In Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, a new authentication mechanism was introduced for Microsoft Office Outlook® Web Access for Exchange Server 2003. Forms-based authentication provides a central Web logon screen for users to authenticate through. When you use forms-based authentication, your logon credentials are stored in a temporary cookie. Storing these credentials in a cookie provides […]

Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, with security holes and vulnerabilities. But Symantec, no friend of Microsoft, said in its latest research report that when it comes to widely-used operating systems, Microsoft is doing better overall than its leading commercial competitors. The information was a part of Symantec’s 11th Internet Security Threat Report. […]

The Web Client Software Factory contains a variety of software assets, such as reusable code components, documentation, reference implementations, and tools, including wizards, code generators, and visual designers.
Instalation Guide

Prototype - http://www.prototypejs.org/
Rico - http://openrico.org/rico/home.page
Script.aculo.us - http://script.aculo.us/ Extended Prototype
MooTools - http://mootools.net/ Cnet Blog - http://clientside.cnet.com/
Dojo - http://dojotoolkit.org/ 
Logging tools for javascript: Lo4js
http://log4js.berlios.de/

Semantic MediaWiki
The Semantic MediaWiki is an extension to the MediaWiki software, which allows every user to make information more accessible to computer programs (including the ask query and the triple search available in SMW itself), which in turn makes it easier for humans to search or further use this information.
Wikipedia Query Builder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFEi0Hh2n-0

In this video interview, Anders Hejlsberg, the chief architect of C#, describes features in the next release of C#, code named Orcas. Anders first describes how LINQ solves the impedance mismatch between the code that lives on a database server and the code we write with standard programming languages such as C# or VB. He then outlines the new capabilities […]

Shortly after starting the VS 2005 SP1 installation I get a dialog box with the following message:The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded […]

Google — in typical eccentric fashion — has created an automated way to search for talent among the more than 100,000 job applications it receives each month. It is starting to ask job applicants to fill out an elaborate online survey that explores their attitudes, behavior, personality and biographical details going back to high school.
 

SOME CSS TIPS & TRICKS

1. Use CSS import for the screen stylesheet

@import url(my-stylesheet.css);

That way older browser (4th gen and prior - Netscape 4 + IE4) that would end up messing up your site layout don’t use the stylesheet as they don’t understand the import command.
2. Use the CSS link rel for basic […]

Most of the leading websites around the world are failing to provide the most basic accessibility standards for people with disabilities.

Microsoft is shipping the first release candidate or RC of Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003, with final availability scheduled for the first quarter of 2007.
Besides providing a cumulative update to Windows Server 2003, the update also provides many refinements to the system, according to Microsoft statements posted online.
SP2 includes Microsoft Management […]

Microsoft has released the Community Technology Preview (CTP) November 2006 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. Microsoft says it is providing increased transparency with its customers and partners through a public download of the November 2006 CTP. Microsoft is encouraging customers and partners to download the CTP http://www.microsoft.com/sql/ctp.mspx to test and provide feedback that […]

ASP.NET 2.0 Membership, Roles, Forms Authentication, and Security Resources
I usually try and spend at least an hour or two each night hanging out on the ASP.NET Forums answering questions.  The last week or so I’ve been spending a lot of time in the Security Forum answering a lot of “how to” questions about some of […]

I have enabled SQL Server debugging on the Solution-Properties and set the
Application debugging property on my Data Connection.
System:
OS:  Windows 2003 Enterprise edition SP1,
IDE: VISUAL STUDIO 2005 With SP1 Beta,
DB:  SQL Server 2005 Developer Editon
Over the Server Explorer and my Connection I opened my Stored Procedure and
set a breakpoint.
When I step over my command calling the […]

The security guys at Microsoft are posting about how MS SQL 2005 didn’t had any security vulnerabilities at all (you can check Secunia to confirm it). The secret? Apparently, like in other products (no, IE is not part of those products, its core is 5 years old after all), the real difference has been in […]

Wikipedia offers our entire content database to interested users. This can be used for mirroring, personal use, informal backups, or database queries (such as for Wikipedia:Maintenance). All text content is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Images and other files are available under different terms, as detailed on their description pages. For our […]

Full text Indexing with SQL 2005 - Indexing problems with .pdf files.
sp_fulltext_service (Transact-SQL)

IFilter Explorer

Enabling unsigned IFilter’s in SQL Server 2005

Frameworks included in this comparison are:
ComfortASP.NET V0.55 (beta)
MagicAJAX.NET V0.3.0
ZumiPage V2.10
ATLAS CTP April 2005
OutPost V1.2
FastPage V1.1.0
ComponentArt V3.0 Callback Control
Telerik r.a.d.callback 1.5.2
Dart PowerWeb V1.4.1 LiveWrapper
Anthem V1.0.0
Syncfusion Studio 4.1.0.62 / Essential Tools / CallbackPanel
read more …

Integrating Electronic Payment Processing into ASP.NET Web Applications
Electronic Payment processing continues to be a common theme for many Web based applications and while the process is getting easier with the market maturing, there’s still a maze of choices and options in setting up your payment solutions and get them integrated into existing applications. In this […]

Using undefined variables in JScript

Checking For Script Syntax Errors, This Time With Code

Checking For Script Syntax Errors

Local variables considered not very harmful

C# 3.0 is still statically typed, honest!

Software wars!!!

Google is testing a new online advertising network, in which advertisers pay only when an Internet user performs a specific action, such as buying a product or registering for a service.

The Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Project model uses the same project, build and compilation semantics as the Visual Studio .NET 2003 web project model:
Download links here:
Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Projects

Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Projects
Codebehind and Compilation in ASP.NET 2.0