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Eclipse to split from IBM

Eclipse, an open-source development tools organisation backed by IBM, plans to transition to an independent foundation by next month, a representative said this week. Read more »

Wind River aims for Eclipse expansion

Wind River has proposed an expansion to make the Eclipse project for open-source programming tools more useful in the domain of embedded computing, which includes devices such as elevators, video recorders and car navigation systems. Read more »

New age dawns at Eclipse

Eclipse, an increasingly influential open-source development tools project, will kick off its first programmer conference next week amid strong industry momentum and lingering questions regarding its future direction. Read more »

Eclipse to buzz BEA's Java Beehive

The Eclipse open-source foundation plans to start a development project around BEA Systems' Beehive Java development software. Read more »

IBM releases source code of speech software

Big Blue is releasing code to the Apache and Eclipse Foundations, but users will need to buy a proprietary speech-recognition system to take advantage of this. Read more »

Eclipse to branch out of Java

The burgeoning open source foundation is looking to move into non-Java development. 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 »

Google modernises Web software tool

Google plans to release later this week a near-final version of the Google Web Toolkit 1.5, software designed to ease the onerous parts of writing sophisticated Web-based software.

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IBM backs OpenDocument in Lotus Notes

IBM has announced an upgrade to Lotus Notes that will include access to office productivity applications and support for the OpenDocument format. Read more »

Open source: The newest competitive tool

A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »

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In defence of freedom

The principles are the same, but technology has moved on significantly in the 15 years since the release of GPL 2. Read more »

MAX 2006 Report

Max 2006 was staged in Las Vegas on 23rd - 26th October, Andrew Muller was there for Builder AU. Read more »

Who is Godot in the Java world?

Sun's increasingly isolated position in the industry must leave the Java community wondering what will happen if the standard eventually has to stand on its own . Read more »

A simpler Java?

With C# and .NET from Microsoft breathing down its neck, Java is facing more heat than it has before. Java creator James Gosling explains Sun's gameplan: A simpler Java that can be deployed faster. Read more »

A new aspect to programming?

Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) is an approach that has emerged out of object-oriented programming. Is it really an evolutionary methodology that has attracted plenty of hype, and is it something we've tried before? Read more »

Developing Applications for Intel-based Macs

A new processor architecture has massively boosted Mac power and capabilities, but what does it mean for developers? Stephen Withers investigates how to port your Mac apps. 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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