[TechRepublic] Why it's a great time to be a developer

Software Engineer TechRepublic Member | December 20, 2011

10 reasons why this is a great time to be a developer After a long stretch of stagnation, the developer field is starting to open up -- in a number of interesting, groundbreaking ways. Read more Resource of the day Making a Robust Media Archive Those who aren't in the know may have problems believing that tape is still one of the best ways to store data for archival purposes. Read this white paper to learn how to implement an array of archival tape storage at your organization. Additional TechRepublic resources   Developer news: JMeter, qTrace, betabait, Amazon CloudFront Justin James highlights stories about PHP 5.4 RC3, Visual Studio 11 improvements, JetBrain's YouTrack InCloud, asynchronous sockets, and more. Read more Australia to lead IE6/7 sunsetting Automatic upgrading of Internet Explorer is coming to a desktop near you in 2012. Read more Microsoft opens up Messenger with XMPP access An XMPP interface has been exposed for Windows Live Messenger, allowing standards-compliant communication clients to make use of the MSN protocol. Read more Try these languages in your browser If you want to learn a new programming language, its possible to get a small taste by visiting one of these websites before you start creating a new development environment. Read more Use Web services to separate concerns and for code reuse Justin James says developers who are still trying to separate concerns and perform code reuse strictly with the OOP paradigm need to reconsider things. Read more How to replace Flash and Silverlight with HTML5 Justin James discusses the five main areas where HTML5 can provide alternatives to both Flash and Silverlight web development strategies. Read more CSS3 styling for data tables Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates some of the styling for data tables that is possible with new CSS3 code. Here are two examples of code, along with explanation of the properties. Read more Porting a WP7 app to Windows 8 Justin James shows how working with native Windows 8 apps is similar to writing Windows Phone 7 apps. Find out why the UI is one of the biggest pain points of the process. Read more Is there a place for creativity in IT? The short answer to the question posed in that title is yes. Read more Featured multimedia   50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. View on site Today's recommended downloads Manage Your Storage (IBM) Make IT a Revenue Driver with Data Center Infrastructure Management (American Power Conversion (APC)) Power and Cooling Capacity Management for Data Centers (American Power Conversion (APC)) Live Webcast: Complete Web Protection: 4 Strategies to Stop Threats (Sophos) Allocating Data Center Energy Costs and Carbon to IT Users (American Power Conversion (APC)) Connect with TechRepublic Last-minute geeky gifts to avoid Wally Bahny thinks these geeky gifts are not worth buying because they will lose their luster after a few minutes or one use. See if you agree with his list. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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[TechRepublic] Why it's a great time to be a developer

Software Engineer TechRepublic Member | December 20, 2011

10 reasons why this is a great time to be a developer After a long stretch of stagnation, the developer field is starting to open up -- in a number of interesting, groundbreaking ways. Read more Resource of the day Live Webcast: Complete Web Protection: 4 Strategies to Stop Threats While it's true that there's only so much you can do to prevent online threats, that's no excuse not to do everything you can. Tune in to this webcast sponsored by Sophos to learn about four strategies for preventing online attacks. Additional TechRepublic resources   Developer news: JMeter, qTrace, betabait, Amazon CloudFront Justin James highlights stories about PHP 5.4 RC3, Visual Studio 11 improvements, JetBrain's YouTrack InCloud, asynchronous sockets, and more. Read more Australia to lead IE6/7 sunsetting Automatic upgrading of Internet Explorer is coming to a desktop near you in 2012. Read more Microsoft opens up Messenger with XMPP access An XMPP interface has been exposed for Windows Live Messenger, allowing standards-compliant communication clients to make use of the MSN protocol. Read more Try these languages in your browser If you want to learn a new programming language, its possible to get a small taste by visiting one of these websites before you start creating a new development environment. Read more Use Web services to separate concerns and for code reuse Justin James says developers who are still trying to separate concerns and perform code reuse strictly with the OOP paradigm need to reconsider things. Read more How to replace Flash and Silverlight with HTML5 Justin James discusses the five main areas where HTML5 can provide alternatives to both Flash and Silverlight web development strategies. Read more CSS3 styling for data tables Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates some of the styling for data tables that is possible with new CSS3 code. Here are two examples of code, along with explanation of the properties. Read more Porting a WP7 app to Windows 8 Justin James shows how working with native Windows 8 apps is similar to writing Windows Phone 7 apps. Find out why the UI is one of the biggest pain points of the process. Read more Is there a place for creativity in IT? The short answer to the question posed in that title is yes. Read more Featured multimedia   50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. View on site Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Complete Web Protection: 4 Strategies to Stop Threats (Sophos) Consolidating SAP Applications to Linux on Power by IDC (IBM) Integrated Archiving Solutions (Quantum) Live Webcast: The Power Behind Data Mining & Analytics (IBM) Case Study: Carilion Clinic's Storage Story (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Last-minute geeky gifts to avoid Wally Bahny thinks these geeky gifts are not worth buying because they will lose their luster after a few minutes or one use. See if you agree with his list. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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[TechRepublic] REMnux: Reverse-engineering malware

IT Security TechRepublic Member | December 20, 2011

REMnux: Reverse-engineering malware "Know thy enemy" is a well-worn phrase. No matter; the saying is germane when it comes to malicious code. Michael Kassner looks at a toolkit that reverse-engineers malware. Read more Resource of the day Long Term Data Retention: Key Considerations Managing backup and recovery in today's environment is a multi-dimensional challenge with both near and long term business requirements. This technology brief provides key topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans. Bitdefender's cloud-based security tools worth investigating for SMBs Steven Trippe describes Bitdefender's cloud security services and points out issues to consider for SMBs weighing security solutions. Read more A look into Microsoft Security Essentials 2012 Scott Lowe takes a detailed view into the Microsoft Security Essentials latest build, still in beta, noting some of the changes and performing some basic testing. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   10 holiday-busting IT crises We asked TR members to share their memories of holidays that went awry because of a work emergency. Here are 10 such tales, plus one vacation horror story. Read more Bring Your Own Device: Risks and rewards With BYOD, there is risk and reward, an ongoing conversation and a lot of running around with your hair on fire to get it to function at scale in the enterprise but it might just be worth it in the end. Read more Featured multimedia   Desktop Wallpaper: Northern lights The Winter Solstice is approaching, which means winter, which means cold weather and long nights. And for the kid in all of us it brings up memories of the North Pole. Imagine going to work under the colorful aurora borealis (northern lights). View on site Today's recommended downloads Why Your Organization Needs LTO-5 Today (Quantum) Be confident in your long-term data storage and protection strategies (Quantum) Live Webcast: Complete Web Protection: 4 Strategies to Stop Threats (Sophos) Making a Robust Media Archive (Quantum) Reduce Cost and Risk with IBM Rational Developer (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Last-minute geeky gifts to avoid Wally Bahny thinks these geeky gifts are not worth buying because they will lose their luster after a few minutes or one use. See if you agree with his list. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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[TechRepublic] REMnux: Reverse-engineering malware

IT Security TechRepublic Member | December 20, 2011

REMnux: Reverse-engineering malware "Know thy enemy" is a well-worn phrase. No matter; the saying is germane when it comes to malicious code. Michael Kassner looks at a toolkit that reverse-engineers malware. Read more Resource of the day IBM XIV Storage System: 40,000 Mailboxes Fortunately, you have IBM's XIV storage system to manage your email storage. What's that? You don't? Well, then you ought to check out this white paper to learn more about XIV. Bitdefender's cloud-based security tools worth investigating for SMBs Steven Trippe describes Bitdefender's cloud security services and points out issues to consider for SMBs weighing security solutions. Read more A look into Microsoft Security Essentials 2012 Scott Lowe takes a detailed view into the Microsoft Security Essentials latest build, still in beta, noting some of the changes and performing some basic testing. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   10 holiday-busting IT crises We asked TR members to share their memories of holidays that went awry because of a work emergency. Here are 10 such tales, plus one vacation horror story. Read more Bring Your Own Device: Risks and rewards With BYOD, there is risk and reward, an ongoing conversation and a lot of running around with your hair on fire to get it to function at scale in the enterprise but it might just be worth it in the end. Read more Featured multimedia   Desktop Wallpaper: Northern lights The Winter Solstice is approaching, which means winter, which means cold weather and long nights. And for the kid in all of us it brings up memories of the North Pole. Imagine going to work under the colorful aurora borealis (northern lights). View on site Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: The Power Behind Data Mining & Analytics (IBM) An Improved Architecture for High-Efficiency, High-Density Data Centers (American Power Conversion (APC)) Getting More From Your Network with Storage Enterprise Resource Planning (IBM) Manage Your Storage (IBM) Enterprise-Level Deduplication Technology for SMEs (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Last-minute geeky gifts to avoid Wally Bahny thinks these geeky gifts are not worth buying because they will lose their luster after a few minutes or one use. See if you agree with his list. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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