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Adobe Thermo hits back at Microsoft Expression Studio
Adobe Systems is hitting back at Microsoft's Expression Studio with Thermo, a tool that allows designers to create rich Internet applications. Read more »
SAP: Love those developers, hate that open source
Enterprise software giant SAP is making a renewed push to build ties to the developer community, but that enthusiasm isn't likely to extend to making the source code for any of its core components available. Read more »
CA readies patent pledge
Computer Associates plans to submit a portion of its patent portfolio to open-source developers, following moves by other technology companies delving into open source. Read more »
Microsoft rejects Visual Studio delay request
Microsoft has rejected a request from developers to push back delivery of Visual Studio 2005 in order to fix bugs. Read more »
HP seals open-source e-mail deal
Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement to sell Sendmail's e-mail software, the latest move by the longtime Microsoft ally to also woo open-source players. Read more »
Apple takes Safari to Windows and iPhone
Apple plans to ship a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows, and third-party developers will be able to get a piece of the iPhone, the company announced on Monday. Read more »
Oracle warms to Eclipse with open-source project
Oracle has proposed a project to the Eclipse open-source foundation to ease creation of high-end Java applications. Read more »
IBM Tivoli plan knits in Rational tools
IBM next month plans to highlight products from its Tivoli systems management division meant to reduce glitches in complex business applications. Read more »
Expert: Hold developers liable for flaws
Software developers should be held personally accountable for the security of the code they write, said Howard Schmidt, a former White House cybersecurity adviser. Read more »
Oracle to be more selective in patch development
Oracle plans to stop automatically producing security patches for all systems its software runs on, instead creating fixes for uncommon combinations on request, the company said on Tuesday. Read more »
Features (364)
Create ActiveX servers for PL/SQL packages
When you're tuning database applications, your first impulse may be to follow the manuals' examples and start coding database logic directly into your code. Find out a better approach. 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 »
ASP.NET, MVC design pattern
In this article Builder.com looks at a simple pattern for developing .NET Web applications. Read more »
Improve code confidence with these three .NET code review tools
Automated code tools can help developers locate potential problem points in their code before it ever leaves their machines. Here's a look at three tools that can help you with automated code review. Read more »
Retrofitting JUnit: Start testing older code
While best practice says that you write your tests at the same time as - or even before - you write your code, you'll probably have a body of code without tests. Here's how you add tests to existing applications. Read more »
SQL Server applications
Get the most out of your application development efforts by familiarising yourself with SQL Server. Follow these guidelines to build better applications. Read more »
Ask Chuck: Creating Windows apps without a remote database
This week Chuck answers a Builder AU reader's question on creating Windows applications that users can edit without having to connect to a remote database. 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 »
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 »
BrioQuery simplifies database reporting
BrioQuery offers OLAP functionality that meets the needs of all sorts of users - from nontechnical business drivers to developers and DBAs. Read more »
Blog (11)
In a world of Goliaths, who's got a stone?
-- It seems like it is that time of year again... the days are getting longer, the weather is getting a bit warmer and the top-tier software vendors are on a buying spree. Will you get lost in the shuffle? Why not support your local software developer! Read more »
Database pros get tools in the know
-- Microsoft has just released the eagerly anticipated Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (TEDB) which allows developers to build database applications in a team environment. Read more »
Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
-- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
CodeGear ready Ruby release
-- CodeGear have announced this week they will be releasing an integrated development environment(IDE) for Ruby on Rails developers in the second half of 2007. Read more »
CodeGear Q&A
-- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »
Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5
-- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
Adobe to set Flex free
-- Adobe have announced plans to open source the Flex platform in full under the open source Mozilla Public License (MPL) by the end of 2007. Read more »
Newbie guide to Google's Android
-- 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 »
Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote
-- The big event of a Flex, Flash or ColdFusion developer's year is Adobe's annual conference held this year in Chicago. Builder AU's Andrew Muller attended this year and reports on the first day's opening. Read more »
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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 »
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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 »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.