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Microsoft extends tool giveaway
Microsoft has decided to continue indefinitely a free development tool offer it launched last year to better attract hobbyists and students to Microsoft's software. Read more »
Study: Visual Basic use may be slipping
Usage of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a recent study. Read more »
Visual Basic developers revolting
The software company's own programmer community has launched a campaign of defiance over a decision to end support for Visual Basic. Read more »
Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'
Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. Read more »
IBM, JBoss eye new Java plan
IBM and open-source Java software company JBoss Group are in discussions to spearhead a Java standardisation effort aimed at cooling off the growing popularity of Microsoft's C# language. Read more »
Ex-OpenDocument advocates opt for W3C alternative
The conflict over document formats has taken a twist as some advocates for OpenDocument, or ODF, abandon the format in favor of the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium's Compound Document Formats standard. Read more »
Microsoft Live Labs unveils Volta Web toolkit
Microsoft's Live Labs, a standalone product research group, released on Wednesday Volta a development tool designed to make it easier to partition an application's component pieces across a network. Read more »
Embarcadero embarks on a new journey with CodeGear
Embarcadero Technologies, a provider of professional database tools has signed a deal to acquire CodeGear, currently a part of the Borland Software Corporation for approximately $23 million. Read more »
Commodore 64 celebrates 25th birthday
The Commodore 64 turned 25 this year, and its legacy was celebrated on Monday with an anniversary presentation at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. Read more »
Microsoft frees Visual Studio 2005 Express
The stripped-down version of Microsoft's development tool will be available at no cost indefinitely. Read more »
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Manipulate instances of Windows forms in C#
This article is the first in a series that's intended to ease the learning curve and help you get started working productively with C#. Read more »
Pick up the basics of .NET Framework multithreaded programming
Writing multithreaded .NET applications can be tough for beginning programmers. We'll show you how to create threads and how the syntax differs for VB.NET, C++, and C#. Read more »
Why you should move to C#
The migration to the .NET platform offers many development choices. This top 10 list explains why C# is an important offering and why you should consider moving to C#. Read more »
Jump-start your C++ expertise
Our C++ QuickStart tool gives you the information you need to quickly grasp the fundamentals of developing in the C++ programming language. Read more »
How I learned to stop worrying and love C#
After arguing for a long time that there's no difference between VB.NET and C#, Builder.com staff writer Lamont Adams is jumping on the C# bandwagon. Read more »
Don't sweat C# type conversions
In his new C# column, Harold Davis explains type conversions in .NET and discusses the differences between casting in C# and VB.NET. Read more »
C++: In search of the perfect convert-to-string function
Follow this tutorial using STL to develop an efficient, generic conversion function that will handle any data type with an overloaded operator. Read more »
The developer's guide to C# 2.0
The next version of the C# programming language promises some impressive new tricks when it arrives later this year. This guide by local expert Glenn Stephens is just the ticket you need to get started today. Read more »
Create custom class interfaces in .NET
Builder.com returns to the topic of .NET class interfaces with a look at creating your own interfaces in C#. You'll learn how to specify an interface--and you'll have a nice chunk of code to download and play with. Read more »
Class interfaces play a key role with inheritance
Class interfaces in C# ensure that your code will behave the way you expect. In this installment of C# for Newbies, Builder.com outlines the role of class interfaces in inheritance and abstract base classes. Read more »
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NICTA: Aussies should focus on embedded programming not VB
-- The CEO of the national ICT research centre says the future of Aussie developers should focus on building better embedded and wireless applications and focus less on technologies such as Visual Basic. Read more »
Digging deeper into AJAX
-- Lately I've been doing some further reading into how all this AJAX technology works. 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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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite 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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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending 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 »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.

