Perl programmers or system that using CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) extensive list of modules or distributions may occasionally has the following message shown in log file, especially when using script that acts as a package manager or automated update script such as in the case of upcp script for cPanel WebHost Manager hosting server:

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Adobe Systems has released Adobe Apollo alpha version for sneak peak and free download from Adobe Labs. Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system runtime technology that allows rich Internet application to port and run offline, and thus allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills on Adobe (Macromedia) Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax and etc to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Apollo, if success, may threaten threaten the popularity of programming platforms such as Java and Microsoft.NET.

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Oracle JDeveloper is a free Java IDE or integrated development environment from Oracle that offers features for development in Java, XML, SQL and PL/SQL, HTML, JavaScript, BPEL, PHP, and more. JDeveloper provides covers the end-to-end full development lifecycle from modeling, designing, developing, coding, debugging, optimization and profiling to deploying Java application and web services. Full features of Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle’s Java/J2EE Workbench for Oracle 10g includes ADF, SOA, J2EE, UML, Database, Java, and XML, with newer version also support BPEL, ESB and EJB 3.0/JPA.

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Robots addicts, enthusiasts, hobbyists, educators or students now have a good news, in a way that Microsoft has released Windows-based, robotic-platform-agnostic Microsoft Robotics Studio (MRS) CTP (community technical preview) November 2006 for free download. Microsoft Robotics Studio offers visual, services-based platform for programming robots or create robotics applications in the real and virtual world, and intends to be software platform for the robotics community that can be used across a wide variety of hardware, is applicable to a wide audience of user and can be used for development of a wide variety of applications. Commercial or business developers that intend to use the MRS for commercial purposes or use the programming tool to control and drive robot have to license the runtime for $399 per seat.

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Microsoft has released XNA Game Studio Express and the XNA Framework out of beta as version 1.0, a games development tool designed to let game developers, designers and hobbyists to easily create and develop video games for Windows and Xbox 360 gaming platform using new and optimized XNA Framework, a set of managed code development cross-platform gaming libraries based on Visual C# Express 2005. XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 is available for free.

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XML Notepad 2007 is a free application from Microsoft that provides a more user friendly and intuitive user interface (GUI) for reading, browsing, editing, modifying or manipulating XML source files by developers or users. XML Notepad 2007 supports Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems and requires Microsoft .NET Frameworks v2.0.

Among the features of XML Notepad 2007 are:

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On most websites, publishers may prefer to open the links to other web pages, especially external links that open web pages out of their own sites, in a new web browser window or tab, as most of the time, clicking on a link will load the new document from the link in the same window with where the link was. In HTML web programming language, to launch the new document (web pages) from links in a new window or tab effect is typically done through the use of target attributes on those links.

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Microsoft Expression Web which previously known as Microsoft Expression Web Designer (still been identified as Expression Web Designer in the beta) and coded-name “Quartz” is a professional web design tool that is in direct competition with Macromedia (Adobe) Dreamweaver and other web development HTML editors. Microsoft Expression Web will also replace Microsoft FrontPage, which is part of Microsoft Office System and has largely been reincarnated as Microsoft SharePoint Designer. Microsoft Expression Web is part of Expression family lineup, which also includes graphical design tool Expression Graphic and application interface designer Expression Interactive Designer.

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