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Meet Marko, the 9-year-old systems engineer
Marko Calasan, a nine-year-old from Macedonia, is more than just a kid who's into computers. Read more »
The Vista thaw is finally coming to business
While Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still only running on 10 per cent of business desktops in North America and Europe, there are signs a thaw could be coming. Read more »
Salesforce.com outage hits thousands of businesses
Thousands of businesses were left without access to their applications Tuesday after Salesforce.com's servers suffered a service disruption. Read more »
Amid recession, developer finds hope in App Store
A veteran of companies like Sega USA and Apple, and institutions like the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dennis Hescox is facing a tough time selling his iPhone game. This is the third major recession he's had to navigate as a professional. Read more »
Yang's departure could open Microsoft door
Jerry Yang's resignation as chief executive of Yahoo opens the door wide for another Microsoft offer, analysts and shareholders said this week. Read more »
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 »
Nokia phones to support Exchange
Nokia took aim at smartphone rival RIM this week, announcing plans to expand the number of devices that will automatically be capable of accessing Microsoft corporate email via the software giant's Exchange platform. Read more »
Sun quiet on Aussie layoffs
A spokesperson for Sun Microsystems was today unable to provide details of how the company's plan to reduce its global workforce by up to 2,500 employees would affect its Australian operations. Read more »
Google pleads with Viacom for YouTube privacy
Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright-infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago. Read more »
Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone 3G
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the second generation iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference and details some of the improvements over the original iPhone. Read more »
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Don't sweat the small stuff too early
Have you ever been in a planning meeting and everything comes to a grinding halt because someone wants to address details? There's a time and a place for the details, but not in the beginning of the creative process. Read more »
Four tactics for career success in 2009
The 2009 job outlook isn't exactly positive. This article recommends for anyone who wants to come out of next year in better shape than they are today. Read more »
Open source's usability challenge
The iPhone has been out for a year, and known about in detail for considerably longer. Yet the very latest crop of state-of-the-art Windows Mobile phones, clearly designed as head-on competitors to that phone, miss the mark by miles. Read more »
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry. Read more »
Brazil's love of Linux
Walk into the Ponto Frio electronics store at Sao Paulo, Brazil, which proudly displays a penguin-shaped logo, and you will find a healthy supply of Linux PCs alongside the usual Windows machines. Read more »
Are you going to upgrade to Windows Server 2008?
There is a lot of hype in the IT industry when it comes to new releases of products. Look at the iPhone, Windows Vista, WiMax, OS X Leopard. This article digs through the hype to help you make a decision for yourself whether migrating to Windows Server 2008 will be worth it in the next 18-24 months. Read more »
A .NET primer on reference types and value types
This article explains some .NET basics -- the difference between reference types and value types. Read more »
Improving the mobile Web user experience
Traditionally our experience with the mobile Web was pretty terrible, but the good news is that this is starting to change, at least according to Oliver Weidlich, usability specialist at Ideal Interfaces. Read more »
On AIR: Getting ready for primetime
We caught up with Ryan Stewart, rich internet evangelist, Adobe, at MAX and spoke about AIR, Thermo and how Ryan has covered the US in a bus. Read more »
Taking developers into the interface
In the second half of our interview with Matt Thompson, director of Sun Developer Network, we discuss JavaFX phones, Sun's view of Google and Adobe, Swing's appearance and just how much of a bubble the industry is in. Read more »
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How to hack NASA -- Club Builder
Club Builder learns that blank passwords allow access to America's most sensitive computer networks. We ask if open source cut development costs? And we come across the quote of the year, thus far. Read more »
Ex-NSA scientist explains how encryption can go bad
Without strict controls, even the strongest encryption can be compromised, explains Brian Snow, ex-chief scientist of America's code breaking agency, the NSA. Read more »
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A new coat of varnish
-- This week featured plenty of coverage from the various conferences occurring around the country. All the while Builder's design gnomes were busy give the site a touch-up. Read more »
Web survey confirms the obvious
-- Web Design blog A List Apart has published the results of their first annual survey of web professionals, and the results should surprise absolutely nobody. I'll take this opportunity to break down the results (Warning: statistics ahead). Read more »
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