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News (235)
MySpace launches Facebook-like app platform
In a bid to keep up with Facebook, social network behemoth MySpace launched its beta application platform to Australian developers last night. 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 »
Future Web talk caught up in semantics
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has talked up the prospects of the semantic Web, which he calls the "Web of the future". Read more »
US$100m Apple iFund: Widgets need not apply
Venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) placed a US$100 million bet on Apple's iPhone on Thursday by creating the iFund. KPCB partner Matt Murphy talks about the iFund and the type of big ideas the fund is seeking. Read more »
Microsoft wins HTML application patent
Microsoft on Tuesday won a patent for launching a certain kind of HTML application within Windows. Read more »
Is the Internet the new operating system?
Sites like Facebook and Google, which have evolved into Web platforms, are the wave of the future, according to a panel of top executives at this week's iMeme: Thinkers of Tec conference. Read more »
Hack turns iPhone into spy-phone
US security consultant, Rick Farrow, has used H D Moore's security testing tool, Metasploit, to crack the iPhone, which allows a hacker to do anything the iPhone user can, but remotely. Read more »
Oracle updates application server, Java tool
Oracle said on Friday that a new version of its Java application server and development tool are available with enhancements designed to ease back-end and AJAX-style Web development. Read more »
ALE brings OOP to the Web 2.0 party
A Web-based clipboard is one of several new tools aimed at bringing desktop functionality to Web apps. Read more »
Simplify your life with PEAR classes
Most PHP Web developers have heard of PEAR, the PHP Extension and Application Repository, but very few of them actually use it on a regular basis. Here are 10 reasons to get started today. Read more »
Features (541)
Achieve common ASP.NET page functionality
In this article we take a look at ASP.NET 2.0's template page feature and how you might create base pages with inheritance. Read more »
Server-side Web page ripping
In this tutorial we take a quick look at the different ways in which server-side HTTP connections can be made using ASP, ASP.NET and PHP, and how they can be adpated to a range of applications. Read more »
Web Service Behaviour component reduces page refreshes
Web application performance often degrades as the number of roundtrip calls increases between the client and server. Microsoft provides a solution, the Web Service Behaviour HTML component. Learn how it can enhance the browsing experience for your users. Read more »
Build a page framework in ASP.NET
ASP.NET enables you to create an object-oriented page framework to build Web sites. Find out how to put this handy capability to work. Read more »
Easily integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET pages
While ASP.NET provides a robust development platform, developers should not overlook mature technologies like JavaScript. Tony Patton explains how to integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET controls in this article. Read more »
Design more cohesively with XML and XSLT
Find out how XML and XSLT transformations can help you bring together your site's design. Read more »
Use DOM to create data-driven HTML documents
The Document Object Model can be a powerful object-oriented tool for creating data-driven HTML documents. See how DOM can be used in conjunction with XML data islands to increase the efficiency of your Web applications. Read more »
Using VB ActiveX .dll files in ASP
Transferring business logic to Visual Basic ActiveX .dll files can increase the performance of your Active Server Pages. Find out how to implement this technique and see how much more efficiently your pages will load. Read more »
Integrating CSS techniques into ASP.NET 2.0 applications
CSS is now the accepted approach to styling Web interfaces, and ASP.NET makes it easy to integrate CSS into your solutions. Read more »
Adobe AIR brings the Web to the desktop
The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) lets developers build Web applications with a rich user interface that mimics desktop applications. Read more »
Blog (34)
What to expect from Rich Internet Applications
-- I had a look this week at what the developers claim to be the world's largest Adobe Flex application. Read more »
Facebook gives developers more detailed analytics
-- Facebook is announcing later on a complete revamp of the analytics system it offers to developers for measuring the performance of their applications on its platform. Read more »
Going the extra step but not the extra mile
-- I've always been a big fan of going the extra mile with error messages, it's a good way to show that you actually care about the product to take the time to customise it even when things are amiss -- and yes, things will go wrong, you will not create the perfect application. Read more »
The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security
-- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
Know when to walk away, know when to run
-- As a software developer, there are certain projects you want to avoid. For me, that is usually the project where the end-users design the entire application -- you know the type I am talking about. Read more »
Facebook's portal for the masses
-- This week, Facebook took a number of strategic steps toward its goal of giving people the "power to share and make the world more open and connected." That's how founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the mission statement for Facebook. Read more »
Firefox 3 add-ons to make you a better Web developer
-- Firefox might be a fast browser but it's extensions can transform it into a powerful development tool for Web developers and designers. Here are 10 of the best to get you started. Read more »
Do browsers need a Universal Edit Button?
-- As websites allow more user generated content do browsers need a way to better inform users that pages are editable? Read more »
Adobe lead charge for a Java SWT port to Apple's Cocoa
-- 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 »
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The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »
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Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »
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MyPerfect.com.au has potentialVictorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »
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Microsoft slams Google on privacy
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Gosling: How Java handles multi-core
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Club Builder: Seinfeld, Wiimotes and Woz
On this episode of Club Builder: Jerry Seinfeld is the new face of Vista, we learn how to make a cheap whiteboard, and Woz talks about Steve Jobs.
