Eugenia Loli Archive

The next two years will be crucial for software giant Microsoft. Under attack on numerous fronts, it could falter - or fight back to become even more dominant. In the first of two reports, BBC examines the challenges facing Microsoft.

Two very critical security vulnerabilities in FireFox, were discovered by security researchers. The security breaches affect all versions, including the latest release, and allow an attacker to take control of the system. read more

Do you own a PDA or a PDA/Smartphone hybrid (any PalmOS, RIM, PocketPC, Linux & some Psion/Symbian-based phones -- note, some smartphones are not PDAs). Come in and vote.

A quick glance at the PPC version of Kubuntu's LiveCD. Some screenshots too of this Ubuntu derived distribution.

Do you know, for sure, absolutely, that your automated test is testing what you think it's testing? Probably not, now that we've introduced some doubt. Mike Kelly explains how to get from "I think it's working" to "Yes, it's working correctly."

Want to keep your build file lean, mean, and totally maintainable? Marcus Zarra tells you why Jakarta's Ant is a relatively easy-to-use way to build your projects (and how to avoid its common pitfalls).

The Apache guys are trying to implement yet another J2SE. FAQ here.

Over at Cocoa Dev Central, Scott Stevenson has written an easy to follow tutorial on building a Core Data application from scratch. Lots of good screenshots along the way and very easy to follow, even if you have minimal programming experience.

"Build a Dashboard Widget", "Building Cocoa-Java Apps with Eclipse", "Generic Java Types, Part 2" and "Creating a Windows DLL with Visual Basic". Enjoy the weekend reading.

Two DB skills are better than one and can expand your potential compensation scale. If you've had experience with Oracle and now are starting or want to learn DB2 Universal Database, this article will help you leverage your previous experience and put you on the fast track for learning how to move data from one machine to another, or from one platform to another.

A request we have gotten a few times in our inbox concerns how to develop software for the Mac. Usually the person writing is a switcher from the Windows world who has dabbled in Basic, C# or maybe some C++. Once they get their first Macintosh, they realize that they can’t use Visual Studio on the Mac, and pretty much have to start over.

Stuart Cohen, CEO of the Open Source Development Labs, does a short piece on the myth of renegade hackers coding in their parent's basements to create the Linux OS. He suggests this hasn't been the case for many years and goes on to claim that of the top 25 core developers, more than 90% of them are fully employed with some of the largest technology companies in the world.

Worldwide PDA shipments totaled 3.4 million units in the first quarter of 2005, a 25 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc. Microsoft Windows Mobile has become the No. 1 PDA operating system, as it accounted for 46 percent of worldwide shipments. RIM assumed the second position, as Palm OS slipped to the No. 3 ranking, due to Palm OS shipments declining 38.8 percent. Nokia in the fourth place.

Longhorn build 5048 is hugely disappointing from an end user perspective because it shows how far behind Microsoft is in delivering the next client version of Windows. Also, expectations were high that Microsoft would hit a home run with this build, because it was the first public Longhorn release in a year, says Paul Thurrot.