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Boston Area FoxPro User Group meeting this Wednesday

By on February 23, 2004 in Home Page

Just a reminder that this Wednesday, February 25th. The main meeting starts at 7 PM, People drift in and the networking and socializing begins around 6:30. We finish by 9 PM.

Guy Pardoe demonstrates the use of selected third party ActiveX controls (from www.DBI-Tech.com) for calendars and scheduling functionality. Solutions::Schedule 7.0 is an excellent component for applications where you need to handle scheduling of resources. He’ll cover many of the different views and visual presentations of this control, the ability to work with XML data, and output to JPG images. He’ll also take a look at Calendar Tools 3.0: six easy to use, drop-in calendar components, providing functionality for presenting, selecting and managing dates and times.

There are several door prizes and discount offers available to attendees. Directions and more details about the meeting are available at http://www.bostonusergroups.com/vfpboston. Hope to see you
there!

Is Linux Keeping the Softies Awake at Night?

By on February 21, 2004 in Home Page

Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley asked Is Linux Keeping the Softies Awake at Night? and the answers . “We asked readers if they believed Microsoft’s every move is dictated by Linux. Their answers may surprise you.”

Two FoxPro Conferences Announced

By on February 20, 2004 in Home Page

In addition to the four FoxPro conferences I already link on my home page, there are two more I’ve just heard about:

The Prague conference takes place June 22-24, details here. Prague has had many successful years of high attendence. I believe it is the largest FoxPro conference in the world.

The SouthWest FoxPro conference debuts this year, details here. [Ed: updated link]

Salt in the wound

By on February 17, 2004 in Home Page

CNET News.com – Front Door reports Source code opens window to old IE flaw. “Security researchers confirm that leaked Windows source code can be used to find flaws in Microsoft’s software.” Isn’t that funny? It’s the same reason that Open Source developers release their code

No closed captioning == censorship?

By on February 17, 2004 in Home Page

Garrett Fitzgerald’s Blog links to an article that says Witches are uncaptionable. Or at least, so says the Department of Education.
– funding for closed-captioned programs have been cut back, in an unacceptably slanted manner. How is it that the “news” system we pride ourselves on – print, radio and TV – has missed this completely? That’s scary!

Many Eyes Lead to Shallow Bugs

By on February 16, 2004 in Home Page

Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley notes That Didn’t Take Long. February 12: Windows 2000 source code leaks to the Web. February 15: First exploit based on leaked code reported.

Malicious E-Cards

By on February 16, 2004 in Home Page

Not just annoying nor intrustive. Consider Malicious E-Cards – An Analysis of Spam In perhaps the most useful post I have ever seen on Slashdot, here’s a link the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article that lets you force email to be viewed as text ONLY: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307594. Bear in mind this might cause some problems. Make sure you document the changes you make and how to undo them, especially of the Windows Registry.

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