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Create powerful interfaces by combining ASP.NET 2.0 data controls

[program:asp/asp.net] -- Learn how to combine ASP.NET 2.0's GridView control with a DetailsView or FormView control. This will allow a user to select an individual column from GridView and view or manipulate its contents with DetailsView or FormView. Read more »

Tags: .net, asp.net, control, enterprise software, middleware

How do I assign permissions to users to see SQL Agent Jobs?

[program:sqlserver] -- You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server. Read more »

Tags: job, microsoft sql server, permission, sql

Google: Open source lets us control our destiny

[strategy:businessmanagement] -- Chris DiBona, Google's open source program manager, gave the opening keynote at the Open Source Developer's Conference. Builder AU caught up with him to discuss why Google uses open source, how the company open sources its software and what it is like to be a comic book character. Read more »

Tags: bsd, epl, google, gpl, license, mpl, open source, osdc

Project managers: Stop 'gathering' IT requirements

[strategy:projectmanagement] -- The failure to gather good requirements is the main cause of project failures. This article says that, instead of gathering requirements, project managers must negotiate requirements among the stakeholders. Read more »

Tags: management, project manager, requirement, strategy, team management

Conflict between Rich Internet Apps and SOA? Say it isn't so

[program:webtechnologies] -- This article says the issues between Rich Internet Applications (and mashups) and the ServiceOriented Architecture-based infrastructure need to be resolved because these issues represent the path of least resistance to service orientation. Read more »

Tags: enterprise software, internet, middleware, rich internet application, soa, software, web services

IT suffering 'dire shortage' of core skills

[news] -- The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernising key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. Read more »

Tags: cio, shortage, skills, web 2.0

Tools for the Semantic Web

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »

Tags: sparql, rdf, semantic web, php, .net, java

Save time in Java when coding IEEE floating point numbers

[program:javacc++] -- Does your Java project need to create floating point numbers from a series of bits or create a sequence of bits from a floating point number? Then check out how the Float class can do the work for you. Read more »

Tags: float, ieee-754, java, numbers

Kicking the tyres with Perfmon in Windows Server 2008

[program:windows] -- Over the years, there have been very few changes in how we measure Windows performance. Windows Server 2008's implementation of the Windows Reliability And Performance Monitor introduces new features to the venerable Perfmon tool. Read more »

Tags: hardware, microsoft windows, performance, windows server 2008

Twitter rival Pownce acquired, closed

[news] -- Pownce, a would-be Twitter rival that was heavily hyped due to the involvement of Digg co-founder Kevin Rose, will close its doors in two weeks after being acquired. Read more »

Tags: micro-blogging, pownce, social networking, twitter, typepad

Google Chrome to get extensions

Google Chrome to get extensions[news] -- Google has published its plan to build into Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the ability to accept extensions that can customise how the open source Web browser operates. Read more »

Tags: chrome, extensions, firefox, google, mozilla, web browser

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