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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 »
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 »
Microsoft to release Office, Windows Server APIs
Microsoft on Thursday said it will make application programming interfaces (APIs) for Office and Windows Server available free of charge, in a move designed to make its products work better with software from other providers, including open-source communities. Read more »
Open specification promise is true: Microsoft
Microsoft has struck out at the Software Freedom Law Centre's (SFLC) claims that its Open Specification Promise is not as open as it should be. Read more »
EU slaps Microsoft with AU$1.4 billion fine
European Union regulators on Wednesday fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros, or AU$1.4 billion, for failing to comply with sanctions. Read more »
Simplify your life with PEAR classes
Most PHP Web developers have heard of PEAR, the PHP Extension and Application Repository, but very few of them actually use it on a regular basis. Here are 10 reasons to get started today. Read more »
New Windows file system enters testing
Microsoft surprised developers on Monday by releasing a test version of a new Windows file system. Read more »
Atlantic launch expands IBM's tools range
A new suite of Eclipse-based tools planned for release by the end of the year promises to make large-scale development easier. Read more »
Adobe aquire Macromedia
With its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Read more »
SP2 vs. the plug-ins
While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion. Read more »
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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 »
Setting up and using the Compact .NET Framework
The Compact .NET Framework is designed to help developers create platform-agnostic applications for mobile devices. See what you need to do to begin developing applications within this new arena. Read more »
Looking ahead to IronRuby
Many of us are forced (for good or ill) to code within the .NET ecosystem. With the impending release of IronRuby, .NET developers will finally be able to try this interpreted, flexible and object oriented language without giving up Visual Studio or the advantages of the .NET framework. Read more »
Pulling XML forward with the .NET Framework XmlReader object
Microsoft has introduced a third paradigm with the .NET Framework called the "pull model," which attempts to provide non-cached, forward-only, read-only access to XML data. Read more »
Creating a global development framework
The CLR is an integral part of the .NET Framework that promises to let developers employ their cross-language skills in one master architecture. Read more »
Easily navigate XML with VB.NET and XPath
The .NET platform includes full XPath support, so developers can easily combine .NET and XML to locate necessary information. Here's how it works. Read more »
Exposing product information via Web services
The .NET Framework simplifies the Web service creation process. Learn how to create a Web service that interfaces with SQL Server and returns the applicable information from the Northwind database. Read more »
Take a guided tour of XML support in .NET
Learn your way around .NET's XML neighborhood. Here's a look at the Framework's various reader and writer classes. Read more »
.NET: A guide for managers
Here's an overview of .NET for managers who may not have had the opportunity to dive into Microsoft's integration framework. Read more »
Working with null values in .NET
One of the trickier aspects of application development is dealing with null or nonexistent data. Tony Patton takes a closer look at null values in the .NET framework. Read more »
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.NET looks to REST
-- 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 »
Down to Semantics
-- 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
-- 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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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite 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 »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.

