Anand Balaji's adventures in _technicolour

Our much delayed and anticipated(?) bunch of links finally hits the web. Many thanks to all the contributions. Keep them coming!

- Anand

Dhananjay Prajapati

Quickstart your Azure development
http://www.devx.com/MSDN/Article/40801

Toolkit to consume and publish RSS feed on your ASP.net website.
http://aspnetrsstoolkit.codeplex.com/

Sunny Shah

Qt demo videos
http://qt.nokia.com/developer/learning/online/talks/archive/view

Tejinder Singh Hanspal

Phishing loss: ICICI told to pay Rs 12.85 lakh to NRI
http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/13/icici-told-to-pay-rs-13-lakh-to-nri-over-phishing-loss.htm

India’s IT leaves its worst year behind
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/apr/28/slide-show-1-tech-indias-it-leaves-its-worst-year-behind.htm

Five hidden dangers of Facebooking
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100510/854/ttc-five-hidden-dangers-of-facebooking.html

Yahoo, Intel Unveil Green Data Centers
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3879886/Yahoo-Intel-Unveil-Green-Data-Centers.htm

Open Source Software Investigation — Stty Settings, Backspace and Delete
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3879851/Open-Source-Software-Investigation—-Stty-Settings-Backspace-and-Delete.htm

Open-Source Software: Bad, Evil and Un-American
http://www.serverwatch.com/article.php/3868046

Xeon is Money in the Bank for Intel
http://www.serverwatch.com/daily_news/article.php/400844/Xeon-is-Money-in-the-Bank-for-Intel.htm

Server Security: The Threat from Within
http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3882096/Server-Security-The-Threat-from-Within.htm

Getting Ediscovery to Work for You
http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3879446/Getting-Ediscovery-to-Work-for-You

It’s a Windows vs. Linux Mobile Market Turf War
http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3881461/Its-a-Windows-vs-Linux-Mobile-Market-Turf-War.htm

Google, Microsoft Spin PR Disaster Straw Into Gold
http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3859306/Google-Microsoft-Spin-PR-Disaster-Straw-Into-Gold

Cloud Computing Is About Portability: Interop
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3879351/Cloud-Computing-Is-About-Portability-Interop.htm

The Power Behind Cloud Computing
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3875266/The-Power-Behind–Cloud-Computing

Will 12,000 Cloud Computing Deployments Lead to Profit?
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3878416/Will-12000-Cloud-Computing-Deployments-Lead-to-Profit

Google, Microsoft trade more blows over Docs, Office 2010
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176730/Google_Microsoft_trade_more_blows_over_Docs_Office_2010

Lawmakers consider changes to wiretapping law to protect cloud services
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176364/Lawmakers_consider_changes_to_wiretapping_law_to_protect_cloud_services?source=toc

For IT, enterprise wireless to get more gnarly in next decade http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176489/For_IT_enterprise_wireless_to_get_more_gnarly_in_next_decade

Adobe escalates feud with Apple over Flash
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176715/Adobe_escalates_feud_with_Apple_over_Flash

Will Apple’s iPad Wi-Fi + 3G crash AT&T?http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176189/Will_Apple_s_iPad_Wi_Fi_3G_crash_AT_T_?source=toc

Corporate e-mail in the cloud: Google vs. Microsoft http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176036/Corporate_e_mail_in_the_cloud_Google_vs._Microsoft

Surfing the Net? Beware of security threats
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/mar/08/slide-show-1-tech-surfing-the-net-beware-of-security-threats.htm

Broadband speed: Kerala is No.1
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jan/28/slide-show-1-tech-broadband-speed-kerala-tops.htm

Beware of these 14 cyber threats!
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/25/slide-show-1-tech-beware-of-these-cyber-threats.htm

Mobile number portability: Will you change your operator?
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/sep/30/slide-show-1-tech-mobile-number-portability-will-you-change.htm

US’s multi-billion-dollar lure for Indian IT giants
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/sep/28/slide-show-1-tech-multi-billion-dollar-lure-for-indian-it-giants.htm

Cybercrooks improvise to fuel underground economy
http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/21/tech-cybercrooks-improvise-to-fuel-underground-economy.htm

‘Rearm’ trick extends Office 2010 free ride to 180 days
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176804/_Rearm_trick_extends_Office_2010_free_ride_to_180_days

Security guard pleads guilty to hacking his employer
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176811/Security_guard_pleads_guilty_to_hacking_his_employer

Google stops sniffing Wi-Fi data after privacy gaffe
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176810/Google_stops_sniffing_Wi_Fi_data_after_privacy_gaffe

Intel aims wireless display technology at handhelds
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176800/Intel_aims_wireless_display_technology_at_handhelds

Dissecting Microsoft Office 2010
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176254/Dissecting_Microsoft_Office_2010

Ice cream with (RFID) chips to go
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176795/Ice_cream_with_RFID_chips_to_go

Facebook unveils new security features
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176752/Facebook_unveils_new_security_features

Facebook’s Become a Phisher’s Playground
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3882301/Facebooks+Become+a+Phishers+Playground.htm

One Gang Responsible For Most Phishing Attacks
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3882136/One+Gang+Responsible+For+Most+Phishing+Attacks.htm

VMware Grabs Java Developer GemStone
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3880741/VMware+Grabs+Java+Developer+GemStone.htm

Wi-Fi Networking Could Get Speedier
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3881196/WiFi+Networking+Could+Get+Speedier.htm

Software Pirates Swipe Billions in Booty
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3881986/Software+Pirates+Swipe+Billions+in+Booty.htm

Google to Close Nexus One Online Store
http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3882361/Google+to+Close+Nexus+One+Online+Store.htm

Indian education is steering online
http://expresscomputeronline.com/20100517/trend01.shtml

The power of CMD.EXE commands
http://expresscomputeronline.com/20040823/techspace01.shtml

Optimize Windows 7 for better performance
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Optimize-Windows-7-for-better-performance

Ways to improve your computer’s performance
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Ways-to-improve-your-computers-performance

26% of Web video is ready for the iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/14/26-of-web-video-is-ready-for-the-ipad/

Apple sells one millionth iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/03/apple-sells-one-millionth-ipad/

Mahindra Gupta

90 percent of Windows 7 flaws fixed by removing admin rights
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/half-of-windows-flaws-mitigated-by-removing-admin-rights.ars

7 performance tips for faster SQL queries
http://infoworld.com/d/data-management/7-performance-tips-faster-sql-queries-262?page=0,0

Adobe’s content aware fill
http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/03/adobes-magical-content-aware-fill-bends-pixels-to-your-will/

Solaris is free no longer…
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/solaris-10-no-longer-free-as-in-beer-now-a-90-day-trial.ars

Anand Balaji

How to read your camera’s histogram
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/read-cameras-histogram-perfectly-balanced-images/

Apple sued over multitouch patent
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20001424-260.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Microsoft: Office 15—not 2010—to be fully OOXML compliant
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/microsoft-office-15not-2010to-be-fully-ooxml-compliant.ars

Inside WebKit2: less waiting, less crashing
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/webkit2-a-split-process-model-non-blocking-web-renderer.ars

 
New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler
http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/iphone_agreement_bans_flash_compiler

Angry Twitter App-Makers Plan Secret Meetings On How To Replace Twitter
http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2010/04/12/angry-twitter-app-makers-plan-secret-meetings-on-how-to-replace-twitter/

Anatomy of Linux Kernel Shared Memory
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-kernel-shared-memory/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01LX-KSMdth-LX

Announcing the first free software Blu-ray encoder
http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=328″

Sony to stop manufacturing Floppy discs after 30 years
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/26/sony-to-stop-manufacturing-floppy-discs-after-30-years/

Multitasking the Android Way
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html

Download Microsoft Desktop Player
http://www.microsoft.com/click/desktopplayer/

Introducing the Chrome Web store
https://chrome.google.com/webstore

Understanding Microsoft Push Notifications for Windows Phones
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2010/05/03/understanding-microsoft-push-notifications-for-windows-phones.aspx

More on C++ Default initialisation
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=485&ns=18088&WT.mc_id=2010-05-11_NL_C%20%20Newsletter

Overriding new and delete (C++)
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=486&ns=18192&WT.mc_id=2010-05-18_NL_C++Newsletter

Microsoft Outlook lock-in could vanish with new open source projects
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/05/outlook-lock-in-could-vanish-with-new-open-source-projects.ars

The case of the random IE crash
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2010/06/01/3335060.aspx

Windows Increases Lead in Server Unit Sales
http://www.osnews.com/story/23412/Windows_Increases_Lead_in_Server_Unit_Sales

Parameter passing in C#
http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/parameters.html

URI vs. URL
http://www.bernzilla.com/item.php?id=100

Apple’s iOS 4 Explored
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3779/apples-ios-4-explored/1

Stack based vs Register based Virtual Machines
http://doc.cat-v.org/inferno/4th_edition/dis_VM_design

A Taste of Froyo: Google Android 2.2 Explored
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3782/a-taste-of-froyo-google-android-22-explored/1

 A very warm welcome to Dhananjay who has finally decided to share his choice of technical links with us. Welcome DJ! Hope to see a lot more from you in the future!

 - Anand

Links contributed by Dhananjay Prajapati

Implementing a dynamic where clause in SQL
http://www.sqlteam.com/article/implementing-a-dynamic-where-clause
http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1521

Efficient Paging for GridView in .NET
http://www.nikhedonia.com/notebook/entry/efficient-paging-for-gridview/

Automatically minify and combine JavaScript in Visual Studio
http://encosia.com/2009/05/20/automatically-minify-and-combine-javascript-in-visual-studio/

Links contributed by Tejinder Hanspal

World’s most intensive techies in India, China
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/feb/11/slide-show-1-worlds-most-intensive-techies-in-india.htm

India’s 10 fastest growing tech companies
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/24/slide-show-1-tech-10-fastest-growing-tech-companies.htm

Say goodbye to kerosene lamps, here’s Kiran!
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/dec/23/slide-show-1-worlds-cheapest-solar-lamp.htm

Cybercriminals make hay, gullible fall prey
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/30/tech-cybercriminals-make-hay-gullible-fall-prey.htm

Meet the future: Intel Science Talent Search finalists
http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/feb/09/slide-show-1-career-meet-the-finalists-of-intel-science-talent-search.htm

8 tips for safer online shopping
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/tips-and-tricks/safer-online-shopping.aspx

Internet Explorer 8 is more secure
http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/Q309_Browser_Security_Summary_Final.pdf

10 Emerging Virtualization Companies Shaking up Datacenters in 2010
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3864081/

Intel Video: 2010 Intel Core Processor Technologies
http://www.intel.com/itcenter/demo/corefamily_perf/index.htm?dfaid=1&crtvid=0;

Will Cloud Computing Succeed Where Grid Failed?
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/datbus/article.php/3861321/Will-Cloud-Computing-Succeed-Where-Grid-Failed.htm

Virtualization Reality: Why Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Deliver Value When Compared to VMware
http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenterexperts/archive/2009/10/11/virtualization-reality-why-microsoft-virtualization-solutions-deliver-value-when-compared-to-vmware.aspx

Tape vs. Disk: Tape Refuses to be Evicted
http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/3848676/Tape-vs-Disk-Tape-Refuses-to-be-Evicted.htm

Solar Power Your Data Center Into the Future
http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/3847411/Solar-Power-Your-Data-Center-Into-the-Future

Supercomputing Heads for the Cloud
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3846926/Supercomputing-Heads-for-the-Cloud

Windows 7’s Virtual Impact
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3846001/Windows-7s-Virtual-Impact

What’s the Future of Linux and Solaris at Oracle?
http://www.serverwatch.com/article.php/3861376

Where Will the IT Jobs Be in 2010?
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3857676/Where-Will-the-IT-Jobs-Be-in-2010.htm

2010: The Year of Virtualizing Securely
http://www.serverwatch.com/virtualization/article.php/3858426/2010-The-Year-of-Virtualizing-Securely.htm

5 Steps to a More Efficient Data Center
http://www.serverwatch.com/article.php/3864496/5-Steps-to-a-More-Efficient-Data-Center

Data Deduplication: A Tongue Twister Worth the Effort
http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3858666/Data-Deduplication-A-Tongue-Twister-Worth-the-Effort

The Java 7 Features Bound to Make Developers More Productive
http://www.developer.com/java/article.php/3864871/The-Java-7-Features-Bound-to-Make-Developers-More-Productive.htm

Open Source: Fuel for the Smartphone Explosion
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Open-Source-Fuel-for-the-Smartphone-Explosion-69329.html

Laptop Encryption Chips: Dissolved, Needled, Prodded and Hacked
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69335.html

How to Have a Cybersafe Olympics Experience
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69334.html

What Dreams May Come With Google’s Super-Speedy Network?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69323.html

Google’s New Social Scene-Stealer
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69333.html

Motherboard Madness and Mayhem
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/69264.html

Microsoft to Take Another Stab at Mobile
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69332.html

Microsoft Trots Out Office for Mac 2011
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/69330.html

Chrome for Mac Needs a Bit More Shine
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/68857.html

How Microsoft Could Beat Apple and Google: Needed – One Child Executive
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/business-mac/69277.html

Sorry, You Just Can’t Pin Down Apple Consumers
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/69298.html

Which IT Skills Are Pulling Big Bucks?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/it-management/69286.html

Robots in the Home? Be Afraid
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/future-tech/68835.html

Top 8 Enterprise Server Predictions for 2010
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/green-tech/69095.html

Why Code Coverage Tools Should Be in Every Developer’s Toolbox
http://www.developer.com/mgmt/article.php/3844736/Why-Code-Coverage-Tools-Should-Be-in-Every-Developers-Toolbox.htm

On Programmer Laziness & Anonymous Types
http://www.developer.com/mgmt/article.php/3850256/On-Programmer-Laziness–Anonymous-Types.htm

An Android Developer’s Top 10 Gripes
http://www.developer.com/ws/article.php/3857796/An-Android-Developers-Top-10-Gripes.htm

Incremental Intellisense Improvements in VS2010
http://www.developer.com/net/article.php/3851191/Incremental-Intellisense-Improvements-in-VS2010.htm

Dynamic Language Support in the .NET 4.0 Framework
http://www.developer.com/net/article.php/3849871/Dynamic-Language-Support-in-the-NET-40-Framework.htm

The New Spring 3.0 Features You Need to Know
http://www.developer.com/java/web/article.php/3861826/The-New-Spring-30-Features-You-Need-to-Know.htm

Microsoft’s new ‘phone home’ anti-piracy practice unacceptable, says critic
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9156518/Microsoft_s_new_phone_home_anti_piracy_practice_unacceptable_says_critic

Microsoft to crack down on Windows 7 activation cracks
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9155738/Microsoft_to_crack_down_on_Windows_7_activation_cracks?source=toc

Is Google moving too far (from search) too fast?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9155998/Is_Google_moving_too_far_from_search_too_fast

NASA: Robotic arm attaches addition to space station
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9156359/NASA_Robotic_arm_attaches_addition_to_space_station

Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140947/Hackers_outwit_Windows_7_activation

Mobile VoIP: Skype App Coming to Verizon Smartphones?
http://www.enterprisemobiletoday.com/news/article.php/3864856/Mobile-VoIP-Skype-App-Coming-to-Verizon-Smartphones.htm

Google Prepares to Enter ISP Market
http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsysm/article.php/3864221

Yahoo’s Message: We’re in the Search Fight
http://www.internetnews.com/search/article.php/3864321/Yahoos+Message+Were+in+the+Search+Fight.htm

Firefox Tops Vulnerability List
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3847461

What Matters to Open Source: Licensing or Community?
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/interviews/6980/1/

My personal contributions

Cisco unveils next Internet core router
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9168058/Cisco_unveils_next_Internet_core_router

Apache bug prompts update advice
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Apache-bug-prompts-update-advice/0,130061744,339301617,00.htm

Five Ways to Improve Your Functions (C++)
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=476&ns=17213

Questions About Virtual Functions and Copy Constructor Calls
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=475&ns=17109

Tuning C/C++ compilers for optimal parallel performance in multicore apps: Part 1
http://www.embedded.com/design/223000215

PayPal to Open App Store for developers
http://www.cio.com/article/555813/PayPal_to_Open_App_Store_for_Developers

iPhone developers: What they give up to get into Apple’s app store
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=31684

Mozilla’s new JS engine.
http://www.osnews.com/story/22984/Mozilla_Borrows_from_WebKit_to_Build_Fast_New_JS_Engine

Rethinking the User Interface Paradigm of IDEs
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/acb/codebubbles_site.htm

Windows Phone 7 Series Shacks up With AMD, Will Bring 480×800 Xbox Live Titles
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17881

Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/technology/14brawl.html?pagewanted=1&src=tptw

More suggestions of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/11/more-suggestions-of-multitasking-in-iphone-os-4-0/

Cracking open five of the best open source Easter eggs
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/cracking-open-five-of-the-best-open-source-easter-eggs.ars

Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Series dev tools at MIX10
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/microsoft-shows-of-windows-phone-7-series-dev-tools-at-mix10.ars

MFC applications now default to being DPI-aware
http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2010/03/11/mfc-applications-now-default-to-being-dpi-aware.aspx

Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/platform-preview-gives-web-developers-first-taste-of-ie9.ars

MIT researchers enable self-assembling of chips
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/339837/mit_researchers_enable_self-assembling_chips/

Mobile App Devs and the Quest for Cash
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69559.html?wlc=1268839406&wlc=1269008572

Explaining Microsoft RemoteFX
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2010/03/18/Explaining-Microsoft-RemoteFX.aspx

Multicore requires OS rework, Windows architect advises
http://www.itworld.com/hardware/101580/multicore-requires-os-rework-windows-architect-advises?page=0%2C0&source=smlynch%22

Windows Phone 7 Series: The AnandTech Guide
http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3774&p=1

Germany warns against use of Firefox browser
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8580716.stm

Gmail Gives a Peek Behind the Scenes
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-Gives-a-Peek-Behind-the-Scenes-137402.shtml

Free BBC Wildlife photography tips and tricks.
http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/masterclasses.asp

Helpful Photography Cheat Sheets to Make Your Life Easier
http://www.thephotoargus.com/resources/helpful-photography-cheat-sheets-to-make-you-life-easier/

Mahindra Gupta

Analyst: Apple tablet launching in spring to crush Kindle
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/analyst-apple-tablet-launching-in-spring-to-crush-kindle.ars

Resizing images from the server using WPF
http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2009/12/10/resizing-images-from-the-server-using-wpf-wic-instead-of-gdi.aspx

Solar Power charger case
http://www.techblog.ws/gadgets/solar-power-charger-case/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Sunny Shah

Top 10 business technology trends for 2010
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/enterprise/top-10-business-technology-trends-for-2010-20091214-krx0.html

Some nice technology videos
http://videolectures.net/

Google demonstrates quantum computer image search http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18272-google-demonstrates-quantum-computer-image-search.html

Bhavesh Bagadiya

Runtime font loading with AS3 / Flash CS3 (not Flex!)
http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/2007/06/22/runtime-font-loading-with-as3-flash-cs3-not-flex/

Anand Balaji

Creating Windows 7 Jump Lists With The API Code Pack and Visual Studio 2008
http://www.developer.com/net/article.php/3850661/article.htm

Google Drops Hints on Its Own Android Phone
http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3853081

GNOME 3’s Next Steps
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3852071

Malware Hidden Inside Screensaver, Theme on GNOME-Look
http://www.osnews.com/story/22625/Malware_Hidden_Inside_Screensaver_Theme_on_GNOME-Look

The perils of Cross-Site tracking
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1321167

Getting free wireless in airports and hotels
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/getting_free_wireless_in_airports_and_hotels.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

The connection between SQL Server and Formula 1 racing
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000001476

Database encryption in Microsoft SQL Server 2008
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc278098.aspx

The Google e-book store and the free Sony e-book reader
http://ebookstore.sony.com/google-ebooks/

Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/25/engineering-windows-7-for-graphics-performance.aspx

AJAX animated images (free)
http://mentalized.net/activity-indicators/

Setting Up Web Filtering for a Network Using OpenDNS
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1310224

Implementing the Singleton Pattern in C#
http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9407/implementing-the-singleton-pattern-in-c/

Get your free copy of Best of Simple Talk .NET e-book
http://www.red-gate.com/products/ants_performance_profiler/boost_app_performance_ebook3.htm?utm_source=msdnflash&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_term=1287&utm_content=boostappperf-ebook&utm_campaign=antsprofiler

How to: Enable a Web Service to Send and Receive Large Amounts of Data (IIS)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa528822.aspx

Windows Batch file help-guide
http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm

Understanding Garbage Collection in .NET (Low level details!)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/bb985010.aspx

Building a Hackintosh Apple Can’t Sue You For
http://www.osnews.com/story/21564/Building_a_Hackintosh_Apple_Can_t_Sue_You_For

Epic Demonstrates Unreal Engine 3 for the iPod Touch/iPhone 3GS
http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3695

Apple Issues Fix for Flickering Woes on Top-Selling 27" iMac
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17198

A Closer Look at bada
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=465&ns=16430

File/Registry Transaction support in ATL
http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2010/02/02/atl-support-for-transaction-file-system.aspx

Mozilla Labs Jetpack – Intro & Tutorial

Slideshow demonstrating important concepts of Cloud Computing

I’d like to thanks to Sunny, Tejinder and Mahindra for contributing links for the latest issue. I hope you enjoy our collection of links!

The aim of this library is to encourage knowledge transfer. The links do not necessarily need to be of a technical aspect, but can be anything you find worth sharing.

Please send comments and feedback to my Zeus Learning account.

Cheers,
Anand

Sunny Shah

First Look: Google Goggles tries to ID your world
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141954/First_Look_Google_Goggles_tries_to_ID_your_world

Design of completely anonymous and decentralized Internet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet

Tejinder Singh Hanspal

Phishing, vishing: Great tips to be safe
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/sep/14/slide-show-1-great-tips-to-be-safe-from-phishing.htm

For the first time India is known for her professionals
http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/oct/08/slide-show-1-achievers-subroto-bagchi-todays-youth-are-growing-up-in-a-truly-liberated-India.htm

Beware of these 12 online Christmas scams!
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/20/slide-show-1-tech-beware-of-these-12-online-christmas-scams.htm

4 Trends Every IT Hiring Manager Needs to Know
http://www.serverwatch.com/career/article.php/3841041/4–Trends-Every-IT-Hiring-Manager-Needs-to-Know.htm

Performance Improvement: Understanding
http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3827266/Performance-Improvement-Understanding.htm

World’s first USB 3.0 ready External Hard Drive
http://www.freecom.com/news.asp?id=9205&catName=press

Microsoft kills Dynamics mobile
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138516/Microsoft_kills_Dynamics_mobile

Web apps account for 80 percent of internet vulnerabilities
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Web-apps-account-for-80-percent-of-internet-vulnerabilities/article/129027/

Nations that are out of recession
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/aug/18/slide-show-1-nations-out-of-recession.htm

10 smart tips to counter recession
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/aug/26/slide-show-1-ten-smart-tips-to-counter-recession.htm

The world’s fastest growing companies
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/aug/19/slide-show-1-infosys-among-world-fastest-growing-cos.htm

Top 100 IT Freelance Jobs
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3834086/Top-100-IT-Freelance-Jobs.htm

World’s 10 most competitive nations
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/sep/08/slide-show-1-india-more-competitive-but-switzerland-the-best.htm

Why IMEI code is a must for your mobile?
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/19/slide-show-1-tech-imei-code-is-a-must-for-your-mobile.htm

How Indians made Silicon Valley the world’s tech hub
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/nov/25/slide-show-1-tech-how-indians-made-silicon-valley-worlds-tech-hub.htm

Microsoft affirms vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer
http://www.scmagazineus.com/microsoft-affirms-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer/article/158435/

Facebook scam email tries to spread Zeus bank Trojan
http://www.scmagazineus.com/facebook-scam-email-tries-to-spread-zeus-bank-trojan/article/156456/

The ghost in the machine: 3 disk imaging apps
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141226/The_ghost_in_the_machine_3_disk_imaging_apps

How to optimise your Windows 7 PC
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139534/How_to_optimize_your_Windows_7_PC

Warning over Michael Jackson email virus
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090702/tc_afp/entertainmentmusicusjacksontechnologyinternet

Social networking sites don’t protect your privacy
http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/jul/23/slide-show-1-social-networking-not-safe.htm

Searching for a job online? Beware of hackers
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/17/tech-hackers-prey-on-job-aspirants.htm

India: A major hub for cybercrime
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/aug/20/slide-show-1-india-major-hub-for-cybercrime.htm

AMD to drop clock speed in 12-core chips
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137053/AMD_to_drop_clock_speed_in_12_core_chips

Can you trust free antivirus software?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137090/Can_you_trust_free_antivirus_software_

Why Apple Humiliates Microsoft in the Mobile Market
http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3836146/Why-Apple-Humiliates-Microsoft-in-the-Mobile-Market.htm

Vista vs.. Windows 7: You Call This a Choice?
http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3806996/Vista-vs-Windows-7-You-Call-This-a-Choice.htm

Should you spring for a tablet PC?
http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/aug/26/slide-show-1-living-should-you-buy-a-tablet-pc.htm

Drowning in a flood of email? Here’s help
http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/aug/25/slide-show-1-living-seven-tips-on-how-to-manage-your-email.htm

IT competitiveness: US is No.1, India at 44
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/sep/17/tech-it-competitiveness-us-tops.htm

How to secure your firewall
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/sep/17/slide-show-1-tech-how-to-secure-your-firewall.htm

Optimising your new laptop
http://expresscomputeronline.com/20090928/tipsandtricks02.shtml

Things to look for while buying a laptop
http://expresscomputeronline.com/20090928/tipsandtricks01.shtml

Networking in the virtual community
http://expresscomputeronline.com/20090928/technologylife03.shtml

Focus on technologies that optimise IT spend
http://expresscomputeronline.com/20090928/ites03.shtml

Useful Estimation Techniques for Software Projects
http://www.developer.com/article.php/1463281

Google’s Chrome Frame: Making IE Less Secure?
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3840991/Googles+Chrome+Frame+Making+IE+Less+Secure.htm

Intel Inside Could Mean a TV That Watches You
http://www.internetnews.com/hardware/article.php/3840916/Intel+Inside+Could+Mean+a+TV+That+Watches+You.htm

8 quick tips for getting the most from IE8
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137921/8_quick_tips_for_getting_the_most_from_IE8

Russian cybergangs make the Web a dangerous place
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138514/Russian_cybergangs_make_the_Web_a_dangerous_place

A Web security policy can save you money and embarrassment
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539444/652048/-/ry5ipy/-/

Brute-force attacks target two-year hole in Yahoo! Mail
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/18/ongoing_yahoo_mail_attacks/

Companies Still Not Securing Customer Data
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3840921/Companies+Still+Not+Securing+Customer+Data.htm

Developers vs. Corporate: Why Can’t We All just Along?
http://www.serverwatch.com/career/article.php/3831611/Developers-vs-Corporate-Why-Cant-We-All-just-Along.htm

Mahindra Gupta

30 years of failure: the username/password combination
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/10/30-years-of-failure-the-user-namepassword-combination.ars

Stack overflow architecture
http://highscalability.com/stack-overflow-architecture

StringBuilder is not always faster…
http://www.chinhdo.com/20070224/stringbuilder-is-not-always-faster/

.NET Framework Library Source Code now available
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/16/net-framework-library-source-code-now-available.aspx

My contributions

The x86 instruction proprietary extensions: a waste of time, money and energy
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=661

Google public DNS
http://www.osnews.com/story/22572/Google_Launches_Public_DNS_Service

Office 2010 to ship in June 2010
http://www.betanews.com/article/Confirmed-Office-2010-to-ship-in-June/1259616600

Sun brings “Teleportation” to VirtualBox
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-Brings-Teleportation-to-VirtualBox-Virtualization-Software-209485/

Microsoft reveals IE9 details (DX9 video acceleration)
http://www.techspot.com/news/37012-microsoft-reveals-first-internet-explorer-9-details.html

Understanding Click-to-Run software deployment
http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/11/06/click-to-run-delivering-office-in-the-21st-century.aspx

The SunSpider JavaScript engine benchmark tool
http://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.html

Address Space Layout Randomization in Windows Vista/7/2008
http://blogs.msdn.com/michael_howard/archive/2006/05/26/address-space-layout-randomization-in-windows-vista.aspx

LinkedIn opens up developer APIs
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3849776

Installing SQL Server 2008
http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3847606/article.htm

Google ‘experiment’ crossbreeds Python with C++
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/11/google_go/

Agile, a Different Methodology
http://www.developer.com/lang/article.php/3846406/article.htm

Config Errors Leaving Huge Security Holes: Study
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3848056

The Costs of Virtual Functions
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=457&ns=16290

Firefox Tops Vulnerability List
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3847461

Improved COM Interoperability in C#
http://www.developer.com/net/article.php/3842541/article.htm

Is Linux Code Quality Improving?
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3840686

Implementing WSUS in a domain
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/12/how-to-implement-and-maintain-a-tiered-wsus-infrastructure.ars

iPhone gets .Net app development
http://infoworld.com/d/developer-world/iphone-gets-net-app-development-194

Adobe brings Flash apps to the iPhone
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/321020/adobe_brings_flash_apps_iphone

Adobe Alchemy converts C code to ActionScript
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/alchemy/

Unit-test your ActionScript code with ASUnit
http://asunit.org/

Understanding and Benefiting from Code Contracts in .NET 4.0
http://www.developer.com/design/article.php/3836626/Understanding-and-Benefiting-from-Code-Contracts-in-NET-40.htm

Build Build Resilient Applications with Windows Recovery and Restart Applications
http://www.developer.com/net/cplus/article.php/10919_3837086_1/Build-Build-Resilient-Applications-with-Windows-Recovery-and-Restart-Applications.htm

The Failure of the GPL
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1390172&ns=16169

Easy C++ Resource Management with shared_ptr
http://www.developer.com/net/cplus/article.php/3834316/Easy-C-Resource-Management-with-sharedptr.htm

Vista Makes Gains Despite Windows 7’s Debut
http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3831936

Google Native Client (C/C++ in the web browser!)
http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/

RESTing with the Microsoft REST Starter Kit
http://www.developer.com/net/article.php/3825601/RESTing-with-the-Microsoft-REST-Starter-Kit.htm

Charting Your Course Using the Google Maps API
http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3814971/Charting-Your-Course-Using-the-Google-Maps-API.htm

Native Parallel Programming for Visual C++: State Management
http://www.developer.com/net/cplus/article.php/3823096/Native-Parallel-Programming-for-Visual-C-State-Management.htm

Warnings on const Declarations (C++)
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=437&ns=15991

Iteration or Recursion?
http://www.developer.com/lang/article.php/3816966/Iteration-or-Recursion.htm

Intercepting Every HTTP Request with IHttpModule
http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/3816211/Intercepting-Every-HTTP-Request-with-IHttpModule.htm

Thanks to Mahindra, Sunny and Tejinder for their regular contributions to Linkorma. As a tribute to them, I’ve decided to place their great contributions before my own!

Anand

Mahindra Gupta

• The unwritten laws of technology -http://www.pcworld.com/article/169388/you_must_obey_the_unwritten_laws_of_technology.html
• Try Open Source Software Risk-free
  http://www.click2try.com/
• Cheat sheets for web developers
  http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/07/30-handy-cheat-sheets-and-reference-guides-for-web-professionals/
• Microsoft and GPL violations
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/23/microsoft_hyperv_gpl_violation/
• A company attempts to secure the weakest link in IT
  http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23008/
• The amazing world of version numbers
  http://technologizer.com/2009/07/14/version-numbers/
• How to run better. (Warning… geek quotient <= 0)
  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/barefoot/
• The innards of C#’s yield command
  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/barefoot/
• How to write fast code
  http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-write-fast-code.html
• Five best free system restore tools for when things go wrong…
  http://lifehacker.com/5303067/five-best-free-system-restore-tools
• 10 Ways to Learn Stuff While Procrastinating Online
  http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/27415
• The Bing toolbox for geeks and nerds alike
  http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/06/26/bing-offers-toolbox-for-webmasters-developers-advertisers
• Making the web faster
  http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/lets-make-web-faster.html
• The Web’s most dangerous keywords to search for
  http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3457&tag=nl.e539
• ASP.NET Memory: If your application is in production… then why is debug=true
  http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2006/04/13/575364.aspx
• memcpy() to be “banished” by Microsoft
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/microsoft_banishes_memcpy/

Sunny Shah

• General-purpose computing on graphics processing units
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU
• IBM Delivers Smart Open-Source Compiler (The boys in blue aren’t dead yet!)
  http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/IBM-Delivers-Smart-OpenSource-Compiler-695460/?kc=EWKNLLIN07072009STR2
• Drag & Drop Distance tool to find distance between two cities based on Google maps.
  http://www.marsrutai.info/directions.htm
• Google voice…
  http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10272937-2.html
• Opera turns your computer into a server (but that’s only part of the equation)
  http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/06/16/opera-turns-your-computer-into-a-server

Tejinder Singh Hanspal

• India’s 10 most trustworthy companies
  http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/mar/10sld1-indias-ten-most-trustworthy-companies.htm
• Biometrics beaten, securing Wi-Fi routers, Exchange-Firefox, Corporate Netbooks…
  http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090302/edit01.shtml
• Tata Housing presents Bangalore’s first green building
  http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090302/market03.shtml
• The Web is more dangerous, and the U.S. is the biggest culprit
  http://gcn.com/articles/2008/12/10/the-web-is-more-dangerous-and-us-is-biggest-culprit.aspx
• Consolidating Servers Does Not Mean Less Work
  http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3808946
• Cut Costs, Beat Recession With Cloud Computing
  http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Cut_Costs_Beat_Recession_With_Cloud_Computing/551-99919-912.html
• Super-rugged Dell Latitude E6400 XFR is tougher than you
  http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/super-rugged-latitude-e6400-xfr-is-tougher-than-you/
• Hackers Target Xbox Live Accounts
  http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Target-Xbox-Live-Accounts-105361.shtml
• Help: I Got Hacked. Now What Do I Do?
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc700813.aspx
• Using a Least-Privileged User Account
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc700846.aspx
• Is That a Web Server in Your Pocket?
  http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3821766
• Vista — The Most Secure Enterprise OS?
  http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3823111
• Net connection: The top 10 countries
  http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/07slide1-net-connection-the-top-10-countries.htm
• Warning! Future innovations are leaving the US
  http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/mar/09sde1-future-innovations-are-leaving-the-us.htm
• The importance of data and its protection
  http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090511/technology02.shtml
• e-mail through SMS
  http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090518/technology01.shtml
• Google Pushes to Unseat Microsoft Exchange
  http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3824246/Google+Pushes+to+Unseat+Microsoft+Exchange.htm
• Microsoft Starts Planning Internet Explorer 9
  http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3819521
• Writing in the air: Next mobile revolution
  http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/17/writing-in-the-air-could-be-next-mobile-revolution.htm
• Security beyond guns, guards and gates
  http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090706/market01.shtml
• Top 20 Highest Engaged Social Networking Countries
  http://www.devilsworkshop.org/top-20-highest-engaged-social-networking-countries/
• Microsoft’s Mega Datacenters Coming Online
  http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3827586/Microsofts+Mega+Datacenters+Coming+Online.htm
• IBM Discovers Encryption Scheme That Could Improve Cloud Security, Spam Filtering
  http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/IBM-Uncovers-Encryption-Scheme-That-Could-Improve-Cloud-Security-Spam-Filtering-135413/
• Access Internet From Mobile Using Computers Internet Connection
  http://www.devilsworkshop.org/access-internet-from-mobile-using-computers-internet-connection/
• Offline Gmail to access email without internet
  http://www.tothepc.com/archives/offline-gmail-to-access-email-without-internet/
• How to Improve IT Cyber-Security with Visual Analytics
  http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/How-to-Improve-IT-Cyber-Security-with-Visual-Analytics/
• Microsoft Issues Zero-Day Exploit Warning
  http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/102424/microsoft-issues-zero-day-exploit-warning.html
• Microsoft may have known about critical IE bug for months
  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135259/Microsoft_may_have_known_about_critical_IE_bug_for_months

For those that have managed to scroll down this far, hope you enjoy some of my picks! – Anand

• Building an application in the cloud
  http://www.cirrious.com/Research/Azure/tabid/58/Default.aspx
• Anatomy of Linux process management
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-process-management/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01Linux-Proc-die&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=grlnxw01
• Active Template Library Security Update for Developers
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualc/ee309358.aspx
• Database Encryption in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc278098.aspx
• Develop iPhone Web applications with Eclipse
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-iphone/
• Sony’s free e-book player and 1 million free books…
  http://ebookstore.sony.com/google-ebooks/
• How Microsoft Made PHP Suck Less on Windows
  http://www.itworld.com/development/73001/how-microsoft-made-php-suck-less-windows
• How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps
  http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/6229
• VC10: Next Generation Buffer Overrun Protection with /GS++
  http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Louis-Lafreniere-Next-Generation-Buffer-Overrun-Protection-gs/
• Microsoft’s Axum Parallel Programming Language Advances
  http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsofts-Axum-Parallel-Programming-Language-Advances-156800/
• Mozilla Labs Jetpack – Intro & Tutorial
  http://vimeo.com/4752576
• NILFS: A File System to Make SSDs Scream
  http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html
• Outlook Sender’s Time Zone (free plugin)
  http://www.ablebits.com/outlook-sender-timezone/index.php
• PHP 5.3 Accelerates PHP
  http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3827756/PHP+53+Accelerates+PHP.htm
• Ramp up your IT skills with Microsoft.
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/rampup/default.aspx
• IIS7 Search Engine Optimization Toolkit
  http://www.iis.net/extensions/SEOToolkit
• Safe Unlinking in the Kernel Pool
  http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/26/safe-unlinking-in-the-kernel-pool.aspx
• The State of MySQL
  http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7342
• VC10: C++ Gets Squiggles!
  http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2009/06/01/c-gets-squiggles.aspx
• Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview
  http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/yochay/Windows-7-Graphics-Architecture-Overview-Part-1/
• Inside the Windows Vista Kernel Part 3. (Note: No need to read Part 1 and 2 beforehand)
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.vistakernel.aspx
• The finer details of SSH
  http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=336&ns=15583
• Secure Email with OpenPGP
  http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=334
• Infosys Creates Cloud-Based Solution for Auto Dealers using SQL Data Services
  http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000002880

The much delayed (and shorter) list of links finally makes its way onto your screens. Better late than never though

Inside an IPhone development company

http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/302384/how_aussie_iphone_developers_found_success_app_store

Microsoft turns .NET Compact framework over to the Open Source community.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2701

Quick Tips On Using Whole Program Optimization in Visual C++

http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2009/02/24/quick-tips-on-using-whole-program-optimization.aspx

Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available for download

http://www.osnews.com/story/21434/Windows_7_Release_Candidate_Released_to_Public

Optical Disc Offers 500GB Storage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021012.stm

The future of PHP

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-future/

Error Logging Modules and Handlers for ASP.NET

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ELMAHErrorLoggingModulesAndHandlersForASPNETAndMVCToo.aspx

Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/25/engineering-windows-7-for-graphics-performance.aspx

Microsoft and Open Source

http://blogs.msdn.com/ericnel/archive/2009/04/24/i-see-a-rosy-future-ahead-for-microsoft-and-open-source.aspx

Adventures with Azure

http://www.cirrious.com/Research/Azure/tabid/58/Default.aspx

Introducing Compatibility View in IE8

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/08/27/introducing-compatibility-view.aspx

How to setup database replication in MYSQL

http://www.howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication

10 tips to manage projects better

http://www.developer.com/java/article.php/3817966

Detecting defects in C# code

http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3818491

Displaying and Customizing Images from a Database

http://www.developer.com/net/asp/article.php/3818161

Can Objects Live Forever? – I

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=431

Can Objects Live Forever – II

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=432

Contributed Articles

a. Tejinder Singh Hanspal

India’s pride: The world’s first six-core microchip!

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/mar/04slide1-worlds-first-six-core-microprocessor.htm

The Groundbreaking Potential of Codeless Ajax

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/The-Groundbreaking-Potential-of-Codeless-Ajax-66740.html

Meet the Canadians who busted GhostNet

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090329.wcomputerspy0329/BNStory/International

10 emerging technologies to watch out for

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/feb/27slide1-emerging-technologies-to-watch-out.htm

Child Robot that Mimicks Infant Learning

http://www.ideaconnection.com/new-inventions/child-robot-that-mimicks-infant-learning-02332.html

India’s 10 most trustworthy companies

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/mar/10sld1-indias-ten-most-trustworthy-companies.htm

Biometrics beaten, securing Wi-Fi routers, Exchange-Firefox, Corporate Netbooks…

http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090302/edit01.shtml

Tata Housing presents Bangalore’s first green building

http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090302/market03.shtml

The Web is more dangerous, and U.S. is biggest culprit

http://gcn.com/articles/2008/12/10/the-web-is-more-dangerous-and-us-is-biggest-culprit.aspx

Consolidating Servers Does Not Mean Less Work

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3808946

Cut Costs, Beat Recession With Cloud Computing

http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Cut_Costs_Beat_Recession_With_Cloud_Computing/551-99919-912.html

Microsoft may let Windows 7 users disable Internet Explorer 8

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49301357,00.htm

Super-rugged Dell Latitude E6400 XFR is tougher than you

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/super-rugged-latitude-e6400-xfr-is-tougher-than-you/

Hackers Target Xbox Live Accounts

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Target-Xbox-Live-Accounts-105361.shtml

Microsoft Still Has Eyes for Yahoo

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3809656/Microsoft+Still+Has+Eyes+for+Yahoo.htm

Create a Language Compiler for the .NET Framework: Roll out your own language that targets the CLR!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc136756.aspx

C# 3.0 tips and tricks.

http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3801306

Using Java to import and manipulate Excel documents.

http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3801111

IBM AppScan Takes Aim at Securing Flash

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3800681

A free XPath Editor and XML analysis and testing tool supporting XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0.

http://pgfearo.googlepages.com/

What script# is all about…

http://projects.nikhilk.net/ScriptSharp

Cross-site tracking. Learn what it is and how it affects you.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1321167

Searching the Windows event log in .NET

http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3800246

Learn more about clickjacking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickjacking

Using T-SQL CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY

http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3798361

Why the new Google V8 engine is so fast…

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/HONSHI/20090106/163615/

Implement the Singleton design pattern in C#

http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9407/implementing-the-singleton-pattern-in-c/

The future of .NET languages…

http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9576/the-future-of-net-languages/

Free E-book : Programming Vertex, Geometry and Pixel Shaders.

http://wiki.gamedev.net/index.php/D3DBook:Book_Cover

JavaScript security

http://www.developer.com/lang/jscript/article.php/3796671

Volatile v/s Volatile

http://www.ddj.com/hpc-high-performance-computing/212701484

The security hazards of browser password managers

http://www.informit.com/blogs/blog.aspx?uk=Browser-Password-Managers

Header File Naming Issues

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=382

The dangers of web access

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3793996

Eight Myths of Computer Security

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=340

The infamous goto statement

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=417

Setup web filtering with Open DNS

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1310224

Security Advice for New Laptop Owners

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=339

HOWTO – make a compiler

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc136756.aspx

Contributed Articles

Many thanks to Mahindra and Tejinder who take great pleasure in spreading tech knowhow. Keep the articles coming!

Mahendra Gupta

Google Adwords and Microsoft’s alternative offering

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

http://adlab.msn.com/Keyword-Forecast/default.aspx

Flickr feed viewer

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/tiltviewer/app/

Email marketing tools

http://www.mailchimp.com/index.phtml

What not to do with your e-mail newsletters.

http://www.mailchimp.com/resources/top10_html_email_mistakes.phtml

Google knows where your eye-balls go…

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10158806-2.html

Who owns the code? Beware copyright pitfalls…

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Development&articleId=9126595&taxonomyId=11

Track whether your web sites are up…

http://aremysitesup.com

Google’s AJAX playground

http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/

Microsoft’s SDK hot-list.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/dd299405.aspx

Tejinder Singh Hanspal

Top 10 technology breakthroughs of 2008

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/dec/27sld1-top-19-technology-breakthroughs-of-2008.htm

Top 8 tech predictions for 2009

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/dec/31sld1-top-8-tech-predictions-for-2009.htm

Microsoft Windows XP Professional (OEM) Complaints – Cheated by the Purchase of Microsoft Windows XP Professional (OEM)
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/microsoft-windows-xp-professional-oem-c149769.html

The spam mail you got could be from a terrorist!

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/feb/06slid1-the-spam-mail-you-got-could-be-from-a-terrorist.htm

Special Operations Software Password Policy and Password Reset

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3801791

Linux, Windows Seek Strength in Competition

http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3801866

3 Indian cities among global IT hotspots

http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/feb/13slide1-indian-cities-among-global-it-hotspots.htm

Another bunch of links broadly capturing the state of the tech (nerd) industry for the last week or so.

1. Getting down and dirty with SSH.

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=336

2. The good old days? Apparently, Windows 7 will support software acceleration for DirectX 10.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-windows-7-will-sport-a-dx10-software-gpu.html

3. Free (as in beer) controls for Winforms and ASP.NET! Have a Merry Christmas! (I know I will!)

http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Free/WebRegistration60/

4. Moon(silver) lighting on Linux.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-moonlight-1-0-beta-1-shines-on-linux.html

5. Design patterns – Security Engineering Cheat Sheet. You are interested, aren’t you?

http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Cheat%20Sheet%20-%20patterns%20%26%20practices%20Security%20Engineering&referringTitle=Home

6.  What C# geeks need to know about VB.NET. C# isn’t perfect after all?

http://visualstudiomagazine.com/columns/article.aspx?editorialsid=2894

7.  Great e-book pocket guides on everything from Agile Architecture to RIA and Mobile.

http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pocket%20Guides

8. Cleaner Code with the PMD Eclipse Plug-In. Most developers love clean code… right?

http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3788796

9. Why the economic downturn has increased the use of virtualization.

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3789931

10. JavaFX makes its debut. (Finally)

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3788836

11. Apple Recommends Antivirus for Mac Users. The party is finally over…

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3788241

12. Why Agile Projects Fail

http://www.developer.com/design/article.php/3784576

13. Who crashed? A nifty application that allows you to analyse (and understand?)  driver/application crash logs.

http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

14. Most popular Windows app downloads of 2008 : Get your download manager ready. (Not in office though… )

http://lifehacker.com/5110552/most-popular-free-windows-downloads-of-2008

15. Implementing a Custom X86 Encoder.

http://www.uninformed.org/?v=5&a=3&t=sumry

16. Java Performance: Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Vista

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=java_vm_performance&num=1

17. Get Methods and Practices for Writing Secure Code

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc448177.aspx

Contributed links

Mahindra Gupta

1. Java 1.5 under .NET : Horror of horrors!   Seriously though, what would you choose – C# or Java?

http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/12/Ja-NET

2. Koobface Virus Turns Up on Facebook – Facebook might not be as innocent as it seems

 http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=50722&pop=1&hide_ads=1&page=0&hide_js=1

3. Top 10 Microsoft Research Projects : Making big bucks isn’t the only thing Microsoft’s good at…

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Networking+and+Internet&articleId=9122061&taxonomyId=16

Sunny Shah

1. Let Me Google that for U : Sunny Shah wants U to read this…

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/

2. Alchemy… Converts C++ code to Action Script. Rahul, you might probably get a kick out of this!

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/alchemy/

3. Image Gallery in Windows 7 : WIndows 7 does look interesting; but will it deliver?

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9119383&pageNumber=1

Tejinder Singh Hanspal

1. IFrame attacks add to web user woes…

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080318-ongoing-iframe-attack-proving-difficult-to-kill.html

2. 3G funda – As India prepares to adopt 3G, the least we can do is learn what it is…

http://www.actnowcornwall.co.uk/3Gmobiletechnology.asp

3. Don’t get cheated online… here’s how

http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/nov/04fraud.htm

4. The business case for security frameworks

http://www.webappsec.org/projects/articles/042307.shtml

5. Sys admin discovers 13-million-digit prime number

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/092908-sys-admin-discovers-13-million-digit-prime.html

6. The Seven Deadliest Social Networking Hacks

http://www.darkreading.com/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211201065

7. Tracking user Activity

http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/aspnet/Tracking-User-Activity.aspx