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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 »

'We're ready for IPO' says NetSuite founder

"We've been preparing the company for some time..." Read more »

Web services patents fetch US$15.5 million

A mysterious bidder paid US$15.5 million Monday in a bankruptcy court auction of dozens of Internet-related patents--and then rushed out of the courtroom. Read more »

Google touts new features in desktop tool

Google announced the finalised version of its Google Desktop 2 application on Thursday and outlined its new features. Read more »

Microsoft to release more source code?

Microsoft is considering the release of source code for a popular tool used to build Windows programs. Read more »

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How do I ... convert images to greyscale and sepia tone using C#?

The Microsoft .NET Framework provides developers with many different libraries that enable them to create and modify images. This article demonstrates two methods for converting an image to grayscale and sepia-tone using built-in .NET Framework functionality from C#. Read more »

Practical .NET SOAP

Microsoft may be hyping SOAP as the next big thing, but it's really just a bit of XML. We'll show you how to work with SOAP to store anything from data structures to full-blown objects, all in VB.NET. Read more »

SQL Server CE vs. Access CE

Looking for a robust database for your handheld or mobile device? Edmond Woychowsky takes a closer look at SQL Server CE and Access CE head-to-head. Read more »

Brewing Java Web services with NetBeans 4.1

Ever wondered how to write a Web service in Java? We show you how using NetBeans, the open source Java development environment for Windows, Linux and OS X. Read more »

Don't sweat C# type conversions

In his new C# column, Harold Davis explains type conversions in .NET and discusses the differences between casting in C# and VB.NET. Read more »

Utilise Web services in the real world

Need to get your Java and .NET components working together? Web services could be the perfect fit for your project. Read more »

Kicking off with Ruby

What is Ruby and why is it useful? This article will touch on the history and features of the Ruby language, and some of the reasons you might want to have a deeper look at Ruby. Read more »

Integrating large blocks of code into a single project

Large projects often involve the integration of disparate code blocks. Read this overview of factors worth considering before starting your project. Read more »

Review: Dreamweaver MX 2004 improves CSS support

Dreamweaver MX 2004 claims to support pure CSS layouts. No more funky tables or weird bump gifs. Does this latest version keep Dreamweaver at the top of the WYSIWYG HTML editing heap? Read more »

Dreamweaver lives up to MX-pectations

Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX offers a powerful punch for Web designers, as well as back-end programmers. But does it live up to the MX hype? Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending 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 »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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