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Google Maps go embeddable, local in Australia

Google has updated the Australian version of its Maps application, which coincides with the search giant announcing that next week, it will update its global service so that maps can be embedded into any Web page using an iframe. Read more »

AU FOSS bodies blast US free-trade deal

Australia's national open source industry body, OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia), and Linux Australia have spoken out about their concerns over the proposed Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), warning that the legal framework of the intellectual property clauses will put the entire Australian software development industry at risk. Read more »

MPAA blames Linux Australia notice on 'human error'

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has blamed Linux Australia's wrongful receipt of a copyright infringement notice on a worker's "bad day". Read more »

Linux Australia fights Motion Picture Association of America notice

What seems to be an embarrassing blunder by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in its hunt for online pirates has prompted Linux Australia to contact its legal representatives and warn of a possible breach of Australian law. Read more »

Hiring help

Given the stress of software development, should the job interview for a developer position be kind and gentle, or should it challenge candidates to show their stuff? Read more »

Yahoo developing an audio search engine

Web giant Yahoo is developing a search engine for finding downloadable songs and music data from across the Internet. Read more »

Salesforce.com's US$25m fund 'good news for developers'

Salesforce.com's US$25 million venture capital fund is great for developers, say analysts -- as long as providing support costs to a global market doesn't kill the start-ups. Read more »

Facebook to 'punish' bad apps

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed a change in the social networking company's approach to its application platform when he took the stage at the F8 conference in the US today. Read more »

Borland creates new company for tools business

Borland announced overnight they have not sold its developer tools group Read more »

Machines to terminate human intellect

Machine intelligence will catch up with that of humans and begin to overtake it in the next two decades, a visionary scientist has predicted. Read more »

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Mobile development in Australia--Part 3

In the final part in this series, Builder AU wraps up with advice for developers wanting to take their mobile applications to market. Read more »

Why open source is bad for Australia

Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. 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 »

James Gosling Q & A

James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »

Software review: Features of phpBB discussion server

There are numerous open source discussion servers available for download from the Internet. This reviewer suggests that phpBB may have the best set of features and the highest level of support when compared to the rest. 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 »

Made in Australia security qualification?

The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea. Read more »

Top 14 development integration trends for 2004

Take a look at what META Group is saying on integration and development strategies research trends for 2003/2004. Read more »

Using trouble tickets as development feedback

While development teams get plenty of feedback from sales, one frequently untapped source is customer service. Find out how to bridge the gap. Read more »

80% of software is no brain work: Ivar Jacobson

Efficiency, Code Reuse and Artificial Intelligence -- we sat down with one of the inventors of UML and the RUP to talk about how the software industry has to change in the next five years. Read more »

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Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- 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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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

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    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

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