On a white paper entitled (Which database is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft) published on November 21, 2006, security researcher David Litchfield of NGS Software compare the security holes targeting two RDBMSs: Oracle (v8, v9 and v10) and Microsoft SQL Server (7, 2000 and 2005). The comparison based on externally reported flows. The report shows that Microsoft has patched 59 security hole in its SQL Server 7, 2000, and 2005 during the period from 2000 to 2006, while Oracle has patched 233 security...

When you upgrade your site to use the ASP.NET AJAX Beta 2, you must add a new HttpHandler in the web.config file. Under the <httpHandler> element in the web.config, add the following handler:<add verb="GET" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="Microsoft.Web.Handler... validate="false"/> Otherwise you may receive 'Sys' is undefined error message...

I have upgraded an Ajax-enabled ASP.NET site that I'm working on to use the latest ASP.NET AJAX Extenstion Beta 2. My site use external javascript files that is being registered with the ScriptManager, like:<asp:ScriptManager runat="server" ID="ScriptManager1"> <Scripts> <asp:ScriptReference Path="~/scripts/script_file... /> <asp:ScriptReference Path="~/scripts/script_file... /> </Scripts> </asp:ScriptManager> .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small;...

To promote it's upcoming device ZUNE, Microsoft has released a new theme for Windows XP. The new theme is black theme, and ships with two wallpapers, normal one and widescreen wallapaper. You can download the new theme from here...

Source: Windows Vista Team Blog Please, click on the images to get the full size version, even if it says "The Photo is Currently Unavailable" Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Ultimate Office 2007 System - Home and Student Office 2007 System - Professional...