One of the basic but important security issues in web development that you should pay attention to is SQL Injection. Recently HP released a free tool called Scrawlr to test such vulnerabilities.

This tool checks your pages using a simple crawler or Google query and find any SQL Injection problems. This tool can only check issues on GET parameters.

You can check up to 1500 URL in each web site using this free tool.

Download: https://download.spidynamics.com/Products/scrawlr/

 

Scott Hanselman, like past years, introduced a 2007 list of developer and power users tools for Windows. If you are familiar with his cool lists you can enjoy his fresh 2007 version of it and if you didn't hear anything about his list before its time to take a look at it.

In addition to those tools I've ever been using, I downloaded these tools in my first look at list and I will read list exactly later!: Query Express, CollectionGen, Code Style Enforcer, Microsoft BPA, Resource Refactor.

Thanks Scott, you are an angel!

 

Are you tired of commercial expensive anti-virus softwares which you should buy and be charged for update subscriptions every year? Yesterday I was looking for a free and good anti-virus software to install on my laptop. After I googled a while, finally I reached ALWIL Software web site.

This company offers an anti-virus software called avast! that is a good tool to substitute softwares like Norton or McAfee.

Fortunately, avast! has a free edition for non-commercial uses. avast! 4 Home Edition is for home users who do not use their computer for profit. You can download its setup file and install it on your PC. In order to use this free edition, you should register it (for free!) to receive a serial number. Then you can enjoy this powerful, modern anti-virus software.

This edition will give you real-time protection, complete auto update from Internet, Web, IM, Email protection and etc.. Also you can use it on 64-bit systems.

User interface is available in these languages: English, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish.

Do you believe?!!


Download: English Version (around 10 MB) | Other Languages
Register: Right Here!

 

A few days ago I was searching the web and specially download.com web site for a RAM manager and optimizer software. There were many commercial softwares for this purpose but I was looking for a free version! Finally I reached BySoft.com web site. They offer a free software called FreeRAM. Its installation file is only 505 KB. When you install and run it, FreeRAM will place an icon on your tray showing current available memory. It has quick shortcuts that let you free your memory to a desired amount easily. Also you can specify a RAM Alarm so that when your available memory becomes less than this number, software automatically frees your RAM.

For my personal use it helps me alot. Now that I'm writing this post my available memory is 27 MB... and after I ordered FreeRAM free my memory, my available memory is 94 MB now!!

Highly Recomended!

BySoft FreeRam: Web Site | Download

 

Microsoft released Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7: Home | Download | Tour | Blog.

 

Have you ever used Yahoo! Widget? Today while I was seeking for something else on Yahoo.com I found this amazing tool from Yahoo!.

Let's take a look at what Yahoo said about it:

"The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather..."

In fact you can install Widget Engine from widget.yahoo.com and add as many widgets as you like. Many ready-to-use widgets are provided by Yahoo itself and some others are built by third party companies and users.

One point that was so interesting to me is the speed of these widgets. You may not be aware that these tiny tools would decrease your system performance and speed. They sit on your desktop and don't disturb you!

I suggest you download Yahoo Widget and use its useful widgets to organize your works and access required daily information like weather, stock report, notepad, ...

Yahoo! Widget: Home | Widget Gallery | Download (for Windows)