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Labor fires first tech shots in official election fight

On the first official day of the federal election campaign, Labor has placed IT at the centre of its agenda for growth, issuing a challenge to the Coalition on broadband and procurement. Read more »

Labor, Coalition looking at powerline broadband

With the election looming, there does appear to be one issue that both Liberal and Labor can agree on: broadband over powerline could one day be used to get Internet access to Australia's remotest regions. Read more »

Offshoring takes centre stage in election

Coalition ICT Minister Helen Coonan yesterday delivered a vigorous reply to Labor's IT industry policy announcement, claiming the opposition was trying to "freeze Australia in time" over its approach to off-shoring. Read more »

AIIA's Moon presses Conroy for broadband timetable

Australian Information Industry Association CEO Sheryle Moon has called upon the new Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, to outline a schedule for rolling out a national broadband network. Read more »

Q&A: Debian leader on not being in it for the money

The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year. Read more »

Towns the talk of Debian Project

The widely-used Debian GNU/Linux distribution has a new project leader following an election process spanning several weeks. Read more »

Oxer, Waugh retain Linux Australia spots

Incumbents Jon Oxer and Pia Waugh will keep their respective positions as president and vice president of Australia's peak Linux body for another year. Read more »

Debian preps for December code release

Developers of the popular Debian Linux distribution are ramping up coding efforts as they plan to release the next version of their operating system in December this year. Read more »

Indian outsourcer opens centre in Melbourne

Indian outsourcing company Satyam has officially opened a 300-seat development centre at Melbourne Central, the largest outside its home country. Read more »

Greenpeace goes open source in collaboration push

Greenpeace is developing an online collaboration platform to mobilise climate change, based entirely on open-source technologies. Read more »

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Labor should promise the kids XO, not XP

Should Labor get into power at the federal election next month, its promised "education revolution" rebate would be better spent on the world's largest single order for Negroponte's XO laptop instead of being a boon for traditional PC retailers and a certain software vendor from Redmond. Read more »

Using Agile Software Development, part two

We've seen how Agile Development affects each developer individually, so now we'll look at how the whole development team adopts Agile practises. Read more »

Flexing some muscle

Macromedia's Flex allows developers to create rich presentation layers for Internet applications using Flash. We'll show you how to get your first Flex application up and running. Read more »

A patently bad idea?

So you've developed software that is going to change the world only to discover another company holds the patent for your idea. Are patents protecting or destroying the software industry? Read more »

Developing your .NET certification strategy

Once you decide to pursue a .NET developer certification, where do you begin? Find out what you need to know to get started and what you should consider in choosing a cert. Read more »

Local game studios face skill shortage

The Australian game development industry is now worth $130 million, employs around 2000 people -- and there has never been a better time to break into it. Read more »

New Indian government a threat to offshoring?

What do the results of the recent Indian election mean to companies looking to offshore IT services there? Author Paul Davies explains. Read more »

New .NET certifications

Microsoft has introduced a new batch of .NET certifications, which will become active at the end of 2003. Check out this guide from Builder.com Read more »

New .NET certs: A look at requirements

Check out this examination of the testing requirements for the new Microsoft .NET MCAD and MCSD certifications. Read more »

Demonstrate your SQL Server prowess by getting your MCDBA cert

Most developers are familiar with SQL and dealing with Microsoft SQL Server, but their knowledge is usually limited. The MCDBA certification can help you prove that you're knowledgeable in the right areas. Find out more about this certification. Read more »

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MyPerfect.com.au has potential

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

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