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Mozilla takes aim at Flash and Silverlight with Firefox 3.5

Mozilla takes aim at Flash and Silverlight with Firefox 3.5
I reviewed Firefox 3.5 for The Register. I found the new features unexciting from a user perspective, but not so for developers. The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, improvements to the Canvas element, JavaScript threading and various bits of HTML 5.0 make this a more powerful platform for web applications ? provided that you workaround the problem of users with Internet Explorer.

Rants and Raves #2
Wow, it?s been a busy few weeks since the last Rants and Raves: Silverlight Firestarter DC, CHODOTNET, RVNUG, and CodeStock (not to mention two Craft shows!) Rants Microsoft Certification Exam Along the way I have also been studying for my very first Microsoft Certification Exam, 70-536 ?Microsoft .NET Framework ? Application Development Foundation?. I am pursuing my Microsoft […]

Test Smarter, Not Harder By Scott Sehlhorst
When we re testing any software, we are faced with the tradeoff of cost and benefit of testing. With complex software, the costs of testing can grow faster than the benefits of testing. If we apply techniques like the ones in this article, we can dramatically reduce the cost of testing our software. This is what we mean when we say test smarter, not harder.
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Microsoft comes out fighting over XP mode security fears
It’s always fun to stand and watch as two big names slug it out, and they don’t come much bigger than Microsoft. Sophos, it has to be said, is no small fry either when it comes to the world of IT Security. So when a Sophos blog posting from it’s Chief Technology Office, Richard Jacobs, started with the playground taunt equivalent of ‘I’ve been kissing your mum’ by saying “Windows 7’s planned XP compatibility mode risks undoing much of the progress that Microsoft has made on the security front in the last few years and reveals the true colours of the OS giant” you kind of new things would get…