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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 »

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 »

Confusing .au.com domain threatens Aussie users

A US-based anti-spyware company has registered the ".com.au.com" domain name, which experts fear could be used by cybercriminals to create more convincing phishing attacks. Read more »

DNS exploits are happening

A fatal flaw with the DNS (Domain Name System) was currently being exploited in internet attacks and more attacks were likely, the security researcher who discovered the flaw said on Thursday in the US Read more »

Cybersquatting escalates in Asia

Inexpensive domain names are fuelling the growth of cybersquatting in the region Read more »

Microsoft embraces open-source scripting language

Microsoft has released a beta of its .Net port to Python. Read more »

BEA to take on Asia thanks to Oracle

Oracle's acquisition of BEA will boost the latter's presence in Asia Pacific, as well as strengthening Oracle's foothold in the telecommunications space, but there will be no serious ramifications on the local market, according to analysts. Read more »

Have your say on .au's future

The public has a chance to have its say on the future of Australia's national top level domain with the federal government today releasing a discussion paper on the matter. Read more »

Hackers a step closer to unlocking iPhone

Reverse engineers are now able to activate an iPhone without an AT&T account and can also gain shell access via a serial port connection. Read more »

Next-gen Microsoft Web server details emerge

The next version of Microsoft's Internet Information Services Web server (IIS7) will integrate the ASP.NET development technologies and turn many core features into optional modules. Read more »

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.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 »

Creating a global development framework

The CLR is an integral part of the .NET Framework that promises to let developers employ their cross-language skills in one master architecture. Read more »

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 »

Digging code: Software archaeology

At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. 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 »

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 »

C-sharp reflection: Save development time throughout the project life-cycle

As a powerful feature of the .NET Framework, reflection provides developers with the ability to examine classes and structures at runtime. This article explains the concept of reflection and how it saves development time throughout the project life-cycle. 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 »

Using message queue services in .NET

The combination of Microsoft Message Queuing's inclusion with Windows and the .NET System.Messaging namespace makes it easy to utilise messaging in your .NET application. 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 »

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