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Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12

Microsoft will enable people to publish documents in the Adobe PDF format with Office 12, a company product manager said on Saturday. Read more »

Writely warms to OpenDocument

The company behind Web-based word processor Writely announced on Monday that it will handle documents saved in the OpenDocument format. Read more »

Adobe brings Flash to LiveCycle Enterprise Suite

Adobe on Monday released an early version of LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, a revamped version of its document management and work-flow server. Read more »

Adobe aquire Macromedia

With its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Read more »

Adobe plots its path on the Web

Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business. Read more »

Adobe dipping toes into desktop Linux

Adobe Systems, maker of major desktop software products such as Photoshop and Acrobat Reader, has begun a quiet effort to become more involved with desktop Linux. Read more »

AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps

Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications. Read more »

UN group extends reach of Linux

The International Open Source Network produced a Linux desktop manual as part of an effort to encourage developing countries to use open-source software. Read more »

Suncorp envisages Linux, ODF for 20,000 desktops

Suncorp's CIO, Jeff Smith, says he would like the banking and insurance giant to use open source software for its 20,000 desktops, which currently run Windows XP. Read more »

Mandriva founder puts OpenOffice in Firefox, IE

OpenOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft's Office productivity suite got a boost on Wednesday when Ulteo, a company staffed by Linux veterans, launched a service that lets people run the OpenOffice.org suite in a browser. Read more »

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Features (6)

Tech Guide: What's inside Apple's Mac OS X Tiger

How does Apple's latest version of Mac OS X, Tiger, look and feel on the desktop? Read more »

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Flash and Flex: cached and componentised

Mike Potter is the developer marketing manager for Flex, we sat down with Mike at MAX and discussed where Flex and Flash is heading. Read more »

Review: Reporting for duty

In this round-up of some of the most popular reporting tools for developers, we put these tools to the test to see how they stack up against real-world scenarios. Read more »

PHP, ASP or ASP.NET?

Local tech commentator Daniel Winter looks beyond the hype and FUD slinging to show you where and when to use PHP, ASP and ASP.NET for your Web apps. Read more »

Open source: More than just free beer

In response to a recent article questioning the motives of governments that use open source technology, Australian commentator Con Zymaris hits back at Andrew Parsons' anti-open source stance. Read more »

Using AppleScript to build Mac OS X applications

You can easily build applications that use the Aqua UI and interact with other applications on your Mac. We'll show you how. Read more »

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