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Microsoft to release Office, Windows Server APIs
Microsoft on Thursday said it will make application programming interfaces (APIs) for Office and Windows Server available free of charge, in a move designed to make its products work better with software from other providers, including open-source communities. Read more »
Microsoft publishes 14,000 pages of protocol docs
Microsoft has made public over 14,000 pages of preliminary technical documentation on the protocols built into its Office 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 products. Read more »
Open source fans offer differing views of MS move
Open source developers and users have always been a sceptical group, but their opinions can shift — for example, their loathing of Sun Microsystems diminished as Sun stopped attacking Linux and started moving towards open source software. Read more »
OpenSocial Foundation open for business soon
Google, Yahoo, and News Corp's MySpace announced on Tuesday that they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a nonprofit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kickstarted last year to promote a universal standard for developer applications on social networking sites. Read more »
Skype protocol cracked?
Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting. Read more »
Torvalds releases Linux kernel 2.6.25
Linus Torvalds has released the latest version of the "stable" Linux kernel, version 2.6.25, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualisation, real-time scheduling and file systems. Read more »
Google Gadgets now work on Linux
Google Gadgets — mini-applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop — have, until now, only been compatible with Windows and Mac. Read more »
MySQL backtracks on closed-source plan
Sun has backtracked on previous plans to release important backup features for its MySQL database under a proprietary licence, following widespread criticism from the open-source community. Read more »
XenSource set to spoil VMware's party?
XenSource is set to move out of the shadows of rival VMware with the launch of XenSource Enterprise v4, its latest enterprise-class virtualisation product. Read more »
MySQL plug-ins to be closed-source
MySQL's move to begin offering parts of its namesake database as closed source only will apply only to plug-ins — such as encryption and compression — according to co-founder David Axmark. Read more »
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What the open source industry stands for
I read Iain Ferguson's "Linux: Time to take the next step" piece recently and thought he had captured the zeitgeist of the Linux industry market well: if we were still in 1998. Read more »
Integrate PostgreSQL with .NET
The PostgreSQL database server provides a reliable, robust database solution at no cost. Tony Patton walks you through the steps of using PostgreSQL as the backend for .NET applications. Read more »
Open source, shared source or secret sauce?
When Microsoft shared its code, only a few people wanted to look. Were the open-source people wrong all along? Read more »
Review: Reporting for duty
In this round-up of some of the most popular reporting tools for developers, we put these tools to the test to see how they stack up against real-world scenarios. Read more »
Open source: More than just free beer
In response to a recent article questioning the motives of governments that use open source technology, Australian commentator Con Zymaris hits back at Andrew Parsons' anti-open source stance. Read more »
Embedded SQL in Java
There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby. Read more »
Making an open source living, part 1
Running a business based on open source software is possible, as we found out when we interviewed Steven Noels, a Belgian consultant and member of the Apache Software Foundation. Read more »
Choose the right Microsoft database for development needs
If you're in a Microsoft shop, you have four basic choices for your database. Here's a profile of each product to help you choose the best one for your client. Read more »
Setting up a PHP 5 with Apache 2 and MySQL 4.1.3
PHP 5.0 has finally arrived. Here's a step-by-step guide to setting up a cutting-edge Web development environment with PHP 5.0, Apache 2.0, and MySQL 4.1.3. Read more »
The Kiwi behind Firefox
Ben Goodger is the lead engineer for the Firefox browser. He talks about Firefox's history, and how he sees it competing with Longhorn. Read more »
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Mapping the path to developer peace of mind
-- Mapping is one thing... as long as the owners of its contributing APIs do not change the terms in their licence Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.