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Kernel coding no picnic, says Torvalds
Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel. Read more »
Opera looks to India for emerging talent
Opera Software is opening its own office in India to take advantage of local coding talent. Read more »
Microsoft expands Vista testing
Microsoft on Tuesday outlined plans to expand its test of Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system. 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 »
Microsoft criticises third party code for Windows crashes
Microsoft has laid the blame for half of all Windows crashes on third-party code. Read more »
FaceBook platform attracts 1,000 developers a day
Founder Mark Zuckerberg says new third-party applications will help his social network grow. But how much is too much of a good thing? Read more »
Microsoft taps JQuery for Visual Studio
Microsoft said Sunday that it plans to ship the JQuery JavaScript library with its Visual Studio developer tool suite. Read more »
Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'
Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. Read more »
Cisco cleans up with SOAP alternative?
Cisco has announced an alternative to the Web-services protocol SOAP — and made it open source. Cisco says its Etch messaging protocol will be more efficient than the SOAP standard and the company will release the source code. Read more »
Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft
If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.Read more »
Features (175)
Reap the benefits of design patterns
Proper use of design patterns in software development allows you to increase the efficiency of the coding process. Apply design patterns in your next project and reap the benefits. Read more »
Agile programming works for the solo developer
Agile programming, aka extreme programming, offers a great deal to the lone developer. Learn how agile practices brings order to solo efforts. Read more »
Gain speed and improve efficiency in your Javadoc development
See how the Javadoc tool can help you to create and maintain in-sync developer documentation. Read more »
Top five problems in IT business: Rational VP
We talked to Hayden Lindsay, IBM Rational's vice president of enterprise tools and compilers about enterprise modernisation. He identified five key factors that are inhibiting business responsiveness. Read more »
80% of software is no brain work: Ivar Jacobson
Efficiency, Code Reuse and Artificial Intelligence -- we sat down with one of the inventors of UML and the RUP to talk about how the software industry has to change in the next five years. 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 »
Proposed Java generics specification could make coding safer and more efficient
Take a look at some of the proposed changes in J2SE 1.5 (Tiger release) that is due out late 2003. Read more »
More efficient coding with advanced user control caching in .NET
With advanced user control caching in Microsoft .NET, application developers can create reusable controls without having to try to write the HTML output themselves. Read more »
Implementing taxonomy during development
Knowing that you need information taxonomy is one thing. Knowing how to build it is another. These tips will help you build a profitable Web site. Read more »
JAXP facilitates DOM development with Java
The rising tide of XML usage can't be ignored. Luckily, the JAXP package provides numerous ways to interact with XML documents. Read more »
Blog (5)
Google Developer Day scheduled in 2008
-- Google has announced that it will host a free new event for developers in 2008 in Sydney. Read more »
Code lean and keep it green?
-- Being green doesn't mean waiting for efficient hardware. When every wasted CPU cycle counts is it time to re-evaluate efficient coding techniques? Read more »
CodeGear Q&A
-- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »
What's new in Dreamweaver CS4?
-- Let's look at some of the new features we can expect to see in Dreamweaver CS4. Read more »
Microsoft's Surface goes to Vegas
-- This might not be what Bill Gates originally envisioned with his "information at your fingertips" concept, but in Las Vegas, the Rio hotel will unveil a new Surface computer application called Flirt, that will let bar patrons "interact" with each other through video cameras and text messages. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
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W3C has released mobileOK checker, an open source tool for checking the suitability of websites for mobile devices. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.