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Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month

Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday. Read more »

AJAX sets off tools race

The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit. Read more »

Mozilla puts bounty on bugs

A string of high-profile flaws in browser software prompted the Mozilla Foundation to announce on Monday that it would offer US$500 for every serious bug found by security researchers. Read more »

Microsoft learns to live with open source

Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering. Read more »

New age dawns at Eclipse

Eclipse, an increasingly influential open-source development tools project, will kick off its first programmer conference next week amid strong industry momentum and lingering questions regarding its future direction. Read more »

Mozilla previews e-mail program

Weeks after the successful launch of its Firefox browser, Mozilla has released an e-mail application in another salvo on Microsoft's home turf. Read more »

Vista feature exposes beta machines

Windows Vista beta testers have stumbled upon a networking feature in the operating system that could pose a security risk to them, but they say they're not worried. Read more »

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Construct a Service Level Agreement

The Service Level Agreement (SLA) defines the basis of formal understanding and communication between the developer and the client. Simon Jackson investigates why you need one for your project. Read more »

What users want

Developing usable software for customers is all about understanding your end-users. We asked some of Australia's leading usability experts on their approach to this integral part of software development. Read more »

Should a freelance developer sacrifice freedom for a regular paycheque?

A freelance Web developer has an offer to become a full-time employee--but should they take it? Career guru Molly Joss offers some advice. Read more »

Form validation is vastly improved in ASP.NET

All Web development efforts require form validation, but Active Server Page technology hasn't made it easy. Fortunately, ASP.NET addresses the need with validation controls. Read more »

Object wiring: An Observer-Observable pattern

Object wiring ties objects together so they can communicate with each other. Learn the details while applying the concept in .NET. Read more »

Demystifying .NET compilation

.NET's JIT compiler has a lot of developers scratching their heads. Get the lowdown on how code compilation works on the .NET development platform. Read more »

Optimising performance with sessions in PHP

A dynamic Web site provides both a money-saving solution and the ability to create interesting, useful Web environments. So where's the trade-off? It's in performance. Read more »

Limit postbacks with ASP.NET 2.0 client callbacks

ASP.NET 2.0 provides its own way to make server requests without disturbing the user. Read more »

Troubleshoot Apache with these tips

The Apache Web server is well-proven, but can still offer an administrator headaches from time to time when things go wrong. Read more »

Create a quiz app with XML and JavaScript

Follow the creation and evolution of a JavaScript-based quiz application as a developer satisfies the specified requirements for a client-side-only solution. 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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    In this week's Roundup we show you a preview of Windows 7 beta, cover news from the annual Macworld and more. 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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