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Understand the ASP.NET DataGrid control

Need to get up to speed on the ASP.NET DataGrid control features? Try this introduction article on for size. Read more »

Firefox 3 goes for Guinness, Australia declares love

The Mozilla Project has smashed its target of five million Firefox 3 downloads in 24 hours, achieving a final tally of 8,290,545, and a six percent share of the total browser market Read more »

Builder's August Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? ZDNet Australia's Builder channel can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of August. Read more »

Microsoft embraces open-source scripting language

Microsoft has released a beta of its .Net port to Python. Read more »

Profile: Queensland MSDN User Group

The Queensland MSDN User Group are a commited group of developers that welcome both newbies and experienced campaigners who want to share hints and tips on Microsoft technologies. Read more »

Aussie taxpayers to fund porn filtering

The federal government will spend AU$116.6 million in taxpayer money to provide all Australian families with free Internet pornography blocking software. Read more »

It's Adobe's game to lose, CEO says

Bruce Chizen discusses open source, the importance of video and increasing competition from the likes of Google. Read more »

Court curbs Microsoft Java distribution

Federal judges in the US have dealt a legal blow to Sun, tossing out most of a preliminary injunction requiring Microsoft to carry its rival's version of an interpreter for the Java programming language. Read more »

James Gosling unplugged

In February, Builder AU will be updating the latest happenings from Sun's Developers days seminars. We will be covering the latest news and interviews from readers, attendees and speakers at the seminar. Read more »

Builder's November Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? Builder Australia can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of November. Read more »

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Five XML in .NET tips

.NET's XML classes may not work quite like you expect. Check out these tips for using them more effectively and then share your own tricks with other members. Read more »

Java tips for list iteration and bean comparisons

Discover the secrets of the ListIterator and BeanComparator utility classes with these nifty Java tips. 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 »

This pair of ADO tips will help tweak VB code

Tweak your VB code for more speed and efficiency with these two ADO tips on using a firehose cursor and raising errors from stored procedures. Read more »

Java tips: Tap into the AWT Image class and FileNameMap

Need some Java tips you can put to work right away? Here are a couple of techniques you'll want to pick up if you work with Graphics objects or MIME files in Java. Read more »

Make your C# code more readable with comments

Application developers enjoy solving problems and churning out line after line of code, but the mere mention of documentation sends them running for the exit. Here are some tips for comments using C#. Read more »

Find free certification resources

When you're strapped for cash, you have to go back to the basics to obtain the certification study resources you need. Here are some tips for finding free study aids. Read more »

Three tools that make Java code review painless

Reviewing and optimising code is a task no developer is too keen on. Use these tools to help automate the process as much as possible. Read more »

Raise your external profile

The payoff of raising your external profile can be huge in terms of future career opportunities. Follow these tips from Builder.com to get you started. 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 »

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Microsoft says "open sesame"

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- While you may have been out last night watching the latest Rambo adventure with Sly Stallone making war for war's sake, Microsoft was busy declaring a truce with the open source community. Read more »

Quick Tip: Forwarding X11 to OS X

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Just because you are on a Mac doesn't mean you can't run your Linux applications. Here's how you can bring penguin power to your Mac. 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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