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Microsoft apps for Linux on the way?
Rumours of greater collaboration between Microsoft and the open source community have been fueled by comments made the head of Open Source Development Labs. Read more »
BEA transforms mobile apps with Alchemy
The server software and tools maker aims to simplify the creation of mobile Web applications that have the same rich graphical user interface as desktop applications. Read more »
Yahoo announces social networking app for iPhone
Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called oneConnect that can centralise communications and social-networking activity. Read more »
Developers want Ballmer to show money
Australian developers have asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer what the company will do to address a Microsoft coding landscape that hasn't offered financial rewards like those available to iPhone and Facebook developers. Read more »
Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »
McNealy keeps busy at Sun
Despite leaving the chief executive role at Sun Microsystems last year, Scott McNealy is staying active with the company as chairman, and remains as outspoken as ever. Read more »
Microsoft to developers: "What's ours is yours"
Microsoft has been touting its Windows Live development platform, which is due to be launched later this year, to delegates at the company's partner conference in the US this week. Read more »
SAP opens arms to NetWeaver community
Business applications giant SAP expanded its partner network and launched a community forum meant to foster development for its NetWeaver software. Read more »
Gartner: Prepare for consumer-led IT
Gartner analysts predict there will be a large-scale shift in technology influence toward consumers and away from central corporate IT departments. Read more »
Eclipse to get wiki and CRM boost
New collaboration tools and members from the hosted CRM community await attendees at the Eclipse Foundation's annual conference. Read more »
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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 »
Understanding information taxonomy helps build better apps
Information architects grapple with taxonomy, but developers often ignore it--to their own detriment. Understanding information taxonomy is the first step in designing better software from the ground up. Read more »
The benefits of the Web ontology language in Web applications
To reach the visionary goal of a Semantic Web, the W3C must develop a Web ontology language. Get an overview of this farsighted concept and contemplate the various use cases that make this language vital to the future of the Web. Read more »
Java on Google App Engine? Not yet
Reports out of a Google developer conference in India indicated that Google was primed to add support for Java programs running on its presently Python-only Google App Engine. Read more »
Did Ballmer hint at a Windows AppStore?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday appeared to hint at the possibility of a Windows application marketplace that would be similar to the Apple iPhone AppStore. But the idea is not without its share of problems. Read more »
Why AOL wants developers to put passion over profit
Edwin Aoki, technology fellow at AOL, speaks about the impact web applications have had in the enterprise and what trends are emerging. Read more »
James Gosling Q & A
James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »
Oracle's Jarvis: Unplugged--but not unarmed
In an interview with ZDNet, Oracle marketing chief Mark Jarvis managed to critique most of the competition. Ariba, Commerce One, I2, and Siebel? All history. IBM? A copycat. Microsoft? Vulnerable. Read more »
Unplugged: Charles Simonyi
Word processing pioneer and Microsoft emeritus Charles Simonyi is building tools that enable programmers to create software that more closely reflects what designers intended. Read more »
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The Best of Ballmer
-- In this week's Roundup we cover Steve Ballmer's talk at the Microsoft's Power to Developers event in Sydney, Saleforce's annual Dreamforce conference and more. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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What's the point in following Apple's rules on the iPhone SDK if other developers will just flaunt them? We check the answer out and cover the other issues from the week: OLPC, IE, Ballmer and the Internet in space. Read more »
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Five things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution
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Cyber-terrorism 'a big threat'
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.