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Reviewing SQL Server Permissions

[program:sqlserver] -- This article looks at the importance of database permissions and how you can use internal SQL Server system views to easily which users have access on your system. Read more »

Tags: database, permissions, sql server

What Ray Ozzie sees in Azure's cloud

[program:.net] -- In an interview after his keynote at the PDC, Ozzie talked about what Azure means for developers, businesses, and even the everyman. Read more »

Tags: .net, azure, microsoft, pdc

Theora, Firefox reach milestones

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Milestones were reached with two open sources projects: Theora has hit version 1.0 and Firefox reaches 20% global marketshare. Read more »

Tags: codec, theora, ogg, firefox

Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit

[program:webtechnologies] -- Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious websites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings. Read more »

Tags: security, vulnerability, web browser

The Power of Perception

[strategy:businessmanagement] -- In some places, IT still has a perception problem, but this problem can be overcome to the benefit of the business. Read more »

Tags: information technology, management, networking, perception, strategy

Core Security finds critical Adobe Reader hole

[news] -- A critical security hole in Adobe Reader could allow an attacker to take control of a computer, according to Core Security Technologies. Read more »

Tags: adobe reader, core, security

Touching Windows 7

[news] -- Along with the gestures themselves, Microsoft has tweaked the desktop to support touch, doing things like spreading out menu lists to make the operating system easier to navigate with just a finger. Read more »

Tags: microsoft, multitouch, screen, touch, windows, windows 7

LINQ for next Java query API?

[program:javacc++] -- LINQ could become the next query API for Java, after the majority agreed at a recent meeting of the Object Database Technology Working Group (ODBTWG), as well as the ICOODB conference in Berlin that it was the optimal solution. Read more »

Tags: api, java, language, query, standards

Consider running the browser service on Windows Server 2008 DCs

[program:windows] -- Although NetBIOS is reportedly on the way out, it is still a critical part of most Windows Server environments. This article explains why, in some configurations, the browser service should be running to facilitate NetBIOS. Read more »

Tags: dc, netbios, windows server 2008

Dreamforce: Benioff preaches cloud computing gospel, Facebook

[news] -- After a decade as the chief evangelist in the wilderness of software as a service, which has morphed into cloud computing, Salesforce.com founder and CEO Marc Benioff is having a more challenging time coming up with groundbreaking industry disruptions. Read more »

Tags: cloud computing, facebook, salesforce.com

Salesforce.com extends cloud computing service

[news] -- Salesforce.com is expanding its cloud computing service with a new option that lets customers more easily build external websites. Read more »

Tags: azure, cloud computing, microsoft, salesforce.com