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Sun pushes Java brand harder--but uphill

It may not rise to the popularity of "Antiques Roadshow," but Sun Microsystems is betting a new TV show will help boost recognition of its Java software. Read more »

Microsoft launches Aust .NET developer program

Microsoft Australia has this week launched a new .NET developer recognition program to entice developers to contribute more to the Microsoft development community. Read more »

Microsoft toolset to promote mobile Web services

Microsoft says that desktop developers will be able to transfer their skills to handheld devices using its new toolset. Read more »

Microsoft vows to play fair

Microsoft pledged on Wednesday that all of its future operating systems, including Windows Vista, will abide by self-imposed rules aimed at bolstering choice and competition. Read more »

Dented Dell picks up AMD chips amid SEC probe

Dell's announcement of a broader relationship with Advanced Micro Devices could not overshadow poor second-quarter results and news of a federal investigation into its accounting. Read more »

Allchin: From Longhorn to Lonestar

While Microsoft won't say when to expect Longhorn, Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin did commit to some interim milestones and promised some other Windows releases along the way. Read more »

Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google

Microsoft plans to open access to MSN and its other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites -- a technique used successfully at Google and other Web companies to promote their properties. Read more »

Aust IT decision-makers don't understand open source: report

Australia's top information technology decision-makers have a limited understanding of open source and very low awareness of open source products other than Linux, according to a leading analyst. Read more »

Interview with Bill Gates

This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »

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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 »

.NET delivers regular expressions

Regex has been around for a long time, but is new to many .NET programmers. Check out some cool apps for .NET's Regex functionality. Read more »

Building better developers

When you get right down to it, the best way to acquire the most talented developers for your project may be to build them, not buy them. Read more »

Driving towards in-car software

Developing applications to run inside cars is a fascinating and potentially lucrative market for developers. But what systems are actually running under the hood, and what hurdles do you have to overcome to build for them? Read more »

Keeping apps to speed

Are you paying employees to sit around watching an hourglass? Losing customers because that order page on your Web site takes forever to generate and download? Then it's time to focus on application management. Read more »

James Gosling Q & A

James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Martin Pool

Martin Pool is a Canberra-based software engineer who started work on the distcc distributed compiler. Builder AU recently caught up with Martin to talk about his work, SCO and open source software. Read more »

Consider these options for Web certifications

In a tight job market, a certification can distinguish you from other job applicants. The question is, which certifications are the most advantageous to hold? Read more »

Raising the XML flag

Jeff Raikes, Group VP of Microsoft, describes Office 2003 as "the first and best example of how end users can benefit from XML." Is it for you? Read more »

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How to manage a team of geniuses

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? 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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