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Building quality code, not testing for quality

Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »

Indian outsourcers feeling the pinch

India's outsourcing giants suffered sluggish growth in contrast to record-breaking spending on global services in 2008. Read more »

Gates is gone but the fight goes on: Stallman

To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers. Read more »

Microsoft's OOXML bid: No knowledge, no regrets

Microsoft admits it had no knowledge of software standards until deep into its bid to get Office Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standardization -- but there are no regrets over its tactics during the process. Read more »

UNIX group wants money to take on OOXML

A group of UK open-source advocates is seeking donations so it can continue its fight against the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format. Read more »

Inside the Top500 supercomputers

Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers list to be released Wednesday at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany. Read more »

Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone 3G

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the second generation iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference and details some of the improvements over the original iPhone. Read more »

Venezuela and India appeal OOXML ratification

Venezuela and India have appealed against the official ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, bringing the total number of protesting countries to four. Read more »

Brazil joins OOXML appeal conga line

Brazil is to appeal the International Organisation for Standardisation decision to ratify Microsoft Office Open XML, now known as ISO/IEC DIS 29500. Read more »

3.3 billion mobile users as half the world gets a phone

The number of mobile phone users worldwide soared to over 3.3 billion by the end of 2007, equivalent to a penetration rate of 49 per cent, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said in a report today. Read more »

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Asia's open source hangup

One of the main draws and selling point of open source technology is its much celebrated developer ecosystem. But, according to an industry expert, this community spirit seems to be lacking in Asia. Read more »

Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Q&A -- Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft. Read more »

Taking developers into the interface

In the second half of our interview with Matt Thompson, director of Sun Developer Network, we discuss JavaFX phones, Sun's view of Google and Adobe, Swing's appearance and just how much of a bubble the industry is in. Read more »

Agile Modelling with IBM's Scott Ambler

You may already be doing agile modelling and not realise it according to Scott Ambler, head of Agile Development at Rational Software. Read more »

Get the correct time by converting between time zones with PHP and PEAR

PHP comes with an extensive catalog of date and time functions, however, a quicker alternative is to use the PEAR Date class, which comes with built-in support for time zones and is, by far, the simplest way to perform date conversions. Read more »

Building on top of osCommerce

By choosing to modify an existing open source e-retailing system, Damian Hickey was able to accelerate the development process, but also took on board a score of additional problems. Read more »

Interview: Microsoft's security guru, Steve Riley

Before the start of Tech.Ed 06 Builder AU caught up with Steve Riley who works at Microsoft as a Senior Security Strategist to talk about Vista's new networking stack, security vs usability, and the uptake of IPv6. Read more »

IBM boss spells out a better future

Forget the multinational, says IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano. "Global integration" is now the way to go for large organisations. Read more »

Aussie coders changing the world

Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, Aussie developers rank among the world's best. Simon Sharwood profiles our top five geeks. Read more »

Is Java getting better with age?

Scripting languages are catching on with developers, but Sun's James Gosling sees plenty of kick left in Java. Read more »

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Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google's Orkut social network isn't just big in Brazil. It's also popular in India, especially among software developers, according to a new survey. Read more »

Bracing for Applefest

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It's that time of year again, Steve Jobs' reality distortion field is about to extend throughout the internet and consume your favourite tech news sites for days. To Apple fanboys it is more than Christmas -- to others it is WWDC and you cannot escape it . Read more »

Will China produce the next GTA?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Is it only a matter of time before the next big gaming hit in the west is built in the east? Read more »

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    The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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    Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

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    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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