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IT pioneer William Norris dies at 95
William C. Norris, who founded the giant mainframe company Control Data and made the first commercial supercomputer, has died at the age of 95. Read more »
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The developer's guide to C# 2.0
The next version of the C# programming language promises some impressive new tricks when it arrives later this year. This guide by local expert Glenn Stephens is just the ticket you need to get started today. Read more »
Don't sweat C# type conversions
In his new C# column, Harold Davis explains type conversions in .NET and discusses the differences between casting in C# and VB.NET. Read more »
Making sense of the J2ME
It can often be difficult to sort out the acronyms associated with Java's Micro Edition. ZDNet Australia attempts to alleviate some of the confusion with this handy guide. Read more »
Implementing the Soundex function in C#
For years Microsoft SQL Server has provided developers with a method called Soundex that is used to retrieve an encoded string. Words that sound alike have similar encodings, so you can use this functionality to provide some flexibility in searches. This article shows how to implement Soundex completely in C# without having to use the SQL function. Read more »
My move from VB.NET to C#
The author confesses why he stuck with VB.NET for so long rather than moving to C# and reveals how life has been now that he's taken the plunge. Read more »
The C# vs. Java debate
Language zealots argue the tech merits of C# vs. Java, but one Builder member says that's not the most meaningful debate. He says the language you use should depend on your platform. Read more »
AppDev's C# training videos: Worth the ticket price?
If you're looking for C# training, should you look to AppDev's video training package? Find out about the highs and the lows of this product. Read more »
Choose the best Java framework for your application
Choosing a proper framework for Java is dependent on several factors. Find out what you should consider when deciding the framework for your next Java application. Read more »
Interview: The importance of being Erlang
He's one of the few developers in Australia with experience working in Erlang, the functional programming language which is gaining fans for its handling of parallel processing and creating distributed systems. We sat down with Andre Pang to see what all the fuss was about. Read more »
How to issue the "hard no"
If you polled managers and asked them to list the things they have the most difficulty doing, somewhere near the top of the list would be -saying no." I can already hear many of you saying, -Well, my boss tells me no all the time." But it is, in fact, a difficult act for more managers than you think. Read more »
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How to manage a team of geniuses
-- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
Digging deeper into AJAX
-- Lately I've been doing some further reading into how all this AJAX technology works. 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.