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Firefox 3: New front in the browser war
Mozilla released Firefox 3 on Tuesday, opening a new front in the browser wars. Read more »
AIIA: Indian outsourcing threat can help Australia
Australian companies are slowly but surely outsourcing more of their programming projects to countries like India -- but this could mean better jobs for Australian coders, according to the Australian Information Industry Association. Read more »
Trend Micro: open source is more secure
The antivirus vendor has waded into the debate over the merits of open and closed code, while Linux vendor Red Hat takes a cautious approach. Read more »
Microsoft exec kicks off new browser security war
Internet Explorer is more secure than Firefox, according to a senior Microsoft executive, who compared how many vulnerabilities were found in the two browsers -- but critics say his study is flawed. Read more »
Google to unveil 'Android' phone software
Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones based on open-source technology, backed by some of the largest wireless industry companies in the world. Read more »
ATO gongs offshore development
Australian Taxation Office officials have opted for homegrown software development to keep the Change Program on track, and have all but ruled out offshore labour. Read more »
BEA lights US$87.5m fire under its SOA ambitions
Fuego has been acquired to give BEA's offerings a BPM boost. Read more »
BEA Systems acquires Fuego
BEA Systems announced on Wednesday that it bought business process management software maker Fuego for US$87.5 million in cash. Read more »
Language barriers may stifle Web future
The lack of backwards compatibility between the Web scripting language XHTML 2.0 and its HTML predecessors could make billions of Web pages obsolete, experts fear. Read more »
Developers debate survival of Mozilla suite
The survival of the Mozilla application suite is very much in doubt as developers question whether the success of stand-alone products Firefox and Thunderbird mean the death of the integrated suite that spawned them. Read more »
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Migrating Legacy Applications
Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis, takes a closer look at the steps you need to take to successfully migrate legacy applications. Read more »
Legacy apps and .NET
Maximise your investments by using legacy apps in conjunction with the .NET Framework. Use Host Integration Server to integrate your old apps with .NET to save money. Read more »
Creating XML from legacy data
This article explains how to transform a nebulous application requirement into a flexible working solution. Read more »
Overcoming old legacy systems with XSLT and Muenchian grouping
One method developers can use for legacy systems takes advantage of XSLT and Muenchian grouping. Read more »
Why VB6 still matters
Visual Basic 6 code is something Microsoft needs to take another look at if it wants legacy applications to play nice with .NET Read more »
Why you need a code reuse specialist
Don't get me wrong from the title of this articleâ€"I'm as big a fan of object-oriented programming as any other technology pundit. See why Read more »
Could application servers be overkill?
Cape Clear CEO Annrai O'Toole says XML-based services don't require full blown app servers. Oracle vice president John Magee calls O'Toole's claims "fallacious." You be the judge. Read more »
Locate errors in your JavaScript code
When you debug JavaScript, you don't have the luxury of the powerful tools available in other development environments. Fortunately, you can fall back on some alternative techniques to locate problems in your code. Read more »
Get started with Java Native Interface
The JNI can greatly improve Java performance by letting you write parts of your app as natively compiled code. Here's what you need to know to get started. Read more »
.NET: A guide for managers
Here's an overview of .NET for managers who may not have had the opportunity to dive into Microsoft's integration framework. Read more »
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XP stays on life support for longerThis week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »
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The good and truly awful celluloid depictions of computersEver wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »
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Apple's iPhone engineers to tour Sydney, MelbourneAussie developers will be able to get up close and personal with some of the iPhone engineers in November to learn how to build applications for the platform. Read more »
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