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IBM promotes blogging on the job

The next version of the firm's Workplace software will have built in blogging tools to help users communicate. Read more »

Programmer finds blogging use for Gmail

Gallina turns Gmail into a blogging tool - but has the writer forgotten something? Read more »

IBM to analyse digital scuttlebutt

IBM said it is developing an application to analyse how discussions on blogs and other Web sites are affecting a given corporation's image. Read more »

Sun drafts open-source blog developer

Sun Microsystems has hired the principal author of the open-source Roller Weblogger software, a move that's part of an attempt to build closer ties with developers and customers. Read more »

Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser

Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports. Read more »

Microsoft and Eclipse cosy up on Java

Microsoft will begin collaborating with the Eclipse Foundation to improve native Windows application development on Java. Read more »

Windows chief opens up on '7'

Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7. Read more »

IBM launches development tools for Workplace

IBM launched a new set of development tools for its Workplace software this week in an effort to encourage its customers and partners to build composite applications into the collaboration package. Read more »

Linux lab mending fences with techies

The Open Source Development Labs, an organisation devoted to improving Linux, has launched a technical advisory board to try to foster better relations with programmers, who at times have been peeved with the industry-funded group. Read more »

Grassroots computing languages hit the big time

Once considered simple toys by serious programmers, scripting languages are becoming first-class citizens in the world of corporate software development. Read more »

Features (67)

Choosing a blog server

Want to build your very own blog server? David McAmis takes a look at the options available and key considerations before jumping into the task. Read more »

Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Q&A -- Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft. Read more »

My move from VB.NET to C#

The author confesses why he stuck with VB.NET for so long rather than moving to C# and reveals how life has been now that he's taken the plunge. Read more »

Is Agile development secure?

Agile development methodologies might be the new fad in software design but how much emphasis is there on secure code? Read more »

The LAMP development toolkit

Need to dust up your Linux, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, and MySQL (LAMP) software stack skills? Our LAMP development toolkit is just what you need. Read more »

Games development: a real career choice?

The recent spotlight on poor working conditions in the games industry has an all too familiar ring to it for local games developers. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Geoff Bowers

Builder AU recently caught up with Geoff Bowers to talk about Web services, surviving the dot com crash, and the decision to open source Daemon's flagship content management system. Read more »

Bloki makes it easier to build project Web sites

Collaborative development sounds good, but can be hard to pull off. Bloki is designed to make the task of multi-site, Web-directed development very accessible. See if this hosted application is worth your while. Read more »

Ruby on Rails Explained

There are plenty of frameworks around but Ruby on Rails is a new breed, focused on productivity not language. Simon Jackson explains what makes it different. Read more »

Dreamweaver MX: Getting used to the changes

Dreamweaver MX boasts tons of new features and functionality, but it can frustrate the veteran ColdFusion developer making the move from Studio. See what problem areas to avoid and what surprises you can expect. Read more »

Blog (48)

Schoolgirl builds SecondLife Web app

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- A new web application AjaxLife allows interaction with the online virtual world SecondLife. The cool part? It was developed in just a week by a fifteen year old English schoolgirl. Read more »

Live Blog: MIX 07 Keynote

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Live blog from the MIX 07 Keynote. Will we see an announcement regarding Silverlight? It certainly appears so. Read more »

Facebook gives developers more detailed analytics

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Facebook is announcing later on a complete revamp of the analytics system it offers to developers for measuring the performance of their applications on its platform. Read more »

Facebook developers to factor in age, location

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Facebook has announced modifications to its developer application programming interface so that the creators of third-party applications can restrict their reach by demographic -- more specifically, by age or location. Read more »

Crying, mooning and leaving

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

Tools for the Semantic Web

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »

The Best of Ballmer

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we cover Steve Ballmer's talk at the Microsoft's Power to Developers event in Sydney, Saleforce's annual Dreamforce conference and more. Read more »

Highlights from the PDC

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week we bring you special coverage from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Read more »

Google's browser ported to Mac and Linux

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- While Google work on an official port of the Chrome browser another company has ported the browser for Mac and Linux users to try for free. Read more »

XP stays on life support for longer

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »

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