US considers IE too vulnerable to use
According to the Department of Homeland Security, IE and IIS together are too vulnerable to use. Read the story at Yahoo.
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Visual Studio Express Editions
As of today, we are allowed to finally talk about the Visual Studio Express Editions.
These are lightweight, easy-to-use and learn tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts, and novices.
Visual Basic 2005 …
Read more →Minneapolis/St. Paul Delphi Users Group
I had the privilege of visiting the Delphi user group of Minneapolis, hosted by Lemanix. The group is skippered by Nick Hodges and Mark Theiste -- both well-known Delphi pros.
This is a small, but …
Read more →Euro 2004 Tournament Schedule Web Service
My first Web Service published on XMethods.com.
It's a screen-scraper application, but isn't as elegant as RegEx or HTML DOM but it works. Let me know if you want the source.
Read more →SQL Server Reporting Services SP1 Released
SP1 includes a variety of improvements to the inital release!
For a list of what's fixed and instructions read KB 839796, KB 842857, and KB 843369. To download SP1, visit this page.
Read more →SQL Packager from Red Gate Software
Red Gate just announced their SQL Packager product, which makes packing up and deploying databases a snap. You can package structure, data, or both. It creates a .NET executable which you can walk …
Read more →If you are doing any serious Web Service development, you'll need a good tracing tool -- something that watches HTTP traffic and logs the requests and resonses, so you can see what SOAP …
Read more →Steve McConnell's must-own book gets a service pack and hits the street this month.
Read more about it at the official Website, Microsoft Press, and Amazon.com.
Read more →How to see your GAC'd assemblies in the "add reference" dialog
I get asked this so often that I'm just going to blog about it. It's not a new trick, but it's not very obvious either. Unfortunately, you have to use the registry to pull this off.
Microsoft has …
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