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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 »

BEA take coding out of application development

BEA Systems this week is expected to launch a new product line that the back-end software maker hopes will expand the company's audience and perk up sales. Read more »

EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger

European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk. Read more »

Desktop virtualisation opens new doors for users

When Apple released Parallels Desktop in June 2006, it showed most users for the first time what they could achieve with desktop virtualisation. Read more »

Windows-friendly desktop Linux launches

The latest version of Xandros desktop Linux has arrived, continuing the operating system's mission to welcome Windows users--a mission that's led some in the Linux community to dismiss it as "Linux with training wheels." Read more »

New Sun unit plans technology partnerships

Sun Microsystems will launch a new business unit next week to sell hardware and software that other companies can embed into their own technology products. Read more »

Upstart could shake up networked storage

First came Fibre Channel, then iSCSI. Now, for the increasingly popular idea of using a network to connect storage to servers, there's a third option called ATA over Ethernet. Read more »

New file system has long road to Windows

Microsoft's long-awaited new Windows file system is still a work in progress. Read more »

SOA heeds industry's call

Experts say the time has come for services-oriented-architecture design approaches, which revamp business processes and could change the economics of delivering software. Read more »

File-swapping gets supercharged

Students set up a new peer-to-peer hub on Internet 2, a university network that offers researchers and students a way to communicate at blazing speeds. Read more »

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Value-based approach to Web site design - Part 2

Steve Baty continues his guide to helping Web developers answer business owners' demand to show a return on investment. Read more »

Planning a Web-based project management system

Here's how one large construction company planned a Web-based project management system. You'll learn firsthand about how the company met the challenges presented by a massive project. Read more »

Cocoon project basics

Apache's Cocoon project will provide a way to capture, render, and deliver Web-based content for a variety of purposes. Find out more about this XML publishing framework. Read more »

Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

What's new in SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 will be released in 2nd quarter of 2008. SQL Server 2008 will also be part of a joint launch with Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on February 27, 2008. Read more »

XML for Web services?

XML is a hot topic these days, but what can XML really do for your company, and should you deploy it? Here are some pros and cons of deploying XML solutions. Read more »

Using pluggable look-and-feel in Java Swing APIs

The Java Swing API provides a (PLAF) capability, which allows Swing GUI widgets to change appearance based on the programmer's customised look-and-feel setting. Learn how you can use it in your own applications. Read more »

10 security problems unique to IT

Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover. Read more »

Two patterns that promote code reuse in ASP.NET

Learn more about the Page Controller and Front Controller patterns and how you can implement them in your apps to increase code reuse possibilities. Read more »

ASP.NET, MVC design pattern

In this article Builder.com looks at a simple pattern for developing .NET Web applications. Read more »

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    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 »

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    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 »

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    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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