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Article :: WordPress in Depth: Using HTML in Your Widgets and Blog

In this chapter, learn how HTML can be used in the WordPress.com environment. This is useful whether you just want to do a few simple things with your blog postings and the Text widget, or if you want to go much further.

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Article :: Mobile Promotions and Location-Based Marketing

Cindy Krum explains mobile couponing, digital proximity and location-based marketing, and creating mobile loyalty programs.

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Article :: Software [In]security: What Works in Software Security

15 of the 110 activities in the BSIMM are very commonly observed. Gary McGraw, Brian Chess, and Sammy Migues list and explain these activities.

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Article :: SOA Pattern of the Week (#7): Policy Centralization

The Policy Centralization pattern advocates that we keep a reusable policy in a single definition and have service contracts to which the policy applies, link to and share this definition.

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Article :: C# 4.0 Features

What's so great about C# 4.0? Troy Magennis looks at the new features added into C# 4.0 that combine to improve code readability and extend your ability to leverage LINQ to Object queries over dynamic data sources.

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Florida Wrestlers Take on Deadly Alligators

Wrestlers in Florida are testing their skills against a new jaw-dropping opponent to find out who was the real swamp king, man or alligator.

Article :: Improve Your Debugging with Debugger Markup Language

Debugging can be a daunting task because of the arcane command syntax and the simple fact that it's sometimes hard to remember what each command does. Fortunately, you can now annotate debugger command output using Debugger Markup Language (DML). Mario Hewardt shows you how.

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Article :: Improving Software Economics, Part 1 of 7: From Software Development to Software Delivery

In part 1 of this series, Walker Royce discusses the economic changes inherent in moving from the software development model to the software delivery model.

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Article :: Distributed Ruby: Mark Bates Sheds New Light

Sometimes Ruby code is too cool to run on just one computer at a time. In this interview with Hal Fulton, Mark Bates explains how he defines distributed programming, reasonable concerns about Ruby performance, and how to choose Ruby libraries.

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Article :: Improving Software Economics, Part 4 of 7: Top 10 Principles of Iterative Software Management

Continuing his comparison of iterative software management versus conventional software management, Walker Royce shows that by applying proper engineering practices early, modern principles result in less total scrap and rework across the life of the software product.

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Acknowledging Climate-Gate, U.N. to Announce Review of Climate Panel

In the wake of errors, cover-ups and scandal, top United Nations officials will announce Wednesday a review of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Article :: Dynamic SOA and BPM: From Simplified Integration to Dynamic Processes

In this chapter, Marc Fiammante presents multiple aspects for an enterprise to address in order to realize the value of a truly dynamic BPM and SOA approach.

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Next Month, Facebook Will Know Where You Are

Facebook will roll out a new location-based service in April, meaning its more than 400 million users will be able to see the locations of their friends in addition to their status updates.

Article :: Improving Software Economics, Part 7 of 7: A Framework for Reasoning About Improving Software Economics

Walker Royce wraps up this series by suggesting ways to estimate costs realistically in a largely unpredictable industry.

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