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Introducing DART from Google {2}

Google has recently introduced an experimental web browser based on the DART programming language. Dart is Google way to improve upon JavaScript. The Chromium browser (the open source version of Google Chrome) which also contains the Dart Virtual Machine is being released under the name Dartium (Link to Dartium will be posted later in the [...]

The Changing Face of the Web Development Industry {0}

Web design is beginning to create its own history now. When it was a more proprietary technology it was very expensive to get a website made for a company. After 2008, the web because more open-sourced and easier to learn about. The cost to make a website went down to hire out from about $50-$400. [...]

Fail! Sony SQL injected multiple times {3}

In this article the author talks about how Sony fails at many security measures. Sony’s PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment has been compromised in the past but now, even though you would think they would wise up a little bit, has been compromised again by SQL injection attack method. Specifically, Sony BMG Greece was [...]

Programming Opa: Web development, reimagined {0}

A french company called MLState has realized that there are too many web programming languages that a programmer needs to put together in order to get a site to work. With that comes security issues.  Everytime these communications need to be linked to each other, a hacker can use that moment to interrupt the site. [...]

Facebook to go public, finally. {0}

Facebook is easily the biggest social networking site on the internet. Billions of users log in everyday to stay “connected” with each other. Users from across the country can keep in contact and up to date with each other view their facebook profiles. Since the introduction of web 2.0, the internet has seen a massive [...]

Breakdown of CNN’s Web Design {1}

As I was looking around for articles, I found a very interesting site that has tips and tricks, among other things, about professional web design. The article I looked at was a breakdown of all the features of CNN’s redone website as of November 2011. The new website contains all of its elements in an [...]

Grooveshark Launches HTML5 Web App Despite Lawsuits {0}

Grooveshark is a website, run by Flash, to play songs by the users choice. Unlike Pandora, it has not been available for iPhone for whatever reason as an app. It was also pulled as an app from other phones. Now, Grooveshark has made an HTML5 version of its online site so anyone with a smart [...]

The Necessity of Native Mobile Apps {3}

Square COO, Keith Rabois makes a case on the importance of keeping mobile applications native to the platform. He believes that applications that stay native to the hardware allows for a greater user experience that is deeper and more responsive than any HTML5 counterpart (which is web-based and usable on any of the mobile platforms). [...]

SQL is Core IT Skill in London {1}

This article is about how SQL has become the most desired skill in the IT industry in the United Kingdom. It gave different statistics on the high demand of SQL and SQL server IT jobs. It said that the highest number of permanent jobs in London belonged to web developers at 18,817, and that London [...]

Database Management Field Opportunities and Disability. {2}

When browsing the web about opportunities in the Database Management field it is obvious that it has a bright future ahead of it. One just needs to enter this topic into any of the various search engines and a plethora of credible articles about this topic appear, most of which mention how it’s one of [...]

Hacking Using SQL injection {1}

Based on this recent article, it’s found that SQL injection is still commonly used as one of the top methods in attacking database. Over the last weekend, the SANS Internet Storm Center found about 1 million URLs worldwide infected by ‘lilupophilupop’ malware. The most infections occurred in The Netherlands domain. Public report regarding this attack [...]

Outercurve Foundation Accepts WebsitePanel Project {0}

Summary: Outercurve foundation has accepted the WebsitePanel project into their ASP.NET open source gallery. Formerly known as the CodePlex foundations, the organization is a non-profit organization that provides software IP management and project development supervision to other developer organizations. The organization makes it possible for developers to collaboratively work together in open source communities to [...]

The Power of Social Media in Advertising {0}

A lot of companies are using social media trends, viral videos on the internet, and customer involvement in order to advertise their companies and improve on their products. Since the Internet is a resource for everyone, businesses are using the internet to research ideas for marketing and ways to incorporate the consumer to help advertise [...]

Developers Horrified by the Thought of Developing For Windows 8 {1}

Summary: When Microsoft first publicly demonstrated their new version of Windows (Windows 8,) there were generally positive reactions. The new operating system is attractive, clean, thoughtful, and finger-friendly. It wasn’t until when Microsoft’s announcement of having Java and HTML5 as the primary develop environments that worried developers as they have invested a large amount of time [...]

Google will soon see a search engine competitor {0}

I read on computerworld.com that the Italian mathematician whose work is the foundation of Google’s algorithm will soon launch a search engine that will give different perspective of search engine.  According  the article “it’s a new radical view of what a search engine of the future could be.”  The mathematician’s name is Massimo Marchiori and [...]

Bitrix ASP.NET Site Manager Makes Upgrades v5.0 to v5.5 {0}

Summary: Bitrix, a company revolving their products primarily around small to mid-sized organizations and providing them with cutting-edge web technologies released ASP.NETv5.5 earlier this year. This update from ASP.NET Site Manager v5.0 to v5.5 had developers waiting from 2009 to 2011, a good two years before an upgrade. The upgrade improves on performance and to [...]

SQL Injection, easier than it sounds. {0}

Sumamry: The recent slew of attacks on businesses using SQL injection from hacking groups might make it seem like top notch stuff but its suprisingly easier than it sounds. the key in SQL injection is finding web applications that are vulnerable to the injection of malicious code into the database. so after the site is used legitimately [...]

JavaScript Enhanced {0}

Summary: This article talks about four major benefits of using JavaScript in web development. First, the inexpensive way of developing in JavaScript and the fact that all you need is notepad essentially to develop working and usable code. Second, it talks about the server side appeal and how you can effectively interact with JAVA and [...]

CSS 2.1 on finally going to be finalized? {2}

Summary: With the internet becoming more sophisticated as ever, web development technologies have to push the quota. W3C has been working hard nearly putting more than 10 years in the development of CSS 2.1′s official specifications. There are many advantages to using CSS as a part of developing a website. First off, CSS already makes management [...]

CSS 2.1 {0}

The W3C (World Wide Consortium), almost a decade after CSS 2.0, has finally released CSS 2.1. Now they are working on CSS 3.0, which will be released as modules to 2.1 rather than a full release. Their claim as to why this edition took so long to publish is that the latest work has been [...]