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Building a Webpart to Display a Virtual Earth Map
Discover how to build an ASP.NET webpart that will display coordinates on a Virtual Earth-created map. You can do this by using the IWebPart Interface, an HTTP handler, and the Virtual Earth API.

Put Your Finger On It
EIT Toolkit: Developers can use Fujitsu's latest SDKs to add fingerprint-based biometrics to their applications.

Oracle RAC: How shared storage works on VMware - Part 2
Part two of this series discusses creating clustered virtual machines on VMware's ESX 3 Server.

GPLv3 Scores Big Win With SugarCRM
Poster child for non-OSI-approved open source chooses Free Software license.

SecureSphere 6.0 delivers security and compliance
Imperva does it again with their latest release of SecureSphere 6.0. This release builds on its previous release by delivering security and compliance in one robust package.

Oracle Database 11g Release 1 New Features Summary, Part 2
Oracle Database 11g Release 1 was launched in mid-July 2007. This second article in a two-part series takes some tantalizing glimpses into the upcoming improvements to database performance and database management that expand even further the revolutionary concepts introduced in Oracle Database 10g.

Incident Decision Making and Cognitive Bias
Cognitive bias can and does get in the way of effective incident management, writes ITSM Watch columnist George Spafford of Pepperweed Consulting.

Mobile VoIP for the Enterprise
Here's a startup that's gone beyond clever technology and created a product that works the way businesses need it to work.

DB2 9 and Microsoft Excel 2007 Part 2: Working with the DB2 Data
The last article of this series discussed how to get DB2 data into Microsoft Excel 2007 worksheets, some nice formatting capabilities in Excel 2007 and how to apply them to your DB2 data. This article examines some additional advanced features, and analysis capabilities that are part of Excel 2007.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 3 - Installation
Part 3 of this series describes the installation process of different versions of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in more detail, including changes introduced in its Service Pack 2.

Photography-Based Poster Design
Charlotte Rivers demonstrates that the visual interpretation of a poster's subject matter by the designer is the key to its effectiveness.

Using Ubuntu on the Desktop
This week you'll learn about Ubuntu, a free, all-in-one operating system that includes an office suite, media tools, a Web browser, a graphics package, an e-mail client and more. Once installed, you're up and running right away.

Do Your Database Queries Yourself
CLEC managers discuss avoiding LNP query fees.