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Open source Visionary: Business not spooked by Linux

Linux expert claims the open-source community will not make the mistakes of the Unix world. Read more »

Building quality code, not testing for quality

Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »

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Is Microsoft learning from Web standards mistakes?

Microsoft has learned some very serious lessons when it comes to complying with Web standards after taking heavy criticism from the industry and, more importantly, a beating in the browser market share. Read more »

Microsoft wants to help reduce medical mistakes

By standardising on a common way to display medical data, Microsoft hopes to reduce the 600,000 errors that take place in US hospitals each year, many of them from medication mix-ups. Read more »

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 »

Facebook to 'punish' bad apps

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed a change in the social networking company's approach to its application platform when he took the stage at the F8 conference in the US today. Read more »

Stallman: Linux used to track Londoners

Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's "unethical" Oyster-card system. Read more »

Symantec: Sorry, Flash Player attack not a zero day

After suspecting a zero day exploit was being used to attack the latest version of Flash Player (9.0.124.0), Symantec says the call was a mistake - it was an older version, 9.0.115.0 and prior. 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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Windows chief opens up on '7'

Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7. Read more »

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Seven essential elements of Web application design

At this year's Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne, Robert Hoekman Jr, the author of Designing the Obvious and Designing the Moment gave a presentation titled -- " The essential elements of Web application design". During the presentation, Hoekman explained seven key design principles that should be implemented when designing Web applications. Read more »

Red ring of death is closer than you think

It can seem hard to believe that a company with all the resources of Microsoft can make make a billion-dollar mistake with a small chip-design fault. Yet chip design is not an exact science and Rupert Goodwins, who has been there himself, details how it can go horribly wrong. Read more »

13 Design rules that every Web site designer should know about

If you regard yourself as a professional Web site designer, then you need to be aware of, and then follow, these 13 design rules for building effective Web sites. Read more »

Architectural standards in a .NET environment

One of the most challenging aspects of being an architect is implementing your architectural designs in the development environment. Luckily, the .NET environment is built on a series of templates and scripts that you can modify to let developers start from a known state. Read more »

Developer Interview: Larry Constantine

Builder Australia recently caught up with software design pioneer Larry Constantine to talk about usability and UI design in today's software. Read more »

Building effective .NET reporting systems

Don't make the mistake of treating reporting as an afterthought when you design an application. Learn which questions you need to ask when you're considering reporting needs for your .NET application. Read more »

.NET and serviced components

The .NET Framework provides enterprise services for building highly scalable solutions, but the implementation can be tricky. Learn when and where these services should be used. Read more »

Eight UI tips for better Web forms

How do you keep a user interested in completing a Web form? The following tips are a sure-fire way to help you get the most out of your Web forms. Read more »

10 secrets to great e-mail marketing

Are you in the process of developing an e-mail campaign? Keep on top of the game with these tips from local expert Fred Schebesta. Read more »

Macromedia FreeHand MX: Is it sketchy?

Macromedia devotees should add FreeHand MX to their stable. But it's still not as intuitive as CorelDraw 11.0. Read more »

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Blog (2)

Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I should have known it was only a matter of time. I've been covering security conferences on and off for about 14 years and considered myself lucky not to have been hacked, that I knew of. Until Thursday. Read more »

Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »

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