To make available. When software "exposes" certain functions, it makes those routines available to the programmer through a programming interface (API). If a company "exposes" its Web services, it is making certain services available to users or to other companies over the Web.
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- Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical MS Office patches coming
- Microsoft plans to release six security bulletins next week to fix at least 15 serious vulnerabilities that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. by Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
- Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Complete Data Wipe 1.5 (Windows)
- Complete Data Wipe is an advanced security software with full capabilities to erase entire hard disk drive partition, folders, subfolders and files you select, unused disk space and also records of your offline and online activities including history folders, cookies, Internet files temp folders, URL list. In addition, it removes...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- xGestures 1.75 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- EU showdown over Oracle-Sun; Objections seem imminent
- Oracle should expose the M$ agents in the commision and then it should file a lawsuit in the US against M$ for criminal interference to a US approved deal.The more you post...The less you make sense... please go back to the "Asile du Pingouin" institution to get your medication EU...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- VAIO? BZ Notebook Spill Test
- Distilled Water You could possibly do this with many laptops with distilled water, and it wouldn't affect it for a while! But its good to see laptops designed for this sort of thing!RE: VAIO? BZ Notebook Spill TestThat is hardly a test...Who drinks water? In a glass?Spill something that conducts...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?
- My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws
- Mozilla's flagship Firefox browser is vulnerable to at least 11 "critical" vulnerabilities that expose users to drive-by download attacks that require no user interaction beyond normal browsing. by Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- IBM aims to connect corporate mashups and business intelligence
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- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- ZapShares 3.2 (Windows)
- Using P2P file sharing software such as LimeWire, uTorrent, Azureus Vuze, BitTorrent, eMule, or Ares to share music, movies, or software can expose you to lawsuits by copyright holders and identity theft. ZapShares scans and monitors your computer, identifying potential security threats caused by file sharing software, and ensures that...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- VMware Fusion 3.0 (Mac)
- VMware Fusion is the most seamless way to run Windows applications on your Mac. VMware Fusion combines a clean and intuitive Cocoa-native interface that Mac users expect with a virtual platform trusted by millions of users today. VMware Fusion allows you to launch your Windows applications from the Dock and...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.
- fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- ExposeIP 3.7.2 (Mac)
- ExposeIP searches through a range of given IP/IP's for specific selected active services Mail, FTP, Web, or any other service that the user wants to scan, trace or expose!.
- Software downloads 2009-10-25
- How to know when to send your email to the cloud
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Meet the father of Microsoft SharePoint: Jeff Teper
- SharePoint Alignment with Azure?Re: "Ozzie is especially focused on giving the team feedback and help around SharePoint?s alignment with Azure, he said."I'm curious about the relationship between SharePoint and Azure other than both use the ADO.NET Data Services RESTful API to expose data. Any ideas?--rjRE: Meet the father of Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Google Voice mails exposed for all to see and hear
- If you believe the "explanation"then no problem, though honestly, I think we just witnessed another reason why "living in the cloud" is not for those with anything of importance that needs protecting.I doubt that Google intended for all of those private voice mails to be made public.RE: Google Voice mails...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Will Windows 7 have the right touch?
- The touch interface has arrived on smartphones, thanks largely to the iPhone. But it hasn't found much mainstream success on the PC despite years of trying. The imminent arrival of Windows 7, which has multi-touch support built-in, and a separate Touch Pack with sample apps and games, has rekindled interest...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- rTools Reporting Software for Peachtree 4.0 (Windows)
- With rTools you can take the next step in business intelligence with its powerful data-mining capabilities. Discover patterns and expose your Peachtree data to reveal the hidden trends about your products, customers, services, expenses, etc. Better analyze those components that are critical to your organization's success. Create smarter, insightful reports...
- Software downloads 2009-10-16
- Psystar Open(Q)
- If nothing else, Psystar's OpenQ should serve as a message to Apple that it's long overdue in bringing quad-core CPUs to its mainstream desktops. Because as much as the OpenQ lacks Apple's design polish, this $799, illicitly OS X-based midtower runs circles around Apple's $1,499 24-inch iMac on our benchmarks....
- Product reviews 2009-10-09
- Preview Party: Windows 7 makes a big splash in a Mac house
- No, they're not.[i]How sad that PC users are impressed and astonished when the following problems DON'T happen:[/i]Such events are abnormal for Windows too. Have been for years. If you're experiencing any of these then there's a problem you need to investigate and resolve. It's not normal behavior for Windows. Sam...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
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