Security experts are torn between just how far the government and the private sector should go to protect critical data from cyber criminals without violating individual rights.
<b>BBC News:</b> "The controversial Digital Economy Bill has been passed into law during the wash-up period, which sees outstanding legislation rushed through before a general election."
<b>Thoughts on Technology:</b> "All I have to say is: Man was I blown away. What proceeded to run on my computer was quite possibly the most seamless non-distro specific package installation I have ever experienced."
<b>GHacks:</b> "Although there are many naysayers out there – who seem to either only want more of the same or who doubt the ability of any developer to release anything worth while – I trust that GNOME 3 is going to make quite a major impression."
Beginning with basic file I/O concepts this article wraps up by demonstrating how you can use the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) in .NET 4.0 to map text file data to objects.
MySQL's Latin-1 default encoding combined with MySQL 4.1.12's (or greater) UTF8 encoding allows the maximum number of characters codes, however incoming data with different character encoding can still present problems. Rob Gravelle shows you how to avoid problems before a lot of work is required to undo the damage.
MySQL's Latin-1 default encoding combined with MySQL 4.1.12's (or greater) UTF8 encoding allows the maximum number of characters codes, however incoming data with different character encoding can still present problems. Rob Gravelle shows you how to avoid problems before a lot of work is required to undo the damage.
Menus are basic components of any application. A well-designed menuing framework should be flexible, customizable for both look-and-feel and functionality, and easy to integrate into applications.
Improve your CSS skills using .LESS, a free, open-source port of Ruby's LESS library. LESS (and .LESS, by extension) is a parser that allows web developers to create style sheets using new and improved language features, including variables, operations, mix-ins, and nested rules.
Take a look under the hood of the latest version of Mono, the open source .NET development framework. Find out how its components and architecture help make developers more productive.
<b>Linux Foundation:</b> "Matt took some time recently to share his perspective with me on why Canonical can take Linux places Red Hat can't, how Linux beats Apple, and how the Ubuntu community's passion and focus on design will change the way people see Linux for a long time."
Many articles on database administration take the perspective of trying to help you do your job better. We thought we might take a different tack and poke a little fun at some of more egregious mistakes we've seen over the years at IT shops.
With more and more computers using a multi-core processor, the free lunch of increased clock speeds and the inherent performance gains are over. Software developers must instead make sure their applications take use of all the cores available in an efficient manner. New features in .NET 4.0 mean that managed code developers too can join the party.
Here are the resource links for the Administering Team Foundation Server 2010 Class from last week in Minneapolis. Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 and Team Foundation Server® 2010 RTM virtual machine for Microsoft® Virtual PC 2007 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5e13b15a-fd74-4cd7-b53e-bdf9456855bd Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 and Team Foundation Server® 2010 RTM virtual machine for Windows Virtual PC http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=509c3ba1-4efc-42b5-b6d8-0232b2cbb26e Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 and Team Foundation Server® 2010 RTM virtual machine for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0198b64-4acb-4709-b07f-359fb4d523bc Customizable process guidance http://blogs.msdn.com/b/allclark/archive/2010/08/12/customizable-process-guidance.aspx The 5 most read Visual Studio ALM help topics on MSDN http://blogs.msdn.com/b/allclark/archive/2010/11/12/the-5-most-read-visual-studio-alm-help-topics-on-msdn.aspx Inside TFS http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/List/Inside-TFS.aspx Testing Topics http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd286594.aspx Blogs http://community.accentient.com http://geekswithblogs.net Branching Guide http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/ Great VSTS blog http://geekswithblogs.net/hinshelm/Default.aspx My Blog :D http://geekswithblogs.net/jalexander/Default.aspx Visual Studio Forums http://bit.ly/fE16u3 TFS Migration and Integration Solutions http://bit.ly/cLaBnT TFS Migration and Integration Tools (VS ALM Rangers) http://bit.ly/9tHWdG TFS Migration and Integration Platform (CodePlex) http://tfsintegration.codeplex.com Team Foundation Server SDK http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/TfsSdk Migrate and Integration Forum http://bit.ly/f4Lnps Team Foundation Server Widgets http://www.tfswidgets.com TFS Sdk http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/TfsSdk TFS Migration and Integration Solutions http://bit.ly/cLaBnT TFS Integration Tools Forum http://bit.ly/f4Lnps TFS Integration Tools http://bit.ly/9tHWdG TFS Integration Platform http://tfsintegration.codeplex.com VS Upgrade Guide http://vs2010upgradeguide.codeplex.com Updating an Upgraded Team Project to Access New Features http://bit.ly/9cCcMP Team Foundation Power Tools http://bit.ly/dfNVQk Team Foundation Administration Tool http://tfsadmin.codeplex.com Using Team Foundation Server Command-Line Tools http://bit.ly/hCyozJ Changing Groups and Permissions with TFSSecurity http://bit.ly/esIjgw Unofficial Prep guide for TFS 2010 Administration Exam (70-512) http://geekswithblogs.net/enriquelima/archive/2010/07/21/unofficial-prep-guide-for-tfs-2010-administration-exam-70-512.aspx Another Prep Guide http://bit.ly/bpO30R Professional Application Lifecycle Management with VS 2010 Book http://bit.ly/9rCIRj Search CodePlex for TFS related apps http://www.codeplex.com/site/search Visual Studio Gallery http://visualstudiogallery.com TFS Widgets http://tfswidgets.com Migrate from Visual SourceSafe http://bit.ly/8XPSRh Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider 2010 http://bit.ly/dst1OQ Attrice TFS Sidekicks www.attrice.info/cm/tfs Hosted TFS http://bit.ly/cMZdvp Manually Processing the Team Foundation Server 2010 Data Warehouse and Analysis Services Database http://bit.ly/aG5oEh TFS 2005, 2008 and 2010 Compatibility http://shrinkster.com/1dhj