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Grassroots computing languages hit the big time

Once considered simple toys by serious programmers, scripting languages are becoming first-class citizens in the world of corporate software development. Read more »

Oracle's Linux clustering hits Australia

Oracle hopes to take advantage of Australian IT professional's interest in Linux, with the release of a new version of its 9I database, which can be run across multiple Linux servers in a configuration known as clustering. 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 »

MS delays Yukon and Whidbey -- again

Microsoft has said the forthcoming release of its SQL Server database and Visual Studio.NET development tool will be delayed--again. Read more »

Eclipse lights up Java crowd

A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the center of innovation in the Java tools industry. Read more »

Sun to offer more free software

Sun Microsystems said on Wednesday that it will offer free access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris operating system. Read more »

Q&A: Borland's latest saviour

In the course of its 22 years in Silicon Valley, Borland Software has lived through its share of ups and downs. Read more »

Borland to wield tools against Microsoft

The revived company readies a software suite to compete against Microsoft's popular Visual Studio.Net. But can it really go toe-to-toe with the tech giant? Read more »

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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 »

Ask Chuck: Displaying graphs in VS.NET

This week Chuck answers a Builder Australia reader's question on displaying graphs of database data on web sites using VS.NET. Read more »

Ask the Builder AU experts

Need your development-related questions solved? Meet the Builder AU team of experts and start submitting your questions now. Read more »

Ask Chuck: Icons in a datagrid column

In this week's column, Chuck responds to a Builder Australia member's question on the easiest way to put icons in a datagrid column. Read more »

Hiring a Web designer

When you're interviewing candidates for a Web designer position, you should carefully assess their skill set. Here's a list of technologies to look for and some questions to ask. Read more »

Do you need an application server?

If you're big on technology trends, you may be considering which application server to put in place. But the first question you should ask is whether you truly need one. Read more »

Programming for Cell

As the Cell has seven usable cores and some exotic memory features, it can offer more parallelism than other chips in the marketplace but it comes at the cost of ease of programming. We discuss the challenges faced by this difficult yet highly parallel architecture. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Greg Low

Builder AU interviewed Greg via e-mail before the start of Tech.Ed 06 to talk about beta software, free databases, and the future of database development. Read more »

Cool Web tools: four IDEs tested

We stack up four development environments for creating Web-based applications. Find out which one best suits your needs. Read more »

What are you worth?

What are the skills you need to keep in demand? We asked employers, recruitment agencies and training companies what skills will be in demand for 2006 and beyond. Read more »

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CodeGear Q&A

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- 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 »

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