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  • Disable button on AJAX Postback

    Many different implementations exist for disabling a button on AJAX post-back. I find the following code snippet to be very simple, clear and effective. Although this example applies to ASP. NET, with small modification this would work for PHP as well. In general, this works because your server side code is already creating javascript event…

  • Beyond Compare

    If you’re a web developer managing multiple websites and web-applications, you are probably already comfortable with an application or set of applications and scripts for uploading and changing content. If you’re up for trying new things however, try out this cool little tool.. For FTP connections, most Windows, Mac and Linux development IDE’s already have…

  • Department of Justice Announces New Assistant United States Attorneys and FBI Agents to Combat Intellectual Property Crimes

    “As part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing initiative to confront intellectual property (IP) crimes, Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler announced today the appointment of 15 new Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) positions and 20 FBI Special Agents to be dedicated to combating domestic and international IP crimes. These new positions – announced on…

  • OAuth

    Possible new standard in website logins, esp. or at least initially in social networking applications. One unified login shared across multiple sites.: The 1.0 spec: http://oauth.net/core/1.0a/ Official draft spec. pending IESG approval before publication as an RFC. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hammer-oauth-10 Wiki Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth

  • Apple’s IPad Gets Rejected From Some Colleges, For Now

    “…The tablet, lauded by many as the next wave in education technology, has already been rejected by two top universities, George Washington University and Princeton University because of security issues. Cornell University also says it is seeing connectivity problems with the device and is concerned about bandwidth overload….” (Courtesy of WSJ)