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Microsoft and Eclipse cosy up on Java

Microsoft will begin collaborating with the Eclipse Foundation to improve native Windows application development on Java. Read more »

Aussie CIOs poke under Chrome bonnet

Australian chief information officers have shown a mixed reaction to Google's new Chrome browser, which was released in testing form last week to early adopters' praise. Read more »

Sun open-sources mobile Java UI toolkit

Sun has open sourced its toolkit for creating Java-based user interfaces for mobile phones. Read more »

Vista security to be 'obliterated' at Black Hat

An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Read more »

Google Gadgets now work on Linux

Google Gadgets — mini-applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop — have, until now, only been compatible with Windows and Mac. Read more »

Interview: Red Hat's new CEO

Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News. Read more »

VMware brings Windows apps to the Mac

Virtualisation vendor VMware has announced the general availability of VMware Fusion, a software product that allows Apple users to run Windows-based applications on the Apple Mac platform. Read more »

Signature-based antivirus is dead: Get over it

A hacking competition will attempt to prove that signature-based antivirus is dead but security vendors say, apart from signatures, antivirus is alive and well. Read more »

Windows chief opens up on '7'

Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7. Read more »

Significant gaps found in MS Exchange API docs

Software companies that provide alternatives to Microsoft Exchange have reported "significant gaps" in the application programming interfaces (APIs) recently published by Microsoft for its volume server products. Read more »

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Handle exceptions properly in C#

Developers often overlook the importance of exception handling to the detriment of their own code. Read more »

.NET exceptions for the exceptionally challenged

Get the most out of .NET's structured exception system. These 10 best-practice tips will ensure that you don't wind up bogging down your applications. Read more »

.NET application blocks boost development

The .NET Framework is enhanced by .NET application blocks. Here's how to streamline your development efforts with this new tool. Read more »

Take advantage of Microsoft's Application Blocks for .NET

Application Blocks for .NET include source code and sample applications. Take advantage of these tools and get a head start on your next project. Read more »

Log errors easily with the EMAB

The Exception Management Application Block (EMAB) can simplify your VB.NET or C# error handling, provided you know how to leverage it properly. Read more »

Debug an application remotely

Debugging can often be handled on a developer's local machine, but some problems exist solely in a test or production environment. This article shows how to debug remotely. Read more »

Scalability vs. performance

One of the mental conflicts with building a scalable application is that all of the layers that we add for scalability hurt the performance of the application. Read more »

The Aggregation Application Block can simplify data handling

The Aggregation Application Block can make data handling--particularly Web services data handling--easier for .NET developers. Find out how to implement it and why you need the Exception Management Application Block to do it. Read more »

Web-Enabling Java Applications

In the second part of our series on building a simple Java application, we see how you can use servlets to web-enable apps easily Read more »

Easily integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET pages

While ASP.NET provides a robust development platform, developers should not overlook mature technologies like JavaScript. Tony Patton explains how to integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET controls in this article. Read more »

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Application Threat Modeling v2

[blogs:] -- Threat Modeling has become one of the most important ways to increase the security of your application development projects. It allows you to understand the threats you will face, and implement countermeasure in a consistent, reliable way. If you only do one thing to improve yoru development processes, Threat Modeling should be it. Now with the new ACE Threat Modeling methodology and tools, it's easy to do as well! Read more »

The best news Linux could ever receive: LinuxWorld's a bust

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The latest proof that Linux has conquered the corporate data center crowd: LinuxWorld is a dud. Read more »

When it comes to Apple, proprietary, 'schmaprietary'

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The company's "closed" behaviour, you can argue, is what makes simplicity possible. What limited Apple's appeal is now working to its advantage. Read more »

Try… Catch… Win!

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- As a .NET developer, there are a few “best practices” that you should always consider. And one of the biggest is that every application you write should include error trapping to trap critical and non-critical errors that may occur. And the .NET framework makes it easy to use “Try… Catch” statements to intercept any errors that occur and allow you to handle the exception. Read more »

Newbie guide to Google's Android

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »

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    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

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    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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