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  • New Tools Diagnose App Problems

    Two new methods of application problem resolution will find their way to market this week, targeting both service-oriented architectures and Java application server-based environments. IBM is expected to announce new software based on its Tivoli and WebSphere platforms and leveraging the BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) to advance BPM (business process management) in SOAs. The…

  • WinFS Is Back on the Redmond Radar Screen

    When Microsoft announced a year ago that it had decided to rip the next-generation Windows File System (WinFS) from Longhorn, many company watchers wrote off the feature as little more than vaporware. But it seems Microsoft didn’t simply shelve WinFS. According to sources close to the company, Microsoft just last week put the finishing touches…

  • Intel Inside and Out: Fall 2005 IDF

    Our new tech analyst, Victor Loh, spent some time in the weeds of Intel Developer Conference sessions last week. These sessions are the real meat of IDF, so check out his reports on the various topics that will enable new features and affect performance in the upcoming year. Development Tools: Multicore and Mac OS X…

  • More Issues Found With PHP

    The Hardened-PHP Project of Germany is at it again. They found a bug in XML-RPC for PHP and PEAR XML_RPC. The project was looking for these kinds of problems in the libraries in a security audit they conducted because of previous flaws that had been found in these same PHP libraries earlier in the year.…

  • Skype Pushes Voice Further By Opening API

    VOIP provider Skype said Wednesday that it plans to open up its network to outside developers, allowing voice-over-IM functionality to be included inside a number of disparate applications. Skype will publish its APIs and open its SkypeNet network next week, when the company celebrates its second anniversary. A second application, SkypeNet, will offer presence functionality.…

  • MGE Reloaded: The Titanium Case

    When we received the MGE Titanium case for review, we didn’t know quite what to expect. In 2004, MGE launched two new product divisions, XG and ione, each with very different goals. XG, short for “Extreme Gamer,” targeted the “hardcore PC gamer” audience while ione focused on providing more-civilized products for “everyday lifestyles from the…

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