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News for Tuesday, April 11 2006

Source: CodeProject     Posted by Chris Maunder    Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:00am    
News for Tuesday, April 11 2006

Industry News

Oracle releases, then pulls, zero-day database exploit code

Details about the zero-day hole sat on company portal for hours.
Source: Computerworld

Service offers offline browsing for laptops and PDAs

Can you put the Internet on this floppy for me? Webaroo is trying.
Source: InfoWorld

Wi-Fi Zeros In on Laptops'...

...locations throughout much of the U.S. Fleet managers, security managers and the cartographically challenged get a new whereabouts weapon this week, when Skyhook Wireless Inc. in Boston releases a beta version of its Loki mapping service for mobile users.
Source: Computerworld

Newspapers Sign On to Syndicated Blog Service

In an ongoing merger of online and print media and opinion, a number of newspapers have subscribed to the new BlogBurst service. BlogBurst aggregates over 600 weblogs on topics from technology through travel.
Source: eWeek

Developer News

Common Questions About Compiling a List of References

Should you include references on a resume? Do they actually help or hinder?
Source: ComputerWorld

Linux too fat?

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association thinks Linux is, "too fat" so, he's moving forward with Windows CE for OLPC computers.
Source: News.com

Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room

AT&T gave your data to Feds. Where are the privacy advocates when you need them?
Source: Wired

VistaDB 2.1.5 Released

This new release features many improvements including enhanced support for Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET 2.0 framework. VistaDB 2.1.5 includes a new VistaDB OLE DB Provider for Visual Basic and ASP developers using classic ADO.
Source: VistaDB

Hot Threads

Google Buys Australia

Think they'll make a Beta out of it?
Source: The Code Project

Ajax

More than a cleanser, more than a Greek king, even (only slightly) more than a football team.
Source: The Code Project



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