tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:28:34 +0000Technical Avenues is dedicated to technical articles, interview questions and tutorials for and from the technical fraternity in all fields.http://techavenues.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (A.S)Blogger305125techavenueshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-8977210048047822133Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:28:00 +00002008-09-17T20:28:45.826-07:00 Posted by: Jack Vaughan on September 16, 2008 DIGG By Keith KessingerInvestment in .NET is on the up-tick, according to an independent survey conducted by Evans Data Corp. The group found that enterprise .NET investment growth is currently outpacing Java investment growth. The study, which encompassed http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/net-outpacing-java.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/ggnQl2MYK6w" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-1431370902191303083Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-09-11T20:26:55.893-07:00A security researcher has published proof-of-concept code showing Google Chrome is vulnerable to an attack targeting an old version of WebKit and a Java bug. News of the flaw came Sept. 2, not long after Google officials announced the launch of the Chrome browser's beta program.A security researcher has discovered a flaw in the beta version of Google's Chrome browser that can lead to Windows http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-browser-vulnerable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/kFAf0ySy1s0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-7103671701376500927Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:24:00 +00002008-09-11T20:24:45.618-07:00These are some of the features :1. Pruning – removing of dead wood from the code (JAX-RPC, EJB 2.x Entity beans CMP)2. Profiles – JEE 6 will offer three profiles (will be packaged in three ways). The Minimal profile is basically a Servlet container. The Intermediate profile adds EJB 3.1, WebBeans , JTA and JPA, and the full profile adds JMS, JCA, and a bunch of JAX'es.I'd re-packaged the Minimal http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/brief-overview-of-java-ee-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/uHBr6rkpcjE" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-1088838942839533984Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:10:00 +00002008-09-10T22:10:13.216-07:00nnaworks announced a tool it claims can "instantly" convert a Java Micro Edition (Java ME) application to Windows Mobile native code. Targeting mobile game publishers, content providers, and enterprise developers with existing Java skills, "AlcheMo for Windows Mobile" supports Windows Mobile 6.x and 5.0 Professional and Standard editions, says Innaworks.Innaworks says AlcheMo for Windows Mobile http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/convert-java-to-windows-mobile-native.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/odJ7cQzoLq0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-7786852136997073923Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:07:00 +00002008-09-10T22:07:34.212-07:00ava developers may soon be able to get their apps looking less ugly and more Mac-like if a promising new project continues. Dubbed "Mac Widgets for Java", the project this week released a Java library to allow developers to create a User Interface(UI) that looks like Mac's across Windows, Linux, Mac, and other platforms with the Java runtime environment installed. Ken Orr, a developer from http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/mac-ui-for-java-apps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/dWTOaSWUMTw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-3483887033180894889Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:40:00 +00002008-09-09T01:40:10.917-07:00Microsoft BizTalk Server is a business process management server used to connect systems both inside and across organizations. BizTalk Server 2006 R2 was released on October 2, 2007, and ever since Microsoft has been working on BizTalk Server 2006 R3. The software giant recently decided, however, that 2006 R3 would be renamed to simply 2009, as it is expected to arrive in the first half of next http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/biztalk-server-2006-r3-renamed-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/_TIPj01ktug" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-1287832537647187767Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:18:00 +00002008-09-08T21:18:46.306-07:00With the release last week of an upgrade to its software development framework for PHP, Zend Technologies is mixing in client-side AJAX capabilities with server-side PHP functionality. Zend PHP's framework-upgraded Zend Framework 1.6, the company's open-source framework, integrates with the Dojo Toolkit for AJAX. The result is that developers will now be able to access front-end rich internet http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/zend-php-and-ajax-for-rich-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/cw9qf6aGrtY" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-2993558681676789664Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:12:00 +00002008-09-05T04:12:34.166-07:00DarkFig has reported some vulnerabilities in Invision Power Board (IP.Board), which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information and compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. 1) Input passed to the "name" parameter through index.php to action_public/xmlout.php (when "act" is set to "xmlout" and "do" to "check-display-name")http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/invision-power-board-multiple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/fHHASJEJJgU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-8572227213889564101Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:11:00 +00002008-09-05T04:12:02.749-07:00Aldon, a provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions that brings the benefits of process-driven application change management to IT, accelerating the delivery of mission-critical business applications, has reportedly enhanced support for the open source PHP language as part of its ALM suite http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/aldon-enhances-support-for-open-source.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/zXVbrW_NXlw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-7008132423969895458Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:11:00 +00002008-09-05T04:11:32.088-07:00Soundex is an algorithm that converts words to an encoded string based on the way the word is pronounced. This allows you to compare words based on pronunciation instead of binary matches. For example, Zach and Zack are pronounced exactly the same way. However, the string "Zach" does not equal the string "Zack" which means that a normal search would not mark them as a match. After running "Zach" http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/soundex-function-in-c.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/xmNFpUKuWCQ" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-1906107987581421190Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:10:00 +00002008-09-05T04:10:30.804-07:00Beginning with ASP.NET 2.0, the Membership API was added to simplify adding security to a Web application. Find out how to use the Membership API with a SQL Server backend.Most Web applications need to be secure because the apps allow users to sign up and log in and out of the site. Web application security is used to control access to all or part of a site.Beginning with ASP.NET 2.0, the http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/secure-aspnet-sites-with-membership-api.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/_y0mGjpkCoM" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-3207896319218362526Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:05:00 +00002008-09-03T03:05:19.410-07:00 Anyone who's spent even a small amount of time using a Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone probably knows the ol' battery pull trick: Whenever your BlackBerry starts misbehaving, just pop off that battery cover, wedge your finger beneath the power pack, remove and reinsert it, and, voila!, your smartphone will (usually) be running like new again. That's because removing a BlackBerry'shttp://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/rim-blackberry-tip-hard-soft-resets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/2-6Jj_8gN_4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-3093526860938344958Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:02:00 +00002008-09-03T03:04:04.851-07:00Artisan Software Tools, the world's largest independent developer of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has launched version 7.0 of Artisan Studio , its flagship model-driven development tool suite. Artisan Studio provides complete support for UML , OMG SysMLTM, and Architectural Frameworks in a single, integratedhttp://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/artisan-launches-artisan-studio-70.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/OiAyNqUINaU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-7604915230367371860Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:02:00 +00002008-09-03T03:02:49.186-07:00Software Business Partners, a software outsourcing company based in Romania, announced the release of version 2.0 of XLogViewer .NET Development Tool, a complete logging and tracing solution targeted at .NET applications. The new version of XLogViewer features many improvements including an important update to its programming interface for the primary .NET languages: VB.NET and C#. The installerhttp://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/xlogviewer-net.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/LCz0dpINSOk" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-3025194189980579151Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +00002008-09-03T03:00:05.818-07:00Sony Ericsson is preparing for a big push with its Xperia X1 smartphone, which is due to be released later this year. And that now includes a drive to get developers creating content for the Windows Mobile handset.The company has published its SDK for the X1 today, and wants developers to start creating games (but also music, photography, email/IM, social networking and video applications) for http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/09/sony-ericsson-releases-xperia-x1-sdk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/_SO13BtlYVA" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-1490035788922756249Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:27:00 +00002008-08-25T20:27:05.896-07:00Dynamic proxies have been part of Java since Java SE 1.3. Here's how the javadoc for the Proxy class defines it: "A dynamic proxy class is a class that implements a list of interfaces specified at runtime when the class is created." This means you can create a class at runtime that implements one or more interfaces that you specify at runtime. While you won't need this functionality every day, http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/dynamic-proxies-in-java.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/52R8A-IHx8M" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-7929826755274831915Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:38:00 +00002008-08-24T20:38:43.458-07:00Developer Express is proud to announce the immediate availability of its award winning reporting platform for WinForms and ASP.NET - the XtraReports Suite v2008 vol 2. Built and optimized for Visual Studio, the DevExpress suite of reporting components allows software developers to deliver cutting-edge capabilities to their end-users with ease. http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/devexpress-xtrareports-suite-v2008-vol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/ZvF0LIfqsbk" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-7438846146349394154Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:35:00 +00002008-08-24T20:35:35.648-07:00Web Lite Solutions announces its new website translation service that leverages open-source software to produce complete website translations with the click of a button. Webmasters simply upload a ZIP file containing their website's files, and chooses which languages he would like the site translated into - and he'll be able to download complete copies of his website, except in different http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/full-website-translations-as-low-as-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/uK_Ipq4avY0" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-5195322527517735518Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:27:00 +00002008-08-24T20:27:05.388-07:00Software Business Partners, a software outsourcing company based in Romania, announces the release of version 2.0 of XLogViewer .NET Development Tool, a complete logging and tracing solution targeted at .NET applications. The new version of XLogViewer features many improvements including an important update to its programming interface for the primary .NET languages: VB.NET and C#. The http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/version-20-of-xlogviewer-net.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/lud7xAoAgGc" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-2877146112710017423Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:14:00 +00002008-08-21T21:14:30.113-07:00Nokia confirmed Thursday its widely used Series 40 operating system has security vulnerabilities that could allow stealth installation and activation of applications.But the company was evasive on whether it paid €20,000 (US$29,500) to researcher Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations, who wanted payment for effort spent finding the flaws."For obvious reasons of security, we will not comment http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/nokia-admits-security-flaws-in-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/ssB4qPOzQgU" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-3559008426074586698Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:11:00 +00002008-08-21T21:11:24.889-07:00phplemon.com are today proud to announce the release of their latest product, BlogQuick 1.0. BlogQuick 1.0 is a Payperpost.com Clone PHP script, which allows budding webmasters and entrepreneurs to run their own blogging network just like payperpost.com BlogQuick 1.0 allows you to bring advertisers and bloggers together in one marketplace, which allows advertisers to target the exact kind of http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/blogquick-10-released.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/HLo5QDyVpUc" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-1653594473708283240Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:09:00 +00002008-08-21T21:09:42.211-07:00Newly released InstallAware 8 automatically creates and builds setup projects for solutions inside the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE, adds support for de-elevating applications on Windows Vista, offers dual-mode web updates, and allows granular installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 components. We've exposed even more of InstallAware's core functionality, already available in the MSIcode http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-installaware-8-integrates-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/Jr2EyzXDkdg" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-224656385595474281Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:09:00 +00002008-08-21T21:09:05.911-07:00Microsoft has just released Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 which allows developers to create extensions for VS 2008 SP1. As a result, Visual Studio Shell redistributable packages are now much smaller. http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/visual-studio-2008-sdk-11-is-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/yg4lq602UEw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-6833969900081330549Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:34:00 +00002008-08-21T00:34:40.490-07:00With its latest software product, TX Text Control .NET Server 14.0, The Imaging Source brings to market a family of components for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, which can be used to create documents from MS Word compatible templates and content from databases. The resulting document can be printed or saved to Adobe PDF Increasingly, the centralised creation and management of documents http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/generate-invoices-as-pdf-with-net.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/jWt8wgp28FQ" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507216239006867488.post-5609737464260012914Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:25:00 +00002008-08-21T00:25:06.109-07:00Intel is preparing a software development toolkit to help programmersget the best from multi-core processors.It was announced at the Intel Developer Forum that the new IntelParallel Studio would be ready for public beta testing in November,with the full package to be released next year.With this announcement, Intel has implicitly acknowledged thedifficulty of realizing the potential of its http://techavenues.blogspot.com/2008/08/idf-toolkit-will-help-developers-write.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.S)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techavenues/~4/aflOoyQ8Qf0" height="1" width="1"/>