Timothy Dyck

Microsofts windows update web site, which is blessed with prime real estate right off the Start menu, claims to be the place to “download and install the latest updates for your computer.” That statement could instill a false sense of security. Any manager intent on avoiding security breaches should get on the Microsoft Product Security […]

Small companies are often the nimblest. Take Altova, of Vienna, Austria, which has delivered the first Extensible Markup Language tool I have seen that supports the World Wide Web Consortiums XML Schema candidate recommendation. Altovas XML Spy 3.5 Beta 2 (available for trial download at www.xmlspy. com/beta35.html) provides a completely graphical interface for editing XML, […]

Making software easy to use involves soft factors such as putting controls and menu options where users most often search for them and providing interfaces that change with each task. One proven way to identify soft factors is through hard research: building a usability testing lab, bringing in users with varying skill levels and videotaping […]

A key XML standard from the World Wide Web Consortium, XML Schema, is going to make it easier, simpler and cheaper to use Extensible Markup Language in business applications next year. eWeek Labs sees XML Schema as the most important XML standard to be released since XML itself. It will give applications the ability to […]