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Microsoft readies Office 2010 upgrade program
It is not uncommon for Microsoft to launch a "technology guarantee" program ahead of a new version of Office or Windows, offering buyers of a product late in one cycle an upgrade to the new version once it comes out. So it's not a shocker that Microsoft has one planned for Office 2010. Read more »
Why Facebook's HipHop for PHP is important
Facebook formally announced a long-rumoured project it has been working on called HipHop for PHP. Read more »
Microsoft plans phone push into emerging markets
Microsoft on Monday announced plans for mobile software that aims to allow people in emerging markets to access various internet programs using lower-end feature phones. Read more »
Microsoft releases preview for next SQL Server
Microsoft has delivered the next iteration of its flagship database product, SQL Server 2008 R2, to developers for review. Read more »
Google speeds up Chrome
Google has released a new beta version of its Chrome browser, adding speed improvements, HTML 5 functionality and other tweaks. Read more »
Oracle unwraps Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle has unveiled the next generation of its middleware suite, Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. Read more »
New Linux kernel adds file-system support
Developers have released the Linux kernel version 2.6.30, adding support for new file systems as well as performance improvements and new hardware drivers. Read more »
Google: The browser is the computer
Google spent Wednesday morning trying to get developers excited about the next generation of Web technologies by showing off how future web applications will mimic desktop apps. Read more »
Steve Ballmer: Live on Builder AU
Don't miss Builder AU's exclusive live broadcast of a landmark Sydney speech by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on 6 November at 3:30pm, AEST. Read more »
Step aside, Chrome, for Squirrelfish Extreme
Just about every browser out there now is trying to grab the crown for fastest performance for running JavaScript, the programming language that powers many increasingly sophisticated Web-based applications. Read more »
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A look at ColdFusion 9's new features
This article looks at some of the best features in ColdFusion 9 and discusses why the application server is still compelling. Read more »
Preparing for Exchange Server 2010's hardware and software requirements
Exchange 2010 is out and about and ready to deploy. This article provides you with some assistance on getting prepared for this latest release in the Exchange line. Read more »
Monitor your system for threats with rsec alerts
This article gives an overview of the monitoring and reporting tool rsec, which can help you keep a close eye on your system's security without having to pore over log files. Read more »
Update Windows scripts using these handy PowerShell commands
It may be time to upgrade batch files to PowerShell for automating the role of administering a Windows Server, so we've provided commands to use when updating Windows scripts. Read more »
Claws Mail: What an email client SHOULD be like
Recently, I did a series of articles covering the Claws Mail email client. When I first started writing the articles I figured it would be another one of those applications I would use while writing the articles and then I would put it away and go back to my usual Thunderbird. I was surprised to find out, after I had completed the series, that I didn’t want to go back to Thunderbird. Read more »
10 ADO best practices
You can work more efficiently with data when you know how to take advantage of the ActiveX data objects (ADO) library. This article offers some pointers that will help you use ADO objects effectively and avoid potential code snafus. Read more »
Twitter: Under attack
We all knew it was going to happen sooner or later. So it's no surprise that Twitter is under attack. The important thing now is knowing what to do about it. Read more »
Performance often still matters
Do developers care about performance anymore? I seriously doubt it, at least for the vast majority (over 90 per cent) of developers. Read more »
Hapax's Amplify makes it easy to extract meaning from text
We put Hapax's Amplify, a lightweight natural language processing web service, through its paces. Here's what we think of this relatively new product. Read more »
10 Firefox extensions you can't live without
Whether you want to speed access to the websites you regularly visit, keep better tabs on your tabs, or protect your system from potentially dangerous active content, there is a Firefox extension ready to help you out. Here's a list of some time-saving, browser-enhancing add-ons. Read more »
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Flash and Flex: cached and componentised
Mike Potter is the developer marketing manager for Flex, we sat down with Mike at MAX and discussed where Flex and Flash is heading. Read more »
Blog (10)
Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access
-- Significantly increasing the utility and competitiveness of its web-based e-mail service, Google is enabling an experimental ability to read, write, and search Gmail messages even while not connected to the network. Read more »
The Geolocation API
-- The W3C's has proposed a Geolocation API -- an interface that can work out the location of the hosting device. Currently only Firefox is implementing it. Read more »
The future remains yesterday
-- Remember when MySQL was blazingly fast and cared little for SQL standards? When MySQL regarded a view as something nice from your window and a trigger was treated as a weaponry component? Those days are set to return with a MySQL fork called Drizzle. Read more »
WordPress updates to 2.6, adds Gears support
-- Blogging platform WordPress updated to version 2.6 yesterday. It's the latest major release since 2.5, which debuted back in late March and adds nearly as many new features as it does bug and security fixes. Read more »
Railo to go open source with JBoss
-- Railo have announced they will be open sourcing their alternative engine for the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML). Read more »
Google decides to dominate javascript libraries
-- With each passing day Google begins to look more and more like a Trapper Keeper. The latest move for the Web behemoth is to store commonly used javascript libraries with Google AJAX Libraries API. Read more »
Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote
-- The big event of a Flex, Flash or ColdFusion developer's year is Adobe's annual conference held this year in Chicago. Builder AU's Andrew Muller attended this year and reports on the first day's opening. Read more »
July book giveaway
-- Help out in the Builder AU forums and win a book! Read more »
Just how much memory is Firefox using?
-- According to our logs 40% of you use Firefox: can you tell how much memory it's using? Here's a few tricks you should know if you're trying to cut it down to size. Read more »
Firefox runs amok - thanks to Google
-- A hidden feature of Firefox can result in the downloading of cookies and Web pages that the user did not intend by doing a Google search. Read more »
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