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News for Thursday, March 30 2006

Source: CodeProject     Posted by Chris Maunder    Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:00am    
News for Thursday, March 30 2006

Industry News

Rails Framework adds Ajax Tools in Major Update

Adding the Ruby scripting language allows JavaScript calls and simplifies Ajax-style programming, the open-source vendor says.
Source: InformationWeek

EU warns Microsoft over Vista features

The European Commission has notified Microsoft of worries around antitrust for the upcoming Windows Vista. They are threatening to bring a new case to bear if Microsoft "includes software elements which are currently available separately".
Source: ComputerWorld

Australian Scramjet Screams Skyward

A scramjet (Supersonic combustion ramjet) was tested by the Univerisity of Queensland. The scramjet may have reached Mach 8 during the test.
Source: Space

Industry picks Bluetooth to link home devices

Has Bluetooth finally "made it"? Nokia, Intel, Microsoft and others have decided to use Bluetooth to send high quality video between devices in the home using Ultra Wideband (UWB) radio technology at speeds up to 100 megabits per second.
Source: Reuters

Developer News

Oracle Data Access Components for .NET Framework 2.0 (Beta)

Connect to Oracle databases from Visual Studio 2005 and/or .NET Framework 2.0.
Source: Oracle

Pointers to Great ASP.NET Atlas Content

Want to know about Atlas (Ajax for ASP.NET), but don't want to search for information? It's all here.
Source: Microsoft

Microsoft offers more time on Eolas changes

Microsoft will be delaying permanent release of the "Eolas" fix to all ActiveX in Internet Explorer to give developers time to update their Web sites.
Source: InfoWorld

Drilling into a hot volcano

Geologists in Iceland are drilling directly into the heart of a hot volcano. How hot is that?
Source: BBC News

Hot Threads

Being a Rock Star Programmer

Wanna Rock? Read good code. Or is it enough?
Source: The Code Project

Windows Vista Capable PC Hardware Guidelines

Find out just what you'll need to run Windows Vista well, or just run. At least you'll have time to buy the new system.
Source: The Code Project



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