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Computerworld Application/Web Development
April 05, 2007
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In this issue:
* Microsoft to release Expression software to MSDN subscribers
* IBM may rival India's top offshore IT firms in head count
* Data storage in a petri dish
* Domain name application gives phishers a new foe
* Microsoft leans on Vista SP1 site
* Honda F1 zooms forward with IBM
* Red Hat joins forces with SOA vendor
* Negative votes prompt BPEL 2.0 review
* Web 2.0 can be hijacked, claims Fortify
Computerworld Blogs:
* EMI and Jobs blow away DRM (and historic Beatles)
* Round 6: H-1B Battle - American engineering's "April Fools"
* Shark Tank: Test session, redefined
* The more things change ...
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Microsoft to release Expression software to MSDN subscribers
Microsoft will release two components of its XAML-based Expression development
suite sometime this quarter, with an eye toward enticing MSDN subscribers to
deploy those tools rather than competing products from Adobe and the Mozilla
Foundation.
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IBM may rival India's top offshore IT firms in head count
IBM said it has set up an autonomic computing development center in Bangalore
-- a further sign of India's growing importance to the company, which
eventually may become the largest IT services employer in that country.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/58025/2/
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Data storage in a petri dish
The dream of storing one bit of data per atom isn't as far away as you may
think, and biological organisms are the vehicle that could make it possible.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/58026/2/
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Domain name application gives phishers a new foe
A 26-year-old programmer has created an application to track newly registered
domain names closely to see if they turn into live phishing sites.
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Microsoft leans on Vista SP1 site
A Web site owner who posted more than 100 hot fixes that he expects to be in
the first Windows Vista service pack has removed a link to the fixes under
pressure from Microsoft.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/58029/2/
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Honda F1 zooms forward with IBM
The leaders in Formula One racing may change, but IBM's dominance in the
sport's back-end tech only seems to increase. The Honda Racing F1 team is the
latest to convert to Big Blue technology.
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Red Hat joins forces with SOA vendor
Competing in a busy marketplace, SOA Software will make its products available
with JBoss middleware.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/58031/2/
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Negative votes prompt BPEL 2.0 review
OASIS is investigating after voting closed last weekend.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/58032/2/
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Web 2.0 can be hijacked, claims Fortify
Security vendor Fortify Software says a flaw in AJAX frameworks can enable an
attacker to pose as the application's user and intercept data sent via
JavaScript commands.
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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EMI and Jobs blow away DRM (and historic Beatles)
Monday's IT Blogwatch comes to you from from sunny London: in which EMI and
Steve Jobs are expected to remove DRM from their music. Not to mention The
Beatles on Doctor Who in 1965...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/58035/2/
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Round 6: H-1B Battle - American engineering's "April Fools"
Good morning, you're fired and getting replaced by a software engineer from
India with an H-1B visa ... APRIL FOOLS! This is a bad joke to play on an
engineer these days, because it is just too close to actually being true.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/57429/2/
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Shark Tank: Test session, redefined
Software developer pilot fish knows this user is an expert at testing
applications -- after all, he's told her so. He boasts about the time he spent
working as a software tester in an IT shop, fish says.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1421160/1071738/57092/2/
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The more things change ...
When I was in grad school, I tried to explain to a really nice man that some of
his colleagues were great and some were slime. All of them were my faculty
members. We had a chat about complimenting a woman on her attire. Seems
straight forward:
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