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Software turns .Net to Flash
The race to build more-powerful Web-based applications could accelerate with the addition of software that lets Windows developers create Flash applications without knowing Flash. Read more »
Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs
Bot nets, collections of compromised computers controlled by a single person or group, have become more pervasive and increasingly focused on identity theft and installing spyware, according to a Honeynet Project report. Read more »
Linux.conf.au hits domain disaster
The website of Australia's annual Linux conference has become temporarily inaccessible scant months before the event because of policy confusion over whether or not it is allowed to use its long-standing domain name. Read more »
ACS: 'We must provide net and mobile to bush'
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called on the government to broaden the Universal Service Obligation (USO) provisions to include mobile and broadband. Read more »
Mono-man brings .NET to Linux
Novell's Miguel de Icaza is working on a technology that he says can replicate Microsoft's vaunted software development platform on Linux. Read more »
IBM's 'Marvel' to scour Net for video, audio
IBM is devising Internet search technology that could let future generations archive important news footage, or just retrieve old scenes from "Flipper." Read more »
Kaminsky details DNS flaw
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has offered more details about a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System and the extent of the vulnerability. Read more »
EU vote forces ISPs to disconnect pirates
A high-level European vote on communications legislation will take place on Monday evening, raising fears that alleged file-sharers will be denied internet access by their internet service providers. Read more »
Google presents new sandbox for Web gadgets
Google has invited programmers into a new sandbox that will let them test out significantly expanded possibilities for Web gadgets, small applications that can be hosted on the company's iGoogle personalised home page. Read more »
Now playing: Adobe Media Player 1.0
Adobe Systems has released Adobe Media Player (AMP), a free download for playing Flash-based Web videos on Macs or PCs. Read more »
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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 »
What .NET developers need to know about Daylight Saving Time changes
One of the most talked about topics in the industry right now is how the U.S. government's changes to Daylight Saving Time (DST) will affect IT resources. We'll show you how you can make your adjustments on time. Read more »
Why .NET will conquer the world
Microsoft will use its marketing muscle to spread .Net's message and eat into Java's market share as it begins a takeover of the development world. 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 »
Porting to .NET: Style at the sake of speed?
Sometimes we automatically assume that the latest platform or tool is the universal best. Read about two situations where the old approaches worked better. Read more »
Under the covers of the .NET CLR
.NET promises to let developers write code in numerous compliant languages, but exactly how does the CLR accomplish this feat? Read more »
The evolution of .NET
Microsoft is touting the new .NET platform, but is it really new? This article explores the maturation of the basic technologies that are the foundation of .NET. Read more »
XPath provides an easier way to select information in Jet database
In the Microsoft .NET Framework, extracting information from a Jet database can be accomplished using SQL queries or XPath. Each method has pros and cons, but you may find yourself using XPath more often as .NET becomes more prevalent. Read more »
Tim Buntel and the Tale of Scorpio
Chatting about the upcoming release of ColdFusion 8 called Scorpio with Tim Buntel, Adobe's ColdFusion Marketing Manager. Read more »
.Net develops advantages over Java
Developers have a number of reasons for favouring one programming environment over another. For those attracted by good technology, .NET is worth a look. Read more »
Blog (11)
NICTA: Aussies should focus on embedded programming not VB
-- The CEO of the national ICT research centre says the future of Aussie developers should focus on building better embedded and wireless applications and focus less on technologies such as Visual Basic. Read more »
Aussies bringing Ruby to .NET
-- Developers at the Queensland University of Technology are currently working on an innovative project to create a compiler for the Ruby language that runs on the .NET Common Language Runtime. Read more »
Microsoft says "open sesame"
-- 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 »
Code Camp Oz 2007
-- It's that time of year again, with Code Camp Oz (http://www.codecampoz.com/) just around the corner 31 March - 1 April, 2007. Code Camp Oz is annual community event for software developers held at the Charles Sturt University campus in Wagga Wagga. Read more »
Top 25 open source projects at Microsoft
-- Microsoft has consistently lowered the bar for developers, and Codeplex seems to be doing a good job of doing the same thing for open-source development on the Microsoft platform. Read more »
Azure: A matter of trust
-- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »
OpenID Foundation scores top-shelf board members
-- If the OpenID Foundation were a liquor cabinet, it just got stocked with some Grey Goose, Rhum Clement, and Gran Patron. Read more »
Blogger declares shenanigans on advertisers -- piracy or plagiarism?
-- MIT academic calls notices some suspicious similiarities between a lecture he wrote and an Australian made printer ad. Could this be piracy, or merely plagiarism. I call in the lawyers to find out. Read more »
Google VP's view of the Web
-- Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf spoke to an enthusiastic crowd overflowing into the halls of the University of New South Wales this morning Read more »
Microsoft imagines a better world.
-- Fresh off the wires from Microsoft comes reassuring news that their international student software design and programming competition, the Imagine Cup, is heating up. 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 6.5
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 »
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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.