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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 »

AJAX sets off tools race

The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit. Read more »

'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools

James Gosling, a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems, once quipped that the average software developer spends more on cafe lattes than on tools. Read more »

AJAX gives software a fresh look

An emerging Web development technique promises to shake up the status quo in PC software and blur the line between desktop and Web applications. Read more »

CIOs not testing Chrome

Despite the hype, it seems few IT departments are testing Google's recently launched Web browser Chrome — yet. Read more »

Yahoo and Google attempt to improve the browser

A year after Google launched its Gears project, Yahoo has decided to make your browser better, too. Read more »

Microsoft hints at general plan for IE8

Microsoft will continue to prioritise security and ease-of-use in the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and will seek to improve Web development with current standards compatibility, according to the software giant. Read more »

Flock woos Netscape users with its social skills

With Netscape edging closer to its doomsday, the Flock browser is hoping its social networking skills will divert users from migrating to the natural alternative, Firefox. Read more »

Microsoft exec kicks off new browser security war

Internet Explorer is more secure than Firefox, according to a senior Microsoft executive, who compared how many vulnerabilities were found in the two browsers -- but critics say his study is flawed. Read more »

Nokia switches on Microsoft's Silverlight

Content developed for the software giant's alternative to Adobe's Flash will be able to be viewed on Nokia smartphones. Read more »

Features (109)

Product review: Advantage Plex 5.1 from Computer Associates

Advantage Plex is a development tool for Windows, J2EE and iSeries 400 environments. Jorge Ubeda shares his thoughts on the app development tool. Read more »

UML Modelling with Borland's Together for .NET

If you are looking at modelling tools for your .NET apps Borland's Together could just be your answer. David McAmis takes a close look at the VS.NET tool. Read more »

A better model for enterprise software

Business Service Providers are the next generation of enterprise software--a better business model that achieves higher benefits for customers, more quickly and for much less cost. Read more »

Creating XPCOM components with JavaScript

Mozilla browsers are opening up a world of opportunities with the ability to use Cross Platform Component Object Model (XPCOM) components. Read more »

Cleaning up with AJAX

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) is one of the latest fads in creating interactive Web applications. In this article we'll introduce the AJAX programming model and show how to get started. 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 »

Interview: The future of mobile development

In the first instalment of our Web Directions South content, we ask mobile business experts Rob Manson and Alex Young where they think the Australian mobile development market is going in the near future. Read more »

Australian Mobile Development Landscape

Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »

Flex: The new face of design and development

Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »

Test drive Visual Web Developer 2005 Express

Phillip Perkins highlights the features of this upcoming release and shows you how easy it is to start developing with this edition. Read more »

Blog (3)

Web - the next frontier... again

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Web is making a comeback. But are developers ready? Read more »

Adobe MAX conference: Sneak Peaks, Sound Treats

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- To close MAX 2006 Adobe gave delegates at the conference a sneak peek at some upcoming technologies and products. Read more »

What to expect from Rich Internet Applications

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- I had a look this week at what the developers claim to be the world's largest Adobe Flex application. Read more »

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