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Piggyback developers in a bind over IE

Internet Explorer's state of suspended animation has never much bothered Web entrepreneur Adam Stiles, but now he's worried. Read more »

Sun releases developer tools for NetBeans

Sun Microsystems announced the availability of two new sets of developer tools for NetBeans IDE on Wednesday. NetBeans is a free, open-source environment that lets developers create cross-platform software applications for the desktop, the Web, the enterprise or mobile devices. Read more »

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Is whitelisting the new blacklisting?

The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer? Read more »

Apple plugs 17 OS X flaws

Apple today has announced a new security update -- its fifth for the year -- with patches for 17 OS X vulnerabilities. Read more »

User group tips new Oracle products

Oracle's Australian user group is tipping the software giant could announce new versions of its e-business suite, application server and database at its annual OpenWorld conference in the US next week. Read more »

Microsoft is not bound by GPLv3: Lawyer

Microsoft should be able to extricate itself from the implications of the new GPLv3, according to a leading Australian Intellectual Property lawyer. Read more »

Open-source database Ingres targets software firms

Database company Ingres is creating a package of its namesake open-source database and a version of Linux, a combination it hopes will appeal to hosted application providers. Read more »

Is Microsoft rigging OOXML standards vote?

The Free Software Foundation Europe has accused Microsoft of "stuffing the ballot boxes" in a vote designed to establish Office Open XML as a recognised industry standard. Read more »

Open-source middleware tends Petals

Open-source middleware consortium ObjectWeb has announced the Petals project, a step forward for its year-old Enterprise Service Bus initiative. Read more »

Internet2: 2004 and beyond

Internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman doesn't let a little thing like a few thousand miles stand in the way of reaching his students. Read more »

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Java-XML offers best of both worlds

Working with XML is now the norm, but handling XML within Java is not as straightforward as often advertised. Follow these techniques to make it easier. Read more »

PHP and LDAP authentication

LDAP provides a standard directory interface that makes it easy for disparate systems to work together. These code samples explain PHP's ability to bind to an LDAP server. Read more »

Get your ASP.NET data binding education here

Data binding was once the technique no one wanted to use, but .NET has changed that. See how you can put this flexible technique to work in your ASP.NET applications. Read more »

Ask Chuck: Creating Windows apps without a remote database

This week Chuck answers a Builder AU reader's question on creating Windows applications that users can edit without having to connect to a remote database. Read more »

Wed Java to Web services with JWSDP

The Java Web Services Developer Pack allows you to create Web services apps with Java code. See our sample implementations in action. Read more »

Create distributed services with Java's RMI-framework

RMI allows one Java object to make a call to another regardless of where the second object resides. With RMI, you can create transparent distributed services and applications. Find out how to set up an RMI application in your enterprise. Read more »

Simplify .NET SQL queries with the DAAB

Microsoft's Data Access Application Block (DAAB) makes connecting .NET applications to SQL databases easier--if you know how to use it. Read more »

Innovative multimodal interfaces with SALT technology

Handheld devices with wireless network connections are increasingly prominent. Software developers are creating applications for these devices that take advantage of new technologies like Speech Application Language Tags. Are you developing one? Read more »

Cleaning up with AJAX

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) is one of the latest fads in creating interactive Web applications. In this article we'll introduce the AJAX programming model and show how to get started. Read more »

Utilise Web services in the real world

Need to get your Java and .NET components working together? Web services could be the perfect fit for your project. Read more »

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What to Expect in Java SE 7

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- At the Sun Tech Days Australia Conference last week, I attended Chuk-Munn Lee's presentation "Java SE 6 Top 10 Features and Java SE 7". Here are some features we can expect to see in Java SE 7. Read more »

Microsoft's two faces of SharePoint

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- One way or another, proprietary and open-source companies need an answer to SharePoint. Content is the center of the enterprise ecosystem, when all is said and done. SharePoint is Microsoft's answer for controlling the next decade of IT. Read more »

Builder AU's June book giveaway

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Help out in the Builder AU forums and win a book! Read more »

Competition: Send me to WebDU

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- We have five passes to give away to the upcoming webDU conference in March, worth $800 each. Read more »

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