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Java Still Vulnerable, Despite Latest Patches
Just days after the latest fix, security researcher Adam Gowdiak has found another Java vulnerability. In addition, in the past few days, attack code targeting one of the many remote-code-execution vulnerabilities fixed in Java 7 Update 21 have also begun circulating in the wild.
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Eclipse RAP 2.0 Released - Same Acronym, Different Name
On January 11th, Eclipse RAP 2.0 was released, after 6 years of development. InfoQ talked to the project lead about the release.
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Updated: Ed Bott Crowns Java the New "Foistware" King
On top of repeated security breaches to the Java browser plug-in, the long-established practice of including unrelated browser add-ons with the Java runtime installer is giving end-users another reason to avoid the Java platform.
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Vert.x Joining Eclipse Foundation
Project founder Tim Fox's choice, the Eclipse Foundation, will be the future home of Vert.x after VMware confirmed that they had no objections to the plan.
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Atmosphere 1.0: Asynchronous Communication For Java/JavaScript
Atmosphere 1.0 is a new Java/Scala/Groovy framework that attempts to abstract asynchronous communication between the web browser and the application server. It transparently supports Web Sockets, HTML5 Server Side events and other application server specific solutions when available, with long polling as a fallback.
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Another Week, Another Java Security Issue Found
Polish security start-up Security Explorations has found another hole that allows hackers to bypass critical security measures, affecting Java SE 5, 6 and 7 - the last eight year's worth of Java releases.
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Rich Client Applications With ASP.NET
Web Developers can use client-side libraries such as Backbone and Knockout to structure their client-side code better and enable richer client experiences. We point to some resources.
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Oracle and Apple Struggle to Deal with Java Security Issues
Java has been in the news a lot recently thanks to a rather messy response to a high profile Java security issue, CVE-2012-4681, and a related set of vulnerabilities which target the Java browser plug-in.
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Microsoft Has Changed Its Mind: Windows 8 IE Metro Renders Flash
In a surprising twist, Microsoft has made available Windows 8 Release Preview with support for Flash in IE 10 Metro and Desktop, both on x86 and ARM platforms.
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Crossing the Software Education Chasm
In their recent blog posting “Crossing the Software Education Chasm” for the Communications of the ACM Armando Fox and David Patterson from UC Berkeley address the tradeoff between university education of software engineers and actual expectations of employers. They suggest that a solution to reduce this gap consists of teaching students agile development of SaaS apps using tools like rails.
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ZK Web Framework 6.0 Released: New Data Binding System
ZK Web Framework 6.0 released with a completely new data binding system, jQuery style selectors that run on the server, Servlet 3.0 Async support, new components and several other enhancements.
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PrimeFaces 3.0 Released: Ajax, Mobile and IE 9 Components for JSF2
PrimeFaces 3.0 was recently released offering an extensive suite of JSF2 Ajax enabled components, a separate version for iPhone/Android devices and support for Internet Explorer 9.
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Making Technical Community More Active - 2011 Year-End Review of Baidu Technical Salon
Baidu Technical Salon is a regular offline communication activity hosted by Baidu, planned, executed and implemented by InfoQ. The topics included cloud computing, mobile Internet, big data, log analysis and other current popular topics. This article mainly reviews Baidu’s support for technical community via Technical Salon, community’s feedbacks on these activities as well as a brief plan in 2012
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Binding Enhancements in WPF 4.5
Though it isn’t in the spotlight any more, WPF still continues to be a key-stone for rich client development on Windows. With full access to the .NET libraries and the underlying operating system, no other HTML or .NET-based UI technology can match it. Recognizing its importance, Microsoft is continuing to invest in improving WPF and especially its binding capabilities.
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PhoneGap Status: Moving to Apache and Adobe, Plugin Modularization, PhoneGap/Build Service
Working with PhoneGap is getting easier: Plugins make PhoneGap more modular and extensible for developers. PhoneGap/Build is an online service for automatically building PhoneGap applications for different platforms. InfoQ talked to Nitobi's Brian LeRoux about the technical future of PhoneGap at Adobe and Apache.