Linkorama – Issue 9

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/

Linkorama – Issue 7

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Anand Balaji

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

In the clouds no one can hear you scream…

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Linkorama – Issue 6

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Anand Balaji

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

Linkorama – Issue 5

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Anand Balaji

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

Linkorama – Issue 4

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Anand Balaji

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

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

Linkorama – Issue 3

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Anand Balaji

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

Linkorama – Issue 2

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Anand Balaji

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

Linkorama – Issue 1

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Anand Balaji

Introduction

It’s been a long time since I sent out the last bunch of links, but better late than never… right? This is the new (experimental) format that I hope proves to be more accessible to one and all. Feedbacks on the articles as well as ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

Bunch of links

Windows Confidential; Windows Can but Won’t

You’ll have to read the article to find out what it is...

http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/magazine/cc983682(en-us).aspx

Writing Insecure C, Part 1

Clean your own code mess after reading this article…

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1249297

Password Auditing with Hydra

We all want security, but how secure are our passwords?

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=329

.NET Tip: Creating a Read-Only List

Some .NET programming wizardry…

http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3778371

C# vs VB.NET

Everyone knows that C++ rules…

http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2008/09/11/alfred-vs-clint-c-versus-vb-debate.aspx

Making your site and add-ons work in IE8

Get ready before you get stinkers from your clients…

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/readiness/developers.aspx

A Case for Mobile Security Software

Every heard of a virus scannner for your phone?

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=327

Is .NET on Linux Finally Ready?

Mono wants to be 100% compatible with .NET…

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3776201

No Flash Seen on iPhone Horizon

Poor Adobe…

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3775681

Migrating your Flash skills to Silverlight

There is life beyond Flash…

http://www.projectrosetta.com/

F# to join the C# and VB.NET bandwagon

Well it certainly took its time…

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/F-to-Join-VB-and-C-in-Microsoft-Language-Stable/

Eclipse tools for Silverlight

Long live freeware (and hard working freeware/Open Source developers!)

http://www.eclipse4sl.org/

Using web services with Google Docs

Look smart…

http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2008/10/using_web_services_with_google.html?CMP=OTC-7G2N43923558

Linuxstamp embedded Linux system

Look smart II

http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2008/10/linuxstamp_embedded_linux_syst.html?CMP=OTC-7G2N43923558

Speaking UNIX:

Look smart III

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-spunix_clitricks/?ca=dgr-lnxw09SpeakUnix&S_TACT=105AGX59&s_cmp=GRsitelnxw09

Photographing the night sky

Useful information for all shutterbugs…

http://www.hackszine.com/index.xml

Controlling a Nikon or Canon camera with a Nintendo DS

There are lovely SDKs in C… very hack friendly!

http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2008/09/controlling_a_nikon_or_canon_c.html?CMP=OTC-7G2N43923558

First Look: Microsoft Office Heads Online with Next Release…

Need I say more?

http://lifehacker.com/5069999/first-look-microsoft-office-heads-online-with-next-release

Read more about Windows Azure

Microsoft heads for the clouds…

http://www.microsoft.com/azure/windowsazure.mspx

Analysing local privilege escalations in win32k

Security lapses once again…

http://www.uninformed.org/?v=10&a=2&t=sumry

OS X Kernel-mode Exploitation in a Weekend

Who said the Mac was secure…

http://www.uninformed.org/?v=8&a=4&t=sumry

Contributed links

Mahindra Gupta

Make Visual Studio Generate Your Repository : A very informative article that I thoroughly enjoyed. Apparently, geeks can write code to automate the rest of their “actual” code. (Yikes!)

http://blog.wekeroad.com/blog/make-visual-studio-generate-your-repository/

Nasty web bug descends on world’s most popular sites

Web trouble all over again… (had it ever stopped?)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/30/web_bug_bites_sites/

Which is a better approach in logging – files or DB?

This article tries to provide you with the answers…

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29643/which-is-a-better-approach-in-logging-files-or-db

Sunny Shah

Creating a Video Player in around 1000 lines.

Ffmpeg proves its usefulness and allows developers to go home early…

http://www.dranger.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.html

Tejinder Singh Hanspal

Intel vPro technology enhances security.

If its configured correctly that is…

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6556

How to Optimise Queries (Theory an Practice)

A good read for one and all.

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/2175621

Cloud Computing, a Foggy Concept

Azure anyone?

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3775661

Fingerprint scanning

US wannabes know this already…

http://findbiometrics.com/Pages/fingerprint_articles/fingerprint_1.html

Is the biometric passport secure?

Not quite, but the British government thinks otherwise…

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/about-biometric-secure.asp

Rahul Muley

Welcome to the group, Rahul! I hope that you continue to send us links in the future. Keep them coming!

Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code.

This should help ease the pain

http://blogs.msdn.com/sburke/archive/2008/01/16/configuring-visual-studio-to-debug-net-framework-source-code.aspx

The popularity of various programming languages.

The best of the best?

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

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India’s 10 most trustworthy companies

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