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Microsoft updates privacy policy - respect.

I get that companies have to find revenue somewhere. Some might “give” you free cloud services and have invasive technology, usage terms or conditions. Some might just be earnest about it and tell you to buy their stuff and in return they’ll try to keep up and give you some great value added services.

10 common mistakes Java developers make when writing SQL

Java devs operate on a blend of object-oriented and imperative thinking - but when it comes to writing SQL, everything can quickly go to pot. Are you guilty?

The guy who wrote this post must not be a DBA: “Just let the database do the processing and fetch only the results …”

Really?

ASP.NET - Topshelf and Katana: A Unified Web and Service Architecture

This is great stuff… Opens up a variety of possible architectures for Windows applications, without the feature and subsequent hardware overkill.

Cool projects to watch:

• OWIN


• Katana


• Topshelf

With the bits and pieces, create service and application without the need for an IIS container.

Denial of service attack

2:04am PST - Criminals are attacking feedly with a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop. We refused to give in and are working with…

You darn criminals! I want to read my feeds…

portuguese-history:

June 10th, Portugal Day, a day to celebrate de Portuguese communities. The date was chosen as being that of the poet Luís Vaz de Camões' death, as there is no certainty of his birth.

Picture: Luís Vaz de Camões, by José Malhoa (in Museu Militar, Lisbon)

Springpad to OneNote migration tool

Remember this news here? No worries, the guys at Microsoft’s OneNote team have the solution: Springpad to OneNote migration tool.

Interesting news from the Hadoop summit

Headlines:

• Microsoft gives SQL Server tech to Hadoop: http://www.infoworld.com/t/hadoop/microsoft-gives-sql-server-tech-hadoop-and-helps-itself-243764


• Microsoft releases HDInsight for Hadoop 2.4 And Gains 100x Performance Increase: http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2014/06/04/microsoft-releases-hdinsight-for-hadoop-2.4-and-gains-100x-performance-increase.aspx


• PolyBase in APS - Yet another SQL over Hadoop solution: http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2014/06/02/polybase-in-aps-yet-another-sql-over-hadoop-solution.aspx

Someone’s been busy with the big data OSS :)

These guys from MS are crazy!

dbareactions:

When we use SQL Server to store files

Yep … this is a pain!