Research News Archive
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Weapons of Mass Assignment
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsPatrick McKenzie, Kalzumeus A Ruby on Rails app highlights some serious, yet easily avoided, security vulnerabilities. In May 2010, during a news cycle dominated by users’ widespread disgust with Facebook... -
How do large-scale sites and applications remain SQL-based?
Posted on April 24, 2011 | No CommentsMichael Rys, Microsoft Corp. One of the leading motivators for NoSQL innovation is the desire to achieve very high scalability to handle the vagaries of Internet-size workloads. Yet many big... -
Java in a Teacup
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsJava in a teacup STEPHEN JOHNSON, THALES-RAYTHEON Programming Bluetooth-enabled devices using J2ME Few technology sectors evolve as fast as the wireless industry. As the market and devices mature, the need... -
Like a Podcast in the Sea
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsLike a Podcast in the Sea – Mean Ol’ LoTech Blues Is it just a matter of semantics? Stan Kelly-Bootle, Author Mache Creeger’s general pessimism1 about IT’s status quo rests... -
Mobile Web vs. Native : Application Development Issue
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsWeb apps are cheaper to develop and deploy than native apps, but can they match the native user experience? Andre Charland and Brian LeRoux, Nitobi A few short years ago,...
