http://www.builderau.com.au/ By developers, for developers en-us Copyright 2004 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:17:03 GMT Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:17:03 GMT BuilderAU.com.au BuilderAU http://www.builderau.com.au/feeds.htm 10 http://www.builderau.com.au/i/b/gl/builder_au.gif http://www.builderau.com.au/ 150 22 http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/OpenOffice-3-0-demand-crashes-servers/0,339028227,339292613,00.htm?feed=rss Servers hosting the new version of OpenOffice.org have crashed, under the weight of demand for the latest version of the open-source office productivity suite. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:29:01 +1100 AEST David Meyer http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/OpenOffice-3-0-demand-crashes-servers/0,339028227,339292613,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Massive-quantum-network-unveiled/0,339028227,339292615,00.htm?feed=rss The world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, providing a glimpse of how data could be transmitted securely in the future. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:28:02 +1100 AEST Tim Ferguson http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Massive-quantum-network-unveiled/0,339028227,339292615,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Palin-ordered-to-save-e-mails/0,339028227,339292614,00.htm?feed=rss Alaska Governor Sarah Palin must save any emails she sent from private accounts regarding state business, a US judge ordered late last week. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:28:01 +1100 AEST Stephanie Condon http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Palin-ordered-to-save-e-mails/0,339028227,339292614,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Red-Hat-CEO-in-whirlwind-Oz-visit/0,339028227,339292606,00.htm?feed=rss Red Hat president and CEO Jim Whitehurst arrived in Australia yesterday for the first time, with plans to meet major customers and government representatives. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:23:02 +1100 AEST Alex Serpo http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Red-Hat-CEO-in-whirlwind-Oz-visit/0,339028227,339292606,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Fedora-10-s-snapshot-scramble-begins/0,339028227,339292602,00.htm?feed=rss The Fedora Project has updated the 'beta' or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution, which is scheduled to be completed and released to the public on 25 November. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:07:01 +1100 AEST Renai LeMay http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Fedora-10-s-snapshot-scramble-begins/0,339028227,339292602,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/program/linux/soa/Open-source-s-usability-challenge-/0,339028299,339292604,00.htm?feed=rss The iPhone has been out for a year, and known about in detail for considerably longer. Yet the very latest crop of state-of-the-art Windows Mobile phones, clearly designed as head-on competitors to that phone, miss the mark by miles. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:01:01 +1100 AEST Staff http://www.builderau.com.au/program/linux/soa/Open-source-s-usability-challenge-/0,339028299,339292604,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/World-Bank-gets-hacked/0,339028227,339292595,00.htm?feed=rss The computer network used by the World Bank Group has suffered a series of at least six intrusions since mid-2007, according to a report. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:04:02 +1100 AEST Robert Vamosi http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/World-Bank-gets-hacked/0,339028227,339292595,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Silverlight-2-0-due-today/0,339028227,339292594,00.htm?feed=rss Microsoft has scheduled a conference call today in the US to announce, among other things, that it has completed version 2.0 of Silverlight, its rival to Adobe's Flash. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:47:01 +1100 AEST Ina Fried http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Silverlight-2-0-due-today/0,339028227,339292594,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Linux-teething-problems-affect-netbook-returns/0,339028227,339292575,00.htm?feed=rss The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Linux vendor Canonical. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:22:01 +1100 AEST Matthew Broersma http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Linux-teething-problems-affect-netbook-returns/0,339028227,339292575,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/syslog/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271090&feed=rss This week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:50 +1100 AEST Staff http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/syslog/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271090&feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Microsoft-to-issue-11-security-patches-on-Tuesday/0,339028227,339292582,00.htm?feed=rss On Thursday, Microsoft announced four security bulletins for next week. The announcement is intended as a heads-up for IT departments before Patch Tuesday. Four fixes are considered critical, six important, and one is moderate as ranked by the software giant. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:47:01 +1100 AEST Robert Vamosi http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Microsoft-to-issue-11-security-patches-on-Tuesday/0,339028227,339292582,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Yahoo-relaunches-IndexTools-as-Web-Analytics/0,339028227,339292579,00.htm?feed=rss Yahoo on Wednesday announced the rebranding of IndexTools as Yahoo Web Analytics (beta). Currently an enterprise product, the move brings it closer to being a consumer and small business tool, although it's not available to everyone just yet. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:45:01 +1100 AEST Josh Lowensohn http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Yahoo-relaunches-IndexTools-as-Web-Analytics/0,339028227,339292579,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Researchers-warn-of-clickjacking-threat/0,339028227,339292581,00.htm?feed=rss Researchers have begun publishing details of a new type of attack called 'clickjacking', which can lead users to malicious websites by tricking them into clicking on unseen elements in a Web browser. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:35:02 +1100 AEST Matthew Broersma http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Researchers-warn-of-clickjacking-threat/0,339028227,339292581,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/betaliving/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271089&feed=rss Ever wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it's the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:51:38 +1100 AEST Chris Duckett http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/betaliving/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271089&feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/program/web/soa/Build-an-AIR-application-for-your-website/0,339024632,339292554,00.htm?feed=rss Adobe AIR brings web technologies to the desktop through the integration of the Webkit rendering engine in a Flash-style desktop-based runtime. AIR applications running on HTML, CSS and Javascript can interact with the local file system, manipulate local SQL databases and even use AJAX on any domain. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:30:02 +1100 AEST Akash Mehta http://www.builderau.com.au/program/web/soa/Build-an-AIR-application-for-your-website/0,339024632,339292554,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271088&feed=rss Aussie developers will be able to get up close and personal with some of the iPhone engineers in November to learn how to build applications for the platform. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:23:19 +1100 AEST Brendon Chase http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271088&feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/webanatomy/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271087&feed=rss 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. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:08:33 +1100 AEST Lana Kovacevic http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/webanatomy/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271087&feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/program/asp/soa/First-impressions-of-ASP-NET-s-MVC-framework/0,339028371,339292549,00.htm?feed=rss Find out why you may want to use Microsoft's Model View Controller (MVC) framework instead of Web Forms. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:05:01 +1100 AEST Justin James http://www.builderau.com.au/program/asp/soa/First-impressions-of-ASP-NET-s-MVC-framework/0,339028371,339292549,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/program/sqlserver/soa/More-New-SQL-Server-2008-Features/0,339028455,339292546,00.htm?feed=rss Microsoft updates SQL Server on a pretty regular basis. Its newest version, SQL Server 2008, includes some new features not found in older versions. Here's a list of some of them. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:57:02 +1100 AEST Tim Chapman http://www.builderau.com.au/program/sqlserver/soa/More-New-SQL-Server-2008-Features/0,339028455,339292546,00.htm?feed=rss http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Alleged-Palin-hacker-indicted/0,339028227,339292542,00.htm?feed=rss A 20-year-old college student suspected of hacking into one of US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email accounts was indicted Tuesday in the US, a district court announced. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:12:02 +1100 AEST Stephanie Condon http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Alleged-Palin-hacker-indicted/0,339028227,339292542,00.htm?feed=rss