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Novell, Red Hat ready Linux servers

Novell's NetWare-SuSE Linux combination is slated for completion next month. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is also due this summer. Read more »

Net neutrality is an 'American problem'

The leaders of three of Australia's largest ISP's have declared the Net neutrality debate as solely a US problem — and further, that the nation that pioneered the internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma. Read more »

Net worm using Google to spread

A Web worm that identifies potential victims by searching Google is spreading among online bulletin boards using a vulnerable version of the program phpBB, security professionals said on Tuesday. Read more »

IBM's 'Marvel' to scour Net for video, audio

IBM is devising Internet search technology that could let future generations archive important news footage, or just retrieve old scenes from "Flipper." Read more »

Bash + cmd = Powershell?

CommentaryMicrosoft's PowerShell looks to be a revolution that envelopes the advantages of both bash and cmd as well as adding a powerful new dimension to scripting in general. Read more »

Adobe AIR brings online apps to the desktop

AIR, or Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a download that lets Web applications run on a desktop. With AIR applications, people can work offline and drag and drop items like graphics or text between Web and desktop applications. Read more »

Porn stats make mockery of AU censorship laws

Australia hosts more porn pages than any other country in the region despite strict laws designed to restrict adult content. Read more »

Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat

After years of acrimony, rivals Microsoft and Novell have agreed on at least one high-priority pursuit: cutting down Red Hat's influence. Read more »

Builder's November Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? Builder Australia can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of November. Read more »

Microsoft flexes more open-source muscle

Microsoft said Monday that it is dipping a third toe into the open-source waters, adding a collaborative creation program to the list of Microsoft efforts that the company is freely sharing. Read more »

Features (198)

Ask Chuck: Application Design

This week Chuck responds to a Builder Australia member's question on suggested application design in a .NET environment. Read more »

Cleaning up your ADO.NET mess

Although .NET eases the burden of managing system resources, you're not totally disconnected from the process. Take care to free your database resources! Read more »

Creating a Community with DotNetNuke

DotNetNuke is an open source CMS based on ASP.NET. Builder AU Technical editor, David McAmis introduces DotNetNuke and how to get it up and running in no time. Read more »

Use the Cache object in ASP.NET designs

ASP.NET's Cache object allows developers to easily implement advanced caching. See how you can control its dependencies and expiration and apply priorities to items in the cache. Read more »

Formatting data in columns with ASP.NET's DataList control

ASP.NET provides plenty of data controls to present data in a variety of ways. One common format is displaying a list of items in column format. Learn how to achieve this layout with the DataList control. Read more »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

First impressions of ASP.NET's MVC framework

Find out why you may want to use Microsoft's Model View Controller (MVC) framework instead of Web Forms. Read more »

Track network connections with LSOF on Linux

LiSt Open Files (LSOF) is a Linux utility that allows you to view current network connections and the files associated with them. While similar in many ways to utilities like netstat and fuser, LSOF has many unique options that let you find specific information on ports, users, processes, and files. Read more »

Extend the reach of SQL Server with SQLXML classes in .NET

SQL Server 2000 provides XML features called SQLXML classes that are readily available without drastic changes to database design or related stored procedures. Here are a couple of examples of how to use these powerful features. Read more »

Ease Web site navigation by implementing ASP.NET's SiteMapPath control

The ASP.NET Site Map Web server control allows you to easily set up and define a Web application's logical structure. It is designed to work with ASP.NET 2.0's Menu, SiteMapPath, and TreeView navigation controls. This article describes how to implement user-friendly Web site navigation with the SiteMapPath control. Read more »

Blog (2)

Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

Here's to the next step!

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- By now you can probably see the new look Builder AU Web site. Not bad, don't you think? Read more »

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