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Chrome OS source code unveiled

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google has open sourced the code of its web-based Chrome operating system. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

Tags: office 2010, chrome os, pdc, air, oracle, silverlight, firefox, flash

Fedora 12: Screenshot gallery

Fedora 12: Screenshot gallery[program:linux] -- Fedora is Red Hat's younger, more community-driven desktop-centric distribution. ZDNet.com.au grabbed the ISOs hot out of the oven to see what Fedora 12 was all about. Read more »

Tags: compiz, fedora, gnome, kernel, linux, mono, red hat, ubuntu

Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components

[program:.net] -- The author recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents that he downloaded from the internet. Here's the code that he wrote to get the plain text from the document. Read more »

Tags: microsoft office, microsoft word, programming, scripting languages, software, word processors, xhtml

New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes

[news] -- Mozilla released a third beta of Firefox 3.6 on Wednesday, adding stability and performance features, and said it hopes to lock down the code soon for its first release candidate. Read more »

Tags: browsers, firefox, market share, mozilla

With IE9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars

[news] -- With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft showed on Wednesday that it's trying to retake the browser initiative. Read more »

Tags: browsers, directx, ie, internet explorer, javascript, pdc, programming, web applications

Google set to promote Chrome extensions

[news] -- Google is on the verge of launching a website to showcase its extensions to customise what its browser can do. Read more »

Tags: beta, chrome, extensions, gallery, google, jetpack, linux, mac os x

Gartner Symposium Sydney: Photos

Gartner Symposium Sydney: Photos[strategy] -- Since Tuesday, Gartner has been holding its annual ITXPO, or Symposium, at Sydney's Darling Harbour. Read more »

Tags: analyst, darling harbour, executive, gartner, keynote, sydney, symposium

Beware of crazy recruiter tricks

[strategy:career] -- One CEO has his receptionist check out the state of a job candidate's car as a means of gauging his or her "character". Read about this and other crazy interviewer ploys. Read more »

Tags: car, human resources, job, receptionist, toni bowers

O'Reilly: The web is at war, and it's making me sad

[program:webtechnologies] -- Web pioneer and conference honcho Tim O'Reilly warned the audience at the Web 2.0 Expo here on Tuesday afternoon that he thinks "we're headed into another ugly time". Read more »

Tags: business, competition, google, o'reilly, silicon valley, tim o'reilly, views

Microsoft open-sources .NET for embedded devices

[news] -- Microsoft has open-sourced most of the .NET Micro Framework, the company's development and execution environment for embedded systems. Read more »

Tags: android, apache, linux, open source

Adobe releases new Flash, AIR betas

[news] -- Adobe Labs on Monday released test versions of two closely related foundations for net-based applications, Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2. Read more »

Tags: adobe, air, flash, flash player, html, multitouch, software, web 2.0