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JBoss Seam knits AJAX and Java together

The Seam project provides an open source framework for Web 2.0 applications written in Java Read more »

System.Globalization namespace in .NET

The .NET Framework has built-in support for globalisation in its System.Globalization namespace. This namespace can help you build international support into your applications. 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 »

KDE starts testing version 4.1

KDE, the desktop software project widely used on Linux systems, this week released the first test version of KDE 4.1, a significant upgrade and the second edition of KDE to use the Qt 4 application development framework. Read more »

Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open-software development. Read more »

Photoshop beta goes public

Adobe released today a public beta program for the next version of their photo editing suite, dubbed Photoshop CS3. Read more »

Experts work to aid compiler behind open source

Programmers are working to debug and speed performance of the newly released GCC 4.0, the compiler at the foundation of the open-source and free-software movements. Read more »

Sun puts Java 6 beta on display

Mustang is now available for coders who want to get to grips with the next version of Java. Read more »

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Introduction to the Cocoon Web-publishing framework

Looking for a technology that works in a structured format, is flexible enough to suit the needs of varied applications, and (most important) has a clear distinction among various tasks. Read more »

W3C standards: The relationship between RDF and Topic Maps

In this article we analyse the background of both the the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Topic Maps standards and their interoperability. Read more »

Top 10 reasons to migrate to .NET

Microsoft's latest push for the .NET Framework has many developers wondering if it would be wise to learn it. Here's why you should move to .NET. Read more »

ASP to ASP.NET: Migrating the user interface

You can gain a significant performance increase by migrating a user interface from ASP to ASP.NET. Examine the benefits of the ASP.NET UI model, including reusable code, extensibility, and session state management. Read more »

Get your feet wet with Sun's tiny Java DB

Java DB is a lightweight database management system (DBMS) that is written completely in Java. It only needs 2 MB of memory, and it makes it very easy to embed a fully functional database directly into your application. Java DB is also standards-based, supports SQL and the JDBC API, and easily integrates with J2EE. Beginning with the release of Java 6, Sun started packaging Java DB in the JDK. Read more »

Developing Applications for Intel-based Macs

A new processor architecture has massively boosted Mac power and capabilities, but what does it mean for developers? Stephen Withers investigates how to port your Mac apps. Read more »

Increase flexibility with the .NET schema object model

This article from Builder.com examines how the XML schema object model allows you to use .NET classes to manipulate schema components. Read more »

Deploy full-featured applications with Java Web Start

Java Web Start provides a platform-independent, secure, and robust deployment technology. Find out how it enables developers to deploy full-featured applications to end users by making the applications available on a standard Web server. Read more »

Manipulate the Windows registry with .NET

Tony Patton shows how interacting with the Windows registry can be used to store application data for any custom applications you may develop. Read more »

JavaScript Object Notation: An alternative approach to data interchange

XML was developed and introduced as a vehicle for data interchange, but not all developers embraced it with open arms. Some developers actually opted to develop alternatives. One such alternative is JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). In this article, we take a closer look at the design and application of JSON. Read more »

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Salesforce.com flexes its on-demand platform.

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Salesforce.com has included Adobe Flex functionality to it's Apex platform. The move means that developers using salesforce.com's Apex platform can now deploy rich Internet applications using the Flex toolkit. Read more »

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