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Linux.conf.au hits domain disaster

The website of Australia's annual Linux conference has become temporarily inaccessible scant months before the event because of policy confusion over whether or not it is allowed to use its long-standing domain name. Read more »

Sun wrestles with open-source Java

Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground. Read more »

Windows 7 gets mixed reviews

As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update. Read more »

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All about Longhorn

COMMENTARY -- Longhorn will be immensely popular once it is released, because Longhorn is revolutionary technology that makes desktop computing better. Read more »

Tech.Ed Australia 2003

Microsoft's Tech.ED 2003 technical conference runs in Brisbane this year from August 10-13. Builder AU will cover the event live in this special report. Read more »

Tim Buntel and the Tale of Scorpio

Chatting about the upcoming release of ColdFusion 8 called Scorpio with Tim Buntel, Adobe's ColdFusion Marketing Manager. Read more »

You can spell Web services without .NET

When was the last time you talked Web services with someone who didn't mention .NET? Brian Schenkenfelder says not only can you do one without the other, you most definitely should. Read more »

ASP.NET security holes

Learn about the recently discovered holes in ASP.NET, and ponder who should be responsible for security. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates

The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »

The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?

Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. Read more »

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Down to Semantics

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Web Directions South conference in Sydney, David Peterson presented "Semantic Web for Distributed Social Networks". Read more »

JavaOne: Slot cars, robots and more

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Does Java's reach know no bounds? Read more »

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  • Staff A first look at Windows 7 beta

    In this week's Roundup we show you a preview of Windows 7 beta, cover news from the annual Macworld and more. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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