this presentation, recorded at Javapolis, integration expert Guy Crets introduces security and messaging standards from the Web services world and discusses how the WS-Security and WS-Reliable Messaging specifications can be used in real world integration and B2B scenarios.
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MySpace.com uses iBATIS.NET for persistence
Popular social site MySpace.com, which is the number 5 most trafficked site on the internet according to alexa.com is running a .NET backend and uses iBatis.NET for persistence. iBATIS is an open source data mapper framework that is commonly used when projects wish to control the SQL used instead of having it generated by an ORM framework.
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Architecture a Key Factor in Scaling Agile
Scott Ambler's recent article "Scaling Agile Development Via Architecture" summarizes strategies for Agile teams regarding software architecture, and argues that an effective approach to architecture is an important key to successfully scaling Agile software development.
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Announcing QCon: New conference in London, UK, March 12-16, by InfoQ and JAOO
A new enterprise software development conference is starting this year in London, UK, March 12-16th 2007. QCon, the InfoQ and JAOO conference, aims to become an annual event providing a venue for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in the Java, .NET, Ruby, SOA, and Agile communities with additional tracks on architecture & design, Ajax, IT in Finance, and more.
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Sun Virtual Reality briefing on Java forks, compatibility, Microsoft, Linux
Simon Phipps, Tim Bray and Mark Shuttleworth held a briefing on Monday inside the Second Life online virtual reality game. The speakers addressed a croud of about 40 real people seated infront of the stage, covering Java on Linux, forking, what Sun will do to prevent incompatible Java's, a Microsoft fork, Harmony, and why it took so long for Java to be open sourced.