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The confusing state of Microsoft’s TMG and UAG firewall and proxy software

By tim, on February 21st, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

I have been trying out Microsoft’s ForeFront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) recently, partly because it is the only supported way to publish a SharePoint site for Windows Phone. This was my first go with the product, though I am already familiar with the Threat Management Gateway (TMG) and its predecessor Internet Security and Acceleration

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Adobe’s Flex roadmap: another go at positioning Flex and Flash versus HTML5

By tim, on February 16th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe has published a Flex Roadmap which I guess is one of those “Let’s end the speculation” pieces which nevertheless still leaves you with questions.

Flex is the XML-based language for coding applications for the Flash player or runtime. Doubts about Adobe’s long-term strategy for Flex appeared last November when Adobe announced a shift

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Tablets will be bigger than PCs. Are you ready?

By tim, on February 15th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference yesterday; Macrumors has what looks like a full transcript. Do not expect hot news; there is little or nothing in the way of announcements. It is interesting though as a recap of how Apple sees its future: iPad, iPhone, iCloud, Apple TV, maybe

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Compile Object Pascal to JavaScript with Smart Mobile Studio

By tim, on February 14th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Here is an interesting project for Delphi developers: a compiler and IDE that takes your Object Pascal code and outputs HTML and JavaScript.

Smart Mobile Studio, also known as OPJS (Object Pascal to JavaScript) is a project from Optimale Systemer AS, and supports not only the Object Pascal language. but also reusable

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Mysteries of trapping errors in PowerShell

By tim, on February 14th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

As everyone in IT knows, sometimes tasks that you think are quick and easy turn out to take longer.

Today I experiences a small example. I have a scheduled PowerShell script that copies a large file. I wanted to enhance the script so that I would receive an email stating whether the copy succeeded

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Windows on ARM fixes much that is wrong with Windows, but lack of apps makes it Microsoft’s big risk

By tim, on February 10th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Vendors who create new platforms work hard to attract developers, because high availability of apps is seen as essential for success. This is why, for example, RIM is offering free PlayBooks to developers who submit apps to BlackBerry App World.

Why then would Microsoft deliberately and consciously choose to release a new family

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Windows on ARM: Microsoft can write Desktop apps, but you cannot

By tim, on February 9th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Microsoft’s Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has written a long post describing Windows on ARM (WOA), which he says is a:

new member of the Windows family, much like Windows Server, Windows Embedded, or Windows Phone

There are many point of interest in the post, but the one which stands out for me is

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WebKit dominance threatens mobile web standards – but who will care?

By tim, on February 9th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Daniel Glazman, co-chairman of the W3C CSS working group, has written a strongly-worded post describing how the “over-dominance” of the WebKit rendering engine threatens web standards.

Everyone loves the open source WebKit, so how is this so? The issue is a complex one. Those who make web browsers do not want to be tied

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On BlackBerry 10, Cascades UI and Adobe AIR

By tim, on February 8th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

I spoke to Jeff Lejeune, RIM’s Advanced User Interface Director, here at BlackBerry DevCon Europe in Amsterdam.

He is part of the team responsible for the Cascades UI, a native code UI framework for the forthcoming BlackBerry 10 OS. One of the things he told me is that the Cascades name is actually being

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