Archives for the "API" tag
Securing SOAP
The leading contender for the communications protocol that facilitates the world’s business transactions is designed to transmit data over HTTP, in the clear. Although some of the creators of Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) have expressed concern, the consortium responsible for redrafting SOAP into the new Extensible Markup Language (XML) Protocol is nearing agreement that [...]
Tags: API, HTTP, Microsoft, OS, XML, web services
In Technology
MS-DOJ Talks Falter: So What?
It sounded like an April’s Fool fake news statement. I regret to announce the end of my efforts to mediate the Microsoft antitrust case said Judge Posner in a statement released on Saturday, April 1st. But it wasn’t. After 4 months of discussions, any chance for a settlement between Microsoft and the US government seems to have ended fruitlessly. [...]
Tags: AOL, API, AT&T, Apache, Browser, Linux, Microsoft, Netscape, OS, Search, Yahoo
In Business, Politics, Technology
Wild Tangent: DirectX for the Web
In June, I spent a fair amount of time looking at Web Driver, a new tool from a company created by former Microsoft employees. The group, which calls itself Wild Tangent and is led by Alex St. John, the man who created the now defunct MS-Chromeffect, is set to move animation technology to the web. Webdriver [...]
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