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Significant gaps found in MS Exchange API docs

Software companies that provide alternatives to Microsoft Exchange have reported "significant gaps" in the application programming interfaces (APIs) recently published by Microsoft for its volume server products. Read more »

Modular eBay hopes to attract third party apps

eBay is rebuilding its technical infrastructure in a project that could lead to the e-commerce giant hosting applications from outsiders. Read more »

ICQ to ping application developers

The instant-messaging pioneer plans to unveil an API program with the release of ICQ 4.0 next week. Read more »

Vista graphics tools to reach Mac, phones

Microsoft will bring some of the graphics destined for Windows Vista to the Macintosh, phones and older versions of Windows next year through a user interface toolkit. Read more »

Microsoft accused of withholding Vista APIs

Security vendors are claiming Microsoft was deliberately withholding access to its Vista spyware product, but the software giant denied the charge. Read more »

Google heats up dating game

Looking for love in all the wrong places? A new application powered by Google Maps and a personals Web site might just have the answer. Read more »

Yahoo seeks search developers for ad revenue

In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the Internet company's technology. Read more »

Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser

Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports. 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 »

Virtualisation security threatened: XenSource

XenSource and VMware, two major figures in virtualisation security have warned of challenges facing IT managers in implementing secure virtual environments. Read more »

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Features (34)

Seamlessly integrate applications with eBay using its Windows SDK

The eBay Windows SDK allows you to easily access eBay data within your application. Tony Patton gives you an overview of the functionality provided by the eBay Web services API. Read more »

Customise error logging with the Logging API

JDK 1.4's Logging API offers developers more control of when, where, and how your applications log crucial reporting data. Find out how to fine-tune your logging to maximise flexibility and efficiency. Read more »

Microformats and Mapping

We begin by looking at what a microformat is and how they are useful, then progress to introducing the Google Maps API and finally putting it all together to produce the user group map Read more »

Make the most of mapping down under

Map-based mashups are appearing everywhere. Whether you're planning a bike commute or looking for hotels, Andrew Muller shows how Aussies can incorporate maps into applications. Read more »

Sending e-mail in Java: There's more than one way

The JavaMail API provides low-level e-mail facilities for Java applications. The Apache Commons E-mail library gives you a higher-level interface. We'll compare the two, and show you how and when you'd use each. Read more »

JMX keeps your Java apps connected

See how the JMX specification can help you keep Java apps working with other systems without having to master proprietary APIs. Read more »

Centralise utility functions with Jakarta Commons Lang project

Apache Jakarta Commons Lang is an API, which aims to centralise common utility functions with good documentation, high stability, and a goodly amount of peer reviewââ,¬"or arguments, as the case sometimes may be. Read more »

Perform date/time arithmetic with Java's Calendar class?

Java's Calendar class offers a set of methods for converting and manipulating temporal information. In addition to retrieving the current date and time, the Calendar class also provides an API for date arithmetic. Read more »

Enhance the user experience with the Java Speech API

The Java Speech API allows you to incorporate speech technology into user interfaces for your applets and applications based on Java technology. It also specifies a cross-platform interface to support command and control recognisers, dictation systems, and speech synthesisers. This article delves into the specifics of the Java Speech API and explains how you can use it to improve the user experience. Read more »

HTML 5: A change in course... straight for the iceberg

The W3C recently released a working draft specification for HTML 5. In its current iteration, this is the worst specification I have ever read. Read more »

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Blog (4)

Adobe lead charge for a Java SWT port to Apple's Cocoa

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Reports out of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference this week indicate a port of Java SWT(Standard Widget Toolkit) to Mac OS X Cocoa is being readied. Read more »

AppEngine: Google's Python boost

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- I'm sure I am not the only person who will be learning a thing or three about Python due to AppEngine curiosity -- for that, Python should give Google thanks. Read more »

Google's Android parts ways with Java industry group

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google's Android software gives Sun Microsystems' Java technology a starring role -- but not the version of Java the rest of the mobile phone industry has been developing since the 1990s. Read more »

Google Maps discovers Australia

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Aussies have missed out on much of the mash-up madness with Google being slow to deliver Australian maps to its popular mapping service. However, local developers will have to wait no longer, GoogleGoogle have launched Google Maps with Australian maps. 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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    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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    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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