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Mozilla targets mobile browser market

The Mozilla Foundation claims to be working with various phone manufacturers, who are already using Minimo, a 'mini-Mozilla' browser for consumer devices. 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 »

Apple mini-tablet rumoured to be on the way

Apparently the Newton doesn't fall very far from the Apple tree: Cupertino watchers AppleInsider are reporting that Apple has a project underway to develop a minitablet computer based on the OS X operating system it has developed for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Read more »

Mini mobile broadband laptops coming soon

The mobile industry is already in talks with hardware manufacturers about creating smaller, cheaper laptops which come with embedded high speed mobile broadband connectivity. Read more »

Microsoft reaches out to developers with Live

Microsoft has launched a Web site to entice software developers to write "mashup" applications that connect to the company's Web properties, a move that reflects a companywide transition to hosted services. Read more »

Mini-Mozilla marches towards Windows mobiles

Minimo, the Mozilla browser for mobile devices, is poised to move beyond Linux PDAs and onto Windows CE devices, according to the Mozilla Foundation. Read more »

Google woos Web developers with Universal Gadgets

Search giant Google has announced it is opening up its Gadgets framework to Web developers, allowing you to add their Universal Gadgets to your pages. Read more »

Google adds OAuth to gadget mashups

Google has adopted the OAuth web-authentication standard, an open standard for controlling privacy, for its gadget platform. Read more »

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OLPC: Windows vs. Linux

On the outside, the Windows version of the XO laptop looks just like the Linux model. But simply booting up the device shows that the Windows version bears little resemblance to the original One Laptop Per Child device. Read more »

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Using Agile Software Development, part 1

In the first in a series of three articles, we'll take you through the key practices of Agile - how to use them, what problems you might face and what you'll get from them. Read more »

Simplifying .NET assembly libraries

Maintaining header files is often tedious and can lead to mistakes. Thankfully, .NET assembly libraries erase the reliance on these files. Read more »

Mini-glossary: Project management terms you should know

Effective communication is a key element of successful project management, which makes a common language essential. This glossary will help your team standardise on frequently used PM terms, from critical path to Gantt chart to scope change management. Read more »

Australian Mobile Development Landscape

Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »

Seven aspects of a great user experience

The spotlight at this year's Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne was on user experience. Andy Budd, a designer and developer at Clearleft in the UK, contributed to the theme of the day with his presentation -- "Designing the User Experience Curve". Read more »

Special coverage: Linux.conf.au 2004

Adelaide is set to host Linux.conf.au 2004 --one of the world's largest gatherings of open source developers--Builder AU takes you behind the scenes, in this exclusive coverage. Read more »

Nokia's big plans on the Qt

With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry. Read more »

Create rich interfaces with Microsoft Silverlight

Recognising an area of technology without a presence, Microsoft has thrown its considerable weight behind an initiative to make inroads in the area now dominated by Flash with its Silverlight product. Read more »

Mobile Case Study: Podmo

Che Metcalfe got so fed up with the limitations of mobile phones and network operators for distributing content that he built a network platform of his own Read more »

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On AIR: Getting ready for primetime

We caught up with Ryan Stewart, rich internet evangelist, Adobe, at MAX and spoke about AIR, Thermo and how Ryan has covered the US in a bus. Read more »

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Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. Read more »

And this one time at code camp...

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Attention Java Developers. At ease. Sun Microsystems are putting on one of the biggest developer days in Australia since I can remember. Better still, it's free! Read more »

Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- The big event of a Flex, Flash or ColdFusion developer's year is Adobe's annual conference held this year in Chicago. Builder AU's Andrew Muller attended this year and reports on the first day's opening. Read more »

LCA Opening Day

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Distro chairs, gentoo, solar cars plus Jonathon Oxer. And that's before things really get going! Read more »

Widgets - Revenge of the shiny things

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- In a world without widgets, would you start up separate applications for the weather, a dictionary, a screen ruler, a gmail peeker and an app that checks your favourite web comic everytime your machine boots up? Read more »

Live Blog: MIX 07 Keynote

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Live blog from the MIX 07 Keynote. Will we see an announcement regarding Silverlight? It certainly appears so. Read more »

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