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Problems with SP1? Have some free support
Vista users encountering problems when they upgrade to SP1 can breathe out: the company is giving away free support for those installing the service pack. Read more »
Vista SP1 fails to play well with others
Owners of Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise that also run a non-Microsoft operating system on the same PC may not be able to install Vista Service Pack 1 without changing the boot process of their machines. Read more »
Latest version of XP SP3 hits the Web
Microsoft released another version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 on Tuesday, but the software remains in the test phase. Read more »
Microsoft details SP2 program clashes
A list of software that is affected by SP2, which includes Visual Studio .Net and Unreal Tournament, is now available. Read more »
Public test next week for Vista SP1
Microsoft on Tuesday said that it has reached the "release candidate" with the first service pack for Windows Vista, with plans to make the test software available publicly next week. Read more »
SQL Server 2005 updated
Service Pack 1 is here, and includes mirroring tools as well as new features for the Express edition. Read more »
Xen leads Novell's turnaround effort in Linux
Novell will try to recover from earlier Linux fumbles by releasing major updates on Monday, adding Xen virtualisation software to its enterprise server product and glitzy graphics to the desktop counterpart. Read more »
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Windows XP SP2 -- test your applications
Learn about the plethora of security enhancements included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as how these security features could impair the functionality of some applications. Read more »
Ask Chuck: Support for DirectX
In this week's Column Chuck answers a Builder Australia reader question on .NET products and their native support for DirectX. 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 »
First Look: ActivePDF Toolkit
In this "First Look", we take a look at ActivePDF Toolkit, a flexible API-driven toolset that ASP and .NET developers can use to manipulate PDF files and forms. Read more »
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Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5
-- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. 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
2008/11/21 10:32:55
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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.

