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Google debuts Buzz social networking
Google announced on Tuesday that it was immediately rolling out Google Buzz, a location-aware social networking tool highly integrated with its Gmail client, Google Maps and a new Android app. Read more »
MySpace launches new developer tools
Not willing to let Facebook and Twitter completely own the market for searchable, up-to-the-minute information, MySpace announced on Wednesday a set of new developer application programming interfaces (APIs) designed to let third-party sites access more of its content. Read more »
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
The World Wide Web Consortium has published a draft of an interface that browsers can use to manipulate files better, one of a series of steps aimed at gradually improving the sophistication and polish of website interfaces. Read more »
LinkedIn's platform loosens up
Professional networking site LinkedIn's platform, previously a closed offering for select partners, has opened up to developers at large. Read more »
Google fixes risky Chrome bugs
Google has updated its Chrome browser to fix a critical bug that could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a user's system. Read more »
IBM and Microsoft back Zend's cloud API plan
IBM and Microsoft have added their backing to a plan by developer tools specialist Zend Technologies to create an open-source application-programming interface that would make it easier for organisations to switch cloud providers. Read more »
Donut SDK for Google's Android ready
Google announced on Tuesday that the Donuts are ready. Read more »
Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform
Nokia has released a beta version of the software development kit for its Ovi application platform. Read more »
Google open sources Wave components
Google has open sourced two components of its Wave project, as part of a drive to get third-party developers interested in the communications and collaboration platform. Read more »
Google to open Wave for public beta
Google plans to open its Wave project up to the public in beta form at the end of September. Read more »
Features (18)
Yahoo opens up for future
Yahoo is putting its faith in openness to attract more users to its online services and ultimately generate more revenue. Read more »
Extend ASP.NET with HTTP modules
While HTTP modules have been a part of ASP.NET since its inception, I still encounter developers with no idea of their existence or usage. HTTP modules allow you to process incoming requests and outgoing responses to and from an ASP.NET application. Read more »
Facebook left friendless by Google MySpace deal
Facebook's lack of involvement in Google's new OpenSocial developer initiative has left it out in the cold while big competitors like MySpace, Bebo and Friendster jump onboard. Read more »
Windows rootkits 101
When administrators and security professionals hear the word rootkit, most think first of a UNIX-based system. Unfortunately, this only leads to a false sense of security for Windows-based systems. The fact is that Windows rootkits do exist, and you need to be able to detect them. Read more »
Australian Mobile Development Landscape
Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »
Interact with the OS via .NET's WMI
.NET's Windows Management Instrumentation provides management functionality that provides the vehicle for interacting with the underlying operating system. Read more »
Interact with the operating system via WMI
WMI allows you to interact with the underlying operating system within the .NET framework. Find out how to take advantage of it using your .NET code. 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 »
Building a simple content management system with Yaapi and PHP
Learn how to build a content management system for your web site using Yaapi and PHP. Read more »
Glitch in C++ libraries allows a DoS attack against ISAPI
The Microsoft Foundation Classes static library contains flaws that make ISAPI extensions vulnerable to DoS attacks. Find out why this illustrates a major challenge for developers who need to produce secure applications. Read more »
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What iPhone OS 3.0 promises users and developers
-- Last year, Apple set itself apart from the mobile computing world with the release of the iPhone OS 2.0. This year, Apple won't make quite such a leap forward, but neither will it lose any ground to increased competition. Read more »
Facebook developers to factor in age, location
-- Facebook has announced modifications to its developer application programming interface so that the creators of third-party applications can restrict their reach by demographic -- more specifically, by age or location. Read more »
Google App Engine meets Amazon EC2
-- 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 »
YouTube becomes a service
-- YouTube has expanded its APIs to allow for new players and uploading of content. Read more »
Picnik online photo-editing spreads its wings
-- Picnik, an online photo-editing service, has released specifications that will let other Web sites use its tools. Read more »
Google: Don't give up on OpenSocial
-- When Google unveiled its OpenSocial developer initiative at the end of October, observers hailed it as the future of the social Web.
But is the search king already too late to the party? Read more »
Google's Android parts ways with Java industry group
-- 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 »
Creating Web apps at iPhone Developer Camp
-- "Apple is not ready to have a developer community yet ... you have to be on the Apple happy list to be a developer," Christopher Allen said. "There has always been this tension with Apple and the developers' community." Read more »
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