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Adobe's Macromedia deal to be probed

US antitrust regulators will take a closer look at the two graphics firms before deciding whether or not to allow their proposed merger to go ahead Read more »

Patent directive sent back to the drawing board

The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee has demanded that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive be rewritten. Read more »

Microsoft nears release of 64-bit Windows

Public betas for 64-bit upgrades for Windows XP should be available next year, as the first release candidates are almost ready. Read more »

Paris report: Open source move could be costly

It won't be "all or nothing" and it won't be "everything, right away." That's the gist of the message coming out of Paris following the presentation of a report on a possible switch from Windows to open source. Read more »

TiVo steps into online content

TiVo has developed new services to allow movies and music to be downloaded from the Internet to its digital video recorders and has cut prices for its current plans to boost subscriptions. Read more »

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How to be a proactive project manager

There are three types of project managers--accidental ones, good ones, and proactive ones. Which one are you? Read more »

Perl functions 101

In this article we explore some of the most useful Perl functions for manipulating arrays and hashes, how each one works, and when it should be used. Read more »

Model-Driven Development today

Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »

Insights into Linux Web site deployment

Peter Harrison, author of the Linux Quick Fix Notebook, discusses the Web site hosting decision making process and shares his thoughts concerning the future of Linux. Read more »

Grant Web servers secure database access

Allowing Web clients to access a database is a delicate matter that should not be attempted lightly or without careful consideration. Read more »

A simpler Java?

With C# and .NET from Microsoft breathing down its neck, Java is facing more heat than it has before. Java creator James Gosling explains Sun's gameplan: A simpler Java that can be deployed faster. Read more »

Nontechnical skills can be key to surviving layoffs

The next time you're deciding which professional skill to improve, picking up a certification study guide may be the wrong choice. See why soft skills can be more important to surviving layoffs. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    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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