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IBM releases source code of speech software

Big Blue is releasing code to the Apache and Eclipse Foundations, but users will need to buy a proprietary speech-recognition system to take advantage of this. Read more »

Steve Ballmer: Live on Builder AU

Don't miss Builder AU's exclusive live broadcast of a landmark Sydney speech by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on 6 November at 3:30pm, AEST. Read more »

Telstra's speech system 'gets' Australian

Telstra claims its new 'One Number, One Voice' natural language speech recognition front end for residential, mobile and small business enquiries is working better than the company expected. Read more »

Yahoo hopes to charm developers with Go 3.0

Yahoo is hoping to prove it can be as mobile and open as its rivals. 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 »

Adobe Thermo hits back at Microsoft Expression Studio

Adobe Systems is hitting back at Microsoft's Expression Studio with Thermo, a tool that allows designers to create rich Internet applications. Read more »

Apple developers cautiously upbeat on Intel

Apple developers aren't exactly looking forward to rewriting their applications to run on Intel chips, but the switch will have its benefits. Read more »

Local developers get shot at Visual Studio preview

Microsoft Australia plans to offer local developers the chance to sample preview versions of Visual Studio 2005 as early as next month. Read more »

Gates woos developers for wireless

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday unveiled plans to help developers more easily create applications for mobile devices that use its operating system software. Read more »

Developers invent anti-jerk software

Are you a jerk on the phone? You might want to be a bit nicer the next time you take that call. Read more »

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Enhance the user experience with the Java Speech API

The Java Speech API allows you to incorporate speech technology into user interfaces for your applets and applications based on Java technology. It also specifies a cross-platform interface to support command and control recognisers, dictation systems, and speech synthesisers. This article delves into the specifics of the Java Speech API and explains how you can use it to improve the user experience. Read more »

IBM unveils toolkit for talking computers

IBM on Wednesday announced the general availability of a software toolkit developers can use to build speech-recognition and other "multimodal" applications for Linux computers. Read more »

Innovative multimodal interfaces with SALT technology

Handheld devices with wireless network connections are increasingly prominent. Software developers are creating applications for these devices that take advantage of new technologies like Speech Application Language Tags. Are you developing one? Read more »

Are key performance indicators a true measure?

Some managers love to look solely at numbers when assessing performance, and key performance indicators are right up their street. But how useful are they in the context of software development? Read more »

Wanted: cowboy developers

Talk in the industry is that there are too many "cowboy developers" who don't follow proven processes or methods, undermining the software engineering industry. Read more »

Managing developers through deadline stress

Don't let a missed milestone wreck your team's morale. Here's some peer advice for keeping the team on track when the going gets tough. Read more »

Why AOL wants developers to put passion over profit

Edwin Aoki, technology fellow at AOL, speaks about the impact web applications have had in the enterprise and what trends are emerging. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Richard Stallman

Builder AU recently caught up with RMS to talk about his achievements, the Free Software movement and his concerns with the US-Australian Free Trade Agreement. Read more »

Games development: a real career choice?

The recent spotlight on poor working conditions in the games industry has an all too familiar ring to it for local games developers. Read more »

Java on Google App Engine? Not yet

Reports out of a Google developer conference in India indicated that Google was primed to add support for Java programs running on its presently Python-only Google App Engine. Read more »

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Will Microsoft build native Mac and Linux tools?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- If the future is in Microsoft's online services why isn't the company building native tools for Mac and Linux developers? Read more »

The Best of Ballmer

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we cover Steve Ballmer's talk at the Microsoft's Power to Developers event in Sydney, Saleforce's annual Dreamforce conference and more. Read more »

Conference time goes Hollywood

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Conference season hit a high this week with three major conferences underway. Read more »

Virtualisation -- threat or menace?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It sounds like VMware's Rosenblum has this opportunity figured out, and I suspect that Microsoft's Virtual PC managers do too. It'll be interesting to watch this market develop over time. Read more »

GPL 3 -- a bridge too far?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Now it's time to create a new phrase: "free as in free software," meaning the freedom to make adversaries of potential partners -- the kind of freedom one has when one's work must be carefully excluded from other people's projects. Read more »

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