Web Development News & Resources


Microsoft Battles Worm, Rebuts CERT Claim

Redmond tells security group how to disable AutoRun in Windows.

Microsoft Rolls Out Web Platform Installer 1.0

A tool to help add Microsoft solutions for Web application development is publicly available.

Report Sees Cloud Trend for OSS Developers

Many open source software developers seem to be choosing the Internet cloud as a point of distribution.

Livermore Lab Pioneers Debugging Tool

Open source tool enables researchers to pinpoint a needling problem in a haystack of processors.

University's Agile Software Factory Aims To Fill Enterprise Demand

Bowling Green State University's Agile Software Factory gives students hands-on agile experience and community organizations free apps.

Microsoft Updates Windows Cloud Tooling

Microsoft released the second community technology previews of its Software Development Kit and Visual Studio extensions for the new Windows Azure cloud services platform.

SpringSource Collaborates with Adobe on RIAs

SpringSource and Adobe Systems make it easier for Java jocks to develop rich Internet applications (RIAs) that use Flex.

Microsoft Quietly Updates Live Mesh

Microsoft updated its file synchronization platform for Windows Live, fixing some bugs in the beta.

Microsoft Releases CTP of VS Extensions for SharePoint

Developers using the Visual Studio 2008 IDE have some additional tools to deploy SharePoint projects.

Half of Developers Report Hosted Software Projects

New global research forecasts a swift rise in development plans for Software as a Service applications in the next 12 months.

CES 2009: Will Netbooks Change App Development?

The next generation of the hottest growth segment in laptops, netbooks, is on display at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas.

Microsoft Releases IE8 Blocking Tool

Those organizations not yet ready for Internet Explorer 8 can defer automatic updates via this Microsoft tool.

SSL Certs Busted

Weaknesses found in the MD5 hash algorithm could be used as a basis to generate fraudulent X.509 Certification Authority certificates.

W3C Advances Web Accessibility Guidelines

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has updated its set of recommendations for designing Web pages so they can easily accessed by those with disabilities.

JavaFX Faces off Against Adobe, Microsoft

Sun Microsystems joins Microsoft and Adobe in the RIA race with the launch of its JavaFX runtime, platform and development tools.