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Counting down to the iPhone SDK
While Australia waits for the iPhone, time is quickly closing in on the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the iPhone, one that could signal just how far Apple can take its maiden voyage into the smartphone world. Read more »
Developer Spotlight: Walker Royce
Walker Royce is the Vice President of IBM's Worldwide Rational Lab Services; he is also the author of Software Project Management, A Unified Framework. Builder AU caught up with him to talk about the process of software development and where we are heading as an industry. Read more »
Largest IPv6 network launched in China
China is aiming to become the leading player in the creation of the next generation of the Internet. Read more »
SAP inks open-source database deal
Business application powerhouse SAP is tapping MySQL's open-source database software in a deal that should let the smaller company accelerate its development plans. Read more »
Grassroots computing languages hit the big time
Once considered simple toys by serious programmers, scripting languages are becoming first-class citizens in the world of corporate software development. Read more »
Mono-man brings .NET to Linux
Novell's Miguel de Icaza is working on a technology that he says can replicate Microsoft's vaunted software development platform on Linux. Read more »
BT bets on open development
BT, long considered a risk-taker in the telecommunications market, has laid a US$105 million bet to open its network to application developers in the hopes of creating innovative voice services. But will other phone companies take a similar gamble? Read more »
Google developing VC arm
Google is revisiting efforts to create a venture capital arm, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Read more »
Aussie coders not in open source for the money
Despite frequent speculation that corporate financing is dangerous to the ethos of the open source software (OSS) community, most Australian open source developers don't see payment as a primary influence on their contributions, a straw poll of attendees at Linux.conf.au in Melbourne suggests. 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 »
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Position your team to save money and generate revenue
By modifying the way your team operates you can Position your team to save money and generate revenue. Get more tips in this article from Builder.com Read more »
How to make money from Open source
Ever pondered how companies make money from free and open source development projects? Could you open source your code and still make a profit? Con Zymaris puts forward the case. Read more »
Train your team to gain long-term benefits
Before you go outside for expertise, you should consider the benefits of spending the money you had budgeted for a consultant on training your in-house staff to handle not only the project at hand but also others down the road. Read more »
Legacy apps and .NET
Maximise your investments by using legacy apps in conjunction with the .NET Framework. Use Host Integration Server to integrate your old apps with .NET to save money. Read more »
Settling for less
As competition heats up in the job market, many of you are facing a tough decision: Do you hold out for a position offering a decent salary or accept a job for far less than you used to make? Read more »
Is IT certification still relevant for developers?
The IT certification landscape has drastically changed over the years. It was once considered the measuring stick for IT knowledge, is this still true? Read more »
Streamline your development process
A product development process should add value, but your existing process could actually be hindering your developers and costing you money. See how revising your process can help focus your resources and efforts. Read more »
.NET code generators enable rapid application development
A third-party code generator can be an excellent way to establish rapid .NET application development in your enterprise. Using the DeKlarit tool as an example, learn how code generators can reduce development time and improve code accuracy. Read more »
Road test: .NET development without Visual Studio
This month we put five IDE alternatives to Microsoft's Visual Studio against each other. Is there an alternative for .NET developers? David McAmis puts the candidates to the test. 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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Make money from free code
-- The Open Source Developers conference began Wednesday morning at Monash University in Melbourne. Read more »
10 PR 2.0 tips for startups
-- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »
Install usability practices in your shop with Silverback
-- Getting started with usability testing doesn't require an expensive lab full of equipment and science nerds in white coats to poke and prod your users. Cheap and accessible software is readily available to help your team create better software for end-users. Read more »
Do you trust data in the cloud?
-- Cheap hosted storage, app engines, and hosted code libraries. Can you really trust your data, or your client's data in the magical Web 2.0 cloud? Read more »
Facebook's portal for the masses
-- This week, Facebook took a number of strategic steps toward its goal of giving people the "power to share and make the world more open and connected." That's how founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the mission statement for Facebook. Read more »
Bootstrappr comes out of stealth mode
-- bootstrappr is a new blog that will track the fortunes of Australia's technology start-up scene. We'll hang out at Barcamp and keep an eye on twitter, test out the latest and greatest from Aussie entrepreneurs, and be the first to tell you when they fall in a heap. Read more »
Gestation, robots and NASA hacking
-- Firefox 3 made it out the door last week, and set a world record while doing so; after 15 years Wine 1.0 also hit the street. We also look at robots, google developer day and outsourcing in this week's Weekly Roundup. Read more »
You've got patched flaws!
-- Patents and Symantec were made to look very silly this week. Microsoft said that open source was a bigger threat than Google and no prizes for guessing which month the final version of Firefox 3 will appear in. Read more »
Aussie software pros code for the Fred Hollows Foundation
-- Software professionals in Australia have coded together a blitz Web-based charity campaign to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation -- donations are now open. Read more »
Microsoft says "open sesame"
-- While you may have been out last night watching the latest Rambo adventure with Sly Stallone making war for war's sake, Microsoft was busy declaring a truce with the open source community. Read more »
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Share a keyboard and mouse with Synergy
Even in the era of virtualization, many IT pros (including myself) have a small army of computers sitting on, under, and around their desks. Read more »
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Android devs less than gruntled
Yet more discouraging news on the Android front. Having hacked off its developer community by releasing updated SDKs to just a small group of chosen devs, Google has now given the brush-off to a petition that called for more to be given to the wider community. Read more »
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As a developer there will be a time when you ship a bug -- be it a stub that you left in, or a flaming, crashtastic segfault. The next time this happens and your bosses come baying for blood, point them in the direction of VMware, who this week gave the developer world a great example of how to ship a showstopper bug. Read more »
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Club Builder: Captain Obvious vs the Crackpots
In the case of the bleeding obvious, IBM says open source needs good designers; a claim is made that China can activate your phone to snoop on you; and we take a look at the Defcon conference.
