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- Friendlier source code with two Firefox add-ons
- While Internet Explorer is popular with users, Firefox is the best browser for Web developers. I continue to discover and take advantage of the myriad of add-ons available for Firefox. I recently discovered two tools -- View formatted source and View Source Chart -- for viewing and working with the...
- Tags: Web, TechRepublic Inc., Source Code, Mozilla Firefox, Page, Web Browser, Tool, Add-on, CSS Rule, Figure D, CSS, Web Browsers, Productivity, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Microsoft praised for interoperability strategy
- In a CNET News.com report just last week, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said that the changes have been both "very interesting" and "dramatic" and that it "does seem to represent quite a change from Microsoft's previous approach over the years." Commending the company for recent steps...
- Tags: Strategy, Source Code, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Look inside .NET DLL files with Reflector
- During a recent project, I found myself in an awkward though not unique situation. The client had code in a repository as well as in production, but they were unsure about what functionality had actually been deployed. After lengthy discussions, we decompiled the production Dynamic Link Library DDL files and...
- Tags: Source Code, Assembly, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Microsoft Corp., Choice, Tool, Reflector, CodePlex Site, Spices.NET, Obfuscation, Productivity, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Microsoft opens code to .NET developers
- Developers on the .NET framework will be able to view and debug .NET framework source code with the .NET Framework Reference License in read-only format. The plans to make the source code available was announced a few months back, and now it's official. An excerpt from InfoWorld:...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft .NET Framework, Source Code, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Busybox wraps up second lawsuit against Xterasys
- Programmers behind Busybox have settled a second lawsuit, this time against Xterasys, for violating a GPL license. According CNET News.com: "As a result of the settlement, Xterasys has agreed to cease all binary distribution of BusyBox until SFLC confirms it has published complete corresponding source...
- Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, Source Code, Compliance, Programmer, Busybox, Xterasys, Open Source, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- If you want something done right . . .
- Wired Magazine's "blog network" ran a story early this month about encrypted webmail provider Hushmail. The company's marketing is very heavy with the "your emails are safe and nobody can read it" rhetoric, going so far as to say: not even a Hushmail employee with access...
- Tags: Software, Source Code, Java, Privacy, Exception, Wired Magazine, Hushmail, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Security, Online Communications, Management, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- ASUS resolves Eee PC GPL violation
- ASUS has made additional source code archives for the Eee PC available for download as obliged under the GPL license. Code for the asus_acpi module, BusyBox, and several other components can now be found here. We reported earlier this week on blogger Cliff Biffle's discovery...
- Tags: ASUS, Source Code, PC, Open Source, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- How to sell source code?
- I work in a software company. Our company independently developed various programs. At the moment, our company intends to sell the source code of Network Monitor System and GPS/GPRS Vehicles Intelligence Management System. I look for many websites. There are lots for buying software products, but no for source code....
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, dci0705@..., source code, software company, software
- Discussion threads 2007-11-25
- Microsoft to developers: Don't touch the source code
- Microsoft is offering developers a view into its source code, but it doesn't want anyone touching it. According to Scott Guthrie, general manager of the .NET Framework in Microsoft's Developer Division, the company will be releasing the reference source code for the .NET Framework under the made-in-Redmond Microsoft Reference License....
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft .NET Framework, Source Code, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- First lawsuit on GPL violation filed
- Network World has news of what may well be the first lawsuit of its kind in the United States. Excerpt from the article: The SFLC filed the suit on Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Monsoon Multimedia...
- Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, Source Code, Network World, Suit, Open Source, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-09-23
- Free iPhone unlocking tool released with full source code
- I was wrapping up my news posting for the day when I saw the news exclusive from Gizmodo that yet another team has managed to unlock the iPhone via software. This time around, the unlocking was achieved by the iPhone Dev Team. At the moment, it...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Source Code, Gizmodo, Tool, Team Management, Management, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- The disconnected project
- As a software development consultant, I've been one of those dispersed team members for most of the last 16 years. Back in 1991, I started telecommuting to my clients' systems via 9600 baud modem (that's 9.6 kpbs, for those of you too young to know what...
- Tags: Baud, Team, Source Code, Chip Camden
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Root out data breach dangers by first implementing common sense
- ResearchThe problem in the cyber internet world is that development of techoniogly is being used to infiltrate personal and buisness information for profit. It is a money scam. A sure way to end this is to protect the source code. Administrative rights are certanly used as a front to access...
- Tags: glennsellers@..., source code, security, Administrative Rights
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
- CodePlex: Microsoft's open source initiative
- The battle between Microsoft and the open source community has been well documented over the years. Microsoft seems to be embracing the open source movement with its CodePlex Web site, which provides a community for sharing code and collaborating on projects. Microsoft includes its own projects on the site as...
- Tags: Web Sites, Programming, Open Source, Microsoft, .net
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- Report: Paperless e-voting is not secure
- Once again, the obvious is ignored.I find it ironic that, in the midst of all this hoopla over the problems of voting machine technologies under current plans, everybody seems to be ignoring the important fact of auditable source code. I don't mean
- Tags: apotheon, source code
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- M0n0wall and Soekris embedded firewall and VPN
- As part of my consulting practice I am often asked to helpbusinesses figure out ways to solve interesting remote access problems:everything from telecommuting and remote office applications, through firewallsfor co-location facilities or between businesses where there is some datasharing application that needs a secure, dedicated point-to-point network.As one can imagine,...
- Tags: David H.M. Spector, firewall, hardware, Support, Unix, VPN
- Technical articles 2006-10-06
- Use ASP.NET 2.0 pre-compilation to avoid delays
- The pre-compilation option, which is new to ASP.NET 2.0, allows you to pre-compile your Web application to omit the delay with the first application request. Learn about additional benefits of the pre-compilation option. A common complaint with ASP.NET 1.x developers is the initial delays experienced by users when...
- Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Pre-compilation, Middleware, Tony Patton, .NET, target directory, application name, .NET Newsletter, Directory, Application, Source Code, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, Option, Path, Publish Web Site Menu Option, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Technical articles 2006-09-19
- Sober warnings about e-voting systems
- Software version control for e-votingElectronic voting makes me very nervous. At the very least there should be strict control of the software/firmware versions of all computing equipment used in the voting chain. I think the source code used to create the software for all of the equipment should be available...
- Tags: software, source code, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
- encrypt source code
- Hello,How can i encypt the source code of a web browser ? and where the external havascript locate on the client machine? and how the browser give a name for external javascript on a client machine?thanks
- Tags: Web browsers
- Q&A 2006-05-10
- Open Source Does Not Make Better Code. Better Programmers Make Better Code.
- Every now and then, I will see a "dispelling the myths of open source" type of article, blog, discussion, or whatever come my way, and it always seems to come around to the "more eyeballs means less defects" idea. For whatever reason, many open source proponents seem to believe that...
- Tags: F/OSS, open source, Project, Project B, source code
- Blog posts 2006-05-01
