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Software Test & Performance Conference 2009

Software Test & Performance Conference will be on March 31 - April 2, 2009 at the Marriott, San Mateo, CA. Join hundreds of software developers, development managers, test/QA managers ...

Unauthorized Web Use On The Rise, Sneaking By IT

A new study released indicates that businesses may be clueless about the breadth of the problem: While 15 percent of IT managers report that Web filter bypass tools are in ...

40 Best Test Automation Blogs

If you want to know everything about QA Test Automation, check out these 40 blogs from testers around the world.  Dmitry Motevich over at Easy Way To Automate Testing has ...

The hidden tax break for techies is almost gone

With Congress and the Treasury Department throwing billions of dollars at banks and maybe auto companies, it was easy to miss a key part of the economic stimulus package that ...

An overview of HP QuickTest Pro (QTP)

QuickTest Professional (QTP) is an automated functional Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing tool created by the HP subsidiary Mercury Interactive that allows the automation of user actions on ...

Privacy group calls Google Latitude a ‘danger’ to security

A privacy group is calling Google Inc.'s new mapping application an "unnecessary danger" to users' security and privacy. The criticism comes just a day after Google Inc. unveiled Google ...

How We Test Software at Microsoft

Get the inside story on how Microsoft manages its software testing process. Discover how Microsoft implements and manages the software-testing process company-wide with guidance and insights direct from ...

How-to make your QTP scripts perform better

Everyone knows we use automated testing tools to optimize our testing process. Unless you make full use of the capability of the tool and unless a tool is used sensibly ...

Ten Gmail Labs Features You Should Enable

Gmail has been slowly but surely rolling out cool new features ever since they started Gmail Labs. If you haven't taken advantage of the fruits of Labs, here's a look ...

Comfort an axed coworker

The higher-ups just called a special meeting in the conference room; thank God, you weren't invited. But your work pal was. As he boxes up his Star Wars figures and ...

Choosing a test automation framework

Basing an automated testing effort on using only a capture tool such as IBM Rational® Robot to record and play back test cases has its drawbacks. Running complex ...

uTest delivers software testing on-demand

uTest is a community and marketplace for software testing, or Quality Assurance (QA). Companies can use the service to manage their QA cycles and recruit testers in the ...

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