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Open standards key to digital preservation

Open standards allow the National Archives of Australia to store documents and safeguard against hardware, software and OS obsolescence. Read more »

Google's offline apps do not threaten Microsoft Office: Analyst

The launch of Google Gears, which is likely to mean the search giant's word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications will soon work offline, is unlikely to dent the market share of Microsoft's Office productivity suite, according to an analyst. Read more »

Apache expands Web services reach

The Apache Software Foundation is expected to launch this week an open-source integration server project, which is part of a bigger effort to create a full suite of Web services infrastructure software. Read more »

California eyes OpenDocument

California may follow Massachusetts in making the OpenDocument Format the required standard for state agencies. Read more »

Microsoft bends on OpenDocument

Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open-source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining ground, particularly among governments. Read more »

Heed Microsoft's move, adopt OpenDocument: OSIA

Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA) has welcomed Microsoft's move to create a "translator" that will allow people to use Office to open and save documents in the OpenDocument, or ODF, format. Read more »

Net applications speak 'wiki'

Excite.com co-founders will announce a new start-up geared toward letting developers build Web applications. Read more »

CBA admits to NetBank Firefox bug

A recent upgrade to the Commonwealth Bank's NetBank service claims to "make your online banking a whole lot easier", but a problem has emerged for Firefox users. 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 »

IBM to pay US$1.6 billion for FileNet

IBM has agreed to acquire content-management software maker FileNet for about US$1.6 billion in cash, the companies said on Thursday in the US. Read more »

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Ask Chuck: .NET documentation

This week Chuck answers some tough questions pitched to us by Builder Australia readers on hard to find .NET documentation. Read more »

A better way to create XML documents in .NET

Creating XML documents in .NET isn't difficult, but it can be tedious. Here's what you need to know about .NET's streaming model for writing XML. Read more »

A better way to parse XML documents in .NET

The .NET Framework supports the XML DOM parsing model, but not the SAX model. .NET guru Dino Esposito tells you why this is actaully an improvement. 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 »

Write useful documentation with these tips

Most developers cringe at the idea of writing documentation. However, the process doesn't have to be a thoroughly time-consuming endeavour. Check out these handy tips on what you should include in your documentation and where to find tools that will assist you in this process. Read more »

My move from VB.NET to C#

The author confesses why he stuck with VB.NET for so long rather than moving to C# and reveals how life has been now that he's taken the plunge. Read more »

Secure collaboration requires document control

An employee who receives confidential information can easily forward the decrypted document to anyone. Collaborative software can help close this security hole. Read more »

Utilising XML documents in BizTalk 2004 orchestrations

The uses of xPath and other XML data-handling techniques are a little different in BTS2K4 orchestrations. Here's an overview of the rules. Read more »

Develop a fully functional site with DotNetNuke

The open source DotNetNuke framework allows you to create a powerful Web application using an out-of-the-box solution. Read more »

Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor

A quick overview of what you'll find in the latest version of Silverlight. Read more »

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.NET looks to REST

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- With news that REST will play a big part in the next version of the .NET Framework, it is timely to take a look at ADO.NET. Read more »

If only every project ended this way...

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- Today the birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am just putting the wraps on a .NET application I have been working on for the past 4 months. Read more »

Down to Semantics

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Web Directions South conference in Sydney, David Peterson presented "Semantic Web for Distributed Social Networks". Read more »

Newbie guide to Google's Android

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »

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