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Intel hands off BIOS successor to trade group

The Extensible Firmware Interface, which could speed the boot-up process for PCs, has been handed over to a group that will promote and standardise it. Read more »

Windows Vista SP1 weighs in at 1GB

Microsoft will release the first service pack for Windows Vista in Q1 2008 and the company has revealed that test versions of the update are currently 1GB; Redmond also admitted it is working on Windows XP SP3. Read more »

Torvalds takes bite of Mac mini

Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator continues to prefer Apple's old PowerPC architecture for his primary desktop machine. Read more »

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Why should you choose fstream classes for file I/O in C++?

The fstream class I/O library in C++ boasts several features that the stdio.h lacks, including an OO interface and internationalisation support. See what other advantages you can gain from fstream classes. Read more »

Red ring of death is closer than you think

It can seem hard to believe that a company with all the resources of Microsoft can make make a billion-dollar mistake with a small chip-design fault. Yet chip design is not an exact science and Rupert Goodwins, who has been there himself, details how it can go horribly wrong. Read more »

Cisco administration 101: Configure GRE tunnels

Originally developed by Cisco, generic routing encapsulation (GRE) is now a standard. We'll show you how you can use GRE tunnels to form a secure VPN. Read more »

Build next-generation applications

Reduce time to market and meet the requirements of Web-aware applications by adopting one or both of the new virtual machine standards. Read more »

Test software virtually

Short of setting up duplicate systems, testing new software can be a hairy exercise. Here's another way: use virtual OSes like VMWare and Virtual PC as your testing platform. Read more »

Troubleshooting Samba

Samba is a great tool for making Windows and Linux play nice together, and these basic troubleshooting steps will help you resolve common problems. 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 »

AppDev's C# training videos: Worth the ticket price?

If you're looking for C# training, should you look to AppDev's video training package? Find out about the highs and the lows of this product. Read more »

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  • Staff Shadow chasing in browsers

    The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett Safari gets Gears

    Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay MyPerfect.com.au has potential

    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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