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| | If your plan is to strong-arm customers into offering your products exclusively, you had better give them something people want to buy. With Microsoft and Windows Vista, such is not the case, and Hewlett-Packard isn't taking it lying down. HP, the world's number one PC supplier in terms of volume …  |
 | That's the question I had not thought of asking, nor really given much thought to at all, until now. What prompted the question was the appearance of the [URL="http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/18/windows_5F00_7_5F00_team.aspx"]Official Engineering Windows 7 blog[/URL]. The third posting proved to be a fascinating read, providing the kind of insight into the development … |
| | According to the official Microsoft Developer Network [URL="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/default.aspx"]IEBlog[/URL] Internet Explorer 8 will come packed with a whole host of new security features. These will include the SmartScreen Filter which replaces the Phishing Filter in current versions of the browser. Eric Lawrence, Program Manager for Internet Explorer Security says that this … |
| | Linux developer Red Hat yesterday said it will open the source code of its Network Satellite Server, which powers the Red Hat Network system management platform. Dubbed [URL=https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk]Project Spacewalk[/URL], the software will be licensed under the GPL 2. Spacewalk performs system inventory, software installations and updates, can manage and deploy … |
 | RedHat settles its patent infringement lawsuit filed by Firestar Software and DataTern in Federal Court for an undisclosed amount. Part of the settlement that RedHat made was made on behalf of the Open Source Community--indemnifying users and its customers from future infringement suits by said parties. RedHat's corporate opinion is … |
| | Welcome to another edition of Crystal Ball Sunday! This week my predictions center around system builders and integrators and their use of Linux to lower costs, standardize hardware offerings, and provide a new systems to buyers that are ready to go to work. Acer has already discussed Linux being the … |
| | Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook Platform, which has had a rough childhood and now bears the pimples of adolescence. On the eve of the platform’s birthday, the company gave developers a [URL= http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php]sandbox [/URL]in which to apply the Clearasil of its redesigned profile. Before entering the sandbox, be … |
| | The Mozilla team says its latest browser is stable, and has posted [Firefox 3 RC 1](http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html) on Saturday. Apart from more than 900 enhancements the team claimed were [delivered in beta 4](http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/03/10/firefox-3-beta-4-now-available-for-download/), Firefox 3 RC1 also includes the so-called AwesomeBar, a beefed-up location bar that anticipates destinations as you type … |
| | The highly-anticipated release of Fedora 9 is here! It has the new KDE4 desktop that I [URL="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6464/"]reviewed[/URL] on LinuxPlanet which makes some big improvements in user experience and speed. It also includes the hot new [URL="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6467/"]FireFox 3[/URL] web browser with some new security features that are sure to impress even … |
| | Microsoft has today announced the immediate public availability of the beta version of [URL="http://workspace.officelive.com"]Microsoft Office Live Workspace[/URL] which allows users to access their Office documents from anywhere via a web-based interface, and share them with others the same way. This is part of the Microsoft strategy to provide a 'software …  |
 | What is Malware? Malware, is short for [B]MALicious softWARE[/B] and is a term used to broadly classify a form of software which is installed in a computer system mostly without the owners permission with malicious intentions. It includes Trojans, viruses, key loggers, malicious active content, rogue programs and diallers among … |
| | Many years ago, during a press visit to Microsoft HQ in Seattle, I was given relative freedom to wander around the Redmond campus. Of course, there were some areas that were strictly out of bounds. Areas like the one which was entered via the 'Cryogenics Lab' door for example. At … |
 | As a programmer who until [B]very[/B] quite recently chose C#.NET as his main language, WPF was thrust upon me like an anvil in your favorite 90s cartoon. There was no avoiding it... And for that, I'm glad -- mostly. The Windows Presentation Foundation is a UI subsystem of the Microsoft … |
 | Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates once talked about putting a PC on every desk. Now Gates is talking about turning the desk itself - or a tabletop - into a computer. Microsoft is set to announce an ambitious new computing category today called "surface computing" to try to make it happen. … |
| | Overview: This article practically describes how COM objects could be utilized in Java. The user should understand and have general programming skills in Java. This article also gives a small introduction of what COM is all about. What is COM? COM is a popular object model for creating software applications … |
| | 90% of the game on Wall Street is picking stocks that will rise before they actually do. It's not easy. If everyone could do that, then everyone would be doing that. But stock-picking is not easy. It's akin to shooting an arrow at a moving target that you can't even … |
| | Simon Willcocks is a man on a mission, albeit an unusual one that no doubt many developers will recognise as being something of a geek driven dream. The mission in question to deliver native RISC OS desktop applications under Linux. This dream is fast becoming a reality, however, with the … |
| | Microsoft has been keen to get me to take a look at a new experimental site launched to showcase the potential of its Silverlight technology. [URL="http://www.tafiti.com"]Tafiti[/URL], which apparently means 'do research' in Swahili, is the site in question. An exploration of two trends: search specialization and the Web 2.0 rich …  |
| | Just when you think you have heard every crackpot theory for fighting the spam menace, a new one comes along that makes you sit up and take notice. How does using pictures of kittens to foil spammers grab you? Bear with me, because the concept has some merit. Indeed, it … |
| | Over the past few years, 3-D rendering in window managers has become a new trend in the desktop environment. OS X was the first to make fancy visual effects prominent in the way users interact with the windows in their desktop. Windows Vista has also jumped on the bandwagon with …  |
| | Thursday 31st May is the first ever Google Developer Day, with more than 5000 developers at 10 locations around the world taking part. Keynotes and breakout sessions will be taking place in Sydney, Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Madrid, Paris, Hamburg, London, and Mountain View, California. Both Google engineers and … |
| | Yeah, yeah, yeah – how can an operating system be environmentally unfriendly I hear you ask? User friendly, security friendly, productivity friendly even, but environmentally unfriendly? Well that is exactly the claim that I am prepared to make considering reports from the likes of [URL="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6181366.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn"]ZDNet[/URL] regarding the sorry state of …  |
| | Last Tuesday, Palm announced that they're developing a new operating system. Not surprising, especially since the current one that they've got needs a revamp. The huge news here is that this new operating system is going to use the Linux kernel as the base of the operating system, freeing them … |
 | So many people are weighing in with opinions on their personal 'Vista Experience,' that I thought I'd give it a try. I've been working with Vista since beta 2, and have recently recieved my very own copy of Vista Business... And I couldn't be happier. Vista is not capable of … |
| | Monday, Sun Microsystems released the latest version of Java -- Java Standard Edition 6. It's available to developers in the Sun Developer Network ([URL]http://java.sun.com[/URL]). The final release is planned to ship in January. Java's taken a lot of time for this release. They've worked at it for at least 2 …  |
| | Since writing [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry846.html"]here [/URL]about the release of a new 'privacy preserving web browser', I have now had a chance to test [URL="http://www.browzar.com"]Browzar [/URL]for myself and can make the following additional comments: I do not buy the 'Browzar is adware' comments that have been doing the rounds of the blogosphere, at … |
| | Ever since I got my computer, I can no longer remember small reminders. For example, more than once my mother told me to look after the boiling water; I tell her yes and completely forget about everything. The result can be very catastrophic. Therefore, I tried to find a solution … |
| | Last week, via the official [URL="http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/"]MSDN WinFS blog[/URL] rather than the usual Microsoft PR channels, it was announced that WinFS is effectively dead. There was much talk of the great many technical innovations the WinFS project has created and how those innovations may find their way into a broader Data …  |
| | This week [URL="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/"]Adobe [/URL]released the Spry toolkit that finally allows web designers to join the, until now, programmer led world of Ajax development. At the same time, [URL="http://www.backbase.com/"]Backbase [/URL]introduced an Ajax development tool for Java applications. But what use is an Ajax powered website when search engines such as Google … |
 | Fedora Core 5, the next version of software based on RedHat Linux of long ago, was released in Mid-March to the masses. I am sure that others have looked at the alpha and beta releases -- I waited until the the official release before looking at the software. Initial reactions: …  |
| | As of Sunday afternoon, Oct 30, 2005, DaniWeb has taken on a new look! I have been active with DaniWeb since early 2004, and we now have the 3rd revision to our community! I like the new changes, and I am sure that on behalf of the administration, others do … |
| | Sleek. Powerful. Graphic. Capable. Stable. Portable. Clean-design. This new iMac G5 Rocks. At a special event today (Oct 12, 2005), Apple Computer released two new awesome pieces of hardware -- an iPod that can play video, and a new awesome iMac G5. Let's talk about this new G5 and why … |
| | Web Developer. Webmaster. Web Designer. What do these terms mean? Which one are you? In fact, these terms have been used and misused so much that they are in danger of losing any distinct meaning. This article attempts to define and defend these labels and their meanings. "Webmaster" in particular …  |
| | Well , i have created a simple chatting interface . i would not call it a chatting interface actually cuz i had something else in my mind and finally landed on something else . i would like if you guys could excecute it and help me making it a real … |
| | Program to demonstrate pattern-searching of strings. This program interactively builds a list of words and searches for words in the list that match a specified pattern. The pattern can include wildcard chars * and ?. Eg : The query s* gives the words in the list which start with s. … |
 | Python's Tkinter module can be used to create a Graphics User Interface (GUI). This sample code creates a windows type form and positions a label and a canvas on the form. A simple shape is drawn on the canvas. |
| | This program shows how to display a JPEG (also GIF,BMP,WMF etc.) image using some Windows Graphical User Interface C code. The program uses the uuid.lib file that comes with many C compilers. |
 | I am making a bot for an FPS game called Combat Arms, its full screen. The problem here is my code works, but when I open up the full screen combat arms window, it does noting at all... It is a simple AFK Bot, with simple key presses, and mouse … |
| | I'm new to VB 2008 Express, but I want to produce a user interface (a form linked to an access database). Comboboxes and textboxes work fine. Each box being linked to a separate database column. My main problem is with duplicate entries in each database column. I want the 1st … |
| | i forgot my folderlock password....and the application is not opening properly....i couldnot see the user interface. i wanted to uninstall it. pls help me with this. thanks beanboy |
| | I am new to programming and python in general I have written a couple of beginner programs now I am working on my first one and I have hit a bump I am using the IDLE interface and using 2.5. I have a repetitive task I do at work which … |
| | Hi, i am using visual studio 2008, C++ MFC to do my program. I am doing serial communication. I have a GUI C++ program. At the beginning, i will ask user to choose the com port then connect it. After that, i will need to let the user change the … |
| | Hi Professionals, I found these tutorials and codes regarding 'Retrieve E-Mail Through POP3' on an e-book entitled 'Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer's Cookbook'. I understand what each functions/codes are but how do i design the GUI/interface to fit the codes? Please advise. Thank you in advance. Best Regards, Md Azmil … |
| | Good Day All, Not sure if I should post this request here or under the SQL Forum. I am studying JAVA and my code is for JAVA, but my query is regarding the SQL prepared statements to be used in my JAVA code. I have a program called SingleUser.java. The … |
| | Hello, I have created a telnet server in python. Maybe you wonder why to create a telnet server while Windows has one? Because the windows telnet server does not allow to interract with the desktop. If you try to start a GUI app, it will start and run but will …  |
| | Hi All, am a new web developer in ASP.NET, am developing an application that involves user Interface. In my application am assuming that there is already a database which consists of user profile e.g Username, password, Firstname etc., so I created a database and I manually put in values. the … |
| | if i have a java interface on a website and that interface contains a box where a user enters a string and then submits it. If I wanted to rapidly submit strings from a list I had (in a text file say), how would I go about doing this? I … |
| | The window 7 has following features which will enhanced the knowledge of IT relevant business and persons who want to do lot of work in short span of time. [B] Increase the performance:[/B] The window 7 will improve the performance over Vista as much we think open quickly. Startup is … |
| | Hello All, I am a new user of c++. Until now I just worked on basic console applications. I have to develop a program which will be able read two images and open them in separate windows and do some geometric calculations background. Also this program should allow user to … |
| | I am trying to make an interface for my database. SQL Server 2008 express is used in my database. The compiler error prompted me an invalid outside source procedure. Here is the code. [CODE]Dim a As New adodb.connection Dim b As New adodb.Recordset Dim sqlStr As String ' String variable … |
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