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A new event in programming?

A spinoff from California Institute of Technology thinks that software engineers--already awash in development tools--need another programming language. Read more »

Macromedia's Renaissance man

Kevin Lynch claims that when it comes to interactivity, Web application design is still in the Dark Ages - but there are innovations coming through which promise to drag web development into the 21st century. Read more »

BEA hopes to start open-source buzz with Beehive

BEA Systems plans to start an open-source project around its WebLogic Workshop Java development tool in an effort to drive wider adoption of its software. Read more »

Developers take Linux attacks to heart

A handful of recent online attacks on free and open-source software servers has open-source developers looking over their shoulders. Read more »

Visiting CIO argues for more employee security controls

Staff disabling virus protection and not bothering to change their passwords are security threats too great to let slide, according to one leading CIO. Read more »

FaceBook platform attracts 1,000 developers a day

Founder Mark Zuckerberg says new third-party applications will help his social network grow. But how much is too much of a good thing? Read more »

Microsoft issues security patch for unreleased software

Microsoft released a security patch on Monday for software that won't be available publicly until Tuesday at the company's Professional Developer Conference. Read more »

Windows 7 gets mixed reviews

As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update. Read more »

Understand the ASP.NET DataGrid control

Need to get up to speed on the ASP.NET DataGrid control features? Try this introduction article on for size. Read more »

Red Hat: The hypervisor will be free

Linux vendor Red Hat has predicted that virtualisation software will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range. Read more »

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Working with events in Java

Java offers numerous approaches to event handling, such as anonymous classes and reflection. This article will show you three ways to get started with Java event handling. Read more »

Extend ASP.NET with HTTP modules

While HTTP modules have been a part of ASP.NET since its inception, I still encounter developers with no idea of their existence or usage. HTTP modules allow you to process incoming requests and outgoing responses to and from an ASP.NET application. Read more »

Tie JavaScript events to ASP.NET objects

ASP.NET places many powerful tools in the hands of the Web developer, but that doesn't make existing methods obsolete. This is especially true with client-side JavaScript--as long as you follow certain rules. Read more »

Sharing the event logic between controls in VB.NET

Whenever you write the code logic that may be used for more than one control, it makes sense to try to save time by creating only one procedure that will handle the event and perform that logic. 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 »

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 »

XML in a message-brokered world

When working with XML in a MOM scenario, you need to understand several key issues, including message identification and message size. Read on 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 »

Tech.Ed Australia 2003

Microsoft's Tech.ED 2003 technical conference runs in Brisbane this year from August 10-13. Builder AU will cover the event live in this special report. Read more »

Draw and annotate in your browser using SVG

SVG is a language for describing 2-D graphics in XML, and it lets you treat a browser like a drawing or painting tool. Although not supported by current browsers, SVG functionality is available via free plug-ins. This tutorial puts SVG through its paces. Read more »

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Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. Read more »

Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »

Spry Game

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Adobe WebDU conference in Sydney, Greg Rewis gave a presentation on Spry 1.6, the AJAX framework. Read more »

JavaOne: Slot cars, robots and more

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Does Java's reach know no bounds? Read more »

Live Aussie Vista Launch

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Live Blogging from the Australian launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 at the MCA in Sydney. Read more »

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