WPA Cracked, Sort Of

Arstechnica has a great explanation of the issue. Academic researchers have found an exploitable hole in a popular form of wireless networking encryption. The hole is in a part of 802.11i that forms the basis of WiFi Protected Access (WPA), … Continue reading

Ext-JS 3.0 Showcases Visual Designer, Updates Roadmap

Jack Slocum has posted a screencast of the visual designer tool that will be part of upcoming release of Ext. The roadmap for version 3, due out in the first quarter of 2009, has also been updated. Here is what … Continue reading

Ext-JS Tasks & Progressbars a Match Made in Heaven

Chris Boersma posted this example of using TaskRunner and TaskManager to keep a user informed while a task is handled server-side.

ColdFusion Ranked Among Best Application Servers

Adobe ColdFusion has a long history. Originally introduced by Allaire, it was acquired by Macromedia, then became part of Adobe in yet another acquisition. ColdFusion version 8.0 was released in July 2007, featuring Microsoft .NET integration, integration with Adobe Acrobat forms, and enhanced performance. ColdFusion scored best with developers for its scalability, support and security. Continue reading

Tutorial: Ext-JS Charting and Mapping with Google Visualizations

Aaron Conran posted an entry about Ext.ux.GVisualizationPanel, a user extension that takes advantage of the similarities between the Ext data store and Google’s data table to allow reuse of an Ext data store with Google’s Visualization API. Continue reading

Build Your First Ext-JS in Under an Hour

The Visual Ajax User Group is hosting a webinar with Aaron Conran, Sr. Architect Ext-JS on Thursday, October 16th, 2008. Sign up now. Continue reading

Tutorial: Flickr Photo Gallery

This demo shows you how to retrieve today’s top rated photos from Flickr as well as the most recent uploads using jQuery and phpFlickr. Continue reading

Yahoo! Releases YUI 2.6.0

2.6.0 introduces a new Carousel Control, offers the Paginator Control for general use (it was previously bundled with DataTable), includes more than 450 total fixes, enhancements and optimizations, graduates eight components out of “beta,” and now ships with more than 290 functional examples. Continue reading

Steve Souders Releases Hammerhead, Firebug Extension

Improving performance starts with metrics. How long does it take for the page to load? Seems like a simple question to answer, but gathering accurate measurements can be a challenge. Enter Hammerhead, Steve Sounder’s latest Firebug extension. Continue reading

Microsoft and Nokia to use jQuery

This morning during the state of jQuery, John Resig announced that Nokia will be including jQuery as the framework of choice with their new equipment. And Scott Guthrie of Microsoft just made a similar announcement, Visual Studio will ship with jQuery support. Continue reading