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Aussie entrepreneur jackpots in Fujitsu sale

Australian entrepreneur John Orrock has sold his CRM systems integration business Okere to the US arm of Fujitsu Consulting in a multi-million dollar deal. Read more »

Howard 'hacker' pleads innocence

The so-called "Howard hacker", who has apparently been reported to the Australian Federal Police, told ZDNet Australia that he is innocent of defacing the Liberal Web site. Read more »

Tridgell speaks out in Bitkeeper war

Andrew Tridgell has made his first public comments on the dispute between himself and Linux originator Linus Torvalds over source code management for the Linux kernel, describing much of the coverage and commentary on the issue as "trivial and crazy". Read more »

IBM tunes up for Jazz open-source project

IBM is working on an open-source project called Jazz to promote programming tools for globally distributed teams. Read more »

Builder's August Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? ZDNet Australia's Builder channel can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of August. Read more »

Microsoft vows to play fair

Microsoft pledged on Wednesday that all of its future operating systems, including Windows Vista, will abide by self-imposed rules aimed at bolstering choice and competition. Read more »

Builder's November Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? Builder Australia can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of November. Read more »

Big Blue moves to 'off the rack' services

Seeking fatter profits, IBM's Global Services consulting arm is changing the tune of its familiar "Have it your way" refrain. Read more »

Office 2007: FrontPage is out, blogging is in

Don't go looking for FrontPage in the just-released Beta 2 edition of Office 2007. Microsoft has axed its 10-year-old Web site authoring software. Read more »

Google-Sun pact brainchild of Sun engineer

The landmark partnership Google and Sun Microsystems unveiled Tuesday wasn't the brainchild of top executives--it bubbled up from the rank and file of Sun's software engineering department. Read more »

Features (60)

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 »

Applied Reflection: Creating a dynamic Web service to simplify code

While Visual Studio and the .NET Framework enable developers to create and consume Web services via a simple interface, there are times when a developer must dig a little deeper into the technology to accomplish what is required. Zach Smith explains how to leverage a combination of the .NET Framework's Reflection API and Web services to create a dynamic business layer proxy. Read more »

Getting .NET class info with Reflection

In this article, Builder.com walks you through two example programsââ,¬"a run-time class information reporter and a convoluted Hello World applicationââ,¬"that illustrate late-bound method invocation. Read more »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. 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 »

Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

Under the covers of the .NET CLR

.NET promises to let developers write code in numerous compliant languages, but exactly how does the CLR accomplish this feat? Read more »

What .NET developers need to know about Daylight Saving Time changes

One of the most talked about topics in the industry right now is how the U.S. government's changes to Daylight Saving Time (DST) will affect IT resources. We'll show you how you can make your adjustments on time. Read more »

.NET attributes are more than decoration

Among the most confusing and misunderstood elements of the .NET framework are the purpose and uses of attributes. Read this article to see why attributes are a good thing. Read more »

ADO.NET: More than an updated version of ADO

Making the move from ADO to ADO.NET involves a steep learning curve. But the process is made easier by dispelling some of the hype surrounding ADO.NET. Read more »

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