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Borland names new CEO

Borland Software has named Tod Nielsen as its president and CEO, four months after the previous chief executive left following poor financial results. Read more »

Borland creates new company for tools business

Borland announced overnight they have not sold its developer tools group Read more »

Q&A: Borland's latest saviour

In the course of its 22 years in Silicon Valley, Borland Software has lived through its share of ups and downs. Read more »

BEA's Bosworth decamps to Google

BEA Systems Chief Architect Adam Bosworth is leaving the company to join search heavyweight Google. Read more »

Microsoft sues over Google hire

Opening a new chapter in its rivalry with Google, Microsoft on Tuesday sued the search giant and a former Microsoft executive that Google had tapped to run its China operations. Read more »

Sydney's disadvantaged get free computer training and Web access

Disadvantaged Sydneysiders have been given a chance to learn new computer skills and gain free access to the Internet with the newly announced "BootUp Internet Cafés" initiative. Read more »

Yahoo-eBay deal a Google-buster?

Yahoo and eBay are gunning for Google, whether they'll admit to it or not. Read more »

Real takes the open-source route

RealNetworks has unveiled a new open-source version of its streaming media technology that supports multiple file formats for audio and video, including those that use Microsoft's Windows Media technology. Read more »

Features (15)

Developer Spotlight: Jakob Nielsen

Builder AU recently caught up with usability guru Jakob Nielsen to talk about the Web, open source software, the future of 3D interfaces and mobile devices. Read more »

A developer's guide to required surfing

Here are some of the Web sites you should frequent to keep in touch with all the latest information and trends. Read more »

Special report: MXDU 2005

MXDU 2005, happening on February 17 and 18, is an annual event for developers wanting to learn the latest hints, tips, and ideas on using Macromedia MX technology to build and deliver the best experiences on the web. Read more »

Effective and affordable User testing

At the recent Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne, Lisa Herrod, the Principal Usability consultant at Scenario Seven offered advice on usability testing with her presentation -- "User testing for the rest of Us". Read more »

Let the games begin!

Feeling energised by the gold Australia is winning in Athens this year? You might want to leave those Speedos in your drawer because there are a few coding competitions out there that could not only win you fame but possibly help when finding your next job. Read more »

Australian Web sites blasted in usability stakes

The Web sites of some of Australia's largest organisations have been given a poor report card from the world's leading online usability think tank. Read more »

Web sites: Usable can still be useless

Responding to a recent damning report on Australian Web sites by usability analyst Jacob Nielsen, a local Web expert outlines his thoughts on the state of Web functionality. Read more »

Not-so-global Internet

According to Forrester Research, only one-third of Internet users will be native English speakers by 2005, and corporate web sites have a long way to go before they capture this new polyglot market. Read more »

Are usability analysts promising too much?

Adding his voice to a growing chorus, Australian usability commentator Anthony Quinn voices his opinion about the usability of local Web sites. Read more »

Opera CTO: IE 8 will fail Acid test

Two years ago, the Acid2 test was announced in this column. Acid2 is a complex Web browser test page that shows a smiley face when rendered correctly Read more »

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