News (11)

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 »

Domain for mobile devices hits the Web

The domain, .mobi, is designed to spur use of the Internet on mobile devices â€" but some fear it will have the opposite effect. Read more »

.NSW, .Uluru, .Oz, .footy domains coming in 2009?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in internet history, a French web official said. Read more »

Porn stats make mockery of AU censorship laws

Australia hosts more porn pages than any other country in the region despite strict laws designed to restrict adult content. Read more »

Salesforce.com wants customers to use the force

Salesforce.com is trying to persuade its customers to use its hosting platform, called force.com, to serve up their online applications, but even the company's leaders admit that most people still view it simply as a hosted CRM platform. Will its rebranding and development strategies help it to turn the corner? Read more »

Microsoft, JBoss link server software

Two companies on opposite sides of the open-source philosophical divide, Microsoft and JBoss, have signed a partnership to make their server software work together better. Read more »

A closer look at Java

Ten years ago, Sun Microsystems publicly debuted Java, software that initially helped establish the company's forward-thinking reputation and that later spread to most corners of the computer industry. James Gosling is the man behind the technology. Read more »

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says

The attack that blacked out Google, Yahoo and other major Web sites earlier this week involved the use of a "bot net"--a large network of zombified home PCs according to Internet infrastructure provider Akamai Technologies. Read more »

Open source Visionary: Business not spooked by Linux

Linux expert claims the open-source community will not make the mistakes of the Unix world. Read more »

You call that a standard?

Q&A Robert Glushko, a UC Berkeley professor who was involved in early XML proceedings, decries how powerful interests have distorted the standards process. Read more »

More .net, Design, Domain Name News Results

Features (35)

Developer Spotlight: Inside .NET with Juval Lowy

Builder AU caught up with Lowy during his masterclass in Sydney and discussed what is in .NET 3.0, the design review process and how developers can better learn. Read more »

Use the Cache object in ASP.NET designs

ASP.NET's Cache object allows developers to easily implement advanced caching. See how you can control its dependencies and expiration and apply priorities to items in the cache. Read more »

First impressions of ASP.NET's MVC framework

Find out why you may want to use Microsoft's Model View Controller (MVC) framework instead of Web Forms. Read more »

Is this the Active Directory that you've been waiting for?

Columnist Tim Landgraves explains why enhanced management tools and a more flexible deployment make the .NET Server worthy of tech leaders' consideration. Read more »

What will you find in the .NET Compact Framework?

Find out what's in and what's out for Microsoft's new mobile development platform. Builder.com has the details on the new Compact Framework. Read more »

.Net develops advantages over Java

Developers have a number of reasons for favouring one programming environment over another. For those attracted by good technology, .NET is worth a look. Read more »

Take advantage of strongly typed collection classes in .NET

This article will walk you through some code samples that show you how to better access the data layer. Read more »

Configuring the corporate development environment

Builder.com looks at the three key elements of every .NET development environmentâ€"development workstations, development servers, and development procedures. Read more »

Basic rules for building and managing distributed data services

Take a look at how to build an application composed of multiple services and how to manage data efficiently in a distributed system. Read more »

Windows 2003 certification: Top 10 study topics

See what you'll need to bone up on to keep your Microsoft server certifications current. Read more »

More .net, Design, Domain Name Features Results

Log in


Sign up | Forgot your password?

Blogs

RSS feed

  • 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

What's on?