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Wikia search goes live, fails to find a match

An alpha version of the Wikia search engine has been unveiled this week and, despite the hype surrounding its appearance, online commentary has been overwhelmingly negative. Read more »

Oracle to open up on bug severity

Oracle plans to add severity ratings to its security bulletins, making the alerts less of a guessing game for customers. Read more »

IE 7 bugs abound

People didn't lose any time in finding bugs in the latest preview release of Internet Explorer 7. Read more »

Security guru wants access to bug databases

Security expert Ross Anderson has called for empirical research to be conducted into whether open source or closed source software is more secure, and into the impact that development practices such as extreme programming (XP) have on code quality. Read more »

Microsoft nears Windows XP SP3 launch

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is making public its latest test version of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Read more »

Public test next week for Vista SP1

Microsoft on Tuesday said that it has reached the "release candidate" with the first service pack for Windows Vista, with plans to make the test software available publicly next week. Read more »

Adobe blasts Apollo into beta through AIR

Adobe Systems on Monday released a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo, that makes Web-native applications operate like desktop programs. Read more »

Microsoft rejects Visual Studio delay request

Microsoft has rejected a request from developers to push back delivery of Visual Studio 2005 in order to fix bugs. Read more »

Microsoft outlines Internet Explorer 7 tabs

A Microsoft manager has finally confirmed the upcoming version 7 of the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser will feature the tabbed browsing function made popular by competitors Opera and Firefox. Read more »

Microsoft wants Vista out the door by year's end

Microsoft has tweaked its testing schedule for Windows Vista as it tries to get the operating system update out by the end of 2006. Read more »

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Features (29)

Using trouble tickets as development feedback

While development teams get plenty of feedback from sales, one frequently untapped source is customer service. Find out how to bridge the gap. Read more »

Use this PHP tool to create surveys and gather feedback

If you want to get a handle on what your users really think, phpESP may come in handy. This open source application lets you build and analyse Web surveys with PHP and MySQL. Read more »

Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance

Although many software makers promote responsible disclosure, it isn't universally backed by the security community. Critics say it could make security companies lazy in patching. Full disclosure of flaws is better is preferred. Read more »

Deploy log download

Knowing who reviewed or tested a particularly buggy component can tell you whom you need to see about the problem. Thats where ZDNet can help. Read more »

On the hunt for Vista bugs

Microsoft has time to deal with some bugs, but it needs to avoid any significant headaches if it is to make its January deadline Read more »

HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more

In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »

Firefox 3 offers numerous features for developers

Firefox's support for customisation and standards, along with plenty of add-ons, has made it a favorite among developers. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Greg Low

Builder AU interviewed Greg via e-mail before the start of Tech.Ed 06 to talk about beta software, free databases, and the future of database development. Read more »

Are key performance indicators a true measure?

Some managers love to look solely at numbers when assessing performance, and key performance indicators are right up their street. But how useful are they in the context of software development? Read more »

Open source's lessons from userspace

Where is the Open Source Usability Experts Group? When you've got your database specialist, your glue logic guy and your OS expert together, where's the person who knows how real non-technical people react to software design? Read more »

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Blog (2)

Jack-of-all-Trades or Specific Accolades?

Paul Ayre [blogs:controlaltdefeat] -- A programmer can take one of two paths. You can specialise in a small subset of languages or platforms, or you can learn a myriad of technologies at just beyond face value. How is BuilderAU going to help you? Read more »

What's a Beta these days?

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Betas are now so widespread that the term is becoming meaningless. Read more »

Others (1)

Gnome 2.16 Preview

With the next major release of the GNOME desktop scheduled for release next month, each passing day sees more of the code frozen. This is the first iteration since version 2.14 was released in April, which saw extensive improvements in performance. Here is our first look at some of the features in Gnome 2.16. Read more »

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