https://developer.mastercard.com/portal/display/api/Payments

Visa opens API to developers

https://www.v.me/

Visa Developer Center

GMail New Display Density Not Found - Trouble Finding it ?

GMail has a news look and is quite refined, great job. They have a new feature they are touting called Display Density, trouble is - I could not find it.

The help says the Gear Option Icon should be to the top right of email list when you are on the Inbox link? Well where is it? Its not there. It makes sense when your look at a list of emails you should be able to format the list at this point ?

Turns out, it's only when you COMPOSE a new message that you see the Gear Option Icon and then can change the  Display Density. Just a helpful hint and design quark. See image below.

Hope this helps.




UPDATE NOV 14, 2011 - this has been corrected @ 

RequestReduce is a performance optimization tool designed for ASP.NET websites

RequestReduce is a performance optimization tool designed for ASP.NET websites. It automatically enhances page load speeds by reducing the number of HTTP requests and optimizing static resources.

Key features include:

• Automatic Spriting: It identifies CSS background images and automatically compiles them into a single sprite sheet, optimizing the PNG format and compression to reduce server requests.

• Merging and Minification: It bundles and minifies JavaScript and CSS files, which helps decrease file sizes and the overhead of multiple network requests.

• Dynamic Resource Handling: Unlike some tools that require manual configuration, it works at runtime to locate resources, even those hosted externally.

• Compiler Support: It includes support for compiling Less, Sass, and CoffeeScript.

• CDN and Web Farm Compatibility: It can sync content across multiple web servers and is designed to work well with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).

• Framework Compatibility: The core features are compatible with .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.0.

It is implemented as an HTTP module that you can add to your web project, typically via NuGet packages (RequestReduce, RequestReduce.SqlServer, or RequestReduce.SassLessCoffee). Given your background with .NET 4.0 and console-based development, it is worth noting that it operates as an IIS module rather than a standalone application, though it relies on server-side processing to handle the transformation of your assets.

http://requestreduce.com/ 

Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information Disclosure (2418042)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-070
updated to include applicability for .NET Framework 4 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-070 - Important

Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information Disclosure (2418042)

Published: September 28, 2010 | Updated: October 26, 2011

Version: 4.2

General Information

Executive Summary

This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read data, such as the view state, which was encrypted by the server. This vulnerability can also be used for data tampering, which, if successfully exploited, could be used to decrypt and tamper with the data encrypted by the server. Microsoft .NET Framework versions prior to Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 are not affected by the file content disclosure portion of this vulnerability.

This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of ASP.NET except Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by additionally signing all data that is encrypted by ASP.NET. For more information about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information.

This security update also addresses the vulnerability first described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2416728.