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Is the software licence dead?

The business of selling software is due for an extreme makeover, industry executives said at the SoftSummit conference in the United States. Read more »

Google lays out plans for VisualRank image search

Google is starting to provide a fuller picture of the work it's undertaking to create a practical tool for image searches. Read more »

Counting down to the iPhone SDK

While Australia waits for the iPhone, time is quickly closing in on the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the iPhone, one that could signal just how far Apple can take its maiden voyage into the smartphone world. Read more »

HP: Linux adoption a long-term process

In a presentation at the Sydney Linux World Conference and Expo yesterday, Hewlett Packard's Linux vice-president, Martin Fink, said businesses deploying Linux should be driven by long-term planning rather than "doing it because they can". Read more »

Adobe ponies up for Apollo

Adobe to invest part of $100 million venture fund the downloadable player that lets Web applications appear as desktop programs. Read more »

Microsoft to reveal more Longhorn details

Microsoft is expected next month to disclose more details on Longhorn, its planned upgrade to Windows, as the company looks to drive demand for the forthcoming operating system. Read more »

Sun tries again with consumer-flavoured Java

The server and software company comes full circle with Java, releasing a scripting language to ease desktop and device Java development. Read more »

BEA lights US$87.5m fire under its SOA ambitions

Fuego has been acquired to give BEA's offerings a BPM boost. Read more »

BEA Systems acquires Fuego

BEA Systems announced on Wednesday that it bought business process management software maker Fuego for US$87.5 million in cash. Read more »

Intel pledges 80-core chips in five years

Intel has built a prototype of a processor with 80 cores that can perform a trillion floating-point operations per second. Read more »

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Different types of Dreamweaver CS3 layouts

At this year's WebDU conference, Stephanie Sullivan, founder and principal of W3Conversions and Adobe community expert gave a thorough presentation named "CSS Layouts & Dreamweaver CS3". Read more »

Linux.conf.au day one: Less hype more code

A sold out Linux.conf.au 2003 started with the cheering of Linux users, hacks and hobbyists when Linus Torvalds was introduced suited up as none other than Tux, the famous Linux icon. Read more »

Special report: MXDU 2005

MXDU 2005, happening on February 17 and 18, is an annual event for developers wanting to learn the latest hints, tips, and ideas on using Macromedia MX technology to build and deliver the best experiences on the web. Read more »

An introduction to Silva

Australian technical writer Jan Smith highlights the features and functionality within Silva, an open-source content management system. Read more »

Introduction to the Google Web Toolkit

At the Google Developer Day conference 2008 in Sydney, Lars Rasmussen, the head of engineering for Google Australia gave an overview of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) with his presentation "AJAX with Google Web Toolkit". Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

10 ways to make meetings more effective

"That meeting wasted my time". How often have you made this statement? The following tips, which apply both to attendees and the chair of the meeting, will help minimise the chances of you being aggravated. Read more »

MAX 2006 Report

Max 2006 was staged in Las Vegas on 23rd - 26th October, Andrew Muller was there for Builder AU. Read more »

Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in charge

With most of the world's software written with x86 in mind, it's doubtful that any future chip architecture would be able to displace it. Read more »

BT's model of SOA development

British Telecom (BT) Exact is aiming to increase the flexibility of the group's internal systems by adopting a service oriented architecture. We interview the lead architect behind the move. Read more »

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Blog (5)

AJAX applications and security

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSON, gave a talk entitled "AJAX Security" at the recent Web Directions South conference. In this talk, Crockford discussed some of the security concerns with AJAX applications and what can be done to address them. Read more »

What's new in GWT 1.5?

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- I recently wrote an introduction to the Google Web Toolkit based on Lars Rasmussen's session at the Google Developer Day 2008 in Sydney. Following the introductory session Lars gave us a deeper insight into GWT, particularly what's new in version 1.5. Read more »

Introduction to Infocard

[blogs:] -- Identity provisioning is a hot topic in the Internet right now. Microsoft is behind a new version called Infocard. Here is a brief introduction to what Infocard is. Read more »

Adobe Developer Week

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- Adobe recently ran a series of online conferences via Breeze under the banner of Adobe Developer Week. There was a great and diverse range of topics on offer; including Flex, LiveCycle, ColdFusion, Apollo, Model Glue, RIAs, Ajax, ActionScipt 3 and security. Read more »

Tech.Ed day 1: C# by the sea shore

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Anne Kirah, Microsoft’s Senior Design Anthropologist delivered the opening keynote for this year's Tech.Ed event from the Sydney Convention Centre this morning. While she told the audience "I'm no techno expert" there were plenty of entertaining pointers to take away. Read more »

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