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Aptana acquired by Appcelerator

January 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Aptana, the company behind the popular programming Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Aptana Studio, announced today that they have been acquired by Appcelerator. Aptana has been the choice for many web development professionals for quite some time. It is an advanced open source programming environment built on the very well established Eclipse platform that has advanced greatly in recent years. Their IDE provides advanced functionality for developing HTML, CSS and Javascript … [Read more...]

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New Joomla 1.6 Pushes Enterprise Level Features

January 18, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The new version of the popular Joomla Content Management System (CMS) was released early last week and has already reached over 115k in downloads. 1.6 has been in the making for some time and earlier beta versions have been tested over the last few month. The first release candidate (RC1) was made available for download on December 14th, 2010. Among the many new features that have arrived in this new version come finer access controls, improvements in content categories and removal of the … [Read more...]

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Get the Latest on ColdFusion at CFHour

January 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
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One of the challenges of having a long commute to work is finding new and interesting ways to make the morning and evening drives more interesting. Over the last year I have found the perfect answer by subscribing to podcasts that I am interested in, which have also served to advance my own personal development and education. Much of my professional work involves programming large databases backed web systems using the Adobe ColdFusion. Last summer I discovered CFHour, which is a weekly … [Read more...]

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MySpace More Layoffs and Reflecting on What Went Wrong

January 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
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Last July, Inside the Webb reported on new changes coming to MySpace in an effort to streamline the overall design of the social networking giant. As reported at the time, the changes were long overdue, however overhauling such a large organization was no easy task. The once reigning king of the social networking world has suffered in recent years and failed to keep up with the Facebook phenomenon. Techcrunch reported only a few hours ago that the MySpace has cut 47 percent of staff (nearly … [Read more...]

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New Cybersecurity Programs begin Second Semester at UMUC

January 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is getting ready to begin its second semester of offering their new Cybersecurity programs, which opened to students in the fall of 2010. Two masters programs as well as an additional specialization in one of their existing information technology degrees were introduced last semester, along with an undergraduate program. These very popular degree paths are aimed at individuals pursuing careers in information technology security, … [Read more...]

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Government Cybersecurity Initiative for a Universal Internet ID

January 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
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The U.S. Commerce Department has been handed the authority from the Whitehouse to create an Internet ID for Americans as one of the latest efforts in Cybersecurity policy.  The idea is that everyone would have one secure login to access many services online to increase security and privacy and reduce the need to remember numerous passwords. The idea of a central login is not new.  There have been several attempts over the years by different organizations to implement something similar, … [Read more...]

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New Inside The Webb Layout with Genesis

January 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
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It has been a while since the last major update to Inside The Webb, so I am pleased to post that today I completed customization of the new site layout using Studiopress Genesis Wordpress theme framework.  Some of you may already be familiar with Genesis and Thesis (the other popular Wordpress framework for developing custom themes), however this has been a new and thankfully positive experience for me. I have had some experience with developing Wordpress themes in the past so I was able to … [Read more...]

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