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IBM buys developer BuildForge
The maker of audit software for developers has been brought in-house by IBM to strengthen its 'ecosystem' of open source developers. Read more »
Adobe to release Flex beta
Adobe is expected on Wednesday to release a beta edition of Flex 2.0 and make lisencing changes to encourage broad adoption of the Flash development tool set. Read more »
Adobe Thermo hits back at Microsoft Expression Studio
Adobe Systems is hitting back at Microsoft's Expression Studio with Thermo, a tool that allows designers to create rich Internet applications. Read more »
Intel's 3D divorce rate
Developers of three-dimensional rendering technology for the Web known as X3D are bracing for a standards war with Intel--a former backer of the project--just as their recently sundered collaboration bears fruit. Read more »
Business Objects Gets a Diamond the Rough
New developer site consolidates sample code, forums, videos and documentation into one spot for Business Objects developers. Read more »
Eight strategies for delivering business intelligence on the Web
These strategies will help companies ensure they are distributing the kind of high-quality, actionable BI necessary to make real-time business decisions. Read more »
Business apps battle Java deadline
Developers of online business applications are racing to meet an industry-imposed deadline that could create security problems for their software. Read more »
Adobe server adds smarts to PDFs
Looking to garner more sales to business customers, Adobe has beefed up its server software for handling the flow of business forms based on the PDF format. Read more »
Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse
Microsoft this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Read more »
Standards group tackles XML documents
An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents. Read more »
Features (227)
Digging code: Software archaeology
At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. Read more »
SuSE bundles Linux extras for biz
Linux is working with developers to release a uniform version of its operating system aimed at the business market Read more »
Write useful documentation with these tips
Most developers cringe at the idea of writing documentation. However, the process doesn't have to be a thoroughly time-consuming endeavour. Check out these handy tips on what you should include in your documentation and where to find tools that will assist you in this process. Read more »
Herding a team of developers
Software development is rarely a solitary process, so integrating teams is a critical skill for any major project. We look at the processes and tools can be used to ensure that developers work effectively and productively. Read more »
Creating a global development framework
The CLR is an integral part of the .NET Framework that promises to let developers employ their cross-language skills in one master architecture. Read more »
.Net develops advantages over Java
Developers have a number of reasons for favouring one programming environment over another. For those attracted by good technology, .NET is worth a look. Read more »
Why the Eurocrats are patently mad
The vote on Tuesday in Brussels to remove all the limits that had been placed on software patents is a sad day for Europe, but it's not too late to change. Read more »
Who owns your application code?
A company can get burned when it comes to deciding who owns the code to an application. Outside developers could cause trouble if the details aren't ironed out in the beginning. Read more »
Guide to peer reviews
This guide will outline some of the positives and negatives of the process and offer some tips on how to make your reviews more productive for your development team. Read more »
ASP.NET, MVC design pattern
In this article Builder.com looks at a simple pattern for developing .NET Web applications. Read more »
Blog (7)
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way
-- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »
Stop arguing and start prototyping
-- The right work culture and approach to projects can be everything for a developer. Read more »
Newbie guide to Google's Android
-- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »
Data dumps are the dumps
-- I have recently spend a considerable amount of time on a project replacing an old mainframe system with a new web-based application. Read more »
The audience is the application
-- In a near-perfect feedback loop, the audience for software developers is now becoming part of the process, a primary development tool able to feed back its wishes and bend the outcome of developers’ efforts to better suit to its needs. Read more »
While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?
-- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »
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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 »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.