Neil Smithline has been working with software for 25+ years. From his first paying job of coding on a TRS-80 to his current role of application security specialist at BEA Systems, Neil has worked on many aspects of computer systems ranging from small applications to enterprise systems in use by millions of users. He entertains himself (and hopefully a few other people) by writing whatever technology-centric ideas come to his mind on www.smithline.net. When he is not wasting his time on computers he is a father of two, husband, and son.
Is Google growing too
fast to continue to
produce innovative
software while
maintaining the quality
that has become expected
of it? I've had some
problems with their
alerts and sent in
comments and, excluding
the automated email
replies, have received no
respons...
It seems that Google Maps
are a bit broken right
now. In the 'Screen Shot
1' you can see that I got
two hits for the same
store, differing only
that one has the word
'The' in the name.
Excluding abbreviations,
their addresses are the
same although one has the
unit...
While security is a
concern throughout an
application, it is
especially important for
Web application
components. An insecure
Web application leaves a
Web site vulnerable to
many attacks, some that
require nothing more than
an Internet browser and a
small amount of
knowledge.