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Ubuntu creator wants to squash 'upstream' bugs

The founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating system, Mark Shuttleworth, has called for Ubuntu developers to fix all software flaws found in the operating system, including, crucially, those in inherited source code. Read more »

IBM teams with Linux firms for Microsoft-free PCs

IBM has launched its latest attack on Microsoft in the enterprise, forming an alliance with three top Linux distributors to promote Microsoft-free PCs around the world. Read more »

Ubuntu-maker launches Bazaar development tool

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has released a content-development tool designed to move development into the Internet age. Read more »

Ubuntu Hardy Heron due in Q2 2008

Ubuntu Developer Jono Bacon posted news of the new version on a mailing list and his blog on Wednesday in the US. Hardy Heron will be the second of Canonical's Linux products to feature long-term support. Read more »

Interview: Red Hat's new CEO

Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News. Read more »

Ubuntu, Red Hat reject Microsoft patent deal

Red Hat, the largest Linux vendor, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical have both rejected calls from Microsoft to forge a deal similar to the one the Redmond giant signed with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. Read more »

Linspire loses in Microsoft Linux pact: legal expert

Microsoft's pact with Linux distributor Linspire is the "worst deal" yet -- even worse than that between the software giant and Novell -- according to legal expert Pamela Jones. Read more »

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Opening form instances in C#

In this article Let's we'll work through the general pattern in C# .NET for recalling a specific instance of a Form class. Read more »

Classifying and representing data in SOAs

Data management is a core requirement of service-oriented applications and in this article we show you how to classify and represent data using a few simple techniques. Read more »

Getting .NET class info with Reflection

In this article, Builder.com walks you through two example programsââ,¬"a run-time class information reporter and a convoluted Hello World applicationââ,¬"that illustrate late-bound method invocation. Read more »

Q&A: Steve Mann

Professor Steve Mann just may be the world's first cyborg rights activist. It is a future, he says, that is no longer the exclusive preserve of science fiction. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending 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 »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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