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SP1 enhances Vista kernel with new APIs

Microsoft has revealed more information on changes to the Vista kernel as part of the release of Service Pack 1, but has denied that the enhancements amount to an "upgrade" or "re-engineering". Read more »

Google sets Bigtable for free life in the cloud

Web developers will soon be able to host their applications on Google's infrastructure for free — up to a point. Read more »

Microsoft hints at general plan for IE8

Microsoft will continue to prioritise security and ease-of-use in the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and will seek to improve Web development with current standards compatibility, according to the software giant. 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 »

Microsoft tools up Windows Live platform

The head of Microsoft's Windows Live Platform Services group has offered an early description of services and tools that Microsoft will release at next week's Mix08 Web conference. 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 »

Adobe plots its path on the Web

Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business. 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 »

EMC woos Eclipse developers with US$100k prize

EMC announced the integration of Eclipse development tools in Documentum -- the first major upgrade since 2002 -- and is offering a US$100,000 prize for the best application. 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 »

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Manage relational data with the Java Persistence API

The Java Persistence API (JPA) is a Java framework that allows developers to manage relational data in J2SE and J2EE applications. The JPA is defined as part of the EJB 3.0 specification (which is part of the Java EE 5 platform). Read more »

Evaluate the hidden enterprise design tasks before committing to an API

Here are the reasons why the right API choice can make complex enterprise application development run more smoothly. Read more »

Using Google as an application platform

Find out why Google Apps is a powerful alternative to more established products such as Microsoft SharePoint and IBM Lotus Notes. And, if Google Apps doesn't offer the applications you need, see why the Google App Engine might fit the bill. 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 »

Working with configuration files in ASP.NET 2.0

The second iteration of ASP.NET includes a number of enhancements for working with configuration files. Read more »

Encrypting configuration data in ASP.NET 2.0

Learn how to protect data stored in a configuration file via encryption and describe new features available in ASP.NET 2.0. We'll begin with an overview of the encryption options and continue with the actual encryption of data values in a configuration file. Read more »

Ask Oracle: Using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA

In this article our Builder AU reader has a problem using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Oracle expert Richard Rendell gives his advice. Read more »

Understand the benefits of the JavaHelp framework

JavaHelp is an application help technology that can run on any platform and browser that supports Java. Peter Mikhalenko details the features and benefits of this easy-to-use framework. Read more »

J2ME vs BREW for wireless development

Find out the similarities and key differences between Sun's Java Micro Edition and Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless. Read more »

Simplify data caching with the .NET Caching Application Block

The Caching Application Block can save time and resources by caching Web services data for your distributed apps. It also offers a system for data security, expiration and scavenging, and a variety of storage options. See what the CAB has to offer. Read more »

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Lets Shindig!

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Google Developer Day in Sydney, Dan Peterson and John Hjelmstad talked about Apache Shindig, an open source implementation of OpenSocial and gadgets. 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 App Engine meets Amazon EC2

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- What do you get when you cross Amazon's EC2 on-demand cloud computing infrastructure with Google's new App Exchange foundation for Web applications? Read more »

Newbie guide to Google's Android

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    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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