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Return of the Rich Client - .NET 3.0 Meets the NY Times
Listening to all the Web 2.0 hype, you would think rich client applications have gone the way of DOS and dinosaurs. But it appears that the New York Times didn't get the memo, and they have the killer app to prove it.
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Study Shows That 11% of Sites Are Vulnerable to SQL Injection Attacks
In an informal study, Michael Sutton of SPI Dynamics was able to demonstrate that 80 out of 708 tested web sites were susceptible to SQL injection attacks.
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Debate: Should Visual Studio 2003 be supported on Vista?
Microsoft has a tough decision. They can either concentrate on the next version of Visual Studio, with features such as LINQ, or they can ensure Visual Studio 2002/2003 works Vista.
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Demo by Virtual PC?
Microsoft has released the next CTP of Visual Studio as a Virtual PC image. Is this a new trend or a one-off experiment?
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FishEye 1.2: Enhancing Version Control
Cenqua has released FishEye 1.2, a commercial version control exploration tool supporting CVS and Subversion. The new version improves Subversion support, adds new visualizations, email feeds, user preferences, and administration features.
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ADO.NET vNext: Entity Data Model Designer Prototype Available
The ADO.NET team has released a demo of their Entity Data Model Designer. This tool demonstrates some of the Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) features planned for ADO.NET vNext.
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Prototype the most popular Ajax framework across Java, .NET, & Rails communities
According to recently released survey results from Ajaxian.com, prototype is the most popular ajax framework in use, by a large margin, followed by Scriptaculous (which is built on prototype). Java-based Dojo and DWR came in 3rd . Backend platforms were also surveyed, with PHP the most used for Ajax, followed by Java, .NET, and Rails.
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Windows PowerShell RC 2 Available
Windows PowerShell RC 2 is now available for Windows XP SP 2 and Windows 2003 Server SP 1. Release Candidate 2 adds direct support for ADSI and improves support for WMI.
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Missing Pieces to the VB Upgrade Story: Printer Compatibility Library
Microsoft has released a Print Form component for VB 2005 and is developing a Printer Compatibility Library that will allow VB 2005 applications to use the Printer object from VB6.
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InfoQ Book: Enterprise SOA Adoption Strategies
In the lastest book in the InfoQ series, Capgemini CTO and SOA standards body member Steve Jones argues that for SOA to succeed we must move our thoughts away from the implementation technologies and towards the "what" of the business. Steve explains how to construct an overall business service architecture.
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Team Foundation Server SP 1 Beta 1.0 Released
A beta of the Team Foundation Server SP1 has been released via Microsoft Connect. This release contains new features as well as bug fixes. It is currently available in English and Japanese.
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VS 2005 SP 1 Beta 1.0 Released
Microsoft has announced the release of the first beta of the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1. Currently it can only be downloaded via the Microsoft Connect site. It is currently available in English and Japanese. The final version is expected to be available in 3 to 4 months.
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MbUnit RC2 Now Available
MBUnit, an advanced unit testing framework, has reached Release Candidate 2 stage. This "generative" unit test framework claims to offer features that surpass both nUnit and Visual Studio Team System.
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Catching up with Selenium: Testing Ajax, v0.8 Released
Selenium is a web app functional testing tool that uses JavaScript and Iframes to embed a test automation engine in your browser, allowing Selenium to execute in any JavaScript-enabled browser. InfoQ spoke to core developer Jeff Xiong to find out more about the recent 0.8 release of Selenium core. Also, InfoQ is hosting a new article showing how to use Selenium to test Ajax apps.
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Grasshopper 2.0 IL to Java bytecode Compiler Technology Preview
Mainsoft has released a preview of Grasshopper 2.0 that is compatible with Visual Studio 2005. Grasshopper allows Visual Studio developers to cross-compile IL into Java bytecode. Developers can then run their applications on a J2EE/Tomcat stack.