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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 »
Testers lock horns with Vista beta
Microsoft has passed a major milestone with the release of its first full test version of Windows Vista, the next generation of its flagship operating system. Read more »
Big Blue poised to grow Australian software lab
IBM's Gold Coast software development laboratory is expected to increase its staff numbers by 20 percent by the end of March, after last year taking on the role of integrating IBM software with legacy applications. Read more »
Interview: Red Hat's new CEO
Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News. Read more »
Yahoo seeks geek credibility
As more applications move to the Web, companies like Yahoo are working to nourish their "ecosystem" of software developers. Read more »
Internet giants race to rope in developers
Web service providers are luring software developers, to get more applications on their hosted computing platforms. Read more »
Joomla open source CMS prepares for prime time
It's been a hectic six months for the Joomla open-source CMS since its split from the Mambo project, but an even busier six weeks lie ahead. 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 »
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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 »
Servlets offer a simple alternative to CGI
Java servlets can help you build powerful applications. But how do you create a servlet that can handle multiple client requests? Follow this sample code. 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 »
Why traditionalists should take Web developers seriously
There used to be a sharp distinction between application developers and Web developers. This made sense when technologies such as Perl/CGI, classic ASP, standard JSP, and PHP ruled the Web development roost. But this distinction is becoming less relevant. Read more »
Mobile Case Study: Podmo
Che Metcalfe got so fed up with the limitations of mobile phones and network operators for distributing content that he built a network platform of his own Read more »
A little Wine with your Linux?
Why this program's ability to run Windows apps on Linux may not necessarily satisfy. Read more »
All about Longhorn
COMMENTARY -- Longhorn will be immensely popular once it is released, because Longhorn is revolutionary technology that makes desktop computing better. Read more »
Flex: The new face of design and development
Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »
Web services B2B implementation demonstration
In the first part of this series, we set the scenario for the development of a complete B2B Web services application. Learn how to implement use cases to relate user requirements to developers. Read more »
Developer spotlight: James Gosling
We recently caught up with James Gosling, the creator of Java about his new role at Sun, software patents, the open source movement, and the future of Java. Read more »
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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 »
Web Mashups the next frontier
-- Web Mashups are the next frontier for savvy developers looking to cash in. Read more »
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