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Signature makes cards 'less secure'
News Signature-based cards less secure and targeted to be phased out, says analyst, with countries like Australia, U.K. and France, already opting for safer alternatives.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Authentication and encryption, Chip, Fraud, Singapore, Card, Australia, personal identification number, e-mail
Microsoft eyes multicore boost from Windows 7
News New operating system should be able to make better use of modern multicore chips--in part through changes to adapt Windows to big servers.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Multi-core, Microsoft Corp., Parallel Pattern Library, Tool, Microsoft Windows 7
Augmented reality augurs the future of toys
News With its i-Tag toy tie-ins to James Cameron's "Avatar" movie, Mattel is just scratching the surface of what's possible.
Tags: Software, Consumer Technology, Game players, Home entertainment, Computer Screen, Needham & Co., computer, Wikipedia, Software, Webcam
Try command-line looping for added efficiency
Techguide Using loops, you can take often-used commands that would normally be executed in sequence manually, and have them done automatically. Find out what you need to know about getting started with loops.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Software engineering/development, Command, Security, Loop, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, CLI, Programming
Comparing cursor vs. WHILE loop performance in SQL Server 2008
Techguide Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.
Tags: Server platforms, Databases, Cursor, Row, Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Cursors Cursors, FORWARD_ONLY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
News One day after Patch Tuesday, researcher warns of unpatched security hole in Windows 7 and Server 2008.
Tags: PC security, Security applications/tools, Server Message Block, Microsoft Corp., NetBIOS, Vulnerability, Spokesperson, Microsoft Windows 7, broadcasting, Server
How to use the At and Ln indicators in Word's status bar
Techguide At and Ln are used in automating special format requirements. Here's what you need to know.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Form, Cell, Database, Microsoft VBA, File Menu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, window, spreadsheet
Smartphone users, keep complaining
News Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints. That was the message at a session aimed at developers at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Tags: Smart phones, Stephen King, RIM BlackBerry, software, mobile, Smart Phone, mobile software, Developer, Customer Satisfaction, Smartphone
Use RFC 2606 example domains for example e-mail
Techguide Example e-mail domains were created specifically for use in examples, so that people with real e-mail accounts that happen to coincide with your examples don't suffer the fallout of an unfortunate choice of example.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, E-mail Address, Security, Domain Name, Domain, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, RFC, e-mail
US govt Web site makes open source move
News White House Web site now employing open source software. Given the U.S. federal government's widespread adoption of open source, the amazing thing is that it took so long.
Tags: Open source, Government, Drupal, Open Source, software, Acquia, Open-source Software, Associated Press, White House, proprietary software
Researchers warn of XML library flaws
News XML parsing vulnerabilities are affecting multiple open-source vendors and applications, the Finnish computer emergency response team has warned.
Tags: Open source, Apache Software Foundation, computer emergency response, Flaw, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Python, JRE, Java, Open source
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part three: Topic intention comparisons
Techguide Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Document, Comparison, Simple Object Access Protocol, system administration, SM, topTopicsResult, Web sites, Web 2.0
10+ keyboard shortcuts for entering special characters in a Word document
Techguide If you prefer to enter special characters yourself on a case-by-case basis, it's handy to know a few keyboard shortcuts.
Tags: Microsoft Office, keyboard shortcut, keyboard, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, dialog box, technique, window, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Intel's Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010
News Intel won't promise when its optical communication technology will arrive. But a fiber-optic company allied with the chipmaker says cables will be done early in 2010.
Tags: Components, Optical networking, R&D, Intel Corp., Computer, optical networking, Fiber-optics, network, Light Peak, Foci
Apple GarageBand Jam Pack 1: Instruments, Loops, and Effects
Product Reviews Apple GarageBand Jam Pack 1: Instruments, Loops, and Effects
