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Friday, 26th August 2011

Jobs or Linux? Which Changed the World More?

While these may seem unrelated, as we covered Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple this week and the 20th Anniversary of Linux, the question kept swimming through our collective heads. We debated it internally, we tossed snide comments back and forth, each firm in our own conviction that our favorite model was the right one. But, though…

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Fuzzing Tools Added - On Purpose - to Microsoft SDL Toolkit

For large software development teams, Microsoft Visual Studio has one feature whose functionality actually resembles that of Outlook in one regard: The addition of workflow templates gives team members manageable lists of tasks to be done. The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a set of best practices originally developed by Microsoft for…

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The Transition to Force.com Sweeps Up Ariba Contracts

Perhaps the most successful business application in the last decade to have emerged outside of Microsoft - in fact, as a direct competitor to Microsoft - is the cloud-based, database-driven juggernaut known as Salesforce.com. Its Force.com platform is successfully luring both fresh, new software developers and established applications builders…

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ReadWriteWeb Channels Wrap-Up: Steve Jobs Steps Down, Amazon EC2 Turns 5, Secure Email Adoption Still Slow and More...

It's not unusual for Apple to dominate the news, but this week it was inescapable. Steve Jobs' decision to step down as CEO sent shockwaves through the industry. Jobs' decision doesn't come as a surprise, exactly, but the timing was unexpected. Scott Fulton looked back at Jobs' history with Apple and lessons learned from that. Fulton's coverage…

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Google Reaches Out to TV Industry

The television industry should embrace technology companies and the open spirit of the Internet, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told a gathering of TV executives in Edinburgh, Scotland today. "We are not your enemy and we want to help," said Schmidt, who delivered the annual MacTaggart address at the Edinburgh Television Festival. He stressed…

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