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Mono-man brings .NET to Linux

Novell's Miguel de Icaza is working on a technology that he says can replicate Microsoft's vaunted software development platform on Linux. Read more »

EDS embraces newest Siebel applications

Siebel Systems will announce Monday that the first company to complete installation of its latest customer relationship management system is IT services giant Electronic Data Systems. Read more »

BEA take coding out of application development

BEA Systems this week is expected to launch a new product line that the back-end software maker hopes will expand the company's audience and perk up sales. 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 »

Yahoo announces social networking app for iPhone

Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called oneConnect that can centralise communications and social-networking activity. Read more »

UK govt to monitor all telecoms

UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country. Read more »

Open source archiving gets boost from HP, MIT

Users of DSpace, the open source archiving tool, will receive help and support via a not-for-profit organisation set up by the creators of the tool, MIT and Hewlett-Packard. Read more »

Westpac turns to Web 2.0 free for all

Westpac has bucked the trend on policing Internet use in the workplace -- allowing staff to access Facebook from work, building a Web 2.0-like portal in-house and a Westpac-branded site on Second Life. Read more »

Desktop virtualisation opens new doors for users

When Apple released Parallels Desktop in June 2006, it showed most users for the first time what they could achieve with desktop virtualisation. Read more »

New Sun unit plans technology partnerships

Sun Microsystems will launch a new business unit next week to sell hardware and software that other companies can embed into their own technology products. Read more »

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Zend Studio 2.0 facilitates PHP development

Studio 2.0, Zend is attempting to provide a true IDE for programmers. But did it succeed? This article will provide the answer. Read more »

What does a DBA do all day?

Data integrity is a DBA's number one responsibility, but do you know what else they do all day? Read more »

Automate data transfers with SQL Server and VB.NET

The transfer of data from one format to another is a common programming chore. Programmers can simplify the process by using SQL Server via Data Transformation Services (DTS), which is tightly integrated in the Microsoft product line. 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 »

Developing an Intranet with ASP.NET 2.0

In this two-part tutorial we investigate how to build a modular Intranet site with Microsoft's brand new ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Web Designer 2005. Read more »

Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

Yahoo! Pipes brings mashups to the masses

The Yahoo! Pipes project facilitates mashup creation via an easy-to-use interface. Read more »

10 security problems unique to IT

Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover. Read more »

What to expect in Visual Studio 2005

There is plenty of hype surrounding the product's November 7, 2005 release. Here is what you can expect in version 2.0 of the .NET framework, ASP.NET, as well as SQL Server 2005. Read more »

Return resources to the system to improve .NET performance

A common problem in the .NET platform is the consumption of system and database resources when developers fail to clean up after themselves when working with a database. 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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